Scientific Workplace is described as 'You write text and mathematics in your document without having to know a programming language or exit to an equation editor. Evaluate, simplify, solve, and plot functions without the need to master a complex syntax' and is a LaTeX Editor in the education & reference category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Scientific Workplace for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Self-Hosted apps. The best Scientific Workplace alternative is LyX, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Scientific Workplace are Apache OpenOffice Writer, TeXstudio, Overleaf and Texmaker.