pandas Alternatives

pandas is described as 'Flexible and powerful data analysis / manipulation library for Python, providing labeled data structures similar to R data.frame objects, statistical functions, and much more' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to pandas for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Python and BSD apps. The best pandas alternative is Spyder, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like pandas are SciPy, Anaconda, PyPI and NumPy.

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  1. Spyder icon
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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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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Python
    • Flatpak
     
    • Spyder is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to pandas.

    • Spyder is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to pandas.

    • Spyder is Free and Open Sourcepandas is also Free and Open Source
    • Spyder is Privacy focusedpandas is not according to our users
  2. SciPy icon
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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

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Python
     
  3. Anaconda icon
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    Completely free enterprise-ready Python distribution for large-scale data processing, predictive analytics, and scientific computing. Includes 100+ of the most popular Python packages for science, math, engineering, data analysis. Cross platform on Linux, Windows, Mac.

    23 Anaconda alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
     
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    It’s absolutely not a pandas alternative, we’re comparing a python library to manipulate data with a big package manager

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    • Anaconda is Free Personal and Proprietarypandas is Free and Open Source
    • Anaconda is Lightweight and Privacy focusedpandas is not according to our users
  4. PyPI icon
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    The Python Package Index (PyPI) is a repository of software for the Python programming language. PyPI helps you find and install software developed and shared by the Python community. Package authors use PyPI to distribute their software.

    51 PyPI alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • PyPI is the most popular Web-based alternative to pandas.

    • PyPI is Free and Open Sourcepandas is also Free and Open Source
  5. NumPy icon
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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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Python
     
  6. Polars icon
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    Polars is a highly performant DataFrame library for manipulating structured data. The core is written in Rust, but the library is also available in Python. Its key features are:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Python
     
  7. python(x,y) icon
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    Python(x,y) is a free scientific and engineering development software for numerical computations, data analysis and data visualization based on Python programming language, Qt graphical user interfaces and .

    62 python(x,y) alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. Ardos icon
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    Discover Erdos, the secure AI-native IDE that pairs Jupyter notebooks with an embedded assistant to edit code, surface documentation, and accelerate analysis.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Windows
    • Mac
     
  9. WinPython icon
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    The easiest way to run Python, Spyder with SciPy and friends out of the box on any Windows PC, without installing anything!.

    15 WinPython alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Miniconda icon
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    Miniconda is a free minimal installer for conda. It is a small bootstrap version of Anaconda that includes only conda, Python, the packages they both depend on, and a small number of other useful packages (like pip, zlib, and a few others).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
     
  11. DataSpell icon
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    JetBrains DataSpell is an IDE for data science with intelligent Jupyter notebooks, interactive Python scripts, and lots of other built-in tools.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • DataSpell is the most popular commercial alternative to pandas.

    • DataSpell is Paid and Proprietarypandas is Free and Open Source
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    Minimum bare bones portable python distribution with PyScripter as development environment. Contains no additional packages other than those provided with the official python setup from python.org.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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