Research Tools
Free research and data tools for freelancers and early-stage founders, covering areas like data analysis, research organization, survey creation, and information gathering
Google Scholar
scholar.google.com
A free search engine for academic papers, articles, and theses across various disciplines
Zotero
zotero.org
A free reference management tool to organize citations and research sources
Mendeley
mendeley.com
Free reference management software for organizing research papers and citations
Overleaf
overleaf.com
A free LaTeX editor for writing, editing, and collaborating on academic documents and research papers
Tableau Public
public.tableau.com
A free data visualization tool to create and publish interactive charts and graphs
Google Forms
forms.google.com
A free tool for creating surveys, quizzes, and data collection forms
SurveyMonkey (Free Plan)
surveymonkey.com
Free survey creation tool with basic features to collect data and analyze responses
JASP
jasp-stats.org
A free and open-source statistical analysis software with an easy-to-use interface
RStudio
rstudio.com
A free, integrated development environment (IDE) for R, used for data analysis and visualization
Google Data Studio
datastudio.google.com
A free dashboarding tool for data visualization and analysis, integrated with other Google services
OpenRefine
openrefine.org
A free tool for cleaning messy data and transforming it for analysis
Statwing
tatwing.com
A free, easy-to-use statistical analysis tool for analyzing data and generating reports
Vega-Lite
vega.github.io/vega-lite
A free visualization grammar tool for creating charts and interactive visualizations from data
Gephi
gephi.org
A free, open-source tool for network visualization and analysis, often used in social network analysis
Palladio
palladio.designhumanities.org
A free tool for humanities data visualization, allowing researchers to map and analyze relationships
Infogram
infogram.com
A free tool for creating data visualizations, including infographics and reports
RAWGraphs
rawgraphs.io
An open-source data visualization tool to convert data into visual formats
Kialo
kialo.com
A free platform for organizing debates, allowing users to structure and analyze complex discussions
Datawrapper
datawrapper.de
A free tool for creating interactive charts, maps, and tables from data
Plotly
plotly.com
A free online data visualization tool for creating charts, dashboards, and visual reports
Orange
orange.biolab.si
A free, open-source data visualization and analysis tool, especially useful for machine learning and data mining
SPSS (PSPP)
gnu.org/software/pspp
A free alternative to SPSS for statistical analysis, offering similar functionality for data processing
Kumu
kumu.io
A free tool for mapping relationships and creating system diagrams from data.
Charted
charted.co
A free tool for quickly turning data sets into simple, easy-to-read charts
Gapminder
gapminder.org
A free tool that offers visual data and interactive charts on global development statistics
Voyant Tools
voyant-tools.org
A free text analysis tool designed for reading and interpreting large volumes of text
Pandas (Python)
pandas.pydata.org
A free data manipulation and analysis library for Python, popular among data scientists
Flourish
flourish.studio
A free tool for creating interactive charts, maps, and data stories
NodeXL
nodexl.codeplex.com
A free Excel template for network analysis and visualization
Taguette
taguette.org
A free open-source tool for qualitative data analysis, useful for tagging and coding text data