PTC Mathcad Alternatives

PTC Mathcad is described as 'Software designed for engineering calculations, enabling data analysis and sharing of complex calculations. Offers productivity enhancements for product development' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to PTC Mathcad for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Android apps. The best PTC Mathcad alternative is SMath Studio, which is free. Other great apps like PTC Mathcad are Mathematica, Maxima, wxMaxima and Maple.

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PTC Mathcad alternatives are mainly Calculators, but if you're looking for Numerical Computation Software or Graphing Calculators you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Online, Free, Mac, Open Source, iPad, Linux and iPhone. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to PTC Mathcad.
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  1. SMath Studio icon
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    SMath Studio is a math program with 'paper'-like interface and numerous computing features. It has an ability to work with systems, matrices, vectors, complex numbers, infinities and fractions. SMath Studio includes integrated mathematical reference book.

    22 SMath Studio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
     
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  2. Mathematica icon
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    Definitive technical computing system spanning machine learning and neural networks, data science, visualizations and much more.

    76 Mathematica alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
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  3. Maxima icon
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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
     
  4. wxMaxima icon
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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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  5. 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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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  6. fxSolver icon
     60 likes

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

    159 fxSolver alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. Calcpad icon
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    Calcpad is a lightweight mathematical platform for cloud and desktop. It parses simple text scripts and converts them into professional Html reports. Supports complex numbers, variables, functions, graphing, units and numerical methods.

    49 Calcpad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
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  8. Online engineering calculator that automatically checks/converts units, solves systems of equations, plots, and allows you to share your work with others.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. Wolfram Language is a symbolic language, deliberately designed with the breadth and unity needed to develop powerful programs quickly. By integrating high-level forms—like Image, GeoPolygon or Molecule—along with advanced superfunctions—such as ImageIdentify or...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • openSUSE
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenSolaris
    • NetBSD
    • OpenBSD
     
  10. Mathics icon
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    Mathics is a general purpose computer algebra system (CAS) and designed to be a free, light-weight alternative to Mathematica. It's programmable using a Mathematica like language and uses a web interface for user interaction.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. SymPy icon
     31 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  12. Xcos icon
     17 likes

    Xcos is a graphical editor to design hybrid dynamical systems models. Models can be designed, loaded, saved, compiled and simulated.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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