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 MATLAB, SageMath, Mathematica and SciPy.

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  1. GNU Octave icon

    GNU Octave

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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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    GNU Octave GUI screenshot
     

    • 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. MATLAB icon

    MATLAB

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    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 screenshot 1
     

    • MATLAB is the most popular Web-based, iPhone & iPad alternative to Derive.

    • MATLAB is the most popular commercial alternative to Derive.

    • MATLAB is Paid and ProprietaryDerive is also Paid and Proprietary
  4. SageMath icon

    SageMath

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    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

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    Dynamically visualize effects of of parameters on calculations with Interact
     
  6. SciPy icon

    SciPy

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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Python
    SciPy screenshot 1
     
  7. GeoGebra icon

    GeoGebra

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    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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    New web-based look of offline version.
     

    • GeoGebra is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to Derive.

    • GeoGebra is Free and ProprietaryDerive is Paid and Proprietary
  9. Scilab icon

    Scilab

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    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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    Scilab screenshot 1
     
  10. Maxima icon

    Maxima

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    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

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Xmaxima interface running Maxima 5.28
     
  11. NumPy icon

    NumPy

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    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...

    52 NumPy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Python
    NumPy screenshot 1
     
  12. wxMaxima icon

    wxMaxima

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    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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • 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
  13. Orange icon

    Orange

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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    A data mining workflow.
     
  14. Maple icon

    Maple

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    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
    Maple 12 Interface
     
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