Scientific WorkPlace
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Scientific WorkPlace, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Scientific WorkPlace's own pricing page, checked 7 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific WorkPlace | Priced on request | Commercial, educational, and student licences · Fixed or floating licences · Quantity discounts for 5, 10, or 25 systems |
The facts
Each one read from Scientific WorkPlace's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Computer algebra
- The embedded MuPAD 5 engine supports symbolic and numerical computation, integration, differentiation, equation solving, and plotting.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Document formats
- Version 6 saves documents as XML and can import and export LaTeX files and represent mathematics as MathML in XML and XHTML.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The product includes LaTeX and AMS macros and uses MuPAD 5 as its embedded computer algebra system.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The maker describes Scientific WorkPlace as software for academic and commercial researchers producing scientific papers.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Other features
- Version 6 includes realtime spell checking with MySpell dictionaries in over 40 languages and unlimited undo within the current editing session.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Publishing features
- It includes journal and institutional document shells and can generate footnotes, indexes, bibliographies, tables of contents, and cross references when typesetting.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Scientific WorkPlace combines scientific word processing and mathematics in one environment for creating technical documents.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Security and compliance
- The maker's product and trust pages opened here do not state security certifications or compliance standards.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Sharing
- The program bundles a document and related files into a single .sci file for sharing.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker says commercial and educational systems bought directly or through approved resellers include technical support, with a guaranteed 24-hour turnaround; student systems are excluded.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Supported systems
- The maker offers Version 6.1 for Windows and Version 6.0.30 for Mac; its page says Mac support does not extend beyond macOS 10.15 Catalina.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Typesetting
- It acts as a front end to LaTeX so users can create technical documents without learning LaTeX syntax.checked 7 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 1990checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Yaxley, Peterborough, United Kingdomchecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Trial
- A 30-day trial requires obtaining a serial number by email, and the maker says the program remains a non-functioning Viewer if it is not registered or activated.checked 7 Oct 2026
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