Derive Alternatives

Derive is described as '6.1: Powerful system for doing symbolic and numeric mathematics. This application is no longer available or supported' and is an app in the education & reference category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Derive for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Android apps. The best Derive alternative is GNU Octave, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Derive are SageMath, Mathematica, MATLAB and SciPy.

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  1. GNU Octave icon
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    Octave is a computer program for performing numerical computations which is mostly compatible with MATLAB . It is part of the GNU Project. It is free software under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

    66 GNU Octave alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Android
    • BSD
     
    • GNU Octave is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & Linux alternative to Derive.

    • GNU Octave is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Derive.

    • GNU Octave is Free and Open SourceDerive is Paid and Proprietary
    • GNU Octave is LightweightDerive is not according to our users
  2. SageMath icon
     158 likes

    SageMath is a free open-source mathematics software system licensed under the GPL. It builds on top of many existing open-source packages: NumPy, SciPy, matplotlib, Sympy, Maxima, GAP, FLINT, R and many more.

    63 SageMath alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
    • SageMath is the most popular Web-based alternative to Derive.

    • SageMath is Free and Open SourceDerive is Paid and Proprietary
    • SageMath is LightweightDerive is not according to our users
  3. Mathematica icon
     160 likes

    Definitive technical computing system spanning machine learning and neural networks, data science, visualizations and much more.

    75 Mathematica alternatives

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    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
    • Mathematica is the most popular commercial alternative to Derive.

    • Mathematica is Paid and ProprietaryDerive is also Paid and Proprietary
  4. MATLAB icon
     232 likes

    High-level environment supporting numerical computation, visualization, matrix operations, algorithm development, custom interfaces, integration with external languages, symbolic and model-based simulation, and specialized toolboxes for fields like engineering.

    86 MATLAB alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
    • MATLAB is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to Derive.

    • MATLAB is Paid and ProprietaryDerive is also Paid and Proprietary
  5. SciPy icon
     96 likes

    SciPy is a collection of mathematical algorithms and convenience functions built on NumPy. It adds significant power to Python by providing the user with high-level commands and classes for manipulating and visualizing data.

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    • BSD
    • Python
     
  6. GeoGebra icon
     124 likes

    GeoGebra is free and multi-platform dynamic mathematics software for learning and teaching. It has received several educational software awards in Europe and the USA.

    39 GeoGebra alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
    • GeoGebra is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to Derive.

    • GeoGebra is Free and ProprietaryDerive is Paid and Proprietary
  7. Scilab icon
     105 likes

    Scilab is free and open source software for numerical computation providing a powerful computing environment for engineering and scientific applications. Scilab includes hundreds of mathematical functions.

    58 Scilab alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  8. Maxima icon
     75 likes

    Maxima is a system for the manipulation of symbolic and numerical expressions, including differentiation, integration, Taylor series, Laplace transforms, ordinary differential equations, systems of linear equations, polynomials, and sets, lists, vectors, matrices, and tensors.

    31 Maxima alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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  9. NumPy icon
     7 likes

    NumPy is the fundamental package for scientific computing in Python. It is a Python library that provides a multidimensional array object, various derived objects (such as masked arrays and matrices), and an assortment of routines for fast operations on arrays, including...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • BSD
    • Python
     
  10. wxMaxima icon
     52 likes

    wxMaxima is a document based interface for the computer algebra system Maxima. wxMaxima provides menus and dialogs for many common maxima commands, autocompletion, inline plots and simple animations.

    41 wxMaxima alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Flathub
     
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    Whilst wxMaxima is not as powerful nor as thorough as some of the other systems, it is very simple to use, and is perhaps the most similar in syntax to the derive library.

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    • wxMaxima is Free and Open SourceDerive is Paid and Proprietary
  11. Orange icon
     36 likes

    Orange is an open-source, cross-platform data mining and machine learning suite. It features visual programming as intuitive means of combining data analysis and interactive visualization methods into powerful workflows.

    15 Orange alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  12. Maple icon
     43 likes

    Maple is a general-purpose commercial computer algebra system. Users can enter mathematics in traditional mathematical notation. Custom user interfaces can also be created. There is support for numeric computations, to arbitrary precision, as well as symbolic computation and...

    50 Maple alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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