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Genstat
Genstat · founded 2000
Plans and prices
Academic licence
Priced on request
Academic licence; Genstat’s statistical and experimental design tools
Read 10 Oct 2026 · vsni.co.uk
Commercial and enterprise licence
Priced on request
Pricing depends on use, from single users to site-wide deployments and consultancy support packages
Read 10 Oct 2026 · vsni.co.uk
On the record
- Analysis
- Features include linear mixed models using REML, GLMM and HGLM modelling, multivariate analysis, meta-analysis, and repeated-measures analysis.vsni.co.uk · read 10 Oct 2026
- Company history
- VSNi says it was formed in 2000 as a spin-off from Rothamsted and NAG, while Genstat development at Rothamsted began in 1968.vsni.co.uk · read 10 Oct 2026
- Data handling
- It imports data from formats including R, SAS, and databases, and can export results to Excel or Word.vsni.co.uk · read 10 Oct 2026
- Data import formats
- Excel XLS/XLSX, CSV, ASCII/TXT, R data frames, SAS, SPSS, Stata, Systat, Statistica, JMP, MATLAB, Weka, ArcGIS shapefiles, MapInfo, CSPro, EViews, GRETLvsni.co.uk · read 20 Sep 2026
- Deployment
- desktopvsni.co.uk · read 20 Sep 2026
- Download requirements
- Genstat downloads require a valid activation code, and the latest edition requires a 64-bit processor and 64-bit Windows.genstat.kb.vsni.co.uk · read 10 Oct 2026
- Experimental design
- Genstat can generate experimental designs and integrate CycDesigN trial-design tools, but both products require licences for that integration.vsni.co.uk · read 10 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The maker describes Genstat as designed for education and research and says it can be applied to any field of research, including animal breeding, plant science, and forestry.vsni.co.uk · read 10 Oct 2026
- Licence term
- VSNi says licences are normally issued on a 12-month basis, paid in advance, with support during that period unless the licence excludes it and software updates available free of charge.vsni.co.uk · read 10 Oct 2026
- Offline use
- A Genstat session can run offline on a physical machine for up to 30 days after the licence is authenticated at the start of that session.vsni.co.uk · read 10 Oct 2026
- Programming
- Its programming language supports complex analyses, non-standard statistical techniques, and task automation.vsni.co.uk · read 10 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Genstat is statistical analysis software for research and education, with tools including ANOVA, regression, mixed models, and spatial analysis.vsni.co.uk · read 10 Oct 2026
- Regression models
- Yesvsni.co.uk · read 20 Sep 2026
- Scripting support
- Yesvsni.co.uk · read 20 Sep 2026
- Security
- VSNi says it uses hosting providers