WordStat
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What it is
WordStat is text analysis software for examining large document collections with text mining and quantitative content analysis. It can extract frequent words and phrases, identify topics, and explore patterns with clustering, multidimensional scaling, proximity plots, and link analysis. Explorer mode surfaces words, phrases, and topics in one click. Users can apply dictionaries with Boolean, proximity, and regular-expression rules, or build document classifiers using Naïve Bayes and K-Nearest Neighbours. Listed applications include open-ended response analysis, business intelligence, news coverage analysis, and fraud detection. WordStat imports files and data from office and statistical software, PDFs, images, survey platforms, email, social media, and other sources; it exports results and graphs to spreadsheet, document, markup, and image formats. Python scripts and libraries can preprocess text. WordStat integrates with SimStat, QDA Miner, and Stata, and version 2026.1 supports Ollama, LM Studio, and custom URLs for private organization servers. It is a Windows application, with Wine-based options for macOS and Linux. The 14-day trial is fully functional; afterward, analysis is limited to a random 20% sample and most saving, export, and printing functions are disabled.
Spec sheet
- Purpose
- WordStat analyzes large collections of documents with text mining and quantitative content analysis tools.Read 30 Sep 2026 · provalisresearch.com
- Audience
- Provalis says its software is used by universities, governments, NGOs, and businesses across applications including political science, media analysis, surveys, and market research.Read 30 Sep 2026 · provalisresearch.com
- Trial
- The trial versions are fully functional for 14 days, after which the software has some limitations.Read 30 Sep 2026 · provalisresearch.com
- Integrations
- WordStat integrates with SimStat, QDA Miner, and Stata.Read 30 Sep 2026 · provalisresearch.com
- 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.Read 30 Sep 2026 · provalisresearch.com
- Support
- Provalis offers technical support by telephone and email and says inquiries are answered within one business day.Read 30 Sep 2026 · provalisresearch.com
- Headquarters
- Montreal, Quebec, CanadaRead 28 Sep 2026 · provalisresearch.com
- Founded
- 1989Read 28 Sep 2026 · provalisresearch.com
- Company
- Provalis Research says it is headquartered in Montreal, Canada, and was founded in 1989 by Normand Peladeau.Read 30 Sep 2026 · provalisresearch.com
- AI deployment
- WordStat 2026.1 supports Ollama, LM Studio, and up to three custom URLs for private organization servers.Read 30 Sep 2026 · provalisresearch.com
- 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.Read 30 Sep 2026 · provalisresearch.com
- Classification
- Users can build automatic document classification models using Naïve Bayes and K-Nearest Neighbours.Read 30 Sep 2026 · provalisresearch.com
- 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.Read 30 Sep 2026 · provalisresearch.com
- Explorer mode
- Explorer mode can extract frequent words, phrases, and salient topics in one click.Read 30 Sep 2026 · provalisresearch.com
- Exports
- The product page lists export to Excel, SPSS, ASCII, HTML, XML, MS Word, and PNG, BMP, and JPEG graphs.Read 30 Sep 2026 · provalisresearch.com
- 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.Read 30 Sep 2026 · provalisresearch.com
- Integrations and imports
- WordStat imports formats and data from sources including Stata, SPSS, NVivo, Atlas.ti, Qualtrics, SurveyMonkey, Outlook, Gmail, and ODBC databases.Read 30 Sep 2026 · provalisresearch.com
- License limit
- A single-user license can be installed on two computers, but the software cannot run simultaneously on both.Read 30 Sep 2026 · provalisresearch.com
- Operating system
- WordStat is a Windows application and can run on macOS through Wine; the maker describes four installation methods.Read 30 Sep 2026 · provalisresearch.com
- Processing
- The product page says WordStat can process 25 million words per minute.Read 30 Sep 2026 · provalisresearch.com
- Python
- Python scripts and open-source libraries can preprocess or transform text documents for WordStat analysis.Read 30 Sep 2026 · provalisresearch.com
- 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.Read 30 Sep 2026 · provalisresearch.com
- Text mining
- WordStat extracts frequent words and phrases and explores themes with clustering, multidimensional scaling, proximity plots, and link analysis.Read 30 Sep 2026 · provalisresearch.com
- 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.Read 30 Sep 2026 · provalisresearch.com
- Use cases
- The maker lists open-ended response analysis, business intelligence, news coverage analysis, and fraud detection as applications.Read 30 Sep 2026 · provalisresearch.com
Strong points and limits
Strong points
- Explorer mode extracts words, phrases, and topics in one click.
- Classifiers use Naïve Bayes and K-Nearest Neighbours.
- Imports from survey platforms, email, social media, and files.
- Supports 68 languages.
- User-directed files store data, according to Provalis.
Limits
- No free plan; the fully functional trial lasts 14 days.
- After the trial, analysis uses a random 20% sample.
- Saving, export, and printing functions are mostly disabled afterward.
- Windows application; macOS and Linux require Wine-based methods.
Who it suits
WordStat suits researchers and organizations analyzing large document collections, including universities, governments, NGOs, and businesses. Its listed applications include media analysis, surveys, political science, and market research.
Verdict
WordStat combines text mining, dictionary-based categorization, and document classification with a broad range of import and export options. Consider the post-trial limits and Wine-based setup for non-Windows use before choosing it.
Where Specifiction places it
- Text Analysis Software#14 of 277.4
- Text Analytics Software#25 of 377.4
