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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.

  Mathematica Player Mathematica Player Pro Mathematica
Summary
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
Create new applications NoNoYes
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 YesYes
Licensing » Free download License fee License fee
Documents and Display
Read and navigate notebooks YesYesYes
Slideshow mode YesYesYes
Run pre-generated animations YesYesYes
Open and close grouping cells » YesYesYes
Notebook dynamic content enabled .nbp-converted only » YesYes
Create/edit notebooks NoNoYes
Change stylesheets NoYesYes
Save interface state NoYesYes
Annotate graphics » NoNoYes
Print notebooks YesYesYes
Interactivity
Interactive with sliders, popup menus, radio buttons, locators, and checkboxes YesYesYes
Command-line control » NoNoYes
Dynamic capabilities other than from Manipulates » NoYesYes
View numerical values of sliders YesYesYes
Source-code encryption option »NoYesYes
Input/Output
Keyboard entry to numerical fields » YesYesYes
Keyboard entry to text
fields
NoYesYes
Import data (all formats) » NoYesYes
Export data (all formats) » Copy to clipboard only YesYes
Save notebooks NoYesYes
Access curated data sources » YesYesYes
Database connectivity NoYesYes
Dynamic document creation » NoYesYes
Licensing
Unrestricted commercial use » NoYesYes
Demonstrational uses by commercial or government organizations » YesYesYes
Suppresses licensing stripe » NoYesYes
Redistributable »NoYesYes
Wolfram product licensing Free for end user »Cost per user or through OEM or site licensing »Cost per user or site licensing »
Platforms supported
Windows Vista Yes Yes Yes
Windows XP Yes Yes Yes
Windows Server 2003 No No Yes
Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 No No Yes
Windows 2000 Yes Yes Yes
Mac OS X 10.5 (Universal) Yes Yes Yes
Mac OS X 10.4 (Universal) Yes Yes Yes
Mac OS X 10.3.9 Yes Yes Yes
Linux x86 2.4 or later Yes Yes Yes
Linux Itanium No No Yes
Sun Solaris No No Yes
HP-UX No No Yes
IBM AIX No No Yes
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