IndexQDA by Thematica AI · Early access

Rigorous qualitative analysis. Your data, under your control.

IndexQDA is a qualitative analysis workspace built around the Framework Method. AI suggests, researchers decide on every item, and participants' data stays with your institution.

Try the demo in your browser Request an institutional pilot →

The demo runs entirely in your browser with sample data. Nothing you enter is sent to us.

The framework matrix

The case-by-category matrix is the main screen, not an export.

Rows are participants, columns are categories, and each charted cell summarizes what that participant said, with the quotations behind it.

IndexQDA · Framework matrix
CaseAccess to careTrust in clinicianPractical barriers
P01Video visits saved a two-hour round trip.3 quotes · p.2, l.14Felt heard; prefers the same clinician each time.2 quotes · 04:12Unreliable home internet on rainy days.1 quote · p.5, l.3
P02Booking online was easier than calling.2 quotes · p.1, l.30Not discussedShares one phone with family.2 quotes · 11:47
P03Still travels in for blood tests.1 quote · p.3, l.8Trust built after first in-person visit.4 quotes · p.4, l.21Not yet charted
P04Missed a visit; reminder went to old email.2 quotes · 07:05Unsure who reads her messages.1 quote · p.2, l.40No private room for calls at work.3 quotes · p.6, l.2
Sample project. All data shown is synthetic.
Receipts for every finding

Every cell links to the exact words.

Each summary carries its quotations with line, page and time. One click opens the passage or plays the moment in the recording.

Researcher control

AI suggests. You decide, one item at a time.

Accept, edit or reject each suggestion. Every quotation is first checked word for word against your data. Nothing is applied automatically.

Privacy by construction

De-identified before any AI reads a word.

Redactions for names, places and identifiers are proposed on your own device, and an analyst reviews every one.

The method is the product

Seven stages of the Framework Method, built in.

IndexQDA follows the Framework Method as Gale and colleagues set it out in 2013. The stages are how you move through a study.

  1. TranscriptionVerbatim text, aligned to audio
  2. FamiliarisationRead, listen, memo
  3. CodingLabel passages, by hand or with suggestions
  4. Developing the frameworkGroup codes into categories
  5. Applying the frameworkIndex every transcript
  6. ChartingSummarize into the matrix
  7. InterpretingFind patterns across cases
Who it's for

From a single researcher to a national research system.

Global health, mental health & healthcare research

Interviews and focus groups across settings and languages, including field teams that work offline and data that must stay in the country where it was collected.

Keep the original transcript aligned with its English translation. Codes, quotes and memos stay with the language they were made in.

Ministries, NGOs & evaluators

Program evaluation and implementation research that must stand up to ethics review, with an audit trail of every decision.

Academic & postgraduate research

Theses and faculty-led studies, with independent coding rounds, agreement statistics for teams, and REFI-QDA exports.

Where things stand

What is done, and what is still to come.

We publish each item when it is complete.

Automated test suite

246 automated tests pass.

Done
Online demo

Open to everyone, runs in your browser with synthetic data.

Done
REFI-QDA import and export

Files checked by automated tests and independent readers. Testing inside NVivo, ATLAS.ti and MAXQDA is still to come.

In progress
Institutional pilots

Planned with partner institutions for 2027.

Planned
Independent security review

Not yet done.

Planned
Independent evaluation on pilot data

Not yet done.

Planned
Screen reader testing with people

Not yet done.

Planned
Early access

Request an institutional pilot.

Early access opens with our pilot partners, and prices will be published at launch. Individual researchers can join the same list to hear first.