# Summarize and analyze responses

> Themes, sentiment and outliers from open text; counts, distributions, completion and drop-off from everything else.

_Responses & analysis · forms.ax help · updated 2026-07-18 · https://forms.ax/help/responses/summarize-analyze_

## Ask your assistant

- "Summarize this week's feedback - main themes, sentiment, anything urgent."
- "What's the completion rate, and where do people drop off?"

Two lenses, both one question away:

- **Summarize** — open-text fields become themes, overall sentiment, and notable outliers worth reading in full.
- **Analyze** — the numbers: response counts, choice distributions, number/rating statistics, completion rate, per-field drop-off, and the [adaptive A/B comparison](/help/adaptive/measure-impact).

Follow up conversationally: "only responses that mentioned pricing", "compare this month to last".

## FAQ

**What's the difference between summarize and analyze?**
Summarize reads open-text answers (themes, sentiment, outliers). Analyze computes numbers: counts, choice distributions, rating stats, completion, drop-off and the adaptive-vs-static comparison.

Related: [summarize_responses](https://forms.ax/help/tools/summarize_responses) · [analyze_responses](https://forms.ax/help/tools/analyze_responses)