R (programming language) Alternatives

R (programming language) is described as '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' and is a very popular programming language in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to R (programming language) for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and BSD apps. The best R (programming language) alternative is Python, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like R (programming language) are Julia, MATLAB, GNU Octave and Mathematica.

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  1. Addi icon
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    Java based and open sourced version of matlab and octave

    Getting more and more compatible over time.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  2. grapheme icon
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    Grapheme is an intuitive and powerful data visualization and analysis tool. Grapheme brings you advanced data analysis capabilities along with interactive plotting functionalities to enable exploring and understanding complex sets of data.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. MonteCarlito is a free Excel-add-in to do Monte-Carlo-simulations. Apart from these it can also do statistical analysis like mean, median, standard error, variance, skewness, kurtosis. It can create histograms. The code is open source.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Microsoft Office Excel
     
  4. Gaio icon
     2 likes

    Connect easily to databases like Oracle, MS SQL Server, MySQL and others, dragging-and-dropping tables. Using our API, connect to any other source.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5.  2 likes

    GNU datamash is command-line program which performs simple calculation (e.g. count, sum, min, max, mean, stdev, string coalescing) on input files. Datamash has a rich set of statistical functions, to quickly assess information in textual input files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  6.  5 likes

    FriCAS is an advanced computer algebra system. Its capabilities range from calculus (integration and differentiation) to abstract algebra. It can plot functions and has integrated help system.

    26 FriCAS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. NppToR icon
     1 like

    Description

    Similar to the windows R gui built in editor, NppToR aims to extend the functionality of code passing to the Notepad++ code editor. In addition to passing to the R gui, NppToR provides optional passing to a PuTTY window for passing to an R instance a remote machine.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Notepad++
     
  8.  3 likes

    Z3 is a theorem prover from Microsoft Research.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • WebAssembly
    • C (programming language)
    • Python
    • C++
    • Java
     
  9. NXRegress icon
     1 like

    Interactive regression decision workflow for Lean Six Sigma and operational excellence practitioners. Runs inside Excel. No coding. No statistical expertise required. Real-time profiler — live model switching.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. NAAb icon
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    Polyglot programming language that embeds 12 languages in one file with built-in LLM governance.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  11. e-picos icon
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    AI-assisted statistical software for researchers, automating complex analysis and ensuring accurate, publication-ready results.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  12. SageBow icon
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    SageBow's autonomous AI agents deploy directly into your Python environment and execute end-to-end tasks.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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