ATLAS.ti 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

ATLAS.ti

4.8

(141)

Pricing

Starting at $10.00 per month

About ATLAS.ti

ATLAS.ti facilitates analysis of any kind of qualitative data, including text, images, videos, audio, survey responses, geo-data, notes from Evernote, articles from bibliographic reference managers, Tweets from Twitter and comments from social media posts. You can highlight segments of relevant data and attach codes (or tags) to each data segment, and you can even let ATLAS.ti automatically codes your data for you with a host of AI-powered tools that can analyze sentiments, opinions, concepts, and more. Extracting and querying any piece of data is easily done with a click of the mouse and ATLAS.ti also provides a variety of visualization possibilities, including Sankey charts, networks, clouds and bar charts.

ATLAS.ti is designed to help anyone make sense of their data; for any area of research and projects.

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ATLAS.ti Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $10.00 per month

Free Trial

Free Version

Pricing Plan

$10.00

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ATLAS.ti Features

Popular features found in Market Research
Benchmarking
Customizable Templates
Data Import/Export
Data Visualization
Panel Management
Question Branching
Reporting & Statistics
Statistical Analysis
Survey/Poll Management
More features of ATLAS.ti
Ad hoc Analysis
Ad hoc Query
Ad hoc Reporting
Annotations
Categorization/Grouping
Charting
Collaboration Tools
Communication Management
Computer Assisted Coding
Customizable Reports
Dashboard
Database Support
Data Capture and Transfer
Data Coding
Data Collection
Data Discovery
Data Extraction
Data Management
Data Mapping
Data Migration
Data Storage Management
Drag & Drop
Feedback Management
File Sharing
Media Analytics
Mixed Methods Research
Monitoring
Multi-Language
Multimedia Support
Multiple Data Sources
Natural Language Search
Project Management
Qualitative Comparative Analysis
Quantitative Analysis
Query Builder
Real-Time Updates
Relational Display
Reporting/Analytics
Sales Trend Analysis
Search/Filter
Secure Data Storage
Self-service Analytics
Self Service Data Preparation
Sentiment Analysis
Storytelling
Tagging
Text Analysis
Third-Party Integrations
Trend Analysis
User Management
User Research Analysis
Visual Analytics
Visual Discovery

ATLAS.ti User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.8

Ratings Breakdown

82%

14%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.5

Value for money

4.5

Customer support

4.7

Functionality

4.6

Eugenija K.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

501-1000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2023

A Breakthrough in Qualitative Data Coding: ATLAS.ti with AI Enhancement!

ATLAS.ti is a game-changer in handling large-scale qualitative data. The integration of AI coding tools catapults the experience into the future, making data analysis not only easier but also more exciting. The support center, too, has been exceptional. Any question I had was met with swift and effective assistance through integrated chat. My experience with ATLAS.ti has been nothing short of thrilling!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

ATLAS.ti takes coding and analysis to a new frontier with its AI coding capabilities. The way it automatically processes my data not only fascinates me but also enhances my workflow. The seamless integration of AI with traditional coding techniques allows me to compare and even blend human intuition with machine intelligence. With features like word clouds and opinion mining, it's exhilarating to see AI technology being applied so innovatively in qualitative coding!

Cons:

The software already exceeds expectations! Thanks for providing us with these tools and allowing us to focus solely on what really matters - reflexivity!

Reasons for switching to ATLAS.ti

MAXQDA has some limitations that have affected my personal experience with the software. First and foremost, the lack of 24-hour live chat support can be a significant inconvenience when immediate assistance is required. Moreover, the interface is not as intuitive as I would prefer, leading to a steeper learning curve and hindering efficiency. But what has been particularly problematic for me is the limited capacity to exchange between platforms, such as Mac, Web, and Windows. As someone who uses a Mac at the office and Windows at home, this cross-platform inconsistency has resulted in a frustrating experience with MAXQDA. The software doesn't seem to have the robust tools and flexibility that would alleviate these issues, making it a less-than-ideal choice for my specific needs.

Vendor Response

Dear Eugenija, thank you so much for your feedback! We are delighted to hear that ATLAS.ti's AI-driven tools have enhanced your workflow and allowed you to focus on engaging in reflexive thinking. Our mission is to make qualitative researcher for everyone, everywhere, and that is why our developers are continuously working to bringing the latest that AI has to offer to everyone's fingertips -- including AI Summaries, AI Coding, and automatically coding for sentiments, concepts, opinions, entities, and more. We also appreciate your positive feedback about our swift and effective user support. Indeed, we have a dedicated team who is available 24 hours a day, 5 days a week, via live chat, telephone, and email, to help anyone with using ATLAS.ti and completing their qualitative research. We also really value meeting all qualitative researchers' needs, which is why ATLAS.ti Windows and Mac have been 100% compatible for back-and-forth transfers for years now. ATLAS.ti Web projects can also be moved back-and-forth between ATLAS.ti Desktop (Windows+Mac). Since all our licenses include full access to all the ATLAS.ti platforms, it's important researchers can always work on their projects wherever they prefer. If you ever have any questions or comments, we are here for you. We wish you all the best in your research!

