|
Creator |
Development started |
First public release |
Latest stable version |
Stable release date |
Cost (United States dollar ) |
License |
Notes |
ADMB |
David Fournier, ADMB Project |
1989 |
1990 |
12.0 |
21 December 2017 |
Free |
BSD 3-clause (aka new) License |
Automatic differentiation makes it well suited to complex minimization problems |
Analytica |
Lumina Decision Systems |
1982 (Demos) |
|
4.6 |
May 2015 |
Free (Analytica Free 101), $995 (Professional), $2795 (Enterprise) |
Proprietary |
A numerical modeling environment with a declarative and visual programming language based on influence diagrams. |
Ch |
SoftIntegration |
|
1 October 2001 |
7.5.1 |
2 December 2015 |
$399 (commercial) / $199 (academic) / Free (student) |
Proprietary |
C/C++ based numerical computing and graphical plotting[1] |
DADiSP |
DSP Development |
1984 |
1987 |
6.7 B02 |
17 January 2017 |
$1995 (commercial) / $129 (academic) / Free (student) |
Proprietary |
Numeric computations for science and engineering featuring a spreadsheet like interface. |
DataMelt |
Sergei V. Chekanov (jwork.org) |
2005 |
2005 |
1.4 |
12 March 2016 |
Free |
Free for non-commercial use |
Mathematics, symbolic calculations, algebra, data analysis, data mining, interactive 2D/3D graphics, Java scriptable, used for science and engineering, Cross-platform (written in Java) |
Dyalog APL |
Dyalog Ltd. |
1981 |
1983 |
17.0 |
23 July 2018 |
£850/year or 2% royalty (free for non-commercial use) |
Proprietary |
A modern dialect of APL, enhanced with features for functional and object-oriented programming. |
Euler Math Toolbox |
René Grothmann |
1987 |
1988 |
2018-09-21 |
21 September 2018 |
Free |
GPL |
Also a computer algebra system through interface with Maxima |
Fityk |
Marcin Wojdyr |
|
2002 |
1.3.1 |
19 December 2016 |
$115 (1.x binaries) / Free (source code and 0.x binaries) |
GPL |
interactive graphics, scriptable, specialized in curve fitting and peak fitting, 2D only |
FlexPro |
Weisang GmbH |
n/a |
1991 |
2017 |
2017 |
Not free (commercial) / Free (academic) |
Proprietary |
Dynamic, interactive 2D/3D diagrams, programmable, VBA, high performances, multicore compatible, large data sets. |
FreeMat |
Samit Basu |
|
2004 |
4.2 |
30 June 2013 |
Free |
GPL |
Codeless interface to external C, C++, and Fortran code. Mostly compatible with MATLAB. |
GAUSS |
Aptech Systems |
|
1984 |
17 |
22 December 2016 |
Not free |
Proprietary |
|
GNU Data Language |
Marc Schellens |
|
2004 |
0.9.7 |
21 January 2017 |
Free |
GPL |
Aimed as a drop-in replacement for IDL/PV-WAVE |
GNU MCSim |
Frederic Y. Bois & Don Maszle |
1991 |
1993 |
6.0.0 |
24 February 2018 |
Free |
GPL |
General simulation and Monte Carlo sampling software |
GNU Octave |
John W. Eaton |
1988 |
1993 |
4.4.0 |
1 May 2018 |
Free |
GPL |
General numerical computing package with lots of extension modules. Syntax mostly compatible with MATLAB |
IGOR Pro |
WaveMetrics |
1986 |
1988 |
7.00 |
26 July 2016 |
$995 (commercial) $225 upgrade / $499 (academic) $175 upgrade / $85 (student) |
Proprietary |
interactive graphics, programmable, 2D/3D, used for science and engineering, large data sets. |
J |
Jsoftware |
1989 |
1990 |
J805 |
19 December 2016 |
Free |
GPL |
online access to: J Application Library (JAL) |
Julia |
Jeff Bezanson, Stefan Karpinski, Viral B. Shah, and other[2] contributors |
2009 |
2012 |
1.0.0 |
8 August 2018 |
Free |
MIT License |
Direct calls of C functions (no wrappers needed). Designed for cloud parallel computing with LLVM JIT as a backend. Lightweight "green" threading (coroutines). Efficient support for Unicode. Shell-like capabilities for managing other processes. Lisp-like macros and other metaprogramming facilities. |
LabVIEW |
National Instruments |
1985 |
1986 |
2016 |
August 2016 |
$1249 (commercial) / $79.95 (student) |
Proprietary |
Graphical, and textual through formula nodes, mathscript and .m file scripts[3] |
Maple |
Maplesoft |
1980 |
1982 |
2017 |
25 May 2017 |
$2275 (commercial) / $99 (student) |
Proprietary |
Mainly a computer algebra system |
Mathcad |
Parametric Technology Corporation |
1985 |
1986 |
15.0 ; Prime 4.0[4] |
2 March 2015 |
$1195 (commercial) / $99 (student) |
Proprietary |
|
Mathematica |
Wolfram Research |
1986 |
1988 |
13.0.1 (February 17, 2022; 8 months ago (2022-02-17)) [±][5] |
8 March 2018 |
Free (Raspberry Pi[6]), Free Cloud Access, $2495 (commercial) / $145 (student) / $295 (personal)[7] |
Proprietary |
Also computer algebra system |
mathlayer |
Quant Advisory Limited |
2015 |
2015 |
1.1.3.8 |
March 2017 |
Free |
CC BY 4.0 |
Windows only. Designed to be embedded. |
MATLAB |
