Comparison of statistical packages

The following tables compare general and technical information for many statistical analysis software packages.

Product	Developer	Latest version	Open source	Software license	Interface	Written in	Scripting languages
ADaMSoft	Marco Scarno	27 April 2015 (2015-04-27)	Yes	GNU GPL	CLI, GUI	Java
Alteryx	Alteryx Inc.	2019.2 (June 2019)	No	Proprietary	GUI, Python SDK, JavaScript SDK	C#, C++, Python, R, JavaScript	R, Python
Analyse-it	Analyse-it		No	Proprietary	GUI	C#, C++, Fortran
ASReml	VSN International	26 March 2014 (2014-03-26)	No	Proprietary	CLI
BMDP	Statistical Solutions		No	Proprietary
Dataplot	Alan Heckert	2013 (2013)	Yes	Public domain	CLI, GUI	Fortran
ELKI	LMU Munich	0.7.5 (15 February 2019 (2019-02-15))	Yes	AGPL	CLI, GUI	Java	Shell
Epi Info	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	27 June 2016 (2016-06-27)	Yes	Public domain	CLI, GUI	C#
EViews	IHS Markit	14 (June 25, 2024)	No	Proprietary	CLI, GUI
GAUSS	Aptech Systems	2020 (2020)	No	Proprietary	CLI, GUI	C, C++
GenStat	VSN International	2015 (2015)	No	Proprietary	CLI, GUI
GraphPad Prism	GraphPad Software, Inc.	February 2009 (2009-02)	No	Proprietary	GUI
gretl	The gretl Team	2024d (12 December 2024 (2024-12-12))	Yes	GNU GPL	CLI, GUI	C	hansl
Isalos Analytics Platform ^[1]	NovaMechanics	September 2025	No	Proprietary	GUI	Java
Jamovi	The jamovi project	2023a (14 February 2024 (2024-02-14))	Yes	GNU GPL	GUI	C++, R, JavaScript, Python
JASP	JASP team University of Amsterdam	0.19.3 (25 February 2025 (2025-02-25))	Yes	GNU GPL	GUI	C++, R, JavaScript, QML	R
JMP	JMP Statistical Discovery LLC	18.2.1 (11 March 2025 (2025-03-11))	No	Proprietary	GUI, CLI		JMP Scripting Language (JSL) Python
LIMDEP	Econometric Software, Inc., William Greene	May 2012 (2012-05)	No	Proprietary	CLI, GUI	Fortran, C++
Maple	Maplesoft	2025.2 (13 November 2025; 3 months ago (2025-11-13)) [±]^[2]	No	Proprietary	CLI, GUI
Mathematica	Wolfram Research	14.3.0 (August 5, 2025; 7 months ago (2025-08-05)) [±]^[3]	No	Proprietary	CLI, GUI	C, Mathematica	Wolfram Language
MATLAB	MathWorks	R2020b (17 September 2020 (2020-09-17))	No	Proprietary	CLI, GUI	C++, Java, MATLAB
MedCalc	MedCalc Software Ltd	22 (12 May 2023 (2023-05-12))	No	Proprietary	GUI		MedCalc script
Minitab	Minitab, LLC	20 March 2024 (2024-03-20)	No	Proprietary	CLI, GUI
NCSS	NCSS, LLC	February 2015 (2015-02)	No	Proprietary	GUI
NLOGIT	Econometric Software, Inc., William Greene	May 2012 (2012-05)	No	Proprietary	CLI, GUI	Fortran, C++
OpenEpi	A. Dean, K. Sullivan, M. Soe	22 September 2014 (2014-09-22)	Yes	GNU GPL	GUI	JavaScript, HTML
Orange	Bioinformatics Laboratory, Faculty of Computer and Information Science, University of Ljubljana	10 January 2016 (2016-01-10)	Yes	GNU GPL	GUI/Python	Python, Cython	Python
OriginPro	OriginLab	10.3 (21 November 2025 (2025-11-21))	No	Proprietary	GUI	C++	LabTalk
Ox	OxMetrics, J.A. Doornik	August 2011 (2011-08)	No	Proprietary	CLI
OxMetrics	OxMetrics, J.A. Doornik	August 2011 (2011-08)	No	Proprietary	CLI, GUI
Primer	PRIMER-e	January 2015	No	Proprietary	GUI
PSPP	GNU Project	1.6.2 (2 July 2022 (2022-07-02))^[4]	Yes	GNU GPL	CLI, GUI	C	Perl (by PSPP-Perl^[5])
R	R Foundation	4.4.1 (14 June 2024 (2024-06-14))^[6]	Yes	GNU GPL	CLI, GUI^[7]	C, Fortran, R^[8]	R, Python (by RPy), Perl (by Statistics::R module)
R++	Zebrys	1.6.15 (8 December 2023 (2023-12-08)) ^[9]	No	Proprietary	CLI, GUI	C++, Qt	R
RKWard	RKWard community	0.7.3 (21 April 2022 (2022-04-21)) ^[10]	Yes	GNU GPL	CLI, GUI	C++, ECMAScript	R, Python (by RPy), Perl (by Statistics::R module)
Revolution Analytics	Norman Nie	2007 (2007)	Yes	Proprietary	CLI, GUI
RATS	Estima	1 October 2010 (2010-10-01)	No	Proprietary	CLI, GUI
ROOT	ROOT Analysis Framework	6.24.00 (15 April 2021)	Yes	GNU GPL	GUI	C++	C++, Python
SageMath	>100 developers worldwide	9.5 (30 January 2022; 4 years ago (2022-01-30)) [±]^[11]	Yes	GNU GPL	CLI, GUI	Python, Cython	Python
Salstat	Alan J. Salmoni, Mark Livingstone	16 May 2014 (2014-05-16)	Yes	GNU GPL	CLI, GUI	Python, NumPy, SciPy	Python
SAS	SAS Institute	9.4M9 (June 2025 (2025-06)), Viya 4 (December 2020 (2020-12))	No	Proprietary	CLI, GUI	C	SAS, Common Algebraic Specification Language (CASL), APIs for R, Python, Lua, Java
scikit-learn	David Cournapeau, Inria	1.2.0 (6 December 2022 (2022-12-06))	Yes	BSD	CLI	Python, C	Python
SciPy	Enthought	1.5.3 (17 October 2020 (2020-10-17))	Yes	BSD	CLI	Python, C, Fortran	Python
Shazam	Shazam Analytics Ltd	11.1.4 (April 2015 (2015-04))	No	Proprietary	CLI, GUI	Fortran, C++, C
SOCR	UCLA and University of Michigan	3.0 (10 May 2015 (2015-05-10))	Yes	LGPL	GUI	Java
SOFA Statistics	Grant Paton-Simpson	1.5.7 (11 September 2024 (2024-09-11))	Yes	AGPL	GUI	Python	Python
sofastats_lib	Grant Paton-Simpson	1.0.1 (16 February 2026 (2026-02-16))	Yes	MIT	CLI/Python	Python	Python
SPlus	Insightful Inc.	2010 (2010)	No	Proprietary	CLI
SPSS	IBM	28.0 (24 May 2021 (2021-05-24))	No	Proprietary	CLI, GUI	Java, C, C++, Fortran	R, Python, SaxBasic
Stata	StataCorp LLC	19 (8 April 2025 (2025-04-08))	No	Proprietary	CLI, GUI	C	ado, Mata
StatCrunch	Pearson Education	3 April 2018 (2018-04-03)	No	Proprietary	GUI
Statgraphics	Statgraphics Technologies Incorporated	April 2023 (2023-04)	No	Proprietary	GUI	C++	R, Python
Statistica	Tibco Software	13.5 (October 2018 (2018-10))	No	Proprietary	GUI	C++	R, Statistica Visual Basic (SVB)
StatPlus	AnalystSoft	7.0 (October 2019 (2019-10))	No	Proprietary	GUI
SYSTAT	Systat Software Inc.	21 February 2007 (2007-02-21)	No	Proprietary	CLI, GUI
TSP	TSP International	September 2009 (2009-09)	No	Proprietary	CLI	Fortran
Winpepi	J. H. Abramson	June 2008 (2008-06)	No	Proprietary	GUI
WPS Analytics	World Programming	March 2018 (2018-03)	No	Proprietary	CLI, GUI	C, assembly	Python, R, SAS, SQL
WINKS	TexaSoft	August 2013 (2013-08)	No	Proprietary	GUI	Fortran, Visual Basic
XploRe	MD*Tech	2006 (2006)	No	Proprietary	GUI
Product	Developer	Latest version	Open source	Software license	Interface	Written in	Scripting languages