Replied October 2023

Shannon G.

Verified reviewer

Research

Self-Employed

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2024

It's All about Customer Service

I have experience using several of the top-selling QDA platforms. One of the reasons I am loyal to ATLAS.ti is because its customer service is unsurpassed. It's easy to submit questions about licensing and functions, responses are prompt, and the human beings who send the responses are knowledgeable, reasonable, and kind. They make my life easier!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The user interface is intuitive; running queries is easy.

Cons:

I've been resisting the subscription format, but it's the common business model these days so I understand. I've been using v.8 for nearly a decade and I'm hoping they've done away with the bundling/unbundling function for v.24!

Reasons for choosing ATLAS.ti

I kept ATLAS.ti over the years, but sometimes my clients use another product software like NVivo or MAXQDA. MAXQDA intrigued me. When I was ready to finally move past version 8, I made inquiries to both ATLAS.ti and MAXQDA. In the end, it came down to customer service. I submitted the same question to both companies. You responded in a way that I knew you thoughtfully considered my circumstances. Making the jump from v.8 to v.24 has me nervous, but I know I won't have any problems if I need help.

Vendor Response

Dear Shannon, thank you so much for your feedback! We are honored that you've counted on ATLAS.ti for so many years and even more that you've found our customer service to be unsurpassed. We've always been dedicated to offering the best possible qualitative research software, but over the years we've also realized how important it is to help researchers through every part of using the software. This is why we offer free expert support 24 hours a day, 5 days a week, via live chat, telephone, and email. We strive to make qualitative research easier for everyone, everywhere! Indeed ATLAS.ti has become much more streamlined and powerful since version 8, and now you can easily move projects across Windows, Mac, and Web. We ultimately had to transition to a subscription format to adapt to changing operating systems, security policies, and users' collaboration needs. Technology is always quickly changing, but our developers work hard to ensure everyone has the best tools at their fingertips!

Replied July 2024

Billie v.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

Self-Employed

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed May 2025

What Atlas should be, but is actually not.

Terrible, frustrating, slow, hiccup, non customizable, non field tested, fast coded (not compact) program, that sabotages your work, workflow, for exactly that basic elemental work you have to do in social qualitative research: transcribing and coding. The fundamental, hiccups, no customization is counter productive and especially sabotages your work(flow). It's utterly terrible.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I don't know, maybe the analysing after coding? The visualization, what makes it good for research. Maybe the automatic labels you can create and don't have to manually write (in the old days?). Nothing more.

Cons:

It is the least customizable program in history. - the constant saving when you apply a code, why can't I change that? For every code I apply, I have to wait for 10 -15 seconds for the project to save. Every time! It's sabotaging my process. - The hotkeys, you cannot change hotkeys. Why? And who was the genius to program this in a way that when you transcribe, the spacebar is the pause button? When I transcribe, this very slow hiccup program, sometimes get's out of edit mode. So when you type, and push spacebar, the video recording starts to play, pauses, starts to play again, pauses. Sometimes, due to other hotkeys, the sound is muted, or you start at the beginning of the video. - Applying codes, takes a long time to process. - Constant hiccups. Slow, counter productive for research, and as a student, it really frustrates all these hiccups. At the end of the day, maybe 1 or 2 hours are basically lost due to this programs hiccups, constant saving and what not.

Andrea B.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

501-1000 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2025

Great Choice for Qual Reaserach

I'm satisfied! It's much better than the cumbersome Nvivo. Coding is really easy, and it offers lots of other features that I haven't used yet, but which don't clutter up the interface for simpler tasks. So I think it's a pretty solid and simpler tool, even though it offers many options for exploring data.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Atlas.TI is a robust application for qualitative research. I like how light and user-friendly the interface is. It's easy to learn how to use! Researchers can collaborate online (although there is still room for improvement in this area).

Cons:

The transition from computer to cloud is not easy. There is a 500 MB limit for importing projects from the desktop version to the cloud version. However, you will only find this out after you try to do so. It is not particularly emphasized when you start working with the desktop version.

Reasons for switching to ATLAS.ti

Nvivo crashed my computer. Too cumbersome.

