Tutorial — How to Use AI Qualitative Research Software | Qualitati

Qualitati — Affordable European Qualitative ResearchQualitati is a European qualitative research platform for universities and research companies. AI interviews, thematic analysis, and conversational surveys in 10 languages, with affordable plans and a focus on data privacy.Built for universities and research companies

AI-Moderated Interviews — Run text or voice interviews with an AI moderator that adapts follow-ups to each participant. Active Listener mode lets a human interviewer get real-time prompts and section tracking.

AI-Moderated Focus Groups — Live focus groups with AI moderator that probes, brings in quiet voices, checks consensus, and counters groupthink. Synthetic focus groups for exploratory research.

Conversational Surveys — A Qualtrics alternative with AI-driven follow-ups and branching logic. Discover qualitative insights at survey scale.

AI Thematic Analysis (ThemeLens) — Map-reduce pipeline across up to 100 transcripts at once. Maps codes to research questions, synthesises themes with representative quotes anchored to participants.

QDA Workspace — AI-assisted inductive and deductive coding, codebook generation, theme visualisation. An AI-native NVivo / ATLAS.ti / MAXQDA alternative.

Voice Analytics — Acoustic feature extraction from interview audio: pitch, loudness variability, speech rate, voice quality. Plus AI-generated managerial insights.

Multilingual Depth — 10 interview languages with native UI: English, Chinese, French, Norwegian, Dutch, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Arabic. ElevenLabs Scribe v2 transcription in every language, including Mandarin.

Affordable Pricing — Start free with 30 monthly credits (non-cumulative), no credit card required. Student: €9/month or €90/year. Researchers: €19/month or €190/year. Team: €99/month or €990/year for up to 15 seats and 9,000 shared monthly credits. Organizations: custom pricing. Pay-as-you-go credits are also available.

Privacy & GDPR — Read our Privacy Policy for information about personal data processing and contact us about your institution’s requirements.

Methodology Rigor — Founded by an HEC Paris researcher. AI moderator behaviour, thematic-analysis pipeline, and dual-model supervisor architecture documented and continuously iterated against the academic qualitative-research literature.

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