MAXQDA 26.0 (Released Nov 12th, 2025)

[NEW]

  • Say hello to “MAXQDA”
    • This release marks the start of a new era. From now on there are no more numbered versions or separate upgrades — just “MAXQDA“, continuously improved and always up to date for subscribers.
  • Survey Analysis Workspace
    • The Survey Analysis workspace has been completely designed to make working with surveys more intuitive and powerful.
    • Each survey is now treated as a single, unified entity, giving you a clearer overview and helping ensure that no questions or responses are overlooked.
    • Access all qualitative and quantitative responses within a survey in one workspace
    • MAXQDA now automatically recognizes which documents, codes, and variables belong to each survey, allowing you to manage multiple surveys within a single project file. This seamless organization streamlines workflows and makes analyzing survey data more efficient and focused.
  • QTT Worksheet for Mixed Methods Research
    • QTT’s capabilities are expanded with a new worksheet type for Mixed Methods projects, inspired by the influential framework developed by Prof. John W. Creswell.
    • This new worksheet serves as a companion for research design, helping you systematically plan, organize, and integrate the qualitative, quantitative, and joint display components of your study.
    • Built on Creswell’s methodology, it helps ensure that research remains rigorous, transparent, and easy to communicate.

[IMPROVED]

  • Document Browser:
    • The document browser now includes zoom-in and zoom-out icons as an alternative to keyboard shortcuts.
    • The code color list filter in the document browser features a refreshed, modern design.
  • Interface Language: MAXQDA’s interface is once again available in Traditional Chinese (繁體中文).
  • AI Chat: Increased character limits for Premium Users for the AI Chat with documents and coded segments, so you can chat with even more data.
  • Media Files: Media file handling is now faster and more reliable, with optimized file access for smoother performance, especially with large collections.
  • Document/Code System: You can collapse or expand all items in the code and document tree view with a single click.
  • Internal Links: Internal links within project files are now preserved when sharing projects with collaborators.
  • Import from Excel: The import workflow for documents imported from excel, was updated to match the new survey import workflow introduced in 24.11.

[FIXED]

  • Fixes an issue while using the local search where it was not possible to use the keyboard shortcuts to jump to the next search hit.
  • Fixes an issue while setting the lowest playback speed for media where the media file was not played after closing and reopening the Multimedia Browser.
  • Fixes an issue where search hits from the Word Cloud were displayed multiple times.
  • Fixes an issue where the Dictionary-Based Content Analysis was quit unexpectedly for certain settings.
  • Fixes an issue while creating a Single Case Model (Code Hierarchy) where the frequency of the codes was not recognized correctly.
  • Fixes an issue while displaying the Codeline for PDF documents where the pages were displayed as combined units and not listed separately.
  • Fixes an issue where clicking on newly created internal links in PDF documents caused MAXQDA to quit unexpectedly.
  • Fixes an issue while using AI Coding for PDF documents where multi-page segments were not created correctly.
  • Fixes an issue while sending elements to QTT worksheets where some legends and titles were not transferred.
  • Fixes several minor interface issues.