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Two barsScore 7.6

Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely2 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

PAST is ranked #5 of 106 in statistical analysis software on Freedom251, made by PAST (Oslo, Norway). It runs on Windows, macOS. There is a free plan.

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Free Free Spreadsheet-style data entry · Univariate and multivariate statistics · Graphical analysis palaeo-electronica.org · 20 Sept 2026

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Free plan: Yes
Deployment: desktop
Statistical tests: Yes
Regression models: Yes
Scripting support: Yes
Data import formats: Excel, NEXUS, TPS, NTSYS, FASTA, PHYLIP, Arlequin, BioGraph, RASC, CONOP, tab-separated text

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