Wolfram Player Pro: Comparing CDF Player, Player Pro, and Mathematica

Wolfram Player Pro expands on the free Wolfram CDF Player, making it particularly well suited for application deployment where data import, text input, and other features are required.

Supported

	CDF Player	Player Pro	Mathematica
Summary
General Usability
Web plugin Available with all products, but some security sandbox restrictions apply
Open and interact with CDFs
Open and read notebooks
Interact with notebooks
Create new documents and applications
Multicore capabilities Player Pro fully supports multicore capabilities on a single system.
Documents and Display	CDF Player	Player Pro	Mathematica
Slide show mode
Run pre-generated animations
Open and close grouped cells Grouped cells hierarchically connect headings, subheadings, and associated content. Normally, closed cells display just the heading (at their level), but "reverse"-closed cells display just an output, hiding the code that generated it.
Create files* Player Pro applications can be programmed to generate and export files.
Launch dialogs*
Change stylesheets
Save interface state*
Print files Printing is not available in the web plugin.
Interactivity	CDF Player	Player Pro	Mathematica
Interact with sliders, popup menus, radio buttons, locators, and checkboxes
Rotate graphics
Command-line evaluation Mathematica allows you to type free-form calculations or enter programs from the keyboard. Player Pro allows evaluation of existing input cells while CDF Player does not, even for CDF files with enhanced functionality.
Command-line editing
Dynamic capabilities other than from Manipulates
View numerical values of sliders
Source-code encryption option
Input/Output	CDF Player	Player Pro	Mathematica
Keyboard entry to numerical fields
Keyboard entry to text fields
Import data (all formats)
Export data (all formats)*
Save files*
Access Wolfram-curated data sources
Database connectivity*
Dynamic document creation Results of computations or analyses can be presented in dynamically generated reports. Developers can specify every aspect of the report, from styling to structure, including tables and graphics, and even sound.
Platforms supported	CDF Player	Player Pro	Mathematica
Windows 7, Vista, XP
Mac OS X 10.5+ (Universal)
Linux Desktop functionality only.

*Security sandbox restrictions apply

CDF Player, Player Pro, and Mathematica Features Comparison Chart

Summary

General Usability

Documents and Display

Interactivity

Input/Output

Platforms supported