Comparing ATLAS.ti Desktop & ATLAS.ti Web
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								ATLAS.ti Desktop							 
									Download and test drive the most powerful knowledge workbench solution available.								 | 
								ATLAS.ti Web							 
									Start your analysis journey & discover qualitative insights for your research projects.								 | |
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| Interface Language | ||
| Interface Languages | English, Spanish, German, Brazilian Portuguese, French, simplified Chinese | English, Spanish, German | 
| Supported Data Types | ||
| Text formats | txt, rtf, doc, docx, odt, epub, mobi, pdf | docx, pdf | 
| Editing and writing text | Yes. ATLAS.ti provides a streamlined rich text editing experience supporting features such as font size, bold/italic/underlined, lists, text color, and inserting images. | |
| Word comment import | ||
| PDF annotation import | ||
| Images | ||
| Audio | ||
| Video | ||
| Geo | ||
| Survey data | ||
| Import data from reference managers | ||
| Twitter import | ||
| Social network comments (from posts on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and more) | ||
| Audio/Video transcripts in sync with media | ||
| Automatic transcription with speaker coding | ||
| Full Unicode support | ||
| Text search | Yes, full-text search including lemmatization and synonyms as well as various other retrieval options. | Yes, within each entity only | 
| Coding | ||
| Open coding (coding while you read the data) | ||
| Free codes (generate codes without coding) | ||
| Code colors | ||
| Code hierarchies (create category codes and sub-codes) | ||
| Quick coding (code with last used code(s)) | ||
| Rectangle selections in PDFs | ||
| In-vivo coding | ||
| Merging codes | ||
| Grouping codes | ||
| Splitting codes | ||
| Import codes (e.g., from Excel) | ||
| Automatic Coding | ||
| AI Coding | ||
| Intentional AI Coding | ||
| Conversational AI | ||
| AI Code Suggestions | ||
| Searching a text for words or expressions and auto coding results | ||
| Suggesting synonyms when searching text | ||
| Recognizing speakers / text units in focus groups or other structural data and auto coding results | ||
| Named Entity Recognition (NER) | ||
| Sentiment Analysis | ||
| Concept search | ||
| Opinion Mining | ||
| Choose AI Server Region | ||
| Teamwork | ||
| User management | ||
| Real-time team collaboration | ||
| Share projects via cloud | Web projects are always stored in the cloud | |
| Inter-coder agreement analysis | ||
| Comments and Memos | ||
| Comments for every entity in your project | Yes, all features of normal text documents | Yes, simple text | 
| Creating, writing, grouping memos | ||
| Converting memo into document for further analysis | ||
| Linking memos | ||
| Analysis | ||
| Paper Search with access to 200M+ scientific papers | ||
| AI Summaries | ||
| Querying coded data using boolean operators (AND, OR, XOR, NOT) in combination with document filters | ||
| Queries can be saved for later inspection or re-use | ||
| Within and across case analysis | ||
| Code co-occurrence analysis | ||
| Code-document table (cross-tabulation of codes by documents) | ||
| Sankey Diagrams | ||
| Bar charts | In code co-occurrence table, code-document table, document manager, and code manager | In quotation manager and code distribution reports | 
| Donut charts | ||
| Tree maps | ||
| Word frequency counts | ||
| Word clouds | ||
| Networks and linking | ||
| Linking entities, creating networks, visualizing relationships in the data | ||
| Create hyperlinks between quotations | ||
| Reports | ||
| Reports of code lists and coded data segments in Excel format | ||
| Reports in Word or PDF format | ||
| Print coded documents as you see it on the screen | Texts documents | |
| Data exchange between ATLAS.ti Web and the Desktop versions | ||
| ATLAS.ti Web → ATLAS.ti Desktop | ||
| ATLAS.ti Desktop → ATLAS.ti Web | ||
| Project Import & Export | ||
| XML project export | ATLAS.ti Mac | |
| Export in QDPX format for use in other CAQDAS | Code list | |
| Export to statistical software (SPSS, SAS, R, etc.) | ||
| General | ||
| Side-by-side display of documents | Possible if you arrange your web browser tab accordingly | |
| Undo / Redo | Yes, Undo / Redo in documents, in all other areas only undo of deletions | |
| Consecutive numbering of units | ||
| Live chat support | ||
| Interface Language | 
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										Interface Languages									English, Spanish, German, Brazilian Portuguese, French, simplified Chinese | 
| Supported Data Types | 
| 
										Text formats									txt, rtf, doc, docx, odt, epub, mobi, pdf | 
| 
										Editing and writing text									 | 
| 
