KH Coder vs Leximancer

KH Coder is software for quantitative content analysis, text mining, and computational linguistics. It can be used with free-response survey answers, interview records, newspaper articles, and other text. The analysis options include word-frequency lists, keyword searches, KWIC, cluster analysis, multidimensional scaling, co-occurrence networks, correspondence analysis, self-organizing maps, and coding cross-tabulations. Visualizations include network views with betweenness centrality and community detection, correspondence-analysis plots, heatmaps, line charts, and bubble plots. Statistical analyses can be viewed with the source-text context, and analysis can run without an internet connection. The English site lists text support for Catalan, Simplified Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Slovenian, and Spanish. KH Coder runs on Linux, macOS, and Windows, with on-premise deployment. Users can customize it by editing R and MySQL code. The free Windows Starting Edition limits analyzable data and some features and is an older beta; the paid Base Edition is presented as the full version. The Mac Edition costs $99.00 USD once and requires Apple silicon, macOS 11 or later, and 5 GB of available disk space.

Leximancer analyzes collections of text and presents extracted information as concept maps for thematic analysis. It automatically identifies high-level concepts and provides interactive visualizations and data exports, with discovery and guided exploration modes that do not depend on user-defined dictionaries or phrase libraries. Topic Guide creates a subject index for a document collection without configuration. Listed applications include document processing, stakeholder and customer feedback, survey responses, media analysis, and social networks. Leximancer supports sentiment and topic analysis in 18 languages. LexiDesktop runs on macOS 10.15 or later and 64-bit Windows 10 and 11; LexiPortal provides a cloud option without installation on the user's computer. The service has a 30-day trial but no free plan. LexiPortal Monthly Subscription costs A$350 a month and includes 15GB project and document storage. Academic subscriptions and desktop licences have separate prices and eligibility terms; academic licences are restricted to non-commercial use by individual academics and enrolled students at recognized learning institutions. LexiPortal uses US-based service providers, and personal information may be disclosed to them.