Patricio V.

Verified reviewer

Research

2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed May 2024

Atlas.ti forever

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Atlas.ti's ease of use is increbile. It took me literally half an hour to switch from another major CAQDAS to Atlas.ti. The user interface, cross-platform, the exceptional customer service, just everything is far better. There are differences in the methodological approach that have to be considered when switching to Atlas.ti. For example, the node hierarchy works differently. And so too does the classification of cases (persons, organizations) have its particularities in Atlas.ti. But none of the necessary adaptations represent a major issue in switching. Beyond that, Atlast.ti does a much better job in every other aspect of qualitative data analysis.

Cons:

Case classifications Node hierarchy (impossibility to use parent nodes for coding)

Reasons for choosing ATLAS.ti

I knew Atlas.ti existed, but did not notice its faster software development process. The "new" user interface is great!

Reasons for switching to ATLAS.ti

Horrible experience with software bugs, cross platform issues, licensing process, etc.

Vendor Response

Dear Patricio, thank you so much for your feedback! We're really happy to hear that you've found ATLAS.ti to be incredibly easy to use and that it's fulfilled your needs in all aspects of qualitative data analysis. Our mission is to help make qualitative research easier for everyone, everywhere, which is why we have a dedicated team of experts here to help, 24 hours a day, 5 days a week, via live chat, telephone, and email. You're right that category codes (or parents codes as they're called in NVivo) cannot be directly applied to quotations, but whenever you drag-and-drop a category onto a quotation, it automatically gives you the option to select which sub-code of that category you want to attach. Later, you can easily explore quotations at the sub-code or code category level. And as you very well pointed out, you can indicate classification of cases (i.e., documents in ATLAS.ti) by creating document groups. Please count on our support, we wish you all the best in your research!

Replied May 2024

Reylis Michel E.

Verified reviewer

Accounting

201-500 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2024

Advantages of ATLAS.ti

ATLAS.ti intuitive interface enabled rapid coding and analysis of large volumes of transcribed interviews. The ability to organize and visualize data through concept maps facilitated the identification of emerging patterns and themes. Furthermore, the integration of various types of data, such as texts, videos and audios, enriched the analysis. Real-time collaboration with colleagues through the web platform made teamwork efficient and fluid.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

ATLAS.Ti, the latest version of its web and desktop software, offers numerous benefits for analyzing qualitative data. With the web version, projects can be accessed and worked on from anywhere in the world, making it easy to collaborate with people from different time zones and locations. This feature is perfect for working together on research projects, such as studying business sustainability. Plus, the web version ensures that everyone is using the latest version of the software, so there are no issues with different versions not working together. The desktop version is like a powerhouse, capable of handling large tasks and processing tons of data without needing the internet to speed things up. It's like having a powerful tool that allows you to dig deeper into the data and discover hidden patterns and insights. Both versions are like two sides of the same coin, allowing researchers to move projects between them seamlessly. It's like having the best of both worlds, with the flexibility to work in different environments and adapt the analysis to the specific requirements of the project.

Cons:

ATLAS.ti is an excellent qualitative analysis platform.

Vendor Response

Dear Reylis, thank you very much for sharing about your positive experience with ATLAS.ti Desktop and Web! We're glad to hear that ATLAS.ti has made it possible for you to enjoy the best of both worlds, including the live collaboration in ATLAS.ti Web and the powerhouse of features in ATLAS.ti Desktop. Indeed, ATLAS.ti is the only qualitative data analysis software that offers unlimited access to all platforms and features with one single license, in addition to seamless project transfer between ATLAS.ti Web, ATLAS.ti Windows, and ATLAS.ti Mac. Moreover, ATLAS.ti offers the broadest range of powerful AI tools to facilitate your research, and you can count on our free expert support 24 hours a day, 5 days a week, via live chat, telephone, and email. We wish you all the best in your research, and please let us know if you ever have any questions or doubts. We are here to help you succeed in your research, including helping you with methodological questions and project optimization!

Replied July 2024

Leiza B.

Verified reviewer

Research

501-1000 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2024

A useful tool for comparative qualitative analysis

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Customer service is amazing- they reply very fast and give very useful -and patient- guidance

Cons:

I found some tools a bit more complex and less intuitive than before- such as exporting the number of quotes per group of documents and codes

Vendor Response

Hi Leiza, thank you very much for your positive feedback! We're glad to hear that you've found ATLAS.ti to be useful for your comparative qualitative analysis. We strive to make qualitative research easier for everyone, everywhere, which is also why we are the only qualitative research software to provide free support 24 hours a day, 5 days a week, via live chat, telephone, and email. We're delighted that you've been so happy with our customer service team! We understand that learning how to make some specific outputs may require understanding how the analysis and export tools work. Please count on our support for any questions you have. For example, you can export reports of the quotations in your document groups and code groups from the document manager, code manager, and/or code-document analysis tool. Feel free to contact us and let us know what exactly you are looking for, our team will be happy to give you concrete guidance to get the most out of ATLAS.ti for your research!

