Free alternatives to SAS

Enterprise statistics and analytics suite. Here are 5 free options, most popular first.

statsmodels

Statistics

Statistical models and tests for Python

Stars
12k
Licence
BSD-3-Clause
Status
Open source

Alternative to Stata, SAS

RStudio Desktop

Statistics

Popular open-source IDE for R and Quarto

Stars
5.1k
Licence
AGPL-3.0
Status
Open source

Alternative to SPSS, Stata

jamovi

Statistics

Spreadsheet-style statistics app built on R

Stars
790
Licence
AGPL-3.0
Status
Open source

Alternative to SPSS, Stata

KNIME Analytics Platform

Data science & workflows

Free, open-source platform for visual data workflows

Licence
GPL-3.0
Status
Open source

Alternative to SPSS Modeler, SAS

R

Statistics

The open-source language and environment for statistical computing

Licence
GPL-2.0
Status
Open source

Alternative to SPSS, Stata

Free tools are not always drop-in replacements. Check that a tool supports the file formats, tests and methods your supervisor, journal or ethics board expects before switching mid-project.

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