IBM SPSS Statistics
IBM SPSS Statistics is desktop software for statistical analysis, data preparation, predictive modeling, and automated analysis.
What IBM SPSS Statistics is
IBM SPSS Statistics is desktop software for statistical analysis, data preparation, predictive modeling, and automated analysis. It supports statistical tests, regression, forecasting, and scripting, with methods that include mediation analysis, bootstrapping, multivariate time-series analysis, decision trees, neural networks, and complex-sample analysis. An AI Output Assistant powered by watsonx.ai can analyze selected results and present plain-language insights. Python and R plug-ins let users work with those languages within the application.
IBM lists subscription, perpetual, campus, and student license options. The Base subscription is $99 a month per authorized user and includes Statistics Base, data preparation, and bootstrapping. Other named subscriptions are $79 a month: Custom Tables and Advanced Statistics; Forecasting and Decision Trees; and Complex Sampling and Testing. A 14-day trial is available without a credit card to create an account. There is no free plan. IBM says the desktop software is not supported on Linux, and an authorized-user license cannot run remotely through multi-session environments. IBM names marketing, sales, healthcare, market research, government, and supply chain as use cases.
Good
- Supports statistical testing, regression, and forecasting.
- Includes Python and R integration plug-ins.
- AI assistant summarizes selected results in plain language.
- 14-day trial requires no credit card.
- Perpetual, campus, and student licenses are listed.
Watch out
- No free plan is available.
- Desktop software is not supported on Linux.
- Authorized-user licenses cannot run remotely through multi-session environments.
Who it suits
It suits students, faculty, academic institutions, and organizations that need statistical analysis, modeling, or forecasting. Its desktop platform support and licensing restrictions are worth checking before choosing a plan.
Verdict
SPSS Statistics offers a broad set of analysis methods and license types, with a trial for evaluation. Check the specific plan capabilities and platform restrictions that apply to your work.
Plans and prices
From IBM SPSS Statistics's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Base subscription | $99 a month | Statistics Base · Data Preparation · Bootstrapping · Starting at $99.00 USD per authorized user; monthly, quarterly or annual plans |
| Custom Tables and Advanced Statistics | $79 a month | Regression · Advanced Statistics · Custom Tables · The displayed starting price does not specify a billing period. |
| Forecasting and Decision Trees | $79 a month | Forecasting · Decision Trees · Direct Marketing · Neural Networks · The displayed starting price does not specify a billing period. |
| Complex Sampling and Testing | $79 a month | Complex Samples · Conjoint · Exact Tests · Missing Values · Categories · The displayed starting price does not specify a billing period. |
| Base Edition | Priced on request | Data preparation · Descriptive statistics · Linear regression · Visual graphing · Reporting |
| Base Edition | — | Data preparation · Descriptive statistics · Linear regression · Visual graphing · Reporting |
| Standard Edition | Priced on request | Base Edition capabilities · Advanced modeling · Regression analysis · Custom tables |
| Standard Edition | — | Base Edition capabilities · Advanced modeling · Regression analysis · Custom tables |
| Professional Edition | — | Standard Edition capabilities · Data quality procedures · Forecasting · Classification · Categorical-data analysis |
| Professional Edition | Priced on request | Standard Edition capabilities · Data quality procedures · Forecasting · Classification · Categorical-data analysis |
| Premium Edition | Priced on request | Professional Edition capabilities · Neural networks · Conjoint · Exact tests · Complex samples · Structural equation modeling |
| Premium Edition | — | Professional Edition capabilities · Neural networks · Conjoint · Exact tests · Complex samples · Structural equation modeling |
| Forecasting and Decision Trees add-on | $79 a month | Forecasting · Decision Trees · Direct Marketing · Neural Networks · Starting at $79.00 USD per authorized user; monthly, quarterly or annual plans |
| Complex sampling and testing users | $79 a month | Complex samples · conjoint · exact tests · missing values · categories · Per Authorized User; page says select monthly, quarterly or annual plans and subscription renews at the then-current price at the end of the first year. |
| Custom Tables and Advanced Statistics add-on | $79 a month | Regression · Advanced Statistics · Custom Tables · Starting at $79.00 USD per authorized user; monthly, quarterly or annual plans |
| Custom tables and advanced statistics users | $79 a month | Regression · advanced statistics · custom tables · Per Authorized User; page says select monthly, quarterly or annual plans and subscription renews at the then-current price at the end of the first year. |
| Forecasting and decision trees users | $79 a month | Forecasting · decision tree · direct market · neural networks · Per Authorized User; page says select monthly, quarterly or annual plans and subscription renews at the then-current price at the end of the first year. |
| Traditional licenses | Priced on request | Base · Standard · Professional · Premium editions · individual modules · Amos add-on or Premium inclusion · Subscription or perpetual; contact IBM or an IBM vendor |
The facts
Each one read from IBM SPSS Statistics's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Advanced statistics
- Advanced Statistics provides univariate and multivariate modeling for complex relationships.checked 15 Oct 2026
- AI assistant
- The AI Output Assistant, powered by watsonx.ai, analyzes selected results and presents plain-language insights.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Analysis methods
- Features include mediation analysis, multivariate time-series analysis, bootstrapping, custom tables, decision trees, neural networks and complex-sample analysis.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Audience
- IBM describes campus editions for academic institutions and student licenses for students and faculty, as well as commercial plans for organizations.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Categories and conjoint
- Categories analyzes categorical relationships and Conjoint measures purchasing preferences.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Custom tables
- Custom Tables produces tables in different formats and can export interactive tables to Excel or PDF.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Data preparation
- The Data Preparation module helps identify and handle data issues before analysis.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Decision trees
- Decision Trees performs classification and tree analysis to identify groups, relationships and predicted outcomes.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Deployment
- desktopchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Developer SDK
- The Programmability SDK includes example Python plug-in source, an XD API wrapper and libraries for driving SPSS from an external Python process.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Documentation depth
- IBM's version 32 documentation provides installation guides, administrator guides, command syntax, algorithms, core user, Python, R and programmability manuals.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Excel integration
- SPSS Statistics can import Excel workbooks and select worksheets or cell ranges.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Forecasting
- Forecasting supports time-series forecasts, including ARIMA and smoothing methods.checked 15 Oct 2026
- GDPR readiness
- IBM provides configuration guidance for GDPR readiness and says clients remain responsible for their own compliance with laws and regulations.checked 11 Oct 2026
- License
- SPSS Statistics is distributed under IBM license agreements such as the IBM Customer Agreement or International Program License Agreement rather than an open-source license.checked 15 Oct 2026
- License options
- IBM lists subscription licenses, perpetual licenses, campus editions and student licenses; perpetual licenses use a one-time payment.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Limit: dated interface
- Reviewers repeatedly request a more modern interface and report that nested menus and multi-window workflows can be tedious.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company founded
- IBM states it was founded in 1911 as the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company and renamed IBM in 1924.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company headquarters
- IBM lists its headquarters in Armonk, New York.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company legal name
- IBM's LinkedIn profile identifies the company as International Business Machines Corp.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company size
- IBM's LinkedIn profile lists 10,001+ employees and 344,894 employees shown on the profile.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 1911checked 23 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Armonk, New York, United Stateschecked 23 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 20 Sep 2026
