ATLAS.ti vs Lexalytics

ATLAS.ti8.8Visit Lexalytics8.3Visit

Higher score ATLAS.ti #3 in Text Analysis Software 8.8/10 20-day trial Free trial✓ 3 of 3 features Visit ATLAS.ti

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Lexalytics #6 in Text Analysis Software 8.3/10 Pricing on request ✓ 2 of 3 features Visit Lexalytics

• ATLAS.ti fits best

  Researchers analyzing mixed media and surveys

• Lexalytics fits best

  Mid-market and enterprise NLP programs

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Side by side

Feature	ATLAS.ti 8.8/10 Visit ↗	Lexalytics 8.3/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.8	8.3
Ranking	#3 in Text Analysis Software	#6 in Text Analysis Software
Best for	Researchers analyzing mixed media and surveys	Mid-market and enterprise NLP programs
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	20-day trial	Pricing on request
Free plan	—	Not checked yet
Free trial	20 days	—
Deployment	Cloud, Desktop	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web, Windows, macOS	Web
Support	Email, Docs	Email, Docs
Compliance	GDPR	GDPR, HIPAA
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features ATLAS.ti 3/3 · Lexalytics 2/3
Sentiment analysis	✓	✓
Topic modeling	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Entity extraction	✓	✓
Specs
Supported languages	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Text input sources	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Export formats	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Analyzes text, PDFs, images, audio, video, surveys, and geographic data. AI tools cover coding, querying, transcription, sentiment, and entity recognition. Web collaboration plus Windows and macOS apps support distributed teams.	Analyzes sentiment, intent, entities, categories, summaries, and language Offers cloud and self-hosted deployment, including REST API access Supports customizable tuning and machine-learning models
Cons	No free plan; ongoing access requires a paid offering. Trial allows up to five active-use days within a 20-day period. Support is provided through email and documentation, without 24/7 coverage.	Pricing requires contacting sales Multiple products may require buyers to assess fit across the portfolio Positioned for mid-market and enterprise rather than smaller teams
Our verdict	ATLAS.ti is qualitative data analysis software for researchers, students, universities, marketers, UX professionals, and data analysts. It brings text, PDF, image, audio, video, survey, interview, focus-group, literature, and geographic… Read the review →	Lexalytics turns unstructured documents into structured insights through natural-language processing and text analytics. Its portfolio is aimed at mid-market and enterprise programs analyzing customer, employee, market-research,… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• ATLAS.ti — where it wins

  • Analyzes text, PDFs, images, audio, video, surveys, and geographic data.
  • AI tools cover coding, querying, transcription, sentiment, and entity recognition.
  • Web collaboration plus Windows and macOS apps support distributed teams.

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan; ongoing access requires a paid offering.
  • Trial allows up to five active-use days within a 20-day period.
  • Support is provided through email and documentation, without 24/7 coverage.

• Lexalytics — where it wins

  • Analyzes sentiment, intent, entities, categories, summaries, and language
  • Offers cloud and self-hosted deployment, including REST API access
  • Supports customizable tuning and machine-learning models

  Where it doesn't

  • Pricing requires contacting sales
  • Multiple products may require buyers to assess fit across the portfolio
  • Positioned for mid-market and enterprise rather than smaller teams

• ATLAS.ti8.8/10 · 20-day trial

  A multimodal research workspace with AI analysis, transcription, and collaboration.

  Visit ATLAS.tiFull verdict →
• Lexalytics8.3/10 · Pricing on request

  Configurable NLP across cloud, self-hosted, API, and web-based deployments.

  Visit LexalyticsFull verdict →