| MagicPlot Student | MagicPlot Pro |
| Price | Free of charge,
Non-commercial
usage only | $149
Get free trial |
| General |
| Multiple operating systems support (Windows, Mac OS X, Unix-like) | + | + |
| No installation procedure, portable installation is available | + | + |
| Unicode support in projects | + | + |
| Undo and redo for all actions (with unlimited depth and history list) | + | + |
| Import tables from text files (.csv, .txt), import dialog with preview | + | + |
| Double precision floating point tables with copy/paste support to/from other apps | + | + |
| Built-in formula calculator tool | + | + |
| Entering expressions in every numeric text field | + | + |
| Setting column calculation formulas with syntax highlighting and formula history | + | + |
| Optional auto recalculation of column when data in use are changed | — | + |
| Batch Processing without scripting and macros | — | + |
| Nonlinear Curve Fitting |
| Multi-peak fitting | + | + |
| Fitting with sum of different functions | + | + |
| Predefined Gauss and Lorentz functions and their derivatives | + | + |
| Visual peaks adjusting (fit initial conditions) | + | + |
| Visual fitting interval setting | + | + |
| Y data errors accounting | + | + |
| Easy subtraction of baseline and peak fitting functions from experimental data | + | + |
| Copying and pasting Fit Curves from one Fit Plot to another | + | + |
| Automatic peaks finding by 2nd derivative | — | + |
| Splines for baseline subtraction with fitting capability | — | + |
| Specifying custom fit equations | — | + |
| Data Processing |
| Numerical integration of peaks in spectrum on specified intervals | + | + |
| Integration of data | — | + |
| Differentiation of data | — | + |
| Fast Fourier transform | — | + |
| Histograms | — | + |
| Descriptive Statistics | — | + |
| Numerical spectrum moments (mean, variance, etc.) calculation on selected intervals | — | + |
| Table Sorting by multiple columns, table transposing | — | + |
| Plotting Features |
| Plotting capabilities: lines, markers, drop lines, filling under curve | + | + |
| Error bars | + | + |
| Switching curves antialiasing on screen | + | + |
| Fully customizable style for each axis (ticks, labels, grid, etc.) | + | + |
| Custom grid lines and labels at specified positions | + | + |
| Transparent images and translucent colors of every object | + | + |
| In-place text labels editing with formatting support | + | + |
| 2D waterfall plots and setting individual shifts for curves | + | + |
| Canvas zooming in for precise drawing | — | + |
| Multiple axes on one figure, aligning axes | — | + |
| Drawing: text labels, lines, arrows, rectangles, ellipses | — | + |
| Precise objects positioning with snapping and rulers | — | + |
| Saving and applying Figure templates | — | + |
| Data Navigation and Exploration |
| Mouse cursor data coordinates in status bar | + | + |
| Showing data point and table row numbers for point under cursor | + | + |
| X and Y scrollbars for data navigation | + | + |
| Box zoom tool for scale | + | + |
| Hand drag tool for scale | + | + |
| Mouse wheel or touchpad scale scrolling and zooming | + | + |
| Quick Plot tool for viewing plot without adding new Figures to Project | — | + |
| Figures Typography |
| Correct minus and multiplication signs (instead of hyphen and letter x) in exponential notation | + | + |
| English ligatures support (fi, etc.) | + | + |
| Tracking | + | + |
| Inserting special symbols (Greek letters, math symbols, dashes, etc.) | + | + |
| Image Export |
| Raster images export formats: PNG, GIF, BMP | + | + |
| Vector images export formats: EPS, PDF, SVG, EMF | — | + |
| Copying of raster images to clipboard | — | + |
| Copying of vector images to clipboard | — | + |
| Usage and Support |
| Commercial usage | — | + |
| E-mail support (write to support(at)magicplot.com) | — | + |
