Creator

Development started

First public release

ADMB Ch Data Analyser MadArtSoft DADiSP Euler Math Toolbox Fityk FreeMat GAUSS IGOR Pro J jBEAM

D. Fournier, ADMB Project SoftIntegration 2001

MadArtSoft Ltd.

2011

2011

DSP Development R. Grothmann M. Wojdyr Samit Basu Aptech Systems WaveMetrics Jsoftware AMS

1984 1987

1986 1988 2002

1984 1986 1989 1998 1988 1990 1999

JHepWork

S.Chekanov (jwork.org)

2005

2005

Julia

Jeff Bezanson, Stefan Karpinski, Viral B. Shah, and other [2] contributors National Instruments Maplesoft Parametric Technology Corporation Wolfram Research MathWorks
Marc Schellens John W. Eaton OriginLab Karl Glazebrook R Foundation late 1990s the late 1970s

2009

2011

LabVIEW Maple Mathcad Mathematica MATLAB Maxima GNU Data Language GNU Octave Origin Perl Data Language R Sage

1985 1980 1985 1982 1986

1986

1988

1982 2004 1988 1993 1991 c. 1997 1997 1997 2005

William Stein

S-Lang Scilab SimplexNumerica Sysquake TK Solver Vcmaster VisSim Yorick

John E. Davis

1992

Scilab EnterprisesWas:Inria

1990

1994

Dipl.-Phys.-Ing. Ralf Wirtz

1986 1998 late 1970s 1996 ? 1982

Calerga Universal Technical Systems, Inc.

Veith Christoph GmbH

Visual Solutions

1989

n/a

n/a

n/a

Latest stable version Nov-12 7.0 / 2012

Cost (USD)
Free $399(commercial) / $199 (academic) / Free (student) Not free

License

BSD 3-clause (aka new) License

Proprietary

1.2 / 2011

Proprietary

6.5 / 2010 9.4 / 2010 1.0.1 / 2011 4.1 / November 28, 2011 12-Oct-11 6.03A / 2008 7.0.1 / 2/1/2011 6.4 / 2010

$1995 (commercial) / $129 (academic) / Free Proprietary (student) Free $115 (1.x binaries) / Free (source code and 0.x binaries) Free Not free $550 (commercial) / $395 (academic) / $85 (student) Free $500 (basic) / $3950 (professional) / $10 (student)

GPL GPL GPL

Proprietary Proprietary

GPL
Proprietary

3.3 / 2012

Free

Free for non-commercial use

Daily builds (2012)

Free

MIT License

2010 / August 2010 14 / 2010 14.0 / February 12, 2007

$1249 (commercial) / $79.95 (student) $2275 (commercial) / $99 (student) $1195 (commercial) / $99 (student)

Proprietary Proprietary Proprietary

9.0.0 / November 2012

$2495 (commercial) / $145 (student) / $295 (personal)[3]

$2150 (commercial) / $99 (student) Free Free Free

Proprietary

R2012b / September 11, 2012 5.28.0 / 27 August 2012 0.9.1 / 2011 3.6.3 / September 4, 2012 8.0 SR4 / 2008 2.4.10 / 2012 2.15.3 / March 01, 2013 5.3 / September 8, 2012

Proprietary

GPL GPL GPL

$500 (academic) / $700 (Pro ver., academic) / Proprietary $50 (Pro ver. student) Free Free Free

Artistic License GPL GPL

2.2.0 / 2009

Free

GPL, Artistic License (1.x only)

5.4.0 / October 1, 2012

Free

CeCILLlicense
Proprietary

9.0 / 2011 4.1 / 2008 5.0.141 / 2011 2012(2012.05)

Free

$250 / $2500 (Pro, commercial) / $1000 (Pro, Proprietary academic) / free (LE) $399 commercial / $49 (student) 800, free student version $495-$2800 (commercial) Proprietary Proprietary

7.0a / 2008

free view only version $50-$250/free v3.0 (academic)

Proprietary

2.1.06 / 17 April 2010

Free

GPL

Notes Automatic differentiation makes it well suited to complex minimization problems

C/C++ based numerical computing and graphical plotting[1]

Numeric computation for business featuring. import data from any data source. Cube OLAP, generate reports, predictions, forecasts.