Product	Windows	Mac OS	Linux	BSD	Unix	Cloud
ADaMSoft	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Alteryx	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Analyse-it	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
BMDP	Yes					No
Dataplot	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
ELKI	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Epi Info	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
EViews	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
GAUSS	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
GraphPad Prism	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
gretl	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Isalos Analytics Platform	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Jamovi	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	browser
JASP	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	browser
Julia	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
JMP	Yes	Yes	Terminated	No	No	No
LIMDEP	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Maple	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
MATLAB	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Mathematica	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
MedCalc	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
Minitab	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes^[12]
NCSS	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
NLOGIT	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
OpenEpi	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Orange	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
OriginPro	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Primer	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
PSPP	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
R Commander	Yes^[13]	Yes^[13]	Yes^[13]	Yes^[13]	Yes	No
R	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
R++	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
RATS	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
RKWard	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
ROOT	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
SageMath	Partial	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Salstat	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
SAS	Yes	Terminated	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
SciPy	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Shazam	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
SOCR	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
SOFA Statistics	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
sofastats_lib	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
SPlus	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
SPSS	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Stata	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No
StatCrunch	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Statgraphics	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Statistica	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
StatPlus	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
SYSTAT	Yes	Terminated	No	No	No	No
TSP	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
The Unscrambler	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Winpepi	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
WPS Analytics	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
WINKS	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
XploRe	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Product	Windows	Mac OS	Linux	BSD	Unix	SaaS

