| Creator |
Development started |
License |
Notes |
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| ADMB |
D. Fournier, ADMB Project |
Free |
BSD 3-clause (aka
new) License |
Automatic differentiation makes it well suited to
complex minimization problems |
| Analytica |
Lumina Decision Systems |
Free (Analytica Free 101), $995 (Professional), $2795
(Enterprise) |
Proprietary |
A numerical modeling environment with a declarative and visual programming language based
on influence diagrams. |
| Ch |
SoftIntegration |
$399 (commercial) / $199 (academic) / Free (student) |
Proprietary |
C/C++
based numerical computing and graphical plotting[1] |
| DADiSP |
DSP Development |
$1995 (commercial) / $129 (academic) / Free (student) |
Proprietary |
Numeric
computations for science and engineering featuring
a spreadsheet like interface. |
| DataMelt |
S.Chekanov (jwork.org) |
Free |
Free for non-commercial use |
Mathematics, symbolic
calculations, algebra, data analysis, data mining, interactive 2D/3D
graphics, Java scriptable, used for science and
engineering, Cross-platform (written in Java) |
| Dyalog
APL |
Dyalog Ltd. |
£850/year or 2% royalty (free for non-commercial use) |
Proprietary |
A modern
dialect of APL, enhanced with features for functional and
object-oriented programming. |
| Euler Math Toolbox |
René Grothmann |
Free |
GPL |
Also a computer
algebra system through interface with Maxima |
| Fityk |
Marcin Wojdyr |
$115 (1.x binaries) / Free (source code and 0.x
binaries) |
GPL |
interactive graphics, scriptable, specialized in
curve fitting and peak fitting, 2D only |
| FlexPro |
Weisang GmbH |
Not free (commercial) / Free (academic) |
Proprietary |
Dynamic, interactive 2D/3D diagrams, programmable,
VBA, high performances, multicore compatible, large data sets. |
| FreeMat |
Samit Basu |
Free |
GPL |
Codeless interface to external C, C++, and Fortran code. Mostly compatible with MATLAB. |
| GAUSS |
Aptech Systems |
Not free |
Proprietary |
|
| GNU Data Language |
Marc Schellens |
Free |
GPL |
Aimed as a drop-in replacement for IDL/PV-WAVE |
| GNU Octave |
John W. Eaton |
Free |
GPL |
General numerical computing package with lots of
extension modules. Syntax mostly compatible with MATLAB |
| IGOR
Pro |
WaveMetrics |
$995 (commercial) $225 upgrade / $499 (academic) $175
upgrade / $85 (student) |
Proprietary |
interactive graphics, programmable, 2D/3D, used for
science and engineering, large data sets. |
| J |
Jsoftware |
Free |
GPL |
online access to: J Application Library (JAL) |
| Julia |
Jeff Bezanson, Stefan Karpinski,
Viral B. Shah, and other[3]contributors |
Free |
MIT
License |
Direct calls of C functions (no wrappers needed).
Designed for cloud parallel computing with LLVM JIT as a backend. Lightweight
"green" threading (coroutines). Efficient support for Unicode.
