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Dovetail AI alternative
Supercharge your qualitative data analysis
- Fast. Deep, comprehensive answers in seconds
- Accurate. Built to minimise errors/hallucination.
- Trustworthy. Always backed by evidence.
- Scalable. Analyse hours of conversations in one go.
Trusted by research, UX and product teams at...
"Really like that it's more scalable than ChatGPT by analyzing a lot of files at the same time. Love that all insights are very accurate and are supported by quotes from the raw transcript automatically"
Comparison guide
Breyta
Dovetail
Purpose
Purpose-built for deep qualitative research — structured, accurate, evidence-based
Insight platform focused on transforming customer feedback and research into highlights and themes
Transcription support
High-accuracy transcription in 36 languages; includes audio/video timestamp linking and AI summary
Auto transcription in 40+ languages with Magic Transcribe
Structured analysis workflow
Yes — file-by-file analysis → verbatim findings → synthesized answer with citations
Yes — auto highlights, clustering, and tagging via Magic Highlight and Magic Cluster
Synthesis quality
Detailed, coherent answers backed by findings and quotes; optimized for accuracy and low hallucination
Provides summaries and themes; fast, but often lighter in depth and traceability
Citation traceability
Yes — every answer is linked to verbatim quotes and exact timestamps in the original media
Highlights and summaries are timestamped but not citation-based or linked to playback
Playback integration
Yes — jump to the exact moment in audio/video a quote was pulled from
No — timestamped summaries only; playback not integrated with highlights
Search & repository
Centralized qualitative data archive with semantic keyword search and AI Q&A
Tag-based research repository with powerful manual and AI tagging
Scalability
Handles up to 30+ hours of conversation per project
Scales well across many conversations with AI clustering
Collaboration
Built for cross-functional teams — consistent, shareable, answer-first approach
Strong collaboration — tagging, sharing, highlight commenting, team libraries
Access to all premium AI features in all plans
Purpose-built for deep qualitative research — structured, accurate, evidence-based
Purpose-built for deep qualitative research — structured, accurate, evidence-based
Summary
Breyta is ideal when you need structured, detailed, and evidence-backed answers from qualitative data — especially where playback, accuracy, and scale matter.
Dovetail shines when teams want fast, thematic insights and collaborative tagging, especially in visual workflows like clustering and highlight-based summaries.
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