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GraphPad Prism
What Is GraphPad Prism?
Prism is the leading data analysis and visualization software for the global life sciences industry. 750,000+ users, from students to Nobel prize winners, rely on Prism to simplify statistics and accurately interpret their research. Try Prism free for 30 days (no credit card, no commitment required).
Who Uses GraphPad Prism?
Corporate, academic, and student scientists / researchers.
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Reviews of GraphPad Prism
GraphPad is the software you need for statistics
Comments: I have used GraphPad to calculate IC50, EC50 in fluorescence-based assays for my scientific project. I've also generated my charts, figures and reports directly to publish in peer-reviewed journals because of their quality. It's an amazing software and it allowed me to transition from Excel and Origin and only use GraphPad now. However it's a bit heavy for my laptop.
Pros:
GraphPad allows you to have one month free trial with all the features. That's an incredible advantage for people who's learning and selecting their "go-to" statistic software. It's pretty easy to import data and replicates and perform analysis over these replicates. I've tried other software before and GraphPad is way easier to use and complete. Figures are amazing and you can easily add standard deviation, which is a must to in scientific publications.
Cons:
GraphPad tutorial is good and very informative. However, IC50 calculation tutorials could be improved adding real life examples with common absorbance or fluorescence experiments. Also, dose-response curves deserve more information and details about real life examples as well. About the software specifically, I would suggest to make it lighter, or develop a light version. My computer has 8GB RAM and good processor and still takes a lot to generate charts and analysis.
The software that makes statistics a breeze while producing beautiful figures
Comments: Analyzing datasets containing thousands of data points has never been easier! An easy to use click interface, beautiful publication-ready customizable figures, and all the statistical details you need in a click of a button.
Pros:
Incredibly easy to use, very helpful tutorials, beautiful publication-ready figures, a multitude of options for statistical analysis.
Cons:
This software does not offer scripting capability that is as useful as R or python. That being said, this software is designed to offer a click interface, and not a command line interface. It is meant to be easy to use with a click interface. It would be nice if both a command line and a click interface can co-exist for this software.
The worst customer service.
Comments: The software is good, but I have been over charged for two license at the same time and they never refunded me. I don't recommend anyone to get involve with graphpad licensing. Don't go for it except your company purchase the license because if they charge you extra, there is not even a phone number to call to solve the issue. You have to wait for weeks to hear back from them, when you are money is actually gone.
Pros:
Its user friendly but it does what other software do.
Cons:
The software is good but it is over price and has the worst customer service ever without even a phone number to call in case of problem.
Good for Stats and Figure production
Comments: It’s an extremely useful software that I use daily. Once you are familiar with it it is easy to manipulate for different purposes.
Pros:
The easy to use statistical analysis where the uses for each test are clearly described so that you can apply the right test to your data set. This way you not only use the right test but understand why that test is applicable to your type of data.
Cons:
Moving items around on a figure to align with the axes or other text can be clunky.
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Pretty good statistical and graphing software package
Comments: It's been great. Meets all my needs, don't need anything more. I don't do as much stats as I used to but I'm still a loyal customer and use it whenever I need to run analysis.
Pros:
I am not that computer savvy so this is much easier for me to load data into and get the results I'm looking for comparted to other stats packages. I like the looks of the program and there are regular updates to make it better
Cons:
Some things are impossible for me to find and require googling/YouTube. I wish there was a better help/tutorial system than what is currently in place. This is infrequent, but I still wish some features were more intuitive. It would make this program perfect for me.
