EViews vs MLJ.jl
EViews
eviews.comMLJ.jl
juliaml.aiSide by side
| Figure | EViews | MLJ.jl |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $59.95/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 6 | 0 |
| Spec score · Statistical Analysis Software | 8.9 (#5) | 7.4 (#72) |
| Audience | The maker describes EViews as serving academic researchers, corporations, government agencies, and students. | The project welcomes contributors who can demonstrate prior experience in Julia and machine learning. |
| Bayesian analysis | Yes | Yes |
| Data import formats | Excel, Access, R, SAS Transport, SPSS, Stata, Tableau, ASCII text/binary, HTML, ODBC | CSV (CSV.jl), DataFrames/Tables.jl tables, RDatasets, OpenML |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | The EViews feature list describes COM automation, integration with MATLAB, R, and Python, and a Microsoft Excel add-in. | MLJ's ecosystem includes OpenML.jl integration for the OpenML data science exchange platform. |
| Regression models | Yes | Yes |
| Scripting support | Yes | Yes |
| Security | For cloud-drive authorization, EViews says it does not access the account password and stores the provider-issued authorization key in encrypted format. | The official About page describes the license, project history, and governance, but does not state security or compliance certifications. |
| Support | Single-user support covers installation, registration, and moving a license; it excludes business consulting and help with modeling or econometric theory. | The documentation directs users to Julia Discourse, GitHub issues, or the #mlj channel in Julia Slack for questions and reports. |
Plans
EViews
- Academic Single-User License$700 a month
- Commercial Single-User License$2,450 a month
- EViews 14 Student Version LiteFree
- EViews 14 University Edition$59.95 a month
- EViews 14 Academic Single-User License$700, paid once
- EViews 14 Commercial Single-User License$2,450, paid once
In their own words
EViews
EViews is desktop software for statistical, time-series, forecasting and modeling work, presented through an object-oriented interface. It provides data management, econometric and statistical analysis, forecasts, simulations, graphs and tables, with support for regression models, statistical tests, scripting and Bayesian analysis. Import formats include Excel, Access, R, SAS Transport, SPSS, Stata, Tableau, ASCII text and binary, HTML and ODBC. EViews 14 adds JDemetra+ seasonal adjustment, Facebook Prophet, quantile ARDL estimation and outlier detection. Its listed integrations include COM automation, MATLAB, R, Python and a Microsoft Excel add-in; downloadable add-ins, user objects and libraries can extend it. EViews runs on Windows and macOS, but the 30-day EViews 14 demo is limited to physical Windows computers and is unavailable for Mac. Student Version Lite is free, but cannot save workfiles or export data to other formats and needs internet access at least once every 10 days to launch. Listed licenses include academic and commercial single-user options.