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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 7, Player Pro 7, or Mathematica 7 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 7 engine The professional application delivery system for Mathematica 7 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
Parallel computation across multiple cores or processorsNEW! No4 subkernels included4 subkernels included
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 2000 Yes Yes Yes
Mac OS X 10.5 (Universal) Yes Yes Yes
Mac OS X 10.4 (Universal) Yes Yes Yes
Linux x86 2.4 or later Yes Yes Yes
Sun Solaris No No Yes


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