Tabular Pro is free for academic use — universities, teachers, PhD students, and undergraduates working on research projects. No feature caps, no response limits, no AI add-on tiers. The full quantitative and qualitative research platform.
This page is for researchers who've used Qualtrics's gated university program, hit SurveyMonkey's response cap, or paid out of pocket for SPSS. There's a free option that doesn't make you compromise.
What's included for academic users
- Full questionnaire builder with logic, piping, randomization, conjoint, MaxDiff, NPS
- Cross-tab analysis with significance testing — built natively into the platform
- Survey weighting (cell, marginal, rim)
- AI open-end coding with full codeframe management
- Qualitative module — interview/focus group recording, transcription, collaborative coding
- Dashboards and PowerPoint export for posters and committee presentations
- API access for advanced research workflows
- Data export to SPSS .sav, CSV, JSON
Common academic use cases
- Dissertation and thesis research. Field a study, run analysis, write up — all in one tool.
- Faculty research. Departmental surveys, multi-wave longitudinal studies, mixed-methods projects.
- Class projects. Research methods courses, capstone projects, student-led studies.
- Course evaluations. Internal SET (student evaluation of teaching) instruments.
- IRB-approved health research. Patient surveys, clinical psychology studies (see also healthcare).
How to get the academic plan
Sign up with your institutional email (.edu, .ac.uk, etc.). The platform automatically applies the education tier. If your institution doesn't have a recognized academic email pattern, contact us — we approve manually for legitimate academic use.
Citation & methodology guidance
Tabular Pro tracks every analytical decision (weights, codes, recodes) so you can document methodology in your write-up. Each project produces an exportable methods appendix.
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Get started: Create your free academic workspace · See pricing for non-academic · Contact us about institution-wide access