Condens vs Quirkos
Condens
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| Figure | Condens | Quirkos |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | €13.75/mo | $5/mo |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 4 | 8 |
| Spec score · Text Analytics Software | 8.2 (#6) | 8.2 (#7) |
| Headquarters | Munich, Germany | Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
| Security | Condens states that it is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and complies with GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA and APA. | 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. |
| Support | Pricing lists personal support for all three tiers, with self-serve onboarding for Lite, guided onboarding for Business and tailored onboarding for Enterprise. | Quirkos offers email and phone support, and says its support team has experience in technical support and qualitative analysis. |
| Transcription | Condens transcribes recordings with timestamps, speaker recognition and support for more than 85 languages. | Quirkos Transcribe converts audio and video into transcripts, includes 100 free minutes for Cloud users, and supports files up to 2 GB. |
Plans
Condens
- Lite€15 a month
- Lite (annual)€165 a year
- Business€500 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
Quirkos
- Quirkos Cloud — Student$5 a month
- Quirkos Cloud$8 a month
- Quirkos Cloud — Academic and Nonprofit$13 a month
- Quirkos Transcribe$15 a month
- Quirkos Cloud — Public Sector$17 a month
- Quirkos Cloud — Commercial$23 a month
- Offline Licence — 1 computer$69, paid once
- Offline Licence — 2 computers$110, paid once
In their own words
Condens
Condens is a UX research repository and AI analysis platform for centralizing customer knowledge and producing evidence-backed insights. Teams can search research for patterns and existing answers, while a split view connects raw data to findings and links each insight to source evidence. Condens AI generates answers from research data while leaving users in control of outputs. Recordings are transcribed with timestamps, speaker recognition and support for more than 85 languages. Users can create transcript clips and highlight reels and share them through browser links without audience logins. Condens runs in the cloud on web and through an API, with named connections for Zoom, Google Drive, Typeform, Figma, Miro, Slack and Microsoft Teams. Business includes ChatGPT and Claude connections; Enterprise lists custom and internal LLM connections. Lite starts at €15 a month, with a 15-day trial. Condens states that aspiring researchers and educational researchers can use it free.
Quirkos
Quirkos is qualitative analysis software for exploring and interpreting text data. It imports Word documents, plain text, PDFs, Excel spreadsheets, and text pasted from websites or other programs. Codes are displayed visually as users work, with support for groups, hierarchies, color coding, overlap views, and word clouds. Query View can search text, filter by data criteria, and compare data groups side by side. Quirkos Cloud adds live synchronization, editing, and chat, with unlimited collaborators and collaborations at no extra fee. Project data can be exported to Excel for use in SPSS or R, or in REFI-QDA format for other qualitative programs. Quirkos Transcribe converts audio and video into transcripts, accepts files up to 2 GB, and includes 100 free minutes for Cloud users. Transcribe runs in the web app; its five best-supported selectable languages are English, Italian, German, Spanish, and Portuguese. Cloud plans include student, academic and nonprofit, public sector, and commercial options. The Student plan costs $5 a month, billed annually; an offline licence for one computer costs 69.00 USD once for lifetime use.