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. It runs on

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. The software can read multiple formats, such as

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spreadsheets, and can also perform mathematical transforms and statistical analyses. A single, perpetual product license costs between $700 and $1300 depending on academic, corporate, or government affiliation. This perpetual license cost may be inaccurate as Grafiti LLC requires a discussion of quote to receive a license now. A free 30-day trial used to be available, however, since development was taken over by Grafiti LLC, this trial is no longer offered.

History

SigmaPlot was developed by Jandel Corporation for

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and maintained by them until version 4.0. In 1996, Jandel Corporation merged into

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SigmaPlot was maintained by

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through version 8. As of version 9, it was owned and maintained by SYSTAT Software, before SYSTAT was acquired by Inpixon on . The current versions are 16.x and SigmaPlot NG Foundation for

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. It is now developed by Grafiti LLC.

Alternatives and clones

The main competitors of SigmaPlot are currently

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and GraphPad Prism. Open-source projects inspired by Origin include

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(prior to v0.9.9, now proprietary) and

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References

External links

SigmaPlot
official site
Sigmaplot tutorial
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