webQDA review
A focused web workspace for collaborative qualitative coding, queries and mixed-media research.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Nov 2026
webQDA is web-based qualitative data analysis software from Ludomedia for researchers, graduate students, institutions and professionals. It supports analysis of text, image, video and audio sources, with tools for organizing documents, creating categories, coding qualitative data, and adding comments and annotations. Browser access on computers and mobile devices, plus synchronous and asynchronous collaboration, makes it suited to research teams working across locations.
The published plans use fixed-duration, one-time licenses rather than monthly or annual subscriptions. The 90 Days plan costs 52 EUR, the 180 Days plan costs 99 EUR, the 360 Days plan costs 189 EUR, and the 720 Days plan costs 356 EUR; each plan is an individual license. A 7-day free license provides a short evaluation period, while ongoing access requires a paid plan. The pricing structure can suit projects with defined research windows, particularly when a longer license period is preferable to recurring billing.
Its main strength is breadth within qualitative research workflow management. Users can import RIS, XML and BibTeX metadata, organize and link documents, search and filter project data, run queries, create matrices, generate word clouds, and collaborate with invited researchers. That makes webQDA a practical choice for structured qualitative coding and mixed-media projects. It is less suitable for teams seeking verified AI-assisted analysis, sentiment analysis, entity extraction or topic modeling. Choose it when browser-based collaboration and manual qualitative analysis are the priority; consider an alternative when automated text analytics is central to the workflow.
Questions about webQDA
Is there a free trial of webQDA? Yes: a 7-day free trial.
What does webQDA run on? Web. It runs in the cloud.
Does webQDA offer a money-back guarantee? Yes: 15 days.
Who is webQDA built for? Solo users, small businesses, mid-market companies and enterprises (our editorial estimate).
webQDA pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Analyzes text, image, video and audio sources
- Supports synchronous and asynchronous collaboration
- Includes queries, matrices, annotations and word clouds
- Where it doesn't
- No permanent free plan
- Licenses are fixed-duration, one-time purchases
- No verified AI, sentiment or topic-modeling features
webQDA fact sheet, pricing and score →
Advertiser disclosure: iTechGuides is reader-supported. Vendors can pay for top positions in our rankings and for a place on other products' pages, and we may earn a commission when you click some links. Bought places stand at the number bought; this page and our disclosure say so. Paying vendors may get a fuller, more detailed review from our editors, and that review can change their score. How we rank.
Last updated · How we research and update