Tech riderRev. 20 Sept 2026
- 1Runs onLinux, Mac, Windows
- 2Costsfree trial
- 3Sentiment analysisYes
- 4Entity extractionYes
- 5Topic analysisYes
- 6Analysis sourcesdocuments
- 7Supported languages68 languages
- 8Deployment optionscloud
8 lines stated Written from the maker's own pages: provalisresearch.com

Overview
WordStat is ranked #3 of 37 in text analytics software on Specifiction. It runs on Linux, macOS, Windows. There is no free plan. A free trial is offered.
Compared on text analytics software
- Free plan
- Noprovalisresearch.com
- Sentiment analysis
- Yesprovalisresearch.com
- Entity extraction
- Yesprovalisresearch.com
- Topic analysis
- Yesprovalisresearch.com
- Analysis sources
- documentsprovalisresearch.com
- Supported languages
- 68 languagesprovalisresearch.com
- Deployment options
- cloudprovalisresearch.com
Facts
- Purpose
- WordStat analyzes large collections of documents with text mining and quantitative content analysis tools.provalisresearch.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Use cases
- The maker lists open-ended response analysis, business intelligence, news coverage analysis, and fraud detection as applications.provalisresearch.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Processing
- The product page says WordStat can process 25 million words per minute.provalisresearch.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Explorer mode
- Explorer mode can extract frequent words, phrases, and salient topics in one click.provalisresearch.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Imports
- The maker lists imports from Word, Excel, HTML, XML, SPSS, Stata, NVivo, PDFs, and images, plus direct imports from social media, email, web survey platforms, and reference management tools.provalisresearch.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Integrations
- WordStat integrates with SimStat, QDA Miner, and Stata.provalisresearch.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Classification
- Users can build automatic document classification models using Naïve Bayes and K-Nearest Neighbours.provalisresearch.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Python
- Python scripts and open-source libraries can preprocess or transform text documents for WordStat analysis.provalisresearch.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Exports
- The product page lists export to Excel, SPSS, ASCII, HTML, XML, MS Word, and PNG, BMP, and JPEG graphs.provalisresearch.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Trial
- The trial versions are fully functional for 14 days, after which the software has some limitations.provalisresearch.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Operating system
- WordStat is a Windows application and can run on macOS through Wine; the maker describes four installation methods.provalisresearch.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Privacy
- Provalis says it does not collect, see, or interact with data users work on in its software; that data is stored in files users direct the software to save.provalisresearch.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Support
- The maker offers training and asks Mac installation users with issues to contact support with their macOS version, Mac model, and installation method.provalisresearch.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Company
- Provalis Research says it is headquartered in Montreal, Canada, and was founded in 1989 by Normand Peladeau.provalisresearch.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Text mining
- WordStat extracts frequent words and phrases and explores themes with clustering, multidimensional scaling, proximity plots, and link analysis.provalisresearch.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Categorization and classification
- Users can categorize text with dictionaries using Boolean, proximity, and regular-expression rules, or develop document classifiers with Naïve Bayes and K-Nearest Neighbours.provalisresearch.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Integrations and imports
- WordStat imports formats and data from sources including Stata, SPSS, NVivo, Atlas.ti, Qualtrics, SurveyMonkey, Outlook, Gmail, and ODBC databases.provalisresearch.com · 30 Sept 2026
- AI deployment
- WordStat 2026.1 supports Ollama, LM Studio, and up to three custom URLs for private organization servers.provalisresearch.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Trial limitation
- The trial is fully functional for 14 days; afterward it analyzes a random sample representing 20% of cases and disables most export, saving, and printing functions.provalisresearch.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Supported operating systems
- WordStat is a Windows application and can also run on macOS through Wine-based methods and on Linux through Wine or CrossOver.provalisresearch.com · 30 Sept 2026
- License limit
- A single-user license can be installed on two computers, but the software cannot run simultaneously on both.provalisresearch.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Document limit
- The maker says there is no practical set document-count limit; the theoretical limit is 2 billion documents, with the actual limit depending on available disk space.provalisresearch.com · 30 Sept 2026
- Audience
- Provalis says its software is used by universities, governments, NGOs, and businesses across applications including political science, media analysis, surveys, and market research.provalisresearch.com · 30 Sept 2026
Company
- Founded
- 1989provalisresearch.com · 28 Sept 2026
- Headquarters
- Montreal, Quebec, Canadaprovalisresearch.com · 28 Sept 2026
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Sources
- provalisresearch.com/products/content-analysis-software/· checked 30 Sept 2026
- provalisresearch.com/downloads/trial-versions/· checked 30 Sept 2026
- provalisresearch.com/wine-installation/· checked 30 Sept 2026
- provalisresearch.com/company/privacy/· checked 30 Sept 2026
- provalisresearch.com/company/· checked 30 Sept 2026
- provalisresearch.com/products/content-analysis-software/word· checked 30 Sept 2026
- provalisresearch.com/products/content-analysis-software/word· checked 30 Sept 2026
- provalisresearch.com/read-me/· checked 30 Sept 2026
- provalisresearch.com/products/content-analysis-software/word· checked 30 Sept 2026
- provalisresearch.com/resources/faq/· checked 30 Sept 2026
