FieldNotes applies your codebook to new transcripts automatically — deductive coding, browser-based, GDPR-first, and built by a small independent team, not a larger acquisition portfolio. ATLAS.ti was acquired by Lumivero (the company behind NVivo) in September 2024 — if that's part of why you're looking around, here's how FieldNotes compares.
Same job — coding transcripts — built on a different premise.
| Feature | FieldNotes | ATLAS.ti |
|---|---|---|
| Ownership | Independent (Unpinned B.V.) | Lumivero (also owns NVivo) |
| Pricing (individual) | From €9.99/month | ~€400–500/year |
| Browser-based (no install) | ✓ | ✗ |
| Coding direction | Deductive — applies your codebook | Inductive — generates codes from material |
| Human-in-the-loop review | ✓ | ✗ |
| Saturation tracking | ✓ | ✗ |
| GDPR-compliant, cookieless analytics | ✓ | Varies |
| Citable methods snippet | ✓ | ✗ |
ATLAS.ti doesn't publish exact prices publicly — figures above are commonly cited ranges for individual commercial licenses; check atlasti.com for current pricing.
FieldNotes is built by a small independent team focused on one thing — deductive transcript coding — not managed as one line item in a larger corporate acquisition portfolio.
You define the codebook. FieldNotes applies it consistently across every new transcript — the workflow theory-driven researchers actually need, not a retrofit onto inductive tooling.
Cookieless analytics (Plausible, not Google Analytics), EU hosting, and a Dutch legal entity — privacy as a structural choice, not a checkbox.
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