PTC Mathcad Alternatives

Apps similar to PTC Mathcad include Mathematica. It's paid, but Maxima and Numbat are free. Other options are Maple, wxMaxima, SMath Studio and fxSolver. Calculators like PTC Mathcad are a crowded field, with more than 25 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, the web and Android.

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

    78 Mathematica alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Online
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  2. 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.

    34 Maxima alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  3. Numbat icon
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    High precision scientific calculator with full support for physical units (web and terminal versions).

    77 Numbat alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  4. Maple icon
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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...

    53 Maple alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
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  5. 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.

    43 wxMaxima alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  6. 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.

    24 SMath Studio alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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    • Online
    • Android
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  7. fxSolver icon
     60 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  8. 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)

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • openSUSE
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenSolaris
    • NetBSD
    • OpenBSD
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  9. 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.

    54 Calcpad alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Windows
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    • Online
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  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
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  11. SymPy icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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