Mathematica Player/Player Pro
Comparing the Player Family and Mathematica
Applications and interactive content can be deployed locally in a variety of cost-effective ways with Player, Player Pro, or Mathematica itself. Each solution is optimized for a different balance of capabilities, cost, and licensing model. Find out more below or contact us about which deployment would best suit your project. For server-side deployment options, use webMathematica.
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| Description | The free player with a Mathematica engine | The professional application delivery system for Mathematica | The ultimate tool for creating and interacting |
| Notebook support | View | View | View, edit, and create |
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| Play applications interactively | Mouse-driven interaction for converted notebooks | Mouse and keyboard interactivity for all notebooks | Mouse and keyboard interactivity and content editing for all notebooks |
| Import/export | Wolfram-curated data only | |
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| Licensing | Free download | License fee | License fee |
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| Read and navigate notebooks | |
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| Slideshow mode | |
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| Run pre-generated animations | |
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| Open and close grouping cells | |
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| Notebook dynamic content enabled | .nbp-converted only | |
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| Create/edit notebooks | |
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| Change stylesheets | |
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| Save interface state | |
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| Annotate graphics | |
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| Print notebooks | |
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| Interactivity | |||
| Interactive with sliders, popup menus, radio buttons, locators, and checkboxes | |
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| Command-line control | |
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| Dynamic capabilities other than from Manipulates | |
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| View numerical values of sliders | |
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| Source-code encryption option | |
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| Input/Output | |||
| Keyboard entry to numerical fields | |
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| Keyboard entry to text fields |
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| Import data (all formats) | |
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| Export data (all formats) | Copy to clipboard only | |
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| Save notebooks | |
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| Access curated data sources | |
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| Database connectivity | |
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| Dynamic document creation | |
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| Unrestricted commercial use | |
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| Demonstrational uses by commercial or government organizations | |
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| Suppresses licensing stripe | |
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| Redistributable | |
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| Wolfram product licensing | Free for end user | Cost per user or through OEM or site licensing | Cost per user or site licensing |
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| Windows Vista | |
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| Windows XP | |
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| Windows Server 2003 | |
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| Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 | |
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| Windows 2000 | |
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| Mac OS X 10.5 (Universal) | |
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| Mac OS X 10.4 (Universal) | |
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| Mac OS X 10.3.9 | |
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| Linux x86 2.4 or later | |
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| Linux Itanium | |
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| Sun Solaris | |
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| HP-UX | |
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