EViews vs PyMS
EViews
eviews.comPyMS
pyms-jschnab.readthedocs.ioSide by side
| Figure | EViews | PyMS |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $59.95/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 6 | 1 |
| Spec score · Statistical Analysis Software | 8.9 (#5) | 8.0 (#42) |
| Audience | The maker describes EViews as serving academic researchers, corporations, government agencies, and students. | It is intended to help researchers unfamiliar with command-line software or seeking to increase productivity during data analysis. |
| Bayesian analysis | Yes | No |
| Data import formats | Excel, Access, R, SAS Transport, SPSS, Stata, Tableau, ASCII text/binary, HTML, ODBC | CSV |
| Deployment | desktop | desktop |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | The EViews feature list describes COM automation, integration with MATLAB, R, and Python, and a Microsoft Excel add-in. | The repository lists pandas, NumPy, matplotlib, SciPy, statsmodels, and TkInter as dependencies; it does not describe third-party service integrations. |
| Regression models | Yes | No |
| Scripting support | Yes | No |
| 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 opened documentation and repository pages do not state security certifications or compliance claims. |
| 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. | The documentation directs users with questions to email [email protected]. |
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.
PyMS
PyMS has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.