Lexalytics vs Dedoose

Lexalytics8.3Visit Dedoose8.0Visit

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

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Dedoose #8 in Text Analysis Software 8.0/10 30-day trial Free trial✓ 0 of 3 features Visit Dedoose

• Lexalytics fits best

  Mid-market and enterprise NLP programs

• Dedoose fits best

  Qualitative researchers seeking collaboration on a budget

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Side by side

Feature	Lexalytics 8.3/10 Visit ↗	Dedoose 8.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.3	8.0
Ranking	#6 in Text Analysis Software	#8 in Text Analysis Software
Best for	Mid-market and enterprise NLP programs	Qualitative researchers seeking collaboration on a budget
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Starting price	Pricing on request	$12.95/mo
Free plan	Not checked yet	—
Free trial	—	30 days
Deployment	Cloud, Self-hosted	Cloud, Desktop
Platforms	Web	Windows, macOS, Linux
Support	Email, Docs	Email, Tickets, Docs
Compliance	GDPR, HIPAA	SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Lexalytics 2/3 · Dedoose 0/3
Sentiment analysis	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Topic modeling	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Entity extraction	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
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 sentiment, intent, entities, categories, summaries, and language Offers cloud and self-hosted deployment, including REST API access Supports customizable tuning and machine-learning models	Analyzes documents, surveys, audio, video, images, and PDFs Combines coding, visualizations, and text analytics charts Includes real-time collaboration and role-based project permissions
Cons	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	No free plan Automated text analysis is less extensive than its coding and collaboration tools Student and Individual plans charge per active month
Our verdict	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 →	Dedoose is a research and evaluation application for qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods projects. It is aimed at researchers working with interviews, focus groups, documents, surveys, and multimedia, including academic, market… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• 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

• Dedoose — where it wins

  • Analyzes documents, surveys, audio, video, images, and PDFs
  • Combines coding, visualizations, and text analytics charts
  • Includes real-time collaboration and role-based project permissions

  Where it doesn't

  • No free plan
  • Automated text analysis is less extensive than its coding and collaboration tools
  • Student and Individual plans charge per active month

• Lexalytics8.3/10 · Pricing on request

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

  Visit LexalyticsFull verdict →
• Dedoose8.0/10 · 30-day trial

  Mixed-methods coding and collaboration, with a 30-day trial and paid plans from $12.95 per active month.

  Visit DedooseFull verdict →