Top alternatives to Stata.

8 ranked alternatives · How we rank

Considering Stata? These are the closest alternatives on ABA Rank: listings whose capability areas overlap most with Stata’s, measured as a share of both listings’ areas so a listing tagged into everything does not lead every page, then ordered by Index score from our disclosed methodology. Compare any of them side by side.

R Studio

FOUNDED 2009 · LISTED · 201-500 EMPLOYEES

Data-science tooling from Posit, maker of the RStudio IDE.

Free to start · Hybrid · 15 integrations

Analytics

HEADQUARTERS

Boston, MA

TEAM

201-500 employees

RATING

No reviews

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GraphPad Prism

FOUNDED 1989 · LISTED · 201-500 EMPLOYEES

Scientific graphing and statistics software used across the life sciences.

From $142/mo · Hybrid · 5 integrations

Analytics

HEADQUARTERS

San Diego, CA

TEAM

201-500 employees

RATING

No reviews

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Splunk

FOUNDED 2003 · LISTED · 500+ EMPLOYEES

Machine-data, observability, and security analytics platform, now part of Cisco.

From $1,800/mo · Hybrid · 20 integrations

4.7 on Google (107)

Analytics

HEADQUARTERS

San Francisco, CA

TEAM

500+ employees

RATING

4.7

107 ON GOOGLE

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SPSS Statistics

FOUNDED 1968 · LISTED · 500+ EMPLOYEES

IBM's statistical analysis package, a standard in social-science research.

From $105/mo · Hybrid · 14 integrations

Analytics

HEADQUARTERS

Chicago, IL

TEAM

500+ employees

RATING

No reviews

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Minitab

FOUNDED 1972 · LISTED · 201-500 EMPLOYEES

Statistical software for quality improvement and data analysis.

Hybrid · 15 integrations

4.0 on Google (15)

Analytics

HEADQUARTERS

State College, PA

TEAM

201-500 employees

RATING

4.0

15 ON GOOGLE

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Amazon QuickSight

FOUNDED 2016 · LISTED · 500+ EMPLOYEES

Serverless business intelligence service from Amazon Web Services.

From $3/mo · Free tier · Cloud · 20 integrations

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HEADQUARTERS

Seattle, WA

TEAM

500+ employees

RATING

No reviews

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Databox

FOUNDED 2012 · LISTED · 51-200 EMPLOYEES

KPI dashboards and performance tracking connected to common business tools.

From $159/mo · Cloud · 15 integrations

AnalyticsBusiness IntelligenceKPI Dashboards

HEADQUARTERS

Cambridge, MA

TEAM

51-200 employees

RATING

No reviews

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SAS Institute

FOUNDED 1976 · LISTED · 500+ EMPLOYEES

Advanced analytics, statistics, and AI software from SAS.

From $1,500/mo · Free tier · Hybrid · 6 integrations

4.4 on Google (79)

AnalyticsBusiness IntelligenceKPI Dashboards

HEADQUARTERS

Cary, NC

TEAM

500+ employees

RATING

4.4

79 ON GOOGLE

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Stata and its alternatives, side by side

Stata first, then its alternatives in the order above. Index is the 0-100 score from our published methodology. Facts as each vendor's profile lists them; "Not listed" means the vendor has not published it. Google ratings are Google's, for reference, and not part of the Index.
Product	Index	Starting price	Free tier	Deployment	Integrations	Rating on Google
Stata	32	Not listed	Yes	On-prem	4	3.7 (13)
R Studio	40	Free	Yes	Hybrid	15	Not listed
GraphPad Prism	40	$142/mo	No	Hybrid	5	Not listed
Splunk	40	$1,800/mo	No	Hybrid	20	4.7 (107)
SPSS Statistics	40	$105/mo	No	Hybrid	14	Not listed
Minitab	32	Not listed	No	Hybrid	15	4.0 (15)
Amazon QuickSight	40	$3/mo	Yes	Cloud	20	Not listed
Databox	40	$159/mo	No	Cloud	15	Not listed
SAS Institute	40	$1,500/mo	Yes	Hybrid	6	4.4 (79)

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