G2 Vendor Directory

Stata vs. GNU Octave

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricStata

by StataCorp

GNU Octave

by FreeCAD

Overall rating4.34.2
Review count16655
Ease of use8.38.6
Ease of setup9.18.1
Quality of support8.28.4
Meets requirements8.88.6
NPS47.23926451.851852
Small Business27.3%66.7%
Mid-Market31.5%16.7%
Enterprise41.2%16.7%
Total page views443220
Total LLM citations1,707632

Stata

The complete statistical software for data science. Stata delivers everything you need for reproducible data analysis—powerful statistics, visualization, data manipulation, and automated reporting—all in one intuitive platform.

Pros

  • Coding Simplification
  • Flexibility
  • Analytics Advancement
  • Data Management
  • Ease of Use
  • Ease of Installation

GNU Octave

GNU Octave is an open-source mathematical modeling and simulation software very similar to using the same language as Matlab and Freemat.

Pros