Minitab AlternativesOnly Free apps categorised as Statistical Analyzers

The best free Statistical Analyzer alternative to Minitab is R (programming language), which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Minitab and 16 are free Statistical Analyzers so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Statistical Analyzer alternatives to Minitab are PSPP, JASP, NumeRe and jamovi.

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Minitab alternatives page was last updated Dec 15, 2024
  1. R (programming language) icon
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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.

    102 R (programming language) alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight
    2.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Data Mining
    2.  Communities
    3.  Quantitative data analysis
    4.  Data science
    5.  Automatic data loading
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  Support for scripting
    8.  Portable
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    Comments about R (programming language) as an Alternative to Minitab
     
       
    Guest

    R is much more powerful and versatile

    Top positive commentAug 21, 2017
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    R is a programming language, even if somewhat specialized. Minitab is an application which makes statistical analysis easy. In R, you write code, in Minitab you click around and choose various graphs and stats to be calculated. Sure, Minitab does have some scripting capability, but so does Excel...

    Top negative commentApr 22, 2015
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    Cost, functionality. There are an amazing amount of packages available to implement different analyses, the amount of support and documentation is incredible. Then the ability to create GUIs using Shiny is great for distribution of your work to colleagues and associates to use.

    Positive commentJun 22, 2020
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    • Most users think R (programming language) is a great Minitab alternative.

    • R (programming language) is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Minitab.

    • R (programming language) is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Minitab.

    • R (programming language) is Free and Open SourceMinitab is Paid and Proprietary
    • R (programming language) is Customizable and LightweightMinitab is not according to our users
  2. PSPP icon
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    PSPP is a free software application for analysis of sampled data. It has a graphical user interface and conventional command line interface. It is written in C, uses GNU Scientific Library for its mathematical routines, and plotutils for generating graphs.

    36 PSPP alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  Portable
    3.  No registration required
    4.  Graphs
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  3. JASP icon
     30 likes

    JASP is a free and open-source graphical program for statistical analysis supported by the University of Amsterdam. It is designed to be easy to use, and familiar to users of SPSS. It offers standard analysis procedures in both their classical and Bayesian form.

    25 JASP alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Bayesian Analysis
    2.  No Coding Required
    3.  Parametric and NonParametric
    4.  Root required
    5.  Portable
    6.  Ad-free
    7.  Command line interface
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    Comments about JASP as an Alternative to Minitab
     
    Guest

    The higher ranked alternatives are programming languages or environments, which is not what Minitab is.

    Positive commentJan 23, 2021
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    • JASP is Free and Open SourceMinitab is Paid and Proprietary
    • JASP is LightweightMinitab is not according to our users
  4. NumeRe icon
     3 likes

    NumeRe, the cutting-edge open source software, is your ultimate solution for scientific data analysis. Built on a versatile approach, it seamlessly combines powerful statistical and numeric capabilities, optimized specifically for scientific applications.

    68 NumeRe alternatives
    Default view of a session in NumeRe with an exemplary plot. The GUI is available in German and English

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Scientific data analysis
    2.  Import CSV Data
    3.  Command line interface
    4.  Syntax Highlighting
    5.  No registration required
    6.  Support for scripting
    7. LaTeX icon  Support for LaTeX
    8.  Works Offline
    9.  Ad-free
    10.  Autocompletion
    11.  File Versioning
    12.  Code Formatting
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  5. jamovi icon
     14 likes

    jamovi is a free and open statistical platform which is intuitive to use, and can provide the latest developments in statistics.

    16 jamovi alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    jamovi Features

    1.  Import CSV Data
    2.  Stats
    3.  Plugin manager
    4.  Static analysis
    5.  Live updating
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  6. SOFA Statistics icon
     20 likes

    SOFA Statistics is an open-source statistical package, with an emphasis on ease of use, learn as you go, and beautiful output. The name stands for Statistics Open For All. It has a graphical user interface and can connect directly to MySQL, SQLite, MS Access, and MS SQL Server.

    36 SOFA Statistics alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    SOFA Statistics Features

    1.  Graphical User Interface
    2.  Reporting
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  7. RKWard icon
     17 likes

    RKWard is an easy to use, transparent frontend to the R programming language, a very powerful, yet hard-to-get-into scripting-language with a strong focus on statistic functions. RKWard tries to combine the power of the R-language with the ease of use of commercial statistical...

    32 RKWard alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    RKWard Features

    1.  Data science
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  8. Deducer icon
     10 likes

    Deducer is designed to be a free easy to use alternative to proprietary data analysis software such as SPSS, JMP, and Minitab. It has a menu system to do common data manipulation and analysis tasks, and an excel-like spreadsheet in which to view and edit data frames.

    30 Deducer alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Xfce
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  9. gretl icon
     11 likes

    Is a cross-platform software package for econometric analysis, written in the C programming language that can import SPSS data files.

    21 gretl alternatives
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    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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