The official ATLAS.ti trial is not time-limited. You can use it indefinitely for small projects (with a limit on the number of documents, codes, and quotations).

For those in academia, ATLAS.ti offers heavily subsidized Student Licenses , often costing significantly less than commercial rates.

If the cost of ATLAS.ti is truly prohibitive, consider these open-source or free qualitative data analysis (QDA) tools that run natively on macOS:

: A more advanced Python-based tool that handles text, images, and video. QDA Miner Lite

Qualitative research involves complex databases. Cracked versions are notoriously unstable and can cause your project files to become unreadable without warning.

Which of the following would you like?

If you’re a student or researcher, many universities provide free or discounted licenses. You can also explore free/open-source options like , QCAmap , or R with RQDA . Let me know which angle you’d prefer, and I’ll write a detailed, useful, and legal article.