OR/MS Today, June 2011
Linear Programming Survey
Table 6
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Product |
Pricing Information |
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Commercial |
Educational |
Student / Academic |
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| Single Machine | Floating Licenses Available | Site Licenses Available | Single Machine | Floating Licenses Available | Site Licenses Available | Single Machine | Floating Licenses Available | Site Licenses Available | |
| AIMMS | Call us | y | y | Free | y | y | Free | y | y |
| AMPL | $4000 | y | $400 | y | free | y | |||
| C-WHIZ | $1800 for 32k rows; $2500 unlimited | $360 for 32k rows; $500 unlimited | $360 for 32k rows; $500 unlimited | ||||||
| CBC | Open-source code--free for all uses (Eclipse Public License) | y | y | Open-source code--free for all uses (Eclipse Public License) | y | y | Open-source code--free for all uses (Eclipse Public License) | y | y |
| CLP | Open-source code--free for all uses (Eclipse Public License) | y | y | Open-source code--free for all uses (Eclipse Public License) | y | y | Open-source code--free for all uses (Eclipse Public License) | y | y |
| CoinMP Open-Source Solver | Free | Free | Free | ||||||
| Coopr | Free | Free | Free | ||||||
| DATAFORM | $2400 | $480 | $480 | ||||||
| FICO Xpress Optimization Suite | xpresssales@fico.com | y | y | xpresssales@fico.com | y | y | xpresssales@fico.com | y | y |
| Frontier Analyst 4 | 3995 GBP | y | 995 | y | y | ||||
| GAMS | 3200++ | y | 640++ | y | free (limited size) | ||||
| GENO | info@Aptech.com; us@tomopt.com | y | y | info@Aptech.com; us@tomopt.com | y | y | info@Aptech.com; us@tomopt.com | y | y |
| GIPALS - Linear Programming Environment | 197 USD | y | y | 89 USD | y | y | 89 USD | y | y |
| Gipals32 - Linear Programming Library | 179 USD | y | y | 89 USD | y | y | 89 USD | y | y |
| GLPK (GNU Linear Programming Kit) | |||||||||
| Gurobi Optimizer 4.5 | See website | y | y | Free and paid options available - See website | y | y | Free for all academics | ||
| IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio | Contact (keyless licensing) | y | y | IBM Academic Initiative | y | y | IBM Academic Initiative | y | y |
| KNITRO | contact | y | y | contact | y | y | contact | y | y |
| LINDO API | Varies with capacity/ options from $395 | y | Free educational research licenses are available | y | Free student licenses are available | y | |||
| LINGO | Varies with capacity/ options from $495 | y | Free educational research licenses are available | y | Free student licenses are available | y | |||
| LOQO | $2,000 | y | y | $300 | y | y | $300 | y | y |
| Mathematical Modeling System | 200-600 Euros | y | free | 13-200 Euros | y | ||||
| Microsoft Solver Foundation | Contact | Free | |||||||
| MOSEK | Starting at 1750$. See http://www.mosek.com/ for details. | y | y | See our website for details. | Free. For details see our website. | ||||
| MPL Modeling System | Free for development purposes, contact for runtime/solver prices | y | y | Free for academic purposes, please contact for standard prices | y | y | Free student version for everyone | y | y |
| OML (Optimization and Modeling Library) | Modeling environment: $1200, LP solver: $3000; MIP: $800 | y | 20% of commercial price | 20% of commercial price | |||||
| OMP Plus | contact | y | y | contact | y | y | contact | y | y |
| OptiMax Component Library | Free for development purposes, contact for runtime/solver prices | y | y | Free for academic purposes, please contact for standard prices | y | y | Free student version for everyone | y | y |
| OptimJ | contact | y | free | y | free | y | |||
| Oracle Crystal Ball Suite | Contact Vendor | Contact Vendor | Contact Vendor | ||||||
| PICO | Free | Free | Free | ||||||
| Premium Solver Platform | US$1995 incl. support | y | y | Contact | y | y | Contact | y | y |
| Premium Solver Pro | US$895 incl. support | y | y | Contact | y | y | Contact | y | y |
| QMS | USD$19.95 for 6 month subscription per seat | y | USD$19.95 for 6 month subscription per student | y | USD$19.95 for 6 month subscription per student | y | |||
| Risk Solver Platform | US$3995 incl. support | y | y | Contact | y | y | Contact | y | |
| SAS | contact | y | y | contact | y | y | contact | ||
| SCIP | contact | y | y | free | free | ||||
| Solver SDK Platform | US$1995 incl support | y | y | Contact | y | y | |||
| Solver SDK Pro | US$995 incl. support | y | y | Contact | y | y | |||
| SoPlex | free | ||||||||
| SOPT (Smart Optimizer) 4.2 | contact | y | y | contact | y | y | contact | y | y |
| Vanguard Global Optimizer | contact | y | y | Academic donations may be possible. | y | y | Free 15-day demo trials. | ||
| What'sBest! | Varies with capacity/ options from $495 | y | Free educational research licenses are available | y | Free student licenses are available | y | |||
| XA | contact | y | y | y | y | ||||
| YALMIP | |||||||||
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