Comparison of statistical packages explained

The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of statistical analysis packages.

General information

Product	Developer	Latest version	Open source	Software license	Interface	Written in	Scripting languages
	ADaMSoft	Marco Scarno			GNU GPL	CLI, GUI	Java
	Alteryx	Alteryx Inc.	2019.2 (June 2019)		Proprietary	GUI, Python SDK, js SDK	C#, C++, Python, R, js	R, Python
	Analyse-it	Analyse-it			Proprietary	GUI	C#, C++, Fortran
	ASReml	VSN International			Proprietary	CLI
	BMDP	Statistical Solutions			Proprietary
	Dataplot	Alan Heckert			Public domain	CLI, GUI	Fortran
	ELKI	Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich	0.7.5		AGPL	CLI, GUI	Java	Shell (computing)
	Epi Info	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention			Public domain	CLI, GUI	Microsoft C#
	EViews	IHS Markit	12 (10 November 2020)		Proprietary	CLI, GUI
	GAUSS	Aptech Systems			Proprietary	CLI, GUI	C, C++
	GenStat	VSN International			Proprietary	CLI, GUI
	GraphPad Prism	GraphPad Software, Inc.			Proprietary	GUI
	gretl	The gretl Team	2023a		GNU GPL	CLI, GUI	C	hansl
	Jamovi	The jamovi project	2023a		GNU GPL	GUI	C++, R, JavaScript, Python
class="table-rh"	JASP	JASP teamUniversity of Amsterdam	0.18.3		GNU GPL	GUI	C++, R, JS, QML
	JMP	SAS Institute	16.1		Proprietary	GUI, CLI		JSL (JMP Scripting Language)
	LIMDEP	Econometric Software, Inc., William Greene			Proprietary	CLI, GUI	Fortran, C++
	Maple	Maplesoft			Proprietary	CLI, GUI
	Mathematica	Wolfram Research			Proprietary	CLI, GUI	C, Mathematica	Wolfram Language
	MATLAB	MathWorks	R2020b		Proprietary	CLI, GUI	C++, Java, MATLAB
	MaxStat Pro	MaxStat Software	Pro 3.6		Proprietary	GUI	VB.net, C++, C#
	MedCalc	MedCalc Software Ltd	22		Proprietary	GUI		MedCalc script
	Minitab	Minitab, LLC			Proprietary	CLI, GUI
	NCSS	NCSS, LLC			Proprietary	GUI
	NLOGIT	Econometric Software, Inc., William Greene			Proprietary	CLI, GUI	Fortran, C++
	OpenEpi	A. Dean, K. Sullivan, M. Soe			GNU GPL	GUI	JavaScript, HTML
	Orange	Bioinformatics Laboratory, Faculty of Computer and Information Science, University of Ljubljana			GNU GPL	GUI/Python	Python, Cython	Python
	Origin	OriginLab	3.23.0		Proprietary	GUI	C++	LabTalk
	Ox programming language	OxMetrics, J.A. Doornik			Proprietary	CLI
