Eshwar V.
EV
Eshwar V.
UX Designer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Condens - A wonderful and intuitive tool for qualitative research and data analysis."
5/5
What do you like best about Condens?

Condens has so far been the best tool I have used to organise and analyse my research, I have used it for 2-3 projects and all of them I got exactly what I expected from condens,

The tool seamlessly allows me to import my recordings or notes and also transcribes it for me, thats a huge one because I dont have to spend time transcribing a recording or a video to start analysing it and marking it.

The tags feature works very intuitively when it comes to the analysis and synthesis phase of research.

Another interesting feature that really works great is the split screen feature where i can seamlessly interact with my artifacts, findings or notes while going through my main research sessions or notes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Condens?

Condens is acloud based platform and some times its a worry abotu how my data is being handled, its would be great to know that none of the data being uploaded is accessed by third parties. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Verified User in Computer Software
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Great Help"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Condens?

The fidelity and quality of the transcription Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Condens?

For the way I use it, it’s enough that it gives me good audio transcriptions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Verified User in Computer Software
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Qualitative Academic Research Made Easy"
5/5
What do you like best about Condens?

Before I found Condens, I was always reluctant to use further analysis software, as they often come with high learning curves and complicated user interfaces. Not so Condens. I have tried it out for one qualitative project, loved it, and been using it ever since, it really boosted my research efforts.

I love the auto-transcription function and its accuracy, which I haven't experienced in other tools. The ability to listen to specific parts of your interviews while tagging them is super helpful as well as the automatic generated bookmarks.

I also like that it is in the EU and GDPR compliant.

Plus, the customer support is friendly and quick in replying if you encounter any issues and they are also very open for feedback. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Condens?

I would like to have better import and export functionalities from and to other tools to also integrate more quantitive data. Further, it would also be nice, if transcripts could be exported and imported with timestamps.

When you have a project with many tags, it can get a bit tedious. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jonathan P.
JP
Jonathan P.
Managing Partner
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"The Tool That Made The Biggest Impact On Our Analysis"
5/5
What do you like best about Condens?

Condens is intuitive, fast and easy to use. We had been looking for the right qualitative tool for a while, and nothing was checking all the boxes. We tried Condens and kept getting pleasantly surprised on the first project we went through. The taggins system makes codification simple and enjoyable but being able to quickly pull clips from video interviews has probably saved us the most time, where we used to use complex editing tools to find the right clip. Also, being able to search all interviews easily has been a dream in finding specific insights and recurring themes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Condens?

It would be great if there were US-based servers, it's an odd request but some of our clients require that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Research
UR
Verified User in Research
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"The best all-in-one transcription and annotation tool, bar none."
5/5
What do you like best about Condens?

Condens is by far the most competent all-in-one transcriptions and annotation tool for research, that I've found so far.

The transcription service alone is worth the subscription cost -- it automatically detects different speakers, and the ability to live edit the transcript while listening (and it highlighting the words being said live) are killer features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Condens?

I have two wishes for features in Condens, both have to do with flexibility.

The first is that I think project management is a little unwieldy for research products. I would love to have slightly more granular control over what a project is, who is participating as researchers and who the participants are.

Next, I would prefer a few more simple options for data collection. I appreciate the collaboration features, but something I would just like to put everything in a spreadsheet and automatically count how many times a word was mentioned (this feature might exist, but I haven't found it). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SB
Sophie B.
UX Researcher
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Very efficient tool for atomic user research in a big organisation"
5/5
What do you like best about Condens?

I use Condens almost every day. I like the fact that we can create tags so the user research repository brings value to the whole organisation. A PO, a fellow researcher or anybody can search through past and ongoing research.

It allows for atomic research; a very efficient way of analysing user research: importing the Teams video after each session, reveiwing the transcript, creating highlights, grouping highlights from the various sessions to create findings, and then very quickly creating a report by drag and dropping the findings, et voilà :)

Condens make it also easier to share insights with my team. My PO or anybody with access to a project can add comments, which makes it very collaborative when drafting the project guide or the report. I also like to share findings in the form of video extracts just after the session to my core team via Teams. Very impactful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Condens?

I still need to get acquaintened to some templates like the user journey map which does not fit perfectly my need and takes a lot of clicks to be adjusted.

Also adding new users from outside my researcher team can be a husle. But Condens Customer Support is always very reactive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Hospital & Health Care
UH
Verified User in Hospital & Health Care
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Small company which delivers exceptional quality"
5/5
What do you like best about Condens?

The features are very helpful and easy to use, the performance of the software is very good. We use the software every day. What was most important for us: they are GDPR compliant and host their servers in the EU which only very few tools offer. In addition, export of a lot of data is possible. We discovered an issue and this problem was handled very fast. Furthermore, if there are any (feature) requests, you can always reach Condens via email and they take customer requests very seriously. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Condens?

No real downsides, there are some features we are waiting for but they are already in development. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vera H.
VH
Vera H.
UX researcher
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Helps me to be so much more organized"
5/5
What do you like best about Condens?

I like how organized Condens is, it really helps me to be organized myself. And besides that, the transcript function works incredibly good and saves me lots of time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Condens?

The only issue I had was sometimes during a transcrip it was a bit harder to add another speaker because it wouldn't always automatically select the right speaker. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

PV
Pauline V.
UX Researcher & Designer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Would recommend Condens to any UX researcher"
5/5
What do you like best about Condens?

Transcripts of videos, with automatic bookmarks, the way you can higlight pieces of text, add tags and then use those highlights to build your report is so much easier with Condens than before. I also really like the charts feature, which allows me to filter and easily see common themes etc. I also like that you can anonomize and share your report throughout the org. I like all of it really. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Condens?

You put more time in tagging the raw data, but it's a win in the end when building the report. Dutch transcripts could be a bit better, often have to correct quite a bit, also in the punctuation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Higher Education
GH
Verified User in Higher Education
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Guest users or non-business users of the software, not included in G2 scores.
"Easy tool for qualitative analysis"
5/5
What do you like best about Condens?

Easy for the group research! It's my first time doing qualitative analysis but was easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Condens?

Json file is not available for input. We have to convert the file type manually. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.