Cost finder
Pick who’s buying and for how long. We rank every tool by the cheapest published option that applies to you, using only prices we’ve checked on vendor pages.
Browser-based tools (SAS OnDemand, jamovi Cloud, ATLAS.ti Web, Dedoose) count as available on every operating system. Tools whose platforms we haven’t checked drop out when you filter by operating system.
Showing: student, 1 year
| Software | Cheapest option that applies | Total | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anaconda Distribution | Free (eligible organizations under 200 people), free | $0 | Anaconda |
| GNU PSPP | PSPP, free | $0 | Free Software Foundation |
| gretl | gretl, free | $0 | The gretl project |
| jamovi | jamovi Desktop, free | $0 | The jamovi project |
| JASP | JASP, free | $0 | JASP team |
| JMP | JMP Student Edition, free | $0 | JMP |
| Positron | Positron, free | $0 | Posit |
| R | R, free | $0 | The R Project |
| RStudio Desktop | RStudio Desktop (open source), free | $0 | Posit |
| SAS OnDemand for Academics | SAS OnDemand for Academics, free | $0 | SAS Institute |
| Stata | Stata/BE, per year | $94 | StataCorp |
| GraphPad Prism | Standard (student), per year | $142 | GraphPad by Dotmatics |
| IBM SPSS Statistics | No public price: GradPack (Base, Standard, Premium) | Quote | IBM |
How the totals are worked out
- Annual licenses: the first-year price, plus the renewal price for each later year where the vendor lists one (Stata’s faculty Prof+ Plan does).
- 6-month licenses: two per year.
- Monthly subscriptions: 12 per year. Dedoose charges only for months you log in, so its total is the most you’d pay.
- 3-year and 5-year licenses (ATLAS.ti, MAXQDA): paid up front, so a 1-year total still shows the full price.
- Perpetual licenses: paid once. The ones we track don’t include ongoing feature updates; see perpetual vs annual.
- One user. Every total is for a single user or seat.
- Add-on modules (such as SPSS add-ons) aren’t counted. Quote-only products appear at the end without a total.
What this doesn’t cover
Taxes, reseller discounts, volume pricing, campus licenses your institution may already pay for, and prices that vary by country. IBM shows different SPSS prices in different countries, and we couldn’t confirm the US figure. Prices were checked on Oct 30, 2026. Always confirm on the vendor’s page before you buy.