	OxMetrics	OxMetrics, J.A. Doornik			Proprietary	CLI/GUI
	Primer	PRIMER-e	January 2015		Proprietary	GUI
	PSPP	GNU Project	1.6.2 ^[1]		GNU GPL	CLI, GUI	C	Perl (by PSPP-Perl^[2])
	R	R Foundation	4.4.1 ^[3]		GNU GPL	CLI, GUI^[4]	C, Fortran, R^[5]	R language, Python (by RPy), Perl (by Statistics::R module)
	R++	Zebrys	1.6.15 ^[6]		Proprietary	CLI, GUI	C++, Qt	R language
	RKWard	RKWard community	0.7.3 ^[7]		GNU GPL	CLI, GUI	C++, ECMAScript	R language, Python (by RPy), Perl (by Statistics::R module)
	Revolution Analytics	Norman Nie			Proprietary	CLI, GUI
	RATS	Estima			Proprietary	CLI, GUI
	ROOT	ROOT Analysis Framework	6.24.00 (15 April 2021)		GNU GPL	GUI	C++	C++, Python
	SageMath	>100 developers worldwide			GNU GPL	CLI & GUI	Python, Cython	Python
	Salstat	Alan J. Salmoni, Mark Livingstone			GNU GPL	CLI & GUI	Python, NumPy, SciPy	Python
	SAS	SAS Institute	9.4M7, Viya 4		Proprietary	CLI & GUI	C
	scikit-learn	David Cournapeau, Inria	1.2.0		BSD	CLI	Python, C	Python
	SciPy	Enthought	1.5.3		BSD	CLI	Python, C, Fortran	Python
	SHAZAM	SHAZAM Analytics Ltd	11.1.4		Proprietary	CLI, GUI	FORTRAN, C++, C
	SOCR	UCLA and University of Michigan	3.0		LGPL	GUI	Java
	SOFA Statistics	Grant Paton-Simpson	1.5.4		AGPL	GUI	Python	Python
	SPlus	Insightful Inc.			Proprietary	CLI
	SPSS	IBM	28.0		Proprietary	CLI, GUI	Java, C, C++, Fortran	R, Python, SaxBasic
	Stata	StataCorp LLC	17.0		Proprietary	CLI, GUI	C	ado, Mata
	StatCrunch	Pearson Education			Proprietary	GUI
	Statgraphics	Statgraphics Technologies Incorporated			Proprietary	GUI	C++	R, Python
	Statistica	Tibco Software	13.5		Proprietary	GUI	C++	R, Statistica Visual Basic (SVB)
	StatPlus	AnalystSoft	7.0		Proprietary	GUI
	Statsmodels	Statsmodels Developers	0.9.0		BSD	CLI	Python, C	Python
	SYSTAT	Systat Software Inc.			Proprietary	CLI, GUI
	TSP	TSP International			Proprietary	CLI	Fortran
	UNISTAT	Unistat Ltd			Proprietary	GUI, Excel
	Winpepi	J. H. Abramson			Proprietary	GUI
	WPS Analytics	World Programming			Proprietary	CLI, GUI	C, Assembler	Python, R, SAS and SQL languages
	WINKS	TexaSoft			Proprietary	GUI	Fortran, Visual Basic
	XploRe	MD*Tech			Proprietary	GUI
Product	Developer	Latest version	Open source	Software license	Interface	Written in	Scripting languages

