PTC Mathcad Alternatives

PTC Mathcad is described as 'Software designed for engineering calculations, enabling data analysis and sharing of complex calculations. Offers productivity enhancements for product development' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to PTC Mathcad for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Android apps. The best PTC Mathcad alternative is SMath Studio, which is free. Other great apps like PTC Mathcad are Mathematica, Maxima, Numbat and Maple.

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PTC Mathcad alternatives are mainly Calculators, but if you're looking for Graphing Calculators or Numerical Computation Software you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Mac, Online, Free, Android, Linux, Open Source and Online + Free. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to PTC Mathcad.
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  1. SMath Studio icon
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    SMath Studio is a math program with 'paper'-like interface and numerous computing features. It has an ability to work with systems, matrices, vectors, complex numbers, infinities and fractions. SMath Studio includes integrated mathematical reference book.

    23 SMath Studio alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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    • Online
    • Android
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  2. Mathematica icon
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    Definitive technical computing system spanning machine learning and neural networks, data science, visualizations and much more.

    77 Mathematica alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Online
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  3. Maxima icon
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    Maxima is a system for the manipulation of symbolic and numerical expressions, including differentiation, integration, Taylor series, Laplace transforms, ordinary differential equations, systems of linear equations, polynomials, and sets, lists, vectors, matrices, and tensors.

    34 Maxima alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. Numbat icon
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    High precision scientific calculator with full support for physical units (web and terminal versions).

    75 Numbat alternatives

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    • Mac
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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  5. Maple icon
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    Maple is a general-purpose commercial computer algebra system. Users can enter mathematics in traditional mathematical notation. Custom user interfaces can also be created. There is support for numeric computations, to arbitrary precision, as well as symbolic computation and...

    51 Maple alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. wxMaxima icon
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    wxMaxima is a document based interface for the computer algebra system Maxima. wxMaxima provides menus and dialogs for many common maxima commands, autocompletion, inline plots and simple animations.

    42 wxMaxima alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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  7. Calcpad icon
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    Calcpad is a lightweight mathematical platform for cloud and desktop. It parses simple text scripts and converts them into professional Html reports. Supports complex numbers, variables, functions, graphing, units and numerical methods.

    52 Calcpad alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Windows
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    • Online
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  8. fxSolver icon
     60 likes

    Online math solver, equation editor and database, graphing calculator and science/engineering problem helper.

    158 fxSolver alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  9. Wolfram Language is a symbolic language, deliberately designed with the breadth and unity needed to develop powerful programs quickly. By integrating high-level forms—like Image, GeoPolygon or Molecule—along with advanced superfunctions—such as ImageIdentify or...

    119 Wolfram Language alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
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    • Online
    • BSD
    • openSUSE
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenSolaris
    • NetBSD
    • OpenBSD
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  10. Mathics icon
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    Mathics is a general purpose computer algebra system (CAS) and designed to be a free, light-weight alternative to Mathematica. It's programmable using a Mathematica like language and uses a web interface for user interaction.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. SymPy icon
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    SymPy is a Python library for symbolic computation. The stated goals of the library are to become a full-featured computer algebra system and to keep a simple code base to promote extensibility and comprehensibility.

    39 SymPy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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