ATLAS.ti vs Thematic

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ATLAS.ti #7 in Text Analytics Software —/10 20-day trial ✓ 4 of 4 features Visit ATLAS.ti

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Higher score Thematic #12 in Text Analytics Software 5.0/10 From $25,000/yr ✓ 1 of 4 features Visit Thematic

• ATLAS.ti fits best

  Broad, mature qualitative and text analysis

• Thematic fits best

  Enterprise feedback programs with workflows

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Side by side

Feature	ATLAS.ti —/10 Visit ↗	Thematic 5.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	—	5.0
Ranking	#7 in Text Analytics Software	#12 in Text Analytics Software
Best for	Broad, mature qualitative and text analysis	Enterprise feedback programs with workflows
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Not published	Not published
Free plan	—	—
Free trial	—	—
Deployment	Cloud, Desktop	Cloud
Platforms	Web, Windows, macOS	Web
Support	Email, Docs	Email · 24/7
Compliance	GDPR	SOC 2, GDPR, SSO/SAML
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features ATLAS.ti 4/4 · Thematic 1/4
Sentiment analysis	✓	✓
Entity extraction	✓ (best)	Not published
Intent detection	✓ (best)	Not published
Topic analysis	✓ (best)	Not published
Specs
Analysis sources	Not published	Not published
Supported languages	Not published	Not published
Deployment options	Cloud	Not published
Our review
Pros	Analyzes text, PDFs, images, audio, video, surveys, and geographic data Combines AI coding, sentiment, entity recognition, transcription, and summaries Supports Web collaboration plus Windows and macOS applications	Discovers editable themes and analyzes sentiment across feedback. Connects insights to metrics with predictive scoring and dashboards. Routes insights through workflows with redaction, translation, and APIs.
Cons	No free plan is available Paid plan pricing and tier details are not included here Its broad feature set may exceed the needs of narrow text-analysis projects	Starts at $25,000 per year on annual billing. Foundation is limited to 25,000 comments and 3 datasets. Enterprise pricing and capacity are custom rather than published.
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… Read the review →	Thematic is a customer intelligence and feedback analytics platform for enterprise CX, research, product, and operations teams. It combines surveys, support tickets, calls, reviews, social data, CRM notes, chats, emails, and other feedback… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• ATLAS.ti — where it wins

  • Analyzes text, PDFs, images, audio, video, surveys, and geographic data
  • Combines AI coding, sentiment, entity recognition, transcription, and summaries
  • Supports Web collaboration plus Windows and macOS applications

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan is available
  • Paid plan pricing and tier details are not included here
  • Its broad feature set may exceed the needs of narrow text-analysis projects

• Thematic — where it wins

  • Discovers editable themes and analyzes sentiment across feedback.
  • Connects insights to metrics with predictive scoring and dashboards.
  • Routes insights through workflows with redaction, translation, and APIs.

  Where it doesn't

  • Starts at $25,000 per year on annual billing.
  • Foundation is limited to 25,000 comments and 3 datasets.
  • Enterprise pricing and capacity are custom rather than published.

• ATLAS.ti—/10 · 20-day trial

  A mature, broad workspace for multimodal qualitative and text analysis.

  Visit ATLAS.tiFull verdict →
• Thematic5.0/10 · From $25,000/yr

  A deep feedback analysis platform whose workflow features justify its enterprise price.

  Visit ThematicFull verdict →