Operating system support

Product	Windows	Mac OS	Linux	BSD	Unix	Cloud
	ADaMSoft
	Alteryx
	Analyse-it
	BMDP
	Dataplot
	ELKI
	Epi Info
	EViews
	GAUSS
	GraphPad Prism
	gretl
	Jamovi
	JASP
	Julia
	JMP
	LIMDEP
	Maple
	MATLAB
	Mathematica
	MaxStat Pro
	MedCalc
	Minitab						^[8]
	NCSS
	NLOGIT
	OpenEpi
	Orange
	Origin
	Primer
	PSPP
	R Commander	^[9]
	R
	R++
	RATS
	RKWard
	ROOT
	SageMath
	Salstat
	SAS
	SciPy
	SHAZAM
	SOCR
	SOFA Statistics
	SPlus
	SPSS
	Stata
	StatCrunch
	Statgraphics
	Statistica
	StatPlus
	Statsmodels
	SYSTAT
	TSP
	UNISTAT
	The Unscrambler
	Winpepi
	WPS Analytics
	WINKS
	XploRe
Product	Windows	Mac OS	Linux	BSD	Unix	SaaS

ANOVA

Support for various ANOVA methods

Product	One-way	Two-way	MANOVA	GLM	Mixed model	Post-hoc	Latin squares
	ADaMSoft
	Alteryx
	Analyse-it
	BMDP
	Epi Info
	EViews
	GAUSS
	GenStat
	GraphPad Prism
	gretl
	JASP
	Julia with packages
	JMP
	LIMDEP
	Maple	^[10]						^[11]
	Mathematica			^[12]
	MATLAB+Statistics Toolbox
	MaxStat Pro
	MedCalc
	Minitab
	NCSS
	NLOGIT
	Orange
	Origin
	PSPP
	R
	R Commander
	SageMath
	Salstat
	SAS
	SciPy
	SHAZAM
	SOCR
	SOFA Statistics
	SPlus
	SPSS
	Stata
	StatCrunch
	Statgraphics
	Statistica
	StatPlus
	Statsmodels
	SYSTAT
	TSP
	UNISTAT
	The Unscrambler
	WINKS
	Winpepi
	WPS Analytics
Product	One-way	Two-way	MANOVA	GLM	Mixed model	Post-hoc	Latin squares

Regression

Support for various regression methods.

Product	OLS	WLS	2SLS	NLLS	Logistic	GLM	LAD	Stepwise	Quantile	Probit	Cox	Poisson	MLR
	ADaMSoft
	Alteryx
	Analyse-it
	BMDP
	Epi Info
	EViews
	GAUSS
	GenStat
	GraphPad Prism
	gretl
	JMP									In JMP Pro		In JMP Pro
	LIMDEP
	Maple				^[13]
	Mathematica					^[14]	^[15]	^[16]			^[17]	^[18]		^[19]
	MATLAB+Statistics Toolbox			^[20]
	MaxStat Pro
	MedCalc
	Minitab
	NCSS
	NLOGIT
	Orange
	Origin
	PSPP
	R
	R Commander
	RATS
	SageMath
	Salstat
	SAS
	SciPy		via "statsmodels"								via "statsmodels"		via "statsmodels"
	SHAZAM
	SOCR
	SPlus
	SPSS
	Stata
	StatCrunch
	Statgraphics
	Statistica
	StatPlus
	Statsmodels
	SYSTAT
	TSP
	UNISTAT
	The Unscrambler
	WINKS
	Winpepi
	WPS Analytics
Product	OLS	WLS	2SLS	NLLS	Logistic	GLM	LAD	Stepwise	Quantile	Probit	Cox	Poisson	MLR

Time series analysis

Support for various time series analysis methods.

Product	ARIMA	GARCH	Unit root test	Cointegration test	VAR	Multivariate GARCH
	Alteryx
	Analyse-it
	EViews
	GAUSS
	GraphPad Prism
	gretl						^[21]
	JMP
	LIMDEP
	Mathematica	^[22]		^[23]		^[24]	^[25]
	MATLAB+Econometrics Toolbox
	MaxStat Pro
	MedCalc
	Minitab
	NCSS
	NLOGIT
	Orange
	Origin
	PSPP
	R
	R Commander
	RATS
	SageMath
	Salstat
	SAS
	SciPy	via "statsmodels"		via "statsmodels"		via "statsmodels"
	SHAZAM
	SOCR
	Stata
	Statgraphics
	Statistica
	StatPlus
	SPlus
	SPSS
	Statsmodels
	SYSTAT
	TSP
	UNISTAT
	WINKS
	Winpepi
	WPS Analytics
Product	ARIMA	GARCH	Unit root test	Cointegration test	VAR	Multivariate GARCH

Charts and diagrams

Support for various statistical charts and diagrams.

Chart	Bar chart	Box plot	Correlogram	Histogram	Line chart	Scatterplot	Violin plot
	ADaMSoft
	Alteryx
	Analyse-it
	BMDP
	ELKI
	Epi Info
	EViews
	GAUSS
	GenStat
	GraphPad Prism
	gretl
	JMP
	LIMDEP
	Maple	^[26]	^[27]	^[28]	^[29]	^[30]	^[31]
	Mathematica	^[32]	^[33]	^[34]	^[35]	^[36]	^[37] ^[38]	Yes^[39]
	MATLAB+Statistics Toolbox
	MaxStat Pro
	MedCalc
	Minitab
	NCSS
	NLOGIT
	Orange
	Origin
	PSPP
	R
	R Commander
	RATS
	SageMath
	SAS
	SciPy
	SHAZAM
	SOCR
	SOFA Statistics
	SPlus
	SPSS
	Stata
	StatCrunch
	Statgraphics
	Statistica
	StatPlus
	Statsmodels
	SYSTAT
	TSP
	UNISTAT
	The Unscrambler
	WINKS
	Winpepi
	WPS Analytics

