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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM SPSS Statistics

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/ASPSS Statistics is a software package used for statistical analysis. It is now officially named "IBM SPSS Statistics". Companion products in the same family are used for survey authoring and deployment (IBM SPSS Data Collection), data mining (IBM SPSS Modeler), text analytics, and collaboration and deployment (batch and automated scoring services).

    $99

    per month per user

    MATLAB

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AMatLab is a predictive analytics and computing platform based on a proprietary programming language. MatLab is used across industry and academia.

    $49

    per student license

    Pricing
    IBM SPSS StatisticsMATLAB
    Editions & Modules
    Base
    USD 3,830
    one-time fee per user
    Standard
    USD 8,440
    one-time fee per user
    Professional
    USD 16,900
    one-time fee per user
    Premium
    USD 25,200
    one-time fee per user
    Monthly subscription
    USD 99
    per month per user
    Annual subscription
    USD 1,188.00
    per year per user
    Student
    $49
    per student license
    Home
    $149
    perpetual license
    Education
    $250
    per year
    Education
    $500
    perpetual license
    Standard
    $860
    per year
    Standard
    2,150
    perpetual license
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    IBM SPSS StatisticsMATLAB
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    IBM SPSS StatisticsMATLAB
    Considered Both Products
    IBM
    Chose IBM SPSS Statistics
    MATLAB is far more powerful at modeling massive data sets and allows for further individualizations that are often needed at research. MATLAB can also analyze pictures and run analysis on them. However SPSS is very good for what it is meant for.
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM SPSS Statistics
    IBM SPSS Statistics is much easier to use, even in classes with students, compared to other similar data analytic software that I have used previously. I selected it because of this reason and I plan to continue using it in the future. The interface is user friendly and the …
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM SPSS Statistics
    Cost was a leading factor
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM SPSS Statistics
    We tend to shy away from open source where possible. with SPSS from our feeder university system for our co-op interns, this is a great transition and a low barrier to getting them working quickly.
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM SPSS Statistics
    SPSS is much easier to learn even for people with basic knowledge of statistics.
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM SPSS Statistics
    Stacks up pretty well, as this is the best geospatial analysis tool next only to ArcGIS, but does almost everything that other packages do almost as well. However, there is a considerable need to improve and include new techniques like the random forest, etc. which IBM SPSS …
    Incentivized
    Chose IBM SPSS Statistics
    IBM SPSS Statistics stacks up much better and overall gives the user a much better as well as simpler means to achieve their end goal. It provides a comprehensive set of well tested data management, along with statistical procedures in an easy to use and all in one package …
    Incentivized
    MathWorks
    Chose MATLAB
    MATLAB is much better at performing statistical analysis processes. It is a much more powerful program for dealing with large amounts of, or complicated, data sets. While other programs have a more friendly user interface, MATLAB is good if you have some experience with coding, …
    Incentivized
    Chose MATLAB
    I use MATLAB, R Studio, and SPSS for data analysis needs. Each has their own positives and negatives that they bring to the table. I primarily use MATLAB for modeling due to ease of use and the maintenance of base code in this format.
    Incentivized
    Chose MATLAB
    This is the most unpolished and raw product out of these three products which make this product to reach high scale in operations. The in-depth and strong open source support makes it a great product to work with. However, the visualization, UI still needs improvement in MATLAB …
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    User Ratings
    IBM SPSS StatisticsMATLAB
    Likelihood to Recommend
    4.3
    (91 ratings)
    8.1
    (53 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.6
    (22 ratings)
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    Usability
    8.0
    (14 ratings)
    9.9
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Performance
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    6.4
    (12 ratings)
    9.5
    (7 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.7
    (7 ratings)
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    Configurability
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Ease of integration
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Product Scalability
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Vendor post-sale
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
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    Vendor pre-sale
    5.0
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