MathWorks |
the late 1970s |
1984 |
R2018a |
September 2017 |
$2150 (standard) / $500 (education) / $149 (home) / $49 (student) |
Proprietary |
Numerical computation and simulation with extended 2D/3D visualization. |
Maxima |
MIT Project MAC and Bill Schelter et al. |
1967 |
1982 |
5.41.0 |
3 October 2017 |
Free |
GPL |
Mainly a computer algebra system |
MLAB |
Civilized Software, Inc. |
1970 (in SAIL), 1985 (in C) |
1972 (on DEC-10), 1988 (on PCs), 1993 (on MACs) |
2015 |
2015 |
$2250 (standard) / $50 (student) |
Proprietary |
Numerical and Statistical computation for Scientific Applications, e.g. Chemical Kinetics. ODE Solving and Curve-Fitting. Symbolic Differentiation, Survival Analysis, Cluster Analysis, 2D/3D Graphics. |
Origin |
OriginLab |
|
1991 |
2016 |
22 May 2017 |
$1095 (std.)/$1800 (Pro) $550 (std., academic) $850 (Pro, academic) $69/yr. (Pro, student) |
Proprietary |
Integrated data analysis graphing software for science and engineering. Flexible multi-layer graphing framework. 2D, 3D and statistical graph types. Built-in digitizing tool. Analysis with auto recalculation and report generation. Built-in scripting and programming languages. |
Perl Data Language |
Karl Glazebrook |
late 1990s |
c. 1997 |
2.012 |
14 June 2015 |
Free |
Artistic License |
Used for astrophysics, solar physics, oceanography, biophysics, and simulation. 2D plotting via PGPLOT, PLPlot bindings; 3D via GL. |
PSPP |
Ben Pfaff |
1990s |
1990s |
0.8.5 |
20 June 2015 |
Free |
GPL v.3 or later |
FOSS alternative to IBM SPSS. Analysis of sampled data, frequencies, cross-tabs comparison of means (t-tests and one-way ANOVA); linear regression, logistic regression, reliability (Cronbach's Alpha, not failure or Weibull), and re-ordering data, non-parametric tests, factor analysis, cluster analysis, principal components analysis, chi-square analysis and more |
R |
R Foundation |
1997 |
1997 |
3.3.2 |
31 October 2016 |
Free |
GPL |
Primarily for statistics, but there are many interfaces to open-source numerical software |
SageMath |
William Stein |
|
2005 |
9.5 (30 January 2022; 9 months ago (2022-01-30)) [±][8] |
17 October 2018 |
Free |
GPL |
Programmable, includes computer algebra, 2D+3D plotting. Interfaces to many open-source and proprietary software. Web based interface HTTP or HTTPS |
SAS |
Anthony Barr and James Goodnight |
1966 |
1972 |
9.4 |
10 July 2014 |
Not free |
Proprietary |
|
SequenceL |
Texas Multicore Technologies |
1989 |
2012 |
2.4 |
10 February 2016 |
Free (Community Edition), $2495 (Professional Edition) |
Proprietary |
Functional programming language and tools. Delivers high performance on multicore hardware with ease of programming, and code clarity/readability. Designed to work with other languages, including C, C++, C#, Java, Fortran, Python, etc. Can be compiled to multithreaded C++ (and optionally OpenCL) code with no explicit indications from the programmer of how or what to parallelize. A platform-specific runtime manages the threads safely. |
S-Lang |
John E. Davis |
|
1992 |
2.3.0 |
18 September 2014 |
Free |
GPL, Artistic License (1.x only) |
Available as a standalone (slsh) and embedded interpreter (jed, slrn, ...) |
Scilab |
Scilab Enterprises Was:Inria |
1990 |
1994 |
6.0.1 |
15 February 2018 |
Free |
CeCILL license |
Programmable, direct support of 2D+3D plotting. Interfaces to many other software packages. Interfacing to external modules written in C, Java, Python or other languages. Language syntax similar to MATLAB. Used for numerical computing in engineering and physics. |
SPSS |
Normal H. Nie, Dale H. Bent, and C. Hadlai Hull |
|
1968 |
23.0 |
3 March 2015 |
Not free |
Proprietary |
|
Sysquake |
Calerga |
|
1998 |
5.0 |
2013 |
free / $2500 (Pro, commercial) / $1000 (Pro, academic) |
Proprietary |
interactive graphics |
TK Solver |
Universal Technical Systems, Inc. |
late 1970s |
1982 |
5.0.141 |
2011 |
$399 commercial / $49 (student) |
Proprietary |
Numerical computation and rule-based application development |
VisSim |
Visual Solutions |
|
1989 |
10.1 |
January 2011 |
$495-$2800 (commercial) free view only version $50-$250/free v3.0 (academic) |
Proprietary |
Visual Language for simulation and Model Based Design. Used in business, science and engineering. Performs complex scalar or matrix based ODE solving with parametric optimization. Has 2D and 3D plotting, 3D animation, and state transition built in. |
Yorick |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
9 |
January 2015 |
Free |
GPL |
Programmable, callable 2D+3D plotting. Language syntax similar to C. Interfacing to other software packages via C calls. |