Other abilities

Product	s/w type ^[40]	Descriptive statistics		Nonparametric statistics		Quality control	Survival analysis			Data processing
		Base stat.^[41]	Normality tests^[42]	CTA^[43]	Nonparametric comparison, ANOVA			Cluster analysis	Discriminant analysis	BDP^[44]	Ext.^[45]
ADaMSoft	S
Alteryx	S
Analyse-it	X
BMDP
Epi Info	S
Gauss	S
GenStat	St
GraphPad Prism	S
Gretl	S
JMP	S
LIMDEP	S
Maple	S		^[46]			^[47]
Mathematica	S						^[48]
MATLAB+Statistics Toolbox	S
MaxStat Pro	S
MedCalc	S
Minitab	S
NCSS	S
NLOGIT	S
OpenEpi	S
Orange	S
Origin	S
PSPP	S
R	St
RATS
SAS	S
SciPy	St
SHAZAM	S
SOCR	S
SOFA Statistics	S
Stata	S
StatCrunch	C
Statgraphics	S
Statistica	S
StatPlus	S
SPlus	St
SPSS	S
Statsmodels	St
SYSTAT	S
TSP	S
UNISTAT	S
The Unscrambler	S
WINKS	S
Winpepi	S
WPS Analytics	S
Product	s/w type	Descriptive statistics		Nonparametric statistics		Quality control	Survival analysis			Data processing
		Base stat.	Normality tests	CTA	Nonparametric comparison, ANOVA			Cluster analysis	Discriminant analysis	BDP	Ext.

See also

• Comparison of computer algebra systems
• Comparison of deep learning software
• Comparison of numerical-analysis software
• Comparison of survey software
• Comparison of Gaussian process software
• List of scientific journals in statistics
• List of statistical packages

Further reading

• B. D. . McCullough . Econometric software reliability: EViews, LIMDEP, SHAZAM and TSP . . 1999 . 14 . 2 . 191–202 . 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1255(199903/04)14:2<191::AID-JAE524>3.0.CO;2-K .
• McCullough . B. D. . H. D. . Vinod . 1999 . The Numerical Reliability of Econometric Software . . 37 . 2 . 633–665 . 10.1257/jel.37.2.633 . 2565215 . 10.1.1.136.9939 .
• Book: Ooms, Marius . Trends in Applied Econometrics Software Development 1985–2008: An Analysis of Journal of Applied Econometrics Research Articles, Software Reviews, Data and Code . Palgrave Handbook of Econometrics . 2: Applied Econometrics . Palgrave Macmillan . 2009 . 978-1-4039-1800-0 . 1321–1348 .
• Book: Renfro, Charles G. . Computational Econometrics: Its Impact on the Development of Quantitative Economics . IOS Press . 2004 . 1-58603-426-X .
• A Short Preview of Free Statistical Software Packages for Teaching Statistics to Industrial Technology Majors . Xiaoping . Zhu . Ognjen . Kuljaca . Journal of Industrial Technology . 21 . 2 . 2005 . October 25, 2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20051025165844/http://nait.org/jit/Articles/zhu031105.pdf .