										Word comment import									 | 
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										PDF									 | 
| 
										PDF annotation import									 | 
| 
										Images									 | 
| 
										Audio									 | 
| 
										Video									 | 
| 
										Geo									 | 
| 
										Survey data									 | 
| 
										Import data from reference managers									 | 
| 
										Twitter import									 | 
| 
										Social network comments (from posts on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and more)									 | 
| 
										Audio/Video transcripts in sync with media									 | 
| 
										Automatic transcription with speaker coding									 | 
| 
										Full Unicode support									 | 
| 
										Text search									Yes, full-text search including lemmatization and synonyms as well as various other retrieval options. | 
| Coding | 
| 
										Open coding (coding while you read the data)									 | 
| 
										Free codes (generate codes without coding)									 | 
| 
										Code colors									 | 
| 
										Code hierarchies (create category codes and sub-codes)									 | 
| 
										Quick coding (code with last used code(s))									 | 
| 
										Rectangle selections in PDFs									 | 
| 
										In-vivo coding									 | 
| 
										Merging codes									 | 
| 
										Grouping codes									 | 
| 
										Splitting codes									 | 
| 
										Import codes (e.g., from Excel)									 | 
| Automatic Coding | 
| 
										AI Coding									 | 
| 
										Intentional AI Coding									 | 
| 
										Conversational AI									 | 
| 
										AI Code Suggestions									 | 
| 
										Searching a text for words or expressions and auto coding results									 | 
| 
										Suggesting synonyms when searching text									 | 
| 
										Recognizing speakers / text units in focus groups or other structural data and auto coding results									 | 
| 
										Named Entity Recognition (NER)									 | 
| 
										Sentiment Analysis									 | 
| 
										Concept search									 | 
| 
										Opinion Mining									 | 
| 
										Choose AI Server Region									 | 
| Teamwork | 
| 
										User management									 | 
| 
										Real-time team collaboration									 | 
| 
										Share projects via cloud									 | 
| 
										Inter-coder agreement analysis									 | 
| Comments and Memos | 
| 
										Comments for every entity in your project									Yes, all features of normal text documents | 
| 
										Creating, writing, grouping memos									 | 
| 
										Converting memo into document for further analysis									 | 
| 
										Linking memos									 | 
| Analysis | 
| 
										Paper Search with access to 200M+ scientific papers									 | 
| 
										AI Summaries									 | 
| 
										Querying coded data using boolean operators (AND, OR, XOR, NOT) in combination with document filters									 | 
| 
										Queries can be saved for later inspection or re-use									 | 
| 
										Within and across case analysis									 | 
| 
										Code co-occurrence analysis									 | 
| 
										Code-document table (cross-tabulation of codes by documents)									 | 
| 
										Sankey Diagrams									 | 
| 
										Bar charts									In code co-occurrence table, code-document table, document manager, and code manager | 
| 
										Donut charts									 | 
| 
										Tree maps									 | 
| 
										Word frequency counts									 | 
| 
										Word clouds									 | 
| Networks and linking | 
| 
										Linking entities, creating networks, visualizing relationships in the data									 | 
| 
										Create hyperlinks between quotations									 | 
| Reports | 
| 
										Reports of code lists and coded data segments in Excel format									 | 
| 
										Reports in Word or PDF format									 | 
| 
										Print coded documents as you see it on the screen									Texts documents | 
| Data exchange between ATLAS.ti Web and the Desktop versions | 
| 
										ATLAS.ti Web → ATLAS.ti Desktop									 | 
| 
										ATLAS.ti Desktop → ATLAS.ti Web									 | 
| Project Import & Export | 
| 
										XML project export									ATLAS.ti Mac | 
| 
										Export in QDPX format for use in other CAQDAS									 | 
| 
										Export to statistical software (SPSS, SAS, R, etc.)									 | 
| General | 
| 
										Side-by-side display of documents									 | 
| 
										Undo / Redo									 | 
| 
										Consecutive numbering of units									 | 
| 
										Live chat support									 | 
| Interface Language | 
| 
										Interface Languages									English, Spanish, German | 
| Supported Data Types | 
| 
										Text formats									docx, pdf | 
| 
