A Free SPSS Alternative That Runs in Your Browser
✓ Opens .sav files directly ✓ No licence ✓ No installation ✓ Fully private
Need SPSS-style analyses but don't have a licence? QuickStats runs the R statistical engine inside your browser — open your existing .sav files directly (variable labels included), generate a publication-ready Table 1, and fit regression and survival models. Nothing to install, nothing to pay, and your data never leaves your device.
Open QuickStats free →SPSS workflows covered
| In SPSS | In QuickStats |
|---|---|
| Descriptives / Explore / Crosstabs | Data explorer + publication-ready Table 1 with automatic test selection |
| Linear Regression | Linear regression with coefficient plots and diagnostics |
| Binary Logistic Regression | Logistic regression with odds ratios, ROC curve and AUC |
| Cox Regression / Kaplan-Meier | Cox model with hazard ratios, KM curves, Schoenfeld tests |
| Generalized Linear Models (counts) | Poisson and negative binomial regression (incidence rate ratios) |
| Mixed Models | Linear and logistic mixed models with random intercepts and ICC |
Why researchers use it
- No licence wall — SPSS costs hundreds per year; QuickStats is free and open source
- Nothing to install — works on any managed university or hospital computer where you can't install software
- Privacy by architecture — analysis happens in your browser tab, not on a cloud server, which matters for sensitive data
- Journal-ready output — tables paste into Word formatted; reports export to PDF/Word with embedded figures
- Real statistics — powered by R's standard, validated packages, not a re-implementation
What it doesn't do (yet)
QuickStats focuses on the analyses that appear in most applied papers. It doesn't currently offer factor analysis, repeated-measures ANOVA, or custom syntax. For those you'll still want R, jamovi, or JASP — all also free.
Frequently asked questions
- Can it open SPSS .sav files?
- Yes, directly — variable labels are preserved. Stata, SAS, Excel, and CSV work too.
- Is it really free?
- Yes: no licence, no trial, no sign-up, no ads. It's an open-source academic project with no server costs to recover.
- Can I use it with patient data?
- Data never leaves your device, which removes the usual cloud-tool concern — but always follow your institution's governance rules. Details.
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