Numeric computations for science and engineering featuring a spreadsheet like interface.
Also a computer algebra system through interface with Maxima interactive graphics, scriptable, specialized in curve fitting and peak fitting, 2D only Codeless interface to external C, C++, and Fortran code. Mostly compatible with MATLAB. mainly used in econometrics interactive graphics, programmable, 2D/3D, used for science and engineering, large data sets. online access to: J Application Library (JAL) mathematics, interactive graphics 2D/3D, scriptable, used for science and engineering, very large data sets, desktop or client/server, open Java framework

mathematics, symbolic calculations, algebra, data analysis, data mining, interactive 2D/3D graphics, Java scriptable, used for science and engineering, Cross-platform (written in Java)
Open source language and environment for scientific computing. Direct calls of C functions from code (no wrappers or special APIs needed). Designed for cloud parallel computing in mind with LLVM JIT as a backend. Lightweight "green" threading (coroutines). Efficient support for Unicode. Powerful shell-like capabilities for managing other processes. Lisp-like macros and other metaprogramming facilities.

Graphical and textual (.m file script) programming approaches Mainly a computer algebra system Mainly a computer algebra system
also computer algebra system

Numerical computation and simulation with extended 2D/3D visualization, mainly used by engineers.

Mainly a computer algebra system

aimed as a drop-in replacement for IDL/PV-WAVE General numerical computing package with lots of extension modules. Syntax mostly compatible with MATLAB interactive graphics, programmable, 2D/3D, used for science and engineering, large data sets. Used for astrophysics, solar physics, oceanography, biophysics, and simulation. 2D plotting via PGPLOT, PLPlot bindings; 3D via GL. Primarily for statistics, but there are many interfaces to open-source numerical software Programmable, includes computer algebra, 2D+3D plotting. Interfaces to many opensource software. Web based interface HTTP orHTTPS

Available as a standalone (slsh) and embedded interpreter (jed, slrn, ...) Open source, community supported. Programmable, direct support of 2D+3D plotting. Interfaces to many other software packages. Interfacing to external modules written in C, Ada or other languages. Language syntax similar to MATLAB. Used for numerical computing in engineering and physics. interactive graphics, 2D/3D render engine, used for science and engineering, Excel im/export. interactive graphics Numerical computation and rule-based application development documentation and calculation program Visual Language for simulation and Model Based Design. Used in business, science and engineering. Performs complex scalar or matrix based ODE solving with parametric optimization. Has 2D and 3D plotting, 3D animation, and state transition built in. Open source. Programmable, callable 2D+3D plotting. Language syntax similar to C. Interfacing to other software packages via C calls.

General information

Product

Example(s) Marco Scarno Analyse-it

Developer

ADaMSoft Analyse-it ASReml BMDP Dataplot Epi Info EViews GAUSS GenStat GraphPad Prism gretl JMP Maple

VSN International Statistical Solutions Alan Heckert Centers for Disease Control and Prevention IHS Aptech systems VSN International GraphPad Software, Inc. The gretl Team

SAS Institute
Maplesoft

Mathematica

Wolfram Research

MATLAB MedCalc

MathWorks MedCalc Software bvba

Minitab

Minitab Inc.

NCSS NMath Stats NumXL OpenEpi Origin Ox programming language

NCSS, LLC CenterSpace Software

Spider Financial

A. Dean, K. Sullivan, M. Soe OriginLab OxMetrics, J.A. Doornik

OxMetrics

OxMetrics, J.A. Doornik

OxMetrics

OxMetrics, J.A. Doornik

Primer PSPP R Revolution Analytics RATS ROOT SAGE Salstat Salstat2[7]

Primer-E

GNU Project
R Foundation

Norman Nie Estima ROOT Analysis Framework >100 developers worldwide Alan J. Salmoni, Mark Livingstone Sebastian Lopez Buritica, Mark Livingstone

SAS

SAS Institute

SHAZAM

SHAZAM Analytics Ltd

SigmaXL SOCR

SigmaXL Inc.

UCLA

SOFA Statistics SPlus SPSS Stata Statgraphics STATISTICA StatPlus SYSTAT TSP UNISTAT Winpepi WPS XploRe
Product Example(s)

Grant Paton-Simpson Insightful Inc.

