Pricing
Pricing.
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QualCanvas plans
Free
$0
For trying it out
- 2 canvases
- 10 codes
- CSV export
- 4 analysis tools
Student
$4
per month, billed annually ($48/yr, save 20%)
Verified academic email — for students
- 5 canvases
- AI auto-code
- All 13 analysis tools
- Ethics + cases
Requires a verified academic email.
Pro
$12
per month, billed annually ($144/yr, save 20%)
For one researcher
- One coder: you
- Unlimited free viewers
- Unlimited canvases
- 50,000 words / transcript
- All 13 analysis tools
- Auto-code
- Ethics + cases
- 5 share codes
Team
$32
per seat / month, billed annually ($384/yr, save 18%)
For research groups
- Everything in Pro
- A seat for you and each coder
- Intercoder κ + α (on demand)
- Unlimited share codes
- Team admin
- Priority support
Institutions
Custom
Discuss volume needs
For departments and faculties
- Everything in Team
- Volume licensing discussion
- Procurement support
- DPA + sub-processor information
- Institutional onboarding
- Research-desk contact
Students: $5/mo on the Student plan. Faculty and staff get 40% off Pro and Team with a verified academic email, applied automatically at checkout.
Full comparison
Side by side.
| Feature | Free | Student | Pro | Team | Institutions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workspace | |||||
| Canvases | 2 | 5 | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Transcripts per canvas | 5 | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Words per transcript | 10,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 |
| Codes | 10 | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Coding & analysis | |||||
| Auto-code (AI-assisted) | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Analysis tools | 4 | All 13 | All 13 | All 13 | All 13 |
| Cases + cross-case | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Intercoder reliability (κ + α) | — | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Collaboration | |||||
| Share codes | — | 2 | 5 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| People per canvas (coders + viewers) | — | — | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Coders | — | — | Just you | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Price per coder | — | — | One person | $32/seat/mo | Custom |
| Read-only viewers | — | — | Free | Free | Free |
| Team management | — | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| SSO + SCIM | — | — | — | — | Not available |
| Ethics + compliance | |||||
| Ethics + consent tracking | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audit log | 90 days | 90 days | 90 days | 90 days | 90 days |
| DPA available | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| BAA available | — | — | — | — | Not available |
| EU residency option | — | — | — | — | Not available |
| Export + import | |||||
| CSV export | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PNG / HTML / Markdown | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Word + Excel reports | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| QDPX (NVivo / ATLAS.ti) | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI | |||||
| AI text analysis | — | 1,000/day fair use | 1,000/day fair use | 1,000/day fair use | Custom |
| Audio transcription (with your own OpenAI key) | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI runs on your own OpenAI, Anthropic or Google account (the provider bills you) | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Support | |||||
| Email response | Best effort | Best effort | 48h | 24h priority | Dedicated |
| Academic pricing | — | Built in | 40% off | 40% off | Custom |
How we compare
QualCanvas
$5–15/mo · published
On this page. $5 students, 40% academic discount.
Competitor prices verified 2026-05-14 from each vendor's public page where available; third-party sourced otherwise. See /vs for the full side-by-side comparison.
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Save $36/year on Pro · $84/seat/year on Team with annual billing.
Frequently asked
Can I try before I buy?
Yes. The Free plan is free forever and includes core coding features. Upgrade when you need more capacity or advanced analysis tools.
What payment methods do you accept?
Online subscriptions use major credit cards through Stripe. Contact the research desk to discuss institutional procurement requirements before relying on another payment method.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. Cancel from your Account page. You keep Pro/Team access until the end of the billing period. No retention friction.
How does the academic discount work?
Students get the dedicated Student plan at $5/mo with a verified institution email. Faculty and staff on Pro or Team get 40% off automatically at checkout with a recognised academic email. Eligibility is based on the verified institution address; contact support if your institution uses an unrecognised domain.
How do seats work?
Pro is for one person: you code, and you can invite as many read-only viewers as you like for free. Team is priced per seat ($39/seat/mo, or $32 billed annually): you hold one seat, and each person who codes with you — on your canvases or in your teams — holds one more; a person counts once. Viewers are free on Team too. If you are on Pro and invite a coder, QualCanvas offers the upgrade to Team and shows what it costs today and at renewal; nothing is charged until you confirm, or you can add them as a viewer instead. On Team, inviting a coder shows the prorated charge for the rest of the billing period and asks you to confirm it first. Removing a coder, or making them a viewer, frees the seat straight away and credits the unused time to your next bill.
What happens to my data if I downgrade?
Your data is preserved. You can't create new resources beyond the Free-plan limits until you re-upgrade, but nothing is deleted.
Do you offer institutional licensing?
We discuss volume access, onboarding and procurement with institutions. QualCanvas does not currently provide SAML/OIDC SSO, SCIM, a HIPAA BAA, custom automatic retention or EU data residency. Review the institutions page before treating any of those requirements as available.
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