IBM SPSS Statistics
4 free alternatives
Top pick:jamoviLicense: Open source
Saves $1,188 USD a year
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Stata
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Saves $1,015 USD a year
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GNU PSPP
Free GNU program for statistical analysis that reads SPSS syntax and data files, with a graphical interface and a command line.
License: Open source- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
Status: Verified- SAV: opens and saves, full fidelity
- SPS: opens and saves, full fidelity. Syntax files are compatible with SPSS
- CSV: opens and saves, full fidelity
This replaces IBM SPSS Statistics
gretl
Free econometrics and time-series package with a menu-driven interface and the Hansl scripting language.
License: Open source- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
Status: Verified- DTA: opens only, partial fidelity. Imports Stata files
- CSV: opens and saves, full fidelity
- XLSX: opens only, partial fidelity. Imports Excel worksheets
- SAV: opens only, partial fidelity. Imports SPSS files
This replaces Stata
jamovi
Free statistical spreadsheet built on R, with point-and-click analyses, a module library and a desktop app for Windows, Mac and Linux.
License: Open source- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
- Web
Status: Unknown- SAV: opens only, partial fidelity. Opens SPSS files directly; saves in its own .omv format
- CSV: opens and saves, full fidelity
- XLSX: opens only, partial fidelity. Opens Excel files; results are not saved back to xlsx
- DTA: opens only, partial fidelity. Opens Stata files; saves in .omv
This replaces IBM SPSS Statistics
JASP
Free, open-source statistics program with classical and Bayesian analyses in a point-and-click interface.
License: Open source- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
Status: Unknown- SAV: opens only, partial fidelity. Opens SPSS .sav and .zsav files; saves in its own .jasp format
- CSV: opens only, partial fidelity. Opens text files; saves analyses in .jasp
- XLSX: opens only, partial fidelity. Opens Excel files; saves analyses in .jasp
- DTA: opens only, partial fidelity. Opens Stata files; saves analyses in .jasp
This replaces IBM SPSS Statistics
R
Free language and environment for statistical computing and graphics, extended by thousands of packages on CRAN.
License: Open source- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
Status: Verified- DTA: opens and saves, partial fidelity. Through the haven package; Stata labels become labelled columns
- CSV: opens and saves, full fidelity
- XLSX: opens and saves, partial fidelity. Through packages such as readxl and openxlsx
- SAV: opens and saves, partial fidelity. Through the haven package
This replaces Stata
RStudio Desktop
Free desktop IDE for R and Python with a console, editor, plots and notebooks, released under the AGPL.
License: Open source- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
Status: Unknown- SAV: opens and saves, partial fidelity. Through the haven package; value labels become labelled columns
- CSV: opens and saves, full fidelity
- XLSX: opens and saves, partial fidelity. Through packages such as readxl and writexl
- DTA: opens and saves, partial fidelity. Through the haven package
This replaces IBM SPSS Statistics
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GraphPad Prism
License: PaidNo free option listed yet