DiscoverText
DiscoverText: A broad classifier-led text analytics platform with a free plan and $99 Professional tier. Ranked #20 of 37 in Text Analytics Software by our editors (7.3/10); pricing: Free plan · 30-day trial; best for classifier-driven text analytics on a budget.
At a glance
- Editor score7.3 / 10
- PricingFree plan · 30-day trial
- Best forClassifier-driven text analytics on a budget
- Free planYes
- Paid from$99/mo
- Sentiment analysisYes
- Facts checked20 Sep 2026
Where it wins
- Custom classifiers combine machine analysis with human coding and adjudication
- Covers sentiment, topics, clustering, deduplication, and document redaction
- Supports live feeds, imports, reporting, exports, and an Enterprise API
Where it doesn't
- Professional includes one seat at $99 per month
- Enterprise starts at $3,000 per month
- Real-time Twitter collection is no longer available
Our verdict on DiscoverText
DiscoverText is cloud-based text analytics software for researchers, legal teams, government users, and organizations working with large collections of unstructured text. Its browser-based interface supports collection, search, coding, annotation, machine classification, sentiment and topic categorization, clustering, deduplication, reporting, exports, and document redaction. It fits workflows involving surveys, chats, email, customer feedback, public comments, social data, and other text sources.
Pricing gives smaller teams a clear entry point. DiscoverText offers a free plan and a 30-day trial. The Professional plan costs $99 per month and includes 100,000 data units, 25 live data feeds, one professional seat, unlimited projects, analytic and reporting tools, and adjudication tools. Enterprise costs $3,000 per month and adds 1,000,000 data units, 100 live data feeds, one enterprise seat, two professional seats, unlimited projects, and priority support. Custom Enterprise provides a customized account package. Academic access is advertised as 100% free, while the academic signup page presents a 7-day free trial.
The main strength is analytical breadth around classifier-led review. Teams can create custom machine-learning classifiers or sifters, combine them with human annotation, and use sentiment, topic, near-duplicate clustering, redaction, and interactive classifier histograms in one workflow. Integrations and collection options include X/Twitter, RSS feeds, Facebook, Twitter Search API, and Gnip feeds, with web and API access. The Enterprise API covers projects, datasets, clustering, and tag clouds. Choose DiscoverText when classification, human review, and text preparation matter more than a large collaboration seat count. Teams needing real-time Twitter collection or a lower-cost multi-seat paid plan should consider alternatives.
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DiscoverText fact sheet
| Free plan | Yes |
|---|---|
| Paid from | $99/mo |
| Sentiment analysis | Yes |
| Entity extraction | Not verified |
| Intent detection | Not verified |
| Topic analysis | Yes |
| Analysis sources | Documents |
| Supported languages | Not verified |
| Deployment options | Cloud |
| Free trial | 30 days |
| Deployment | Cloud |
| Platforms | Web |
| Support | Email, Docs |
| Built for | Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise (editorial estimate) |
| Integrations | 5 integrations: X/Twitter, RSS feeds, Facebook, Twitter Search API, Gnip feeds |
| Pricing | Free plan · 30-day trial (source) |
| Website | discovertext.com |
| Facts checked | 20 Sep 2026 |
DiscoverText integrations
DiscoverText lists 5 integrations on its own site.
- X/Twitter
- RSS feeds
- Twitter Search API
- Gnip feeds
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