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CATMA vs Voyant Tools
Both stand on text analytics software. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.
Free plan Open source APILinuxMac+3
CATMA brings collaborative markup, analysis, and export options to qualitative text research. Its standalone option may suit offline environments, but hosted users should consider the stated at-rest encryption limitation before uploading sensitive material.
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Voyant Tools combines a hosted text-analysis workspace with a local option for offline use. Consider its hosted-service logging and limited semantic analysis for language-specific work before choosing it.
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| CATMA | Voyant Tools | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | Yes | Not published |
| Runs on | API, Linux, Mac, Self-hosted, Web, Windows | API, Linux, Mac, Self-hosted, Web, Windows |
| Lowest paid plan | Free or on request | Free or on request |
| Plans published | 2 | 1 |
| Maker | Not published | Not published |
| Website | catma.de | voyant-tools.org |
| On text analytics software | #1 of 37 | #9 of 37 |
CATMA: what it does well
- Free to use, with no listed project or collaboration count limit
- Supports overlapping annotations and shared projects
- Offers word clouds, distribution graphs, and Double Tree
- Exports text, TEI-XML, and CSV
- Standalone can run locally or on private networks
What to know first
- Requires stable internet for browser use
- Touch-device text annotation is not supported
- Standalone defaults to single-user use
- Hosted server data is not encrypted at rest
Voyant Tools: what it does well
- Free and open source under GPL3
- Accepts text, URLs, existing corpora, and file uploads
- Includes multiple tools in its default workspace
- Supports local offline analysis with VoyantServer
What to know first
- Hosted service logs tools, parameters, and IP addresses
- Submitted texts are stored for persistent access
- Limited language-specific functionality for semantic analysis
- VoyantServer requires Java 11
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