> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://evidano.gitbook.io/ailyze-docs/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://evidano.gitbook.io/ailyze-docs/readme.md).

# Welcome to Evidano

Learn what Evidano is, what you can do with it, and where to start — no technical skills needed.

Evidano is an AI-powered research platform. You upload your data — interviews, survey results, audio recordings, documents, spreadsheets — and Evidano helps you analyze it, find [themes](/ailyze-docs/reference/glossary.md#theme), compare groups, and turn the results into reports you can share.

You don't need any technical background. If you can use email and upload a file, you can use Evidano.

## What can Evidano do for you?

Everything starts from your **account page** — a grid of ten buttons, one per workflow:

| I want to…                                               | Click this button on your account page    | What you get                                                           |
| -------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Analyze interviews, focus groups, or reports (DOCX/PDF)  | **New document project**                  | Themes, supporting quotes, and a downloadable report                   |
| Analyze survey results or spreadsheets (XLSX/CSV)        | **New spreadsheet project**               | Themes, charts, and a survey dashboard                                 |
| Turn audio or video into text                            | **Transcribe Audio/Video**                | Editable transcripts, with speaker labels if you want them             |
| Translate files into another language                    | **Translate docx/pdf/xlsx/pptx/etc**      | Translated files in the same format you uploaded                       |
| Turn photos, scans, or PDFs of pages into text           | **Image to Text**                         | Editable, searchable text for every page, downloadable as DOCX or XLSX |
| Have an AI avatar interview people for me                | **Create AI Avatar Interviewer + Survey** | A shareable link; interviews are recorded and transcribed              |
| Collect posts and comments from social media or websites | **Get Social Media Web Data**             | A spreadsheet of posts and comments, ready to analyze                  |
| Build and send a survey                                  | **Create Survey**                         | A shareable survey whose responses you can analyze in Evidano          |
| Ask questions about my data in plain language            | **Chat with Data**                        | Instant answers drawn from your own files                              |
| Check whether a text reads as AI-written                 | **AI Detection**                          | A passage-by-passage estimate, run in your browser                     |

## New here? Start with these three pages

1. [Create your account](/ailyze-docs/getting-started/create-your-account.md) — sign up free and find your way around (a couple of minutes).
2. [Choose your workflow](/ailyze-docs/getting-started/choose-your-workflow.md) — a simple guide to picking the right tool for your data.
3. Run your first analysis with a quickstart: [analyze a transcript](/ailyze-docs/getting-started/analyze-your-first-transcript.md), [analyze a survey dataset](/ailyze-docs/getting-started/analyze-your-first-survey-dataset.md), [translate a document](/ailyze-docs/getting-started/translate-your-first-document.md), [convert an image to text](/ailyze-docs/getting-started/convert-your-first-image-to-text.md), or [create an AI avatar interviewer](/ailyze-docs/getting-started/create-your-first-ai-avatar-interviewer.md).

The Free plan is free forever — no credit card, no expiry. You can run real analyses on it and upgrade later without losing any work. See [Plans, Limits & Credits](/ailyze-docs/reference/plans-limits-and-credits.md).

Already past the basics and wondering what a particular button or option does? The [Settings Reference](/ailyze-docs/reference/settings.md) explains every control, one page per workflow.