Replied August 2024

G P.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

201-500 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed August 2024

happy customer

It was very positive overall. It took some time to sort out the tech issues, but once this was done and I got the hang of things, it has been very useful for my data analysis. Service support was outstanding.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Powerful tool for analysis, which is user-friendly

Cons:

I experienced frustrating problems with set up - though these do not to seem to have been Atlas' fault. The user manual wasn't entirely clear,

Vendor Response

Hi G.P., thank you very much for sharing your feedback! We're glad to hear that you've found ATLAS.ti to be powerful, user-friendly, and our support service to be outstanding. We strive to help qualitative researchers everywhere, which is why we're always available 24/5 via live chat, telephone, and email. We appreciate your feedback about the setup process and user manual. I can see you had some questions about adding data to your project and accessing your project. In both cases, our team immediately helping you in the live chat. Moreover, it seems the issues stemmed from the network connection of your computer and not ATLAS.ti. Our team made every effort to help, including holding multiple online meetings with you, even though the issue fell beyond the scope of the ATLAS.ti software. Given all this, we feel your rating of the ease of use of ATLAS.ti is unfair. This being said, we hope ATLAS.ti continues to serve you well and we wish you all the best in your research endeavors!

Replied August 2024

Mamello K.

Verified reviewer

Hospital & Health Care

51-200 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed July 2024

ATLAS.ti crashed 😔

Good, very easy to navigate, and with the undo button its really easy to play around with some functions.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

It makes it to analyse the qualitative data, and i can always go back and change code, or merge or split, its quite helpful.

Cons:

Mine crashed, and i am not sure if there ia some information on how to go about that in the manual because I was just frustrated, because i could still open projects but the documents content was not showing in the main window, and i could not creat new project.

Vendor Response

Dear Mamello, thank you for sharing your feedback. We are glad to hear that you've found ATLAS.ti to be helpful, good, and easy to navigate. We are sorry to hear that you ran into a technical issue, but we fixed your issue in less than 24 hours. As you know, we provide free expert support 24 hours a day, 5 days a week. You reached out to us and we immediately helped you fix the issue. Moreover, you yourself stated that your computer had other issues. Indeed, technical issues can arise in any computer system for myriad reasons beyond just the ATLAS.ti software, this is simply the nature of technology. ATLAS.ti is the only CAQDAS to offer free support 24/5 via live chat, telephone, and email, so we are always here to help anyone who runs into an unexpected issue with their computer. We therefore feel your rating is unfair, as the issue did not arise from our software, but please rest assured we are always here to help you. We wish you all the best in your research with ATLAS.ti.

Replied July 2024

Umay K.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

10000+ employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2024

An Essential Tool for Qualitative Researchers

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Atlas is a user-friendly software. It allows us, qualitative researchers, to have all our research material in one place – images, video, or transcripts. It is also a handy feature to rename the documents already uploaded to Atlas.It does not do the analysis itself and gives the researcher the tools to use their skills and creative mind. This software design is essential to ensure the authenticity and novelty of data analysis and research output. It is also a significant bonus to have the Atlas tutorials readily available on the web and their support team, which is very responsive and eager to help via live chat and email.

Cons:

Two people cannot work synchronously. One person must work, save, and send the project to the other. The cloud and simultaneous collaboration features need further improvement to increase the collaboration capacity.

Vendor Response

Dear Umay, thank you very much for your feedback! We're delighted to hear that you find ATLAS.ti to be user friendly and that it's helped you analyze all your qualitative data, including images, videos, and transcripts. Indeed, ATLAS.ti is designed to help make qualitative research easier for everyone, everywhere, so that you can unleash your creativity in your research! Regarding teamwork, you can indeed collaborate in real time in ATLAS.ti Web. In ATLAS.ti Desktop, multiple can also work at the same time, and this is precisely what we recommend. Everyone can simply work on a copy of the same project, then all those projects can be merged together into one: https://manuals.atlasti.com/Win/en/manual/Team/TeamWork.html We also strongly value being there for our users, which is why we provide free support 24 hours a day, 5 days a week, via live chat, telephone, and email. Please count on our support if you ever have any questions or comments, we wish you all the best in your research!

Replied May 2024

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