IBM StataCorp
StatPoint StatSoft AnalystSoft Systat Software Inc. TSP International Unistat Ltd J. H. Abramson World Programming MD*Tech Developer

Latest version 5-May-12

Cost (USD)
Free $185495 Oct-09 >$150 $1,095 Mar-05 26-Jan-11 Feb-13 Oct-11 Jul-11 >$190 Free Free student: $40 / acad: $425 / comm: $1075

Open source
Yes No No No Yes Yes No No No $595 No Yes

Software license GNU GPL Proprietary Proprietary Proprietary Public domain Public domain Proprietary Proprietary Proprietary Proprietary GNU GPL Proprietary Proprietary

Interface CLI/GUI

GUI CLI
CLI/GUI CLI/GUI CLI/GUI CLI/GUI CLI/GUI

Feb. 2009 15-Mar-13 Free

GUI
CLI/GUI

March, 2012

$1995 (commercial) $29.95/$49.95 (student) $495 for H.S. site licence 28-Mar-12 $2275 (commercial), $99 (student) $2,495 (Professional), $1095 (Education), $140 (Student), $69.95 (Student annual license)
[3]

No

GUI/CLI

No

CLI/GUI

9.0.1; February 1, 2013

No

Proprietary

CLI/GUI

$295 (Personal)

[4]

New releases twice per year 14-Nov-10

$2150 (commercial), $99 (student), toolboxes additional $395

No No

Proprietary Proprietary

CLI/GUI

GUI

$895$1395[2] perp etual, $542 or less 18-May-10 concurrent annual, $29.99/$49.99/$99. 99 academic
1-May-12 Nov-09 $249

No

Proprietary

CLI/GUI

No No

($1295)[2] $150 Oct-09 (commercial),[2] $5 0 (student)

Free student: $50 / acad: $550 / comm: $1095

Proprietary Proprietary Proprietary GNU GPL Proprietary Proprietary

GUI CLI GUI GUI GUI CLI

No

23-Jun-11 November,2011

Yes No No

Aug-11 Free for Academic use student or academic use: licensed

Aug-11

No

Proprietary

CLI/GUI

Aug-11

No

Proprietary

CLI/GUI

commercial use: $500 and over Feb-07 $500$1000 4-Feb-12 26-Oct-12 Free Free No Yes Yes

Proprietary GNU GPL GNU GPL Proprietary Proprietary GNU GPL GNU GPL GNU GPL GNU GPL

GUI
CLI/GUI CLI/GUI[6]

Academic version (Free), 2007 Professional edition license fee 1-Oct-10 30-Jun-10 4.5.2, August 2010 2004 2, May 2012 Free Free Free Free $500

Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes

CLI/GUI CLI/GUI

GUI
CLI & GUI CLI & GUI CLI & GUI

~$6000 per seat (PC version) / ~$28K per processor (Windows server) first-year fees for BASE, STAT, GRAPH, and ACCESS Dec-11 modules. Modules are licensed individually. Subsequent year fees are roughly half.[2]

No

Proprietary

CLI/GUI

Academic (Single): Student $49 / Standard $249 / Professional $495 Jun-12 No

Proprietary

CLI/GUI

Academic (Site): Standard $1600 / Professional $2100 18-Jan-11 $249 perpetual license 28-Oct-08 Free No Yes

Proprietary LGPL

GUI GUI

Apr-10 2010 $2399/year 2011

Free

Yes No No

$4975[2]

AGPL Proprietary Proprietary Proprietary Proprietary Proprietary Proprietary Proprietary Proprietary Proprietary Proprietary Proprietary Proprietary Software license

GUI CLI
CLI/GUI

academic starting at Jul-11 $595[2] / industry starting at $1,195

October, 2009 November, 2010 $695 $1495 >$695 7-Jan-07 $150[1][2] 21-Feb-07 Sep-09 $1,299 student: $120 / academic: $600 / commercial: $1200

No

CLI/GUI

No No No No No No No No No

GUI GUI GUI

CLI/GUI

CLI
GUI, Excel

8-Apr-11 $895, $495, $300 Jun-08 Feb-12 $ 2006 Latest version Free

GUI
CLI/GUI

GUI
Interface

Cost (USD)

Open source

Written in

Scripting languages

Java

Visual Basic

C JSL (JMP Scripting Language)

C++, VBA

JavaScript, HTML C++ Labtalk

C C

Perl (by PSPP-Perl [5]) Python (byRPy), Perl (by Statistics::R module)

C++ Python, Cython Python,Numpy,Scipy

C++, Python Python, SQL, Java, .NET, C++, FORTRAN Python Python

Python

FORTRAN, C++, C

Java

Java

Python, SaxBasic

ado, mata

Fortran

C, Assmebler

SAS language