EViews vs NumXL
EViews
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| Figure | EViews | NumXL |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $59.95/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 6 | 13 |
| Spec score · Statistical Analysis Software | 8.9 (#5) | 8.6 (#11) |
| Data import formats | Excel, Access, R, SAS Transport, SPSS, Stata, Tableau, ASCII text/binary, HTML, ODBC | Excel spreadsheets/workbooks |
| Deployment | desktop | desktop |
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Headquarters | Irvine, California, USA | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Integrations | The EViews feature list describes COM automation, integration with MATLAB, R, and Python, and a Microsoft Excel add-in. | NumXL integrates with Microsoft Excel as an add-in, and its SDK is available as a NuGet package. |
| Product | EViews provides statistical, time-series, forecasting, and modeling tools through an object-oriented interface. | NumXL is a suite of time-series Excel add-ins that adds econometric functions, shortcuts, and a guided user interface to Microsoft Excel. |
| 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. | For online orders, the maker says it uses FastSpring, describes the processor as PCI compliant, and says sensitive order-form information is SSL encrypted. |
| Statistical tests | Yes | Yes |
| Support | Single-user support covers installation, registration, and moving a license; it excludes business consulting and help with modeling or econometric theory. | Plans include support and updates, and the maker offers tutorials, documentation, and in-house support by email or phone. |
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
NumXL
- Commercial Monthly SubscriptionPrice not published
- Commercial Annual SubscriptionPrice not published
- Commercial PerpetualPrice not published
- Academic/Government/Non-profit Monthly SubscriptionPrice not published
- Academic/Government/Non-profit Annual SubscriptionPrice not published
- Academic/Government/Non-profit PerpetualPrice not published
- Academic/Government/Non-profit Monthly (Subscription)$18.75 a month
- Commercial Monthly (Subscription)$25 a month
- Academic/Government/Non-profit Annual (Subscription)$187 a year
- Commercial Annual (Subscription)$250 a year
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.