Detailed Feature Comparison

Detailed Feature Comparison Chart Key:

Media Data

Still Image

i

Text Data

Single User

PDF Documents

Multiple Simultaneous Users

Basic

 

Professional

 

Multiuser

 

Price

US$170

(US $85 for students, not upgradable)

US $395

US $895

Import Data
Import Video and Audio Data
     
Convert Media Files in many unsupported formats using the internal Media Conversion Tool
     
Supports Multiple Simultaneous Media Files
   
Transcribe Media Data
(Transcription is optional.)
     
Create automated transcripts of media files using AI.
(Free embedded and paid external options available.)
     
Use Autocomplete and Transcription Shortcuts to define & add blocks of text with a single keystroke.
Support for Multiple Simultaneous Transcripts to facilitate more sophisticated forms of analysis
   
Import Text Data into Documents
   
Import PDF Documents
Import Survey Data from Spreadsheet Files
with auto-coding for categorical data
   
Import Still Image Data into Documents and Transcripts
     
Capture Still Images from Video Data
     
Import Still Image Data and Screenshots into Snapshots
   
Link Coded Images to Media Files for Context
   
Analyze Data
Identify and name analytic selections
     
Code Still Image Snapshots with Coding Shapes
   
Categorization – Create and expand thematic Collections to group related data selections
     
Categorization – Nest thematic Collections in existing Collections as deeply as you like
     
Categorization – Move, Copy, and Sort items within Collections
     
Coding – Create and expand a flexible coding scheme
     
Coding – Create temporary groups of data items based on Coding
     
Locate data selections in their original context
     
Reports and Analytic Tools
Library Report – A text-based report about source data files
       
Source Data Reports – A text-based report about how source data has been used analytically
       
Collection Report – A text-based report about analytic data gathered into a Collection, regardless of source
     
Word Frequency Reports & Word Cloud – Word Frequency data for many Libraries, Documents, Episodes, Transcripts, and Collections
     
Source Data Keyword Maps – Graphical report that shows coding for source data
       
Collection Keyword Map – A graphical report that shows coding for media data gathered into a Collection, regardless of source
     
Library Keyword Maps and Graphs – A set of graphical report that shows coding across multiple media files
   
Search Tool – Gather data items together based on contained text, coding, and categorization that has been applied
     
Search Matrix Tool – Define a grid of searches to explore how your codes and categories interact
Analytic Data Export – Export information about coded data for mixed methods analysis
     
Writing Tools
Notes for all supported data types, facilitating keeping Analytic Memos
     
Notes Browser Tool – facilitates the review and comparison of Notes
     
Notes Reports
     
Create, edit, and export Research Journals for Analytic Writing-up
   
Add hyperlinks in Research Journals to the critical data items behind your analytic understanding
   
Other features
Support for extremely large data collections
     
Play All Clips in a Collection
     
Presentation Modes
     
Export Clip Video
   
Copy, transfer or back up data using Transana-XML format
Import data from StudioCode
Support for data in most left-to-right languages with prompts in English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Swedish, and Chinese – Simplified
     
Collaborative Analysis by multiple simultaneous users (Server Setup or Transana Cloud Service required)
Built-in Tutorial and Manual
     

Installations per purchase:

One computer (You may move Transana if you get a new computer)
One computer (You may move Transana if you get a new computer)
One Researcher’s research projects. That is, one server and the research teams of one Lead Researcher. Team members should not use this purchase for analysis unrelated to the Lead Researcher’s work.