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Both give you a spreadsheet-style editor and point-and-click analyses. jamovi is free, open source and built on R; OrcStat adds a private AI statistician, SPSS-style syntax and APA 7 results.
About jamovi
jamovi is a free, open-source statistical spreadsheet powered by the R statistical language. It runs as a desktop app that works offline or in the browser through jamovi cloud, and its library has more than 70 add-on modules.
From jamovi's website, checked October 2026.
Side by side
| OrcStat | jamovi | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Pro Personal $50 a month billed annually; students $24 a month; 14-day free trial | Free desktop app; free cloud guest plan |
| Licence | Commercial | Open source |
| Platforms | macOS 13 or later, plus a browser version | Desktop app, and jamovi cloud in any browser |
| Opens SPSS files | .sav and .zsav (read and write), .por | .sav |
| Other formats | Stata, SAS, Excel, CSV, Parquet, JSON, SQLite, DuckDB, OpenDocument | SAS, Stata, CSV, Excel, R data and more |
| Command syntax | SPSS-style syntax and a journal that re-runs every step | Syntax mode shows the R code behind each analysis |
| Add-ons | Every module included; Python programs and extensions | 70+ library modules |
| AI assistance | Local AI statistician that plans analyses, checks assumptions and drafts results; models run on your own computer or network | None listed on its website |
| APA output | APA 7 tables and a drafted results section, exported to Word, PDF or PowerPoint | APA-ready figures |
An honest answer
Comparing with SPSS instead? See OrcStat as an SPSS alternative.
OrcStat opens the formats jamovi reads most often, such as .sav, Stata, SAS, Excel and CSV. Export your data from jamovi to one of these to move it across.
Yes. Every dialog and approved AI step is recorded as SPSS-style syntax in a journal you can edit and re-run.
You pay for the private AI statistician, APA 7 results drafting, 148 procedures in one place, encryption and admin controls. Try it free for 14 days and decide.
jamovi is developed by its own team and is not affiliated with OrcStat. Facts about jamovi come from its official website; tell us at support@orcstat.com if anything is out of date.