Free Stata AlternativesStatistical Analyzers and other similar apps like Stata

The best free alternative to Stata is R (programming language), which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Stata and 19 is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Stata are RStudio, PSPP, JASP and jamovi.

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  1. R (programming language) icon

    R (programming language)

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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.

    97 R (programming language) alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    Comments about R (programming language) as an Alternative to Stata
    sedeti
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    because its free and does the same job as stata

    Cetheata
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    Learning R is rather steep; Stata is not a programming language, but more like a command interface.

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    • Almost everyone thinks R (programming language) is a great Stata alternative.

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

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

    • R (programming language) is Free and Open SourceStata is Paid and Proprietary
    • R (programming language) is Customizable and LightweightStata is not according to our users
  2. RStudio icon

    RStudio

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    RStudio™ is an integrated development environment (IDE) for R. RStudio combines an intuitive user interface with powerful coding tools to help you get the most out of R.

    60 RStudio alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Xfce
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  4. PSPP icon

    PSPP

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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.

    40 PSPP alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. JASP icon

    JASP

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    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.

    30 JASP alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Chrome OS
    • Flathub
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  6. jamovi icon

    jamovi

     16 likes

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

    18 jamovi alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Online
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    • jamovi is the most popular Web-based alternative to Stata.

    • jamovi is Free and Open SourceStata is Paid and Proprietary
  7. RKWard icon

    RKWard

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    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...

    33 RKWard alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. Positron icon

    Positron

     2 likes

    A free, next-generation data science IDE built by Posit PBC. An extensible, polyglot tool for writing code and exploring data. A familiar environment for reproducible authoring and publishing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
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  10. gretl icon

    gretl

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. Deducer icon

    Deducer

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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Xfce
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  12. ANKHOR FlowSheet icon

    ANKHOR FlowSheet

     5 likes

    ANKHOR is a revolutionary platform for in-memory processing of data from diverse sources and in variable data formats.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  13. AdvancedMiner icon

    AdvancedMiner

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    Analytical software suite supporting the complete range of tasks involved with data processing, construction of Data Mining models, advanced data analysis and reporting.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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