Maple Alternatives

Maple is described as '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' and is an app in the education & reference category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Maple for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Flathub apps. The best Maple alternative is Wolfram Alpha, which is free. Other great apps like Maple are SageMath, R (programming language), Mathematica and Spyder.

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  1. Wolfram Alpha icon

    Wolfram Alpha

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    Wolfram Alpha is a "Computational Knowledge Engine" - different from a search engine, it answers factual queries directly by computing the answer from structured data, rather than providing a list of documents or web pages that might contain the answer.

    59 Wolfram Alpha alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Kindle Fire
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    • Most users think Wolfram Alpha is a great Maple alternative.

    • Wolfram Alpha is the most popular Web-based, Android, iPhone & iPad alternative to Maple.

    • Wolfram Alpha is the most popular free alternative to Maple.

    • Wolfram Alpha is Freemium and ProprietaryMaple is Paid and Proprietary
  2. 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
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    Comments about SageMath as an Alternative to Maple
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    it is free. It combines the abilities of many open source systems. The user interface is fairly simple and easy to learn.

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    Excellent alternative to Maple and Mathematica for the serious user ; may alleviate Matlab needs (except for dedicated toolboxes, which may or may not have a Python/Sage equivalent). Users need to invest some time in learning Python and some basics of undergraduate mathematics. Not much shiny interface gadgets, but a trove of mathematical gems. Excellent tools for the production of reproducible research/actie documents. Definitely recommended if openness is important.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks SageMath is a great Maple alternative.

    • SageMath is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Maple.

    • SageMath is the most popular Open Source alternative to Maple.

    • SageMath is Free and Open SourceMaple is Paid and Proprietary
    • SageMath is LightweightMaple is not according to our users
  4. R (programming language) icon

    R (programming language)

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    R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. It is a GNU project which is similar to the S language and environment which was developed at Bell Laboratories (formerly AT&T, now Lucent Technologies) by John Chambers and colleagues. R can be consider.

    95 R (programming language) alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    Comments about R (programming language) as an Alternative to Maple
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    R does not perform symbolic computations

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Some users think R (programming language) is a great Maple alternative, some don't.

    • R (programming language) is Free and Open SourceMaple is Paid and Proprietary
    • R (programming language) is Customizable and LightweightMaple is not according to our users
  5. Mathematica icon

    Mathematica

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

    74 Mathematica alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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    • Most users think Mathematica is a great Maple alternative.

    • Mathematica is the most popular commercial alternative to Maple.

    • Mathematica is Paid and ProprietaryMaple is also Paid and Proprietary
  6. Spyder icon

    Spyder

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    Combines advanced editing, analysis, debugging, and profiling functionalities with data exploration, execution, and visualization capabilities. Expandable using its powerful plugin system and API, providing flexibility for custom integrations.

    48 Spyder alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Python
    • Flatpak
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  7. Julia icon

    Julia

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    Julia is a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language for technical computing, with syntax that is familiar to users of other technical computing environments. It provides a sophisticated compiler, distributed parallel execution, numerical accuracy, and an...

    51 Julia alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Comments about Julia as an Alternative to Maple
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    Opensource and will lots of math capabilities + jupyter notebooks ecosystem

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    • Julia is Free and Open SourceMaple is Paid and Proprietary
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    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
     
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    I liked it because it is powerful! With the right commands, you can do what you would typically do with Maple.

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    Pitty the idea of this program is not as bad as it could be, but it's not even close a match for maple.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think Maxima is a great Maple alternative.

    • Maxima is Free and Open SourceMaple is Paid and Proprietary
  10. fxSolver icon

    fxSolver

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    Online math solver, equation editor and database, graphing calculator and science/engineering problem helper.

    149 fxSolver alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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    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
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  12. PTC Mathcad icon

    PTC Mathcad

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    Engineering calculation software developed by PTC Inc., designed to perform and share complex calculations. Drives innovation and productivity in product development, allows for easy data analysis and sharing. Integration with CAD and supports custom functions.

    40 PTC Mathcad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    IBM SPSS Statistics

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    The IBM SPSS software platform offers advanced statistical analysis, a vast library of machine-learning algorithms, text analysis, open-source extensibility, integration with big data and seamless deployment into applications.

    65 IBM SPSS Statistics alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    SymPy

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    SymPy is a Python library for symbolic computation. The stated goals of the library are to become a full-featured computer algebra system and to keep a simple code base to promote extensibility and comprehensibility.

    38 SymPy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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