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Comparison of numerical-analysis software

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The following tables provide a comparison of numerical analysis software.

General

Creator Development started First public release Latest stable version Cost (USD) Open source Notes
GAUSS Aptech Systems 1984 8.0 / 2006 No mainly used in econometrics
MATLAB The MathWorks the late 1970s R2006b / 2006 $1900 (commercial) / $99 (student) No mainly used for technical computing
GNU Octave John W. Eaton around 1988 1993 2.0.17 / 2002 Free Yes mostly compatible with MATLAB
R R Foundation 2.4.0 / 2006 Free Yes mainly used in statistics
Creator Development started First public release Latest stable version Cost (USD) Open source Notes

Operating system support

The operating systems the software can run on natively (without emulation).

Windows Mac OS X Linux BSD Unix
GAUSS Yes Yes Yes No Yes
MATLAB Yes Yes Yes No Yes
GNU Octave No No Yes No Yes
R Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Windows Mac OS X Linux BSD Unix