SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market.
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- Windows
- Linux

Stan is described as 'Probabilistic programming language for data analysis, enabling automatic inference for a large class of statistical models' and is a statistical analyzer in the business & commerce category. There are 2 alternatives to Stan for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Web-based, Android and iPhone apps. The best Stan alternative is SAS. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try StatSim.
SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market.

StatSim is a free probabilistic simulation web app. Includes multiple simulation methods and over 20 built-in distributions.

