Qualitative AI coding

Stop paying
per response.

Codesift uses AI to assign codes, themes, and categories to open-ended survey responses at scale. Unlike tools that charge per response, we price based on data processed — short answers cost almost nothing.

No credit card required Free tier included Results in seconds
Per-response tools $84.36
Codesift ~$1.68
Estimated for this dataset

How it works

From raw responses
to coded data in minutes

No setup complexity, no training runs. Upload your data, define your codes, and Codesift handles the rest.

Upload your responses

Import a CSV or Excel file. Codesift works with any survey platform — Qualtrics, SurveyMonkey, Typeform, and more.

AI assigns codes

Define your codebook or let Codesift AI generate your codes. AI reads each response, assigns one or more codes, and provides confidence scores.

Export and act

Download coded data as CSV, Excel, or JSON. Every row includes the original response, assigned codes, and a summary — ready for analysis.

Features

Everything you need for
rigorous qualitative coding

AI categorization

Assign one or multiple codes per response. Handles nuanced, ambiguous, and multi-topic answers with high accuracy.

Custom codebooks

Define your own categories and hierarchies, or import existing codebooks from Excel or CSV. Your framework, applied consistently.

Bulk processing

Code thousands of responses in a single job. Progress tracking, resumable sessions, and async processing for large datasets.

Confidence scores

Every code assignment includes a confidence rating. Automatically flag low-confidence responses for human review and quality control.

Flexible exports

Download coded data as CSV, Excel, or JSON.

Granular code management

Adjust code keywords, definitions, and nets easily. Re-code affected responses. See which portion of a response matched a code.a

AI Analysis

Ask questions,
get insights

Chat with AI about your coded data in natural language. No SQL, no pivot tables, no manual filtering — just ask and get instant answers about themes, patterns, and outliers in your survey responses.

Explore themes and code distributions
Filter responses by codes and confidence
Identify patterns

Pricing model

Pay for data processed,
not for counting rows.

Most tools charge a flat rate per response regardless of length. Codesift charges based on actual content — so short answers cost almost nothing, and your bill reflects what you actually used.

Per-response pricing Others
responses × $0.02 = Your bill

A 3-word response and a 300-word response cost exactly the same. Volume punishes you. Short answers don't save you anything.

  • Expensive for high-volume studies
  • Short responses billed same as long
  • Costs scale with survey size, not complexity
Data-based pricing Codesift
characters × tiny rate = Your bill

A 3-word response costs almost nothing. A 300-word response costs proportionally more. You pay for what you actually use.

  • Short responses are dramatically cheaper
  • High-volume studies cost a fraction
  • Predictable, transparent billing

See how costs compare across real research scenarios

Dataset Per-response tools Codesift You save
Quick pulse survey 500 responses · avg 15 words each
$10.00 ~$0.90 91%
NPS verbatims 1,000 responses · avg 40 words each
$20.00 ~$4.15 79%
Post-purchase feedback 2,500 responses · avg 30 words each
$50.00 ~$7.70 85%
Research interviews 100 responses · avg 200 words each
$2.00 ~$2.15 −8%

* Codesift estimates based on typical data usage. Actual costs depend on response details. Per-response competitor rate: $0.02/response.

Get started

Ready to cut your
coding costs?

Start with a free tier — no credit card required. Upload your first dataset and see what Codesift produces in seconds.