Shell-like capabilities for managing other processes. Lisp-like macros and
other metaprogramming facilities. |
| LabVIEW |
National
Instruments |
$1249 (commercial) / $79.95 (student) |
Proprietary |
Graphical, and textual through
formula nodes, mathscript and .m file scripts[4] |
| Maple |
Maplesoft |
$2275 (commercial) / $99 (student) |
Proprietary |
Mainly
a computer algebra system |
| Mathcad |
Parametric
Technology Corporation |
$1195 (commercial) / $99 (student) |
Proprietary |
|
| Mathematica |
Wolfram Research |
Free (Raspberry Pi[6]), $2495 (commercial) /
$145 (student) / $295 (personal)[7] |
Proprietary |
Also computer algebra system |
| MATLAB |
MathWorks |
$2650 (standard) / $625 (education) |
Proprietary |
Numerical computation and simulation with extended
2D/3D visualization. |
| Maxima |
MIT Project MAC and Bill Schelter et al. |
Free |
GPL |
Mainly
a computer algebra system |
| MLAB |
Civilized Software, Inc. |
$2250 (standard) / $50 (student) |
Proprietary |
Numerical
and Statistical computation for Scientific Applications, e.g. Chemical
Kinetics. ODE Solving and Curve-Fitting. Symbolic Differentiation,
Survival Analysis, Cluster Analysis, 2D/3D Graphics. |
| Origin |
OriginLab |
$1095 (std.)/$1800 (Pro) |
Proprietary |
Integrated
data analysis graphing software for science and engineering. Flexible
multi-layer graphing framework. 2D, 3D and statistical graph types. Built-in
digitizing tool. Analysis with auto recalculation and report generation.
Built-in scripting and programming languages. |
| $550 (std., academic) |
| $850 (Pro, academic) |
| $69/yr. (Pro, student) |
| Perl Data Language |
Karl Glazebrook |
Free |
Artistic License |
Used for astrophysics, solar physics, oceanography,
biophysics, and simulation. 2D plotting via PGPLOT, PLPlot bindings; 3D via
GL. |
| PSPP |
Ben Pfaff |
Free |
GPL v.3
or later |
FOSS alternative to IBM SPSS. Analysis of sampled
data, frequencies, cross-tabs comparison of means (t-tests and one-way
ANOVA); linear regression, logistic regression, reliability (Cronbach's
Alpha, not failure or Weibull), and re-ordering data, non-parametric tests,
factor analysis, cluster analysis, principal components analysis, chi-square
analysis and more |
| R |
R Foundation |
Free |
GPL |
Primarily for statistics, but there are many
interfaces to open-source numerical software |
| SageMath |
William Stein |
Free |
GPL |
Programmable, includes computer algebra, 2D+3D
plotting. Interfaces to many open-source and proprietary software. Web based
interface HTTP or HTTPS |
| SAS |
Anthony Barrand James Goodnight |
Not free |
Proprietary |
|
| SequenceL |
Texas
Multicore Technologies |
Free (Community Edition), $2495 (Professional
Edition) |
Proprietary |
Functional programming language and tools. Delivers
high performance on multicore hardware with ease of programming, and code
clarity/readability. Designed to work with other languages, including C, C++,
C#, Java, Fortran, Python, etc. Can be compiled to multithreaded C++ (and
optionally OpenCL) code with no explicit indications from the programmer of
how or what to parallelize. A platform-specific runtime manages the threads
safely. |
| S-Lang |
John E. Davis |
Free |
GPL, Artistic
License(1.x only) |
Available as a standalone (slsh) and embedded
interpreter (jed, slrn, ...) |
| Scilab |
Scilab EnterprisesWas:Inria |
Free |
CeCILLlicense |
Programmable, direct support of 2D+3D plotting.
Interfaces to many other software packages. Interfacing to external modules
written in C, Java, Python or other languages. Language syntax similar to
MATLAB. Used for numerical computing in engineering and physics. |
| SPSS |
Normal
H. Nie, Dale H. Bent, and C. Hadlai Hull |
Not free |
Proprietary |
|
| Sysquake |
Calerga |
free / $2500 (Pro, commercial) / $1000 (Pro,
academic) |
Proprietary |
interactive graphics |
| TK
Solver |
Universal
Technical Systems, Inc. |
$399 commercial / $49 (student) |
Proprietary |
Numerical computation and rule-based application
development |
| VisSim |
Visual
Solutions |
$495-$2800 (commercial) |
Proprietary |
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. |
| free view only version |
| $50-$250/free v3.0 (academic) |
| Yorick |
n/a |
Free |
GPL |
Programmable, callable 2D+3D plotting. Language
syntax similar to C. Interfacing to other software packages via C calls. |
