MAXQDA

MAXQDA
DeveloperVERBI GmbH
Release1995
Stable release
26.3 (Win and Mac) / 17 June 2026; 4 months ago (2026-06-17)
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows, Mac OS
Available inMultilingual (15)
TypeQualitative Data Analysis Qualitative research
LicenseProprietary software
Websitewww.maxqda.com

MAXQDA is a computer-assisted qualitative data analysis (CAQDAS) application used for qualitative and mixed methods research. Developed and distributed by VERBI Software in Berlin, Germany, it runs on Windows and macOS and supports projects containing textual materials, PDFs, images, audio and video (including transcripts), and structured survey data.

Its functions include organizing and coding source materials, writing memos, retrieving and querying coded segments, managing cases and associated variables, and producing tables and visualizations. The software also supports inter-coder agreement checks and mixed methods workflows that link qualitative codes to numerical attributes.

Products

MAXQDA Standard

The standard version of MAXQDA for macOS and Windows offers tools for the organisation and analysis of qualitative data. This includes text, audio, image, video and bibliographical files as well as survey data, Twitter tweets or focus group transcripts. The data can be analysed in a four-screen window with the help of codes and memos. MAXQDA includes some quantitative data analysis tools (e.g. Mixed Methods tools).

MAXQDA Analytics Pro

MAXQDA Analytics Pro is an edition of MAXQDA that combines the core qualitative and mixed methods features with MAXDictio (for quantitative content analysis) and a statistics module (“Stats”). The Stats module provides tools to analyze data from MAXQDA projects - such as codes, cases, and variables - using descriptive statistics and cross-tabulations, and can also work with external datasets imported from spreadsheet files or SPSS formats.

MAXQDA Reader

The MAXQDA Reader makes it possible to read and search MAXQDA projects without owning a license. Projects cannot be edited.

Version history

Features of MAXQDA

See also

Literature

References

  1. ↑ "Release Notes - MAXQDA for Windows and Mac". maxqda.com. Retrieved 20 July 2026.
  2. ↑ "MAXQDA Products | Qualitative & Mixed Methods Data Analysis Software". MAXQDA. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
  3. ↑ Ann Lewins and Christina Silver: Using Software in Qualitative Research: A Step-by-Step Guide, 2007, SAGE Publications, Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore
  4. ↑ "MAXQDA products for Qualitative and Mixed Methods Data Analysis". maxqda.com. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "MAXQDA's Mixed Methods features". maxqda.com. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "MAXQDA Products | Qualitative & Mixed Methods Data Analysis Software". MAXQDA. Retrieved 4 November 2025.