Drag-and-drop coding, auto-coding based on search terms, and a hierarchical codebook with unlimited levels. You can assign colors, shortcuts, and memos to each code.

QDA Miner 5 finds applications across various fields, including:

QDA Miner is a professional software package designed for qualitative and mixed-methods data analysis. Developed by Provalis Research, it helps researchers code, annotate, retrieve, and analyze textual data such as interviews, open-ended survey responses, focus group transcripts, and legal documents.

Unlike basic text editors or spreadsheet software, QDA Miner allows you to:

It’s widely used in social sciences, market research, psychology, nursing, education, and criminal justice.

| Software | Platform | Best for | |----------|----------|-----------| | Taguette | Windows/Mac/Linux | Simple coding and tagging, no learning curve | | QCAmap | Web-based (free account) | Qualitative content analysis with structured codebooks | | R + RQDA (legacy) or RQTI | Windows/Linux (requires R) | Programmers who want reproducibility and stats integration | | ATLAS.ti Web (limited free version) | Browser | Cloud-based collaborative coding |

These won’t have all of QDA Miner’s advanced text mining, but for basic-to-intermediate qualitative analysis, they are excellent and completely legal.

Add-on modules add powerful statistical text analysis (WordStat) and general statistics (SimStat). This turns QDA Miner into a complete research suite.