CATMA
7.7#3 in text analytics softwareFree planFree planWebAPILinuxmacOS
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KH Coder
7.9#1 in text analytics softwareFrom ¥18,480 a yearFree planLinuxmacOSSelf-hostedWindows
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| Fact | CATMA | KH Coder |
|---|---|---|
| Licence | CATMA is open source under the GNU General Public License version 3. | The KH Coder core is free software under GNU GPL version 2 or later, permitting academic or commercial use, modification, and redistribution under GPL conditions. |
| Public API | The JSON API exposes time-limited, read-only project access and publishes OpenAPI, Swagger UI and Postman resources. | No separate HTTP API or SDK is presented on the official English site; extensibility is described through Perl plugins, SQL, R, and source modification. |
| Purpose | CATMA supports computer-assisted text markup and analysis, including annotation, analysis, interpretation, and visualization. | KH Coder is software for quantitative content analysis, text mining, and computational linguistics. |
| Support | The FAQ asks users who need help to contact the CATMA team, which says it will respond as soon as possible. | The maker directs users to GitHub Discussions for questions and error reports and provides a tutorial, video, PDF slides, and reference manual. |
CATMA plans
- CATMAFree
- Public CATMA instanceFree
KH Coder plans
- Starting EditionFree
- KH Coder 5 Mac Edition$99, paid once
- Update subscription (academic)¥18,480 a year
- Base Edition (academic)¥24,750, paid once
- Update subscription (normal)¥43,780 a year
- Base Edition (normal)¥59,950, paid once
Pick CATMA if…
CATMA suits researchers and teams conducting qualitative text studies, especially literary studies, who need flexible annotation and visual analysis. It can also suit users who want locally hosted access or programmatic access to project data.
Pick KH Coder if…
KH Coder is suited to researchers and analysts working with substantial bodies of text, including survey responses, interviews or news articles. It may also suit users who need offline analysis or want to customize the software through R and MySQL code.