Notes and References

1. Web site: PSPP – News: PSPP 1.6.2 has been released. [Savannah]]. preserved.. Copyright 2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is permitted in any medium, provided this notice is. savannah.gnu.org. en. 2019-01-19.
2. Web site: Patrick Donelan / PSPP-Perl – search.cpan.org . 2011-10-05.
3. Web site: R: The R Project for Statistical Computing . 2024-07-18.
4. R is mainly a command line program but the Windows distribution comes with a GUI component called RGui. Web site: Archived copy . 2018-09-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060411213452/http://www.partek.com/ . 2006-04-11 . live .
5. Web site: Wrathematics. How Much of R Is Written in R . 27 August 2011. 2011-12-01. librestats.
6. Web site: C. Genolini. R++ 1.6.15 . Zebrys.
7. Web site: Tfry. RKWard 0.7.3 . 21 April 2022. 2022-04-21. RKWard News.
8. Web site: Minitab.com description. Minitab. 15 March 2021 .
9. Using R as platform Web site: RKWard . 2007-02-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090721131645/http://rkward.sourceforge.net/ . 2009-07-21 . live .
10. http://www.maplesoft.com/support/help/Maple/view.aspx?path=Statistics%2fOneWayANOVA OneWayANOVA
11. https://www.maplesoft.com/support/help/Maple/view.aspx?path=MOLS Mutually orthogonal Latin squares
12. Web site: Probability or statistics - Does Mathematica have built-in support for multivariate regression?.
13. http://www.maplesoft.com/support/help/Maple/view.aspx?path=Statistics%2fNonlinearFit NonlinearFit
14. http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/ref/LogitModelFit.html LogitModelFit
15. http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/ref/GeneralizedLinearModelFit.html GeneralizedLinearModelFit
16. http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/ref/NormFunction.html NormFunction
17. http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/ref/ProbitModelFit.html ProbitModelFit
18. http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/ref/CoxModelFit.html CoxModelFit
19. http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/ref/LinearModelFit.html LinearModelFit
20. http://www.mathworks.com/help/curvefit/least-squares-fitting.html LeastSquaresFitting
21. http://ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu/gretl/cgi-bin/current_fnfiles/unzipped/MGARCH.gfn MGARCH
22. http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/ref/ARIMAProcess.html ARIMAProcess
23. http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/ref/UnitRootTest.html UnitRootTest
24. http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/ref/ARProcess.html ARProcess
25. http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/ref/GARCHProcess.html GARCHProcess
26. http://www.maplesoft.com/support/help/Maple/view.aspx?path=Statistics/BarChart&term=BarChart BarChart
27. http://www.maplesoft.com/support/help/Maple/view.aspx?path=Statistics/BoxPlot&term=BoxPlot BoxPlot
28. http://www.maplesoft.com/support/help/Maple/view.aspx?path=Statistics/GridPlot GridPlot
29. http://www.maplesoft.com/support/help/Maple/view.aspx?path=Statistics%2fHistogram Histogram
30. http://www.maplesoft.com/support/help/Maple/view.aspx?path=Statistics/LineChart&term=LineChart LineChart
31. http://www.maplesoft.com/support/help/Maple/view.aspx?path=Statistics/ScatterPlot&term=Scatterplot Scatterplot
32. http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/BarCharts/ref/BarChart.html BarChart
33. http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/ref/BoxWhiskerChart.html BoxWhiskerChart
34. https://resources.wolframcloud.com/FunctionRepository/resources/Correlogram Correlogram
35. http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/Histograms/ref/Histogram.html Histogram
36. http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/ref/ListLinePlot.html ListLinePlot
37. http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/ref/ListPlot.html ListPlot
38. http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/ref/ListPointPlot3D.html ListPointPlot3D
39. Web site: DistributionChart—Wolfram Language Documentation . 2022-03-10 . reference.wolfram.com.
40. S = Standalone executive; St = Standalone executive, primitive textual (DOS or terminal) interface; A = Access Add-in; X = Excel Plug-In; C = Cloud (SaaS)
41. Base Statistics (such as t-test, f-test, etc.)
42. Normality Tests, data exploring
43. Contingency Tables Analysis
44. Base Data Processing, f.ex. sorting
45. Extended (data sampling, transformation)
46. http://www.maplesoft.com/support/help/Maple/view.aspx?path=Statistics%2fShapiroWilkWTest ShapiroWilkWTest
47. http://www.maplesoft.com/support/help/Maple/view.aspx?path=ProcessControl&term=processcontrol ProcessControl
48. http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/guide/SurvivalAnalysis.html SurvivalAnalysis