They all give you two weeks to use the program for free to try it out. The only other program that I know that is free to use is CAT https://cat.texifter.com/

Thank for your answer Laverne. I’ll download and try it. If it’s user-friendly i’ll move on with that programme. Thanks again for your advise.

Have you tried QDA Miner Lite? That could be another option.

https://youtu.be/TLoMllTCqtc

Thanks for the advice Samantha, I’ll definitely try that too.

Berat Cicek Good afternoon, I used NVivo and thought it was hard at first I loved it. I have tried to use CAT and could not figure out how to use it for anything.

Hi Laverne, so you tell me that don’t even try it indirectly? :)

If you want something for free, QDA Miner Lite is definitely the way to go. Alternatively, if you just have a relatively small project, Dedoose is cloud-based and charges you by the hour.

Thanks for this valuable comment dear David. Actually my operating system is Mac, so Deedose seems like a better choise for me.

Not free but cheaper than some others is the 'basic' version of Transana: https://www.transana.com/products/transana-basic/

I used this specifically because I was working on a Mac and had to process video files.

There is a student rate for Transana basic (USD75). I'm not up to date with the current versions and their capabilities; by the time I finished my project on Transana, nVivo on Mac had been upgraded, now does what I need and I have access to it through an institutional licence.

Hey, try Leximancer as well. Unfortunately it's not free but you can get the 30 days trial (https://info.leximancer.com/)

Hi,

You can download QDA MINER LITE with is free qualitative data analysis software and offers basic CAQDAS features or a 30 days trial version of QDA Miner ( the full version).

Thanks Lida. I’ll try that too.

Hi Berat

Did you try out "QCA map" as an alternative for MaxQDA? Surely, MaxQDA is quite more comfortable, but QCAmap is also a gerat alternative without payment involved. You have to create an account but there is no charge or anything (however you could donate some money, if you liked the program).

Hi Sabrina,

I haven’t tried yet. I will try it as soon as possible too. Sounds like it’s a useful alternative.

Hi all,

I'm using QRDA and QCApro packages on R. They are stables, open-source and free... Also, you can run it on PC or Mac. You need basic knowledge about R but there is available a lot of information online to help.

Hi Victoria,

It's a good idea. Thank you for the advice.

Have you tried Aquad 8? I haven't tried it, but it sounds promising.

Hi Ujjwal, actually I've never heard about it. But I'll try that as well for sure. Thanks for the advice.

I am also searching for the free software for qualitative data (interview text) analysis in my research study.

You might try Taguette:

https://www.taguette.org

Thank you David!

Yes, there are open source QDA software alternatives such as RQDA and Sci2 Tool. For a comparative guide to qualitative and quantitative data analysis software and more information on the alternatives, please visit https://researchguides.uoregon.edu/c.php?g=567658&p=3940638.

Hi Angel, thank you for this valuable suggestion.

You can try QDA Miner Lite free version.

A very good FreeSoftware alternative that I use is QualCoder: https://qualcoder.wordpress.com/

It is coded in Python and can be downloaded from here: https://github.com/ccbogel/QualCoder/releases

Praise to the main developer Colin Curtain for his excellent contribution and tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRB5Y5JLO4I