Product	One-way	Two-way	MANOVA	GLM	Mixed model	Post-hoc	Latin squares
ADaMSoft	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Alteryx	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Analyse-it	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
BMDP	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Epi Info	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
EViews	Yes
GAUSS		No	No	No		No	No
GenStat	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
GraphPad Prism	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
gretl	Yes
Isalos Analytics Platform	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
JASP	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Julia with packages^[14]^[15]	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
JMP	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
LIMDEP	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Maple	Yes^[16]	No	No	No	No	No	Yes^[17]
Mathematica	Yes	Yes	No^[18]	Yes		Yes	No
MATLAB + Statistics Toolbox	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
MedCalc	Yes	Yes	No	Yes		Yes	No
Minitab	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
NCSS	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
NLOGIT	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Orange	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
OriginPro	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
PSPP	Yes	Yes	No	Yes		Yes	Yes
R	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
R Commander	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
SageMath	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
Salstat	Yes	No	No	No		No	No
SAS	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
SciPy	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Shazam	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
SOCR	Yes	Yes	No	No		Yes	Yes
SOFA Statistics	Yes	No	No	No		No	No
sofastats_lib	Yes	No	No	No		No	No
SPlus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
SPSS	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Stata	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
StatCrunch	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No
Statgraphics	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Statistica	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
StatPlus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
SYSTAT	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
TSP	No	No	No	No		No	No
The Unscrambler	Yes	No	No	No		No	No
WINKS	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Winpepi	Yes	Yes	No	No		No	No
WPS Analytics	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Product	One-way	Two-way	MANOVA	GLM	Mixed model	Post-hoc	Latin squares

Product	OLS	WLS	2SLS	NLLS	Logistic	GLM	LAD	Stepwise	Quantile	Probit	Cox	Poisson	MLR
ADaMSoft	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes
Alteryx	Yes	Yes			Yes	Yes		Yes		Yes
Analyse-it	Yes				Yes								Yes
BMDP	Yes				Yes			Yes			Yes
Epi Info	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No			Yes
EViews	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
GAUSS	Yes	Yes			Yes	Yes	No		Yes			Yes	Yes
GenStat	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
GraphPad Prism	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No		No	Yes
gretl	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes
Isalos Analytics Platform	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
JASP	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
JMP	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	In JMP Pro	Yes	In JMP Pro	Yes	Yes
LIMDEP	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Maple	Yes	Yes	No	Yes^[19]	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Mathematica	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes^[20]	Yes^[21]	Yes^[22]		Yes	Yes^[23]	Yes^[24]	Yes	Yes^[25]
MATLAB + Statistics Toolbox	Yes	Yes	Yes^[26]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
MedCalc	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes			Yes		Yes	Yes		Yes
Minitab	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes		Yes	Yes
NCSS	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
NLOGIT	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Orange	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
OriginPro	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
PSPP	Yes
R	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
R Commander	Yes					Yes			No
RATS	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
SageMath	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes
Salstat	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No		No	No
SAS	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
SciPy	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Shazam	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
SOCR	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No
SPlus	Yes			Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
SPSS	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Stata	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
StatCrunch	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes
Statgraphics	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Statistica	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
StatPlus	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes		Yes	Yes	No	Yes
SYSTAT	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
TSP	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
The Unscrambler	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
WINKS	Yes				Yes	Yes		Yes					Yes
Winpepi	Yes				Yes					Yes		Yes	Yes
WPS Analytics	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Product	OLS	WLS	2SLS	NLLS	Logistic	GLM	LAD	Stepwise	Quantile	Probit	Cox	Poisson	MLR

Product	ARIMA	GARCH	Unit root test	Cointegration test	VAR	Multivariate GARCH
Alteryx	Yes	No
Analyse-it
EViews	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
GAUSS	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
GraphPad Prism	No	No	No	No	No
gretl	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^[27]
JASP	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
JMP	Yes
LIMDEP	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Mathematica	Yes^[28]	Yes	Yes^[29]	Yes	Yes^[30]	Yes^[31]
MATLAB + Econometrics Toolbox	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
MedCalc	No	No	No	No	No
Minitab	Yes	No	No	No	No
NCSS	Yes
NLOGIT	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Orange	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No
OriginPro	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
PSPP
R	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
R Commander
RATS	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
SageMath	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Salstat	No	No	No	No	No	No
SAS	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
SciPy	No	No	No	No	No	No
Shazam	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
SOCR	No	No	No	No	No
Stata	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Statgraphics	Yes	No	No	No	No
Statistica	Yes	No	No	No	No
StatPlus	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
SPlus		Yes			Yes
SPSS	Yes	Yes
SYSTAT	Yes
TSP	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
WINKS	Yes	No	No	No	No
Winpepi
WPS Analytics	Yes		Yes
Product	ARIMA	GARCH	Unit root test	Cointegration test	VAR	Multivariate GARCH

Comparison of statistical packages

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Regression

Time series analysis

Charts and diagrams

Other abilities

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