NVivo Alternative: Delve
Delve is software like NVivo that is easier to learn and simpler to use.
You can waste hours learning a frustrating interface. Or use an intuitive alternative to NVivo like Delve.
5 Reasons to Choose Delve, an Easier Alternative to NVivo.
1. Focus on analyzing your data, not learning how to use the tool.
Using Nvivo requires spending hours, days, or weeks learning how to use the tool. With Delve, the NVivo alternative, you can learn how it works within 5 minutes and get started with analysis right away. See how easy it is to use Delve in this 2 minute demo.
✅ What Customers say about Delve:
“Also, there is no steep learning curve involved. Most importantly, Delve is intuitive. It works much in the same way that one would in highlighting by hand.” Read more.
❌ What Customers Say about NVivo:
“It is not very user friendly, there are plenty of options but you need a whole course to learn to work with it.” Read more.
2. Collaborate live with your teammates with Delve, the NVivo alternative.
Delve gives you the ability to do real-time collaboration with your team mates. Unlike NVivo, where each team member needs to analyze on their own device, and then pass files back and forth, with Delve, you can see everybody’s coding as it happens.
✅ What Customers say about Delve:
“It works easily when collaborating with others on a qualitative project.” Read more.
“We were able to easily collaborate and facilitate our thematic analysis process without a steep learning curve and at a very reasonable price.” Read more.
“Delve makes it easy and intuitive to share my results with my collaborators.” Read more.
❌ What Customers Say about NVivo:
“If you want to work in a team look elsewhere - QSR essentially locks your data into the version of nvivo you have and if the entire team is not using the exact same version you are out of luck.” Read more.
“The biggest problem with NVivo for our team was incompatibility between NVivo versions. As a team, we used different versions of NVivo on both Windows and Mac, and it turned out that exchanging the data was not so easy.” Read more.
3. Get the help you need with responsive, human customer support.
Delve offers fast support from real humans through chat, embedded directly in the tool. This means that you can reach out right away when you have questions. With NVivo, you have to submit a form on their website and wait to get in touch with their team.
✅ What Customers say about Delve:
“The customer support is superb! Support from Delve was so responsive, I was extremely pleased with the level of services I received.” Read more.
“One of the things that I like most about this software is that the support team is incredibly responsive and helpful. They answer questions quickly.” Read more.
❌ What Customers Say about NVivo:
“The customer support (i.e., someone to talk to about it) is non-existent.” Read more.
“I believe that it is totally unacceptable to run a company with NO access to software support.” Read more.
4. Pause and restart your subscription as you go with an affordable, flexible payment system.
Delve offers affordable, flexible pricing that can be paid on a monthly or annual basis. Pay for the months you need Delve, and pause for the months you don’t. Even with a paused subscription your data stays safe in Delve for up to 1 year. In contrast, you’ll need to pay a large up front fee for NVivo and it doesn’t include software updates. You’ll need to pay fees again to get the latest versions of NVivo.
✅ What Customers say about Delve:
“The price is very reasonable as it has an offer for Academia. The webinars and continue customer support were highly supportive for a new researcher.” Read more.
“The education pricing is so inexpensive that Delve would be highly appropriate for students just learning how to code as well as seasoned researchers. It's also flexible enough that you only pay for the time that you're using the program” Read more.
❌ What Customers Say about NVivo:
“The software is expensive and requires yearly licensing even though the main & best features are essentially the same for the last 10 years.” Read more.
“The license is expensive, but there are still options that are not available and you need to buy more "premium" versions.” Read more.
5. Code your data using a simple and intuitive interface.
Delve has a simple and user friendly experience that will make your coding experience feel smooth. With NVivo, you’ll spend time trouble shooting and fixing problems.
✅ What Customers say about Delve:
“Delve has made coding qualitative data so simple and fast. The user-friendliness makes it a must-have for any qualitative researcher” Read more.
❌ What Customers Say about NVivo:
“I spend more time troubleshooting than coding because the software (which requires a yearly license, and prevents me from sharing data with teammates) is so buggy. Frequently crashes, losing unsaved data.” Read more.
6. Delve is highly recommended and highly reviewed by researchers
Delve is higher rated on ease of use, customer service, features, and value for money based on the independent review site, Capterra. Choose the tool that has been recommended by other researchers. See the full comparison.
See how simple Delve is to use.
Watch this 2 minute demo to see how much simpler Delve is than Nvivo. When you’re ready to get started, check out Delve’s 14 day free trial. Get started today.