No. 5 of 36 ·Text Analytics Software

Quirkos

Name: Quirkos
Price: 5 USD

Web · Windows · Mac · Linux · Android · iPhone · paid plans from $5/mo

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Two barsScore 5.4

Free tierNo free tier on record
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely6 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

Quirkos is ranked #5 of 36 in text analytics software on Freedom251. It runs on Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Web, Windows. There is no free plan. A free trial is offered. Paid plans start at $5/mo.

Quirkos plans and pricing

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Quirkos Cloud — Student $5/mo paid annually unlimited cloud storage · live collaboration and project sharing · 100 free transcription minutes quirkos.com · 29 Sept 2026

Quirkos Cloud $8/mo paid quarterly unlimited cloud storage · live collaboration and project sharing · access to Quirkos Web and Quirkos 2 quirkos.com · 29 Sept 2026

Quirkos Cloud — Academic and Nonprofit $13/mo paid annually unlimited cloud storage · live collaboration and project sharing · 100 free transcription minutes quirkos.com · 29 Sept 2026

Quirkos Transcribe $15/mo paid quarterly up to 50 hours of audio per month · requires Quirkos Cloud quirkos.com · 29 Sept 2026

Quirkos Cloud — Public Sector $17/mo paid annually unlimited cloud storage · live collaboration and project sharing · 100 free transcription minutes quirkos.com · 29 Sept 2026

Quirkos Cloud — Commercial $23/mo paid annually unlimited cloud storage · live collaboration and project sharing · 100 free transcription minutes quirkos.com · 29 Sept 2026

Compared on text analytics software

Free plan: No
Paid from: $5/mo
Sentiment analysis: No
Entity extraction: No
Intent detection: No
Topic analysis: No
Deployment options: hybrid

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The record

Purpose: Quirkos is qualitative analysis software designed to help users explore and understand qualitative text data.
Import formats: It imports Word documents, plain text, PDFs, Excel spreadsheets, and text pasted from websites or other programs.
Visual analysis: The software visualizes codes as users work and supports code groups, hierarchies, color coding, overlap views, and word clouds.
Queries: Query View supports text searches, filters by data criteria, and side-by-side comparisons of data groups.
Collaboration: Quirkos Cloud supports live synchronization, editing, chat, and an unlimited number of collaborators and collaborations at no extra fee.
Exports and interoperability: Users can export project data to Excel for analysis in SPSS or R and export in REFI-QDA format for use in other qualitative programs.
Transcription: Quirkos Transcribe converts audio and video into transcripts, includes 100 free minutes for Cloud users, and supports files up to 2 GB.
Transcription limitation: Transcribe works in the Quirkos Web browser app, and its five best-supported selectable languages are English, Italian, German, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Security: Quirkos says Transcribe encrypts audio before upload and does not share or process its transcription data with third parties or make it accessible to staff.
Privacy: The privacy policy says offline mode sends no project or usage data, while Cloud stores account details and project data on its servers and uses regional hosting where possible.
Support: Quirkos offers email and phone support, and says its support team has experience in technical support and qualitative analysis.
Audience and history: Quirkos says it serves researchers across disciplines and was founded in 2013 before launching in October 2014.
Founded: 2013
Headquarters: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Price from: $5/mo

Where it ranks on Freedom251

Best Text Analytics Software in 2026#5 of 36

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Sources

quirkos.com· checked 29 Sept 2026
quirkos.com/learn-qualitative/features.html· checked 29 Sept 2026
quirkos.com/learn-qualitative/qualitative-automated· checked 29 Sept 2026
quirkos.com/privacy.html· checked 29 Sept 2026
quirkos.com/about.html· checked 29 Sept 2026
quirkos.com/licences.html· checked 29 Sept 2026