| Tool | Pricing | Strengths | Weaknesses | Utilization Aids |
| NVivo | One time purchase | Familiar and intuitive interface Allows for collaboration Multilingual support | Does not support languages that use characters Limited Mac functionality | NVivo Tutorials |
| MAXQDA | Yearly subscription Free 14-day trial | Supports mixed-methods analysis Supports, textual, video, and audio data Multilingual support | Difficult to collaborate | MAXQDA Manual |
| Atlas.ti | Yearly or 3-year subscription 5-day trial license (over a period of 90 days max) | Allows for collaboration Supports textual, video, and audio data Multilingual support | More complex interface Few visualization options Does not support languages that use characters | Atlas.ti Tutorials |
| Dedoose | Monthly subscription plans Free 30-day trial | Allows for collaboration Advanced data security Supports textual, video, and audio data Multilingual support | Many options for data analysis may be overwhelming for new users Completely web-based interface | Dedoose Videos |
| QDA Miner | Yearly or 3-year subscription Free 14-day trial | Many visualization tools Supports mixed-methods analysis Supports textual, video, and audio data | Does not allow for collaboration | QDA Miner Tutorials |
| QDA Miner Lite | Free | Free, easy-to-use version of QDA Miner Good for beginning researchers | Limited functionality compared to the paid version (import/export, analysis, visualization) Does not allow for collaboration | QDA Miner Lite Video |
| RQDA | Free | Simple interface Multilingual support Integrated qualitative and quantitative analysis with R | Requires download of R Only supports textual data | RQDA Tutorial |
| Taguette | Free | Simple interface Multilingual support Runs both locally and on the web | Only supports textual data No further analysis than “tagging” the data | Taguette Guide |
