SAS Visual Text Analytics vs Dedoose

SAS Visual Text Analytics9.1Visit Dedoose8.0Visit

Higher score SAS Visual Text Analytics #2 in Text Analysis Software 9.1/10 Pricing on request ✓ 3 of 3 features Visit SAS

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

• SAS Visual Text Analytics fits best

  Large organizations building text analytics workflows

• Dedoose fits best

  Qualitative researchers seeking collaboration on a budget

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Side by side

Feature	SAS Visual Text Analytics 9.1/10 Visit ↗	Dedoose 8.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	9.1	8.0
Ranking	#2 in Text Analysis Software	#8 in Text Analysis Software
Best for	Large organizations building text analytics workflows	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
Built for	Mid-market, Enterprise	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features SAS Visual Text Analytics 3/3 · Dedoose 0/3
Sentiment analysis	✓ (best)	Not checked yet
Topic modeling	✓ (best)	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	Combines parsing, sentiment, topics, classification and entity extraction Visual interfaces support creation and management of text models Integrates results with broader SAS analytics workflows	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	Designed for SAS Viya environments rather than a standalone open-source stack Sales-led purchasing may require direct vendor engagement Enterprise-oriented scope may exceed the needs of small 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	SAS Visual Text Analytics is text-analysis software within the SAS platform, built for organizations working with large collections of unstructured content. It applies linguistic processing and machine-learning techniques to customer… 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

• SAS Visual Text Analytics — where it wins

  • Combines parsing, sentiment, topics, classification and entity extraction
  • Visual interfaces support creation and management of text models
  • Integrates results with broader SAS analytics workflows

  Where it doesn't

  • Designed for SAS Viya environments rather than a standalone open-source stack
  • Sales-led purchasing may require direct vendor engagement
  • Enterprise-oriented scope may exceed the needs of small 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

• SAS Visual Text Analytics9.1/10 · Pricing on request

  An enterprise text-analysis suite for modeling, classification and SAS workflow integration.

  Visit SASFull 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 →