										Editing and writing text									Yes. ATLAS.ti provides a streamlined rich text editing experience supporting features such as font size, bold/italic/underlined, lists, text color, and inserting images. | 
| 
										Word comment import									 | 
| 
										PDF									 | 
| 
										PDF annotation import									 | 
| 
										Images									 | 
| 
										Audio									 | 
| 
										Video									 | 
| 
										Geo									 | 
| 
										Survey data									 | 
| 
										Import data from reference managers									 | 
| 
										Twitter import									 | 
| 
										Social network comments (from posts on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and more)									 | 
| 
										Audio/Video transcripts in sync with media									 | 
| 
										Automatic transcription with speaker coding									 | 
| 
										Full Unicode support									 | 
| 
										Text search									Yes, within each entity only | 
| Coding | 
| 
										Open coding (coding while you read the data)									 | 
| 
										Free codes (generate codes without coding)									 | 
| 
										Code colors									 | 
| 
										Code hierarchies (create category codes and sub-codes)									 | 
| 
										Quick coding (code with last used code(s))									 | 
| 
										Rectangle selections in PDFs									 | 
| 
										In-vivo coding									 | 
| 
										Merging codes									 | 
| 
										Grouping codes									 | 
| 
										Splitting codes									 | 
| 
										Import codes (e.g., from Excel)									 | 
| Automatic Coding | 
| 
										AI Coding									 | 
| 
										Intentional AI Coding									 | 
| 
										Conversational AI									 | 
| 
										AI Code Suggestions									 | 
| 
										Searching a text for words or expressions and auto coding results									 | 
| 
										Suggesting synonyms when searching text									 | 
| 
										Recognizing speakers / text units in focus groups or other structural data and auto coding results									 | 
| 
										Named Entity Recognition (NER)									 | 
| 
										Sentiment Analysis									 | 
| 
										Concept search									 | 
| 
										Opinion Mining									 | 
| 
										Choose AI Server Region									 | 
| Teamwork | 
| 
										User management									 | 
| 
										Real-time team collaboration									 | 
| 
										Share projects via cloud									Web projects are always stored in the cloud | 
| 
										Inter-coder agreement analysis									 | 
| Comments and Memos | 
| 
										Comments for every entity in your project									Yes, simple text | 
| 
										Creating, writing, grouping memos									 | 
| 
										Converting memo into document for further analysis									 | 
| 
										Linking memos									 | 
| Analysis | 
| 
										Paper Search with access to 200M+ scientific papers									 | 
| 
										AI Summaries									 | 
| 
										Querying coded data using boolean operators (AND, OR, XOR, NOT) in combination with document filters									 | 
| 
										Queries can be saved for later inspection or re-use									 | 
| 
										Within and across case analysis									 | 
| 
										Code co-occurrence analysis									 | 
| 
										Code-document table (cross-tabulation of codes by documents)									 | 
| 
										Sankey Diagrams									 | 
| 
										Bar charts									In quotation manager and code distribution reports | 
| 
										Donut charts									 | 
| 
										Tree maps									 | 
| 
										Word frequency counts									 | 
| 
										Word clouds									 | 
| Networks and linking | 
| 
										Linking entities, creating networks, visualizing relationships in the data									 | 
| 
										Create hyperlinks between quotations									 | 
| Reports | 
| 
										Reports of code lists and coded data segments in Excel format									 | 
| 
										Reports in Word or PDF format									 | 
| 
										Print coded documents as you see it on the screen									 | 
| Data exchange between ATLAS.ti Web and the Desktop versions | 
| 
										ATLAS.ti Web → ATLAS.ti Desktop									 | 
| 
										ATLAS.ti Desktop → ATLAS.ti Web									 | 
| Project Import & Export | 
| 
										XML project export									 | 
| 
										Export in QDPX format for use in other CAQDAS									Code list | 
| 
										Export to statistical software (SPSS, SAS, R, etc.)									 | 
| General | 
| 
										Side-by-side display of documents									Possible if you arrange your web browser tab accordingly | 
| 
										Undo / Redo									Yes, Undo / Redo in documents, in all other areas only undo of deletions | 
| 
										Consecutive numbering of units									 | 
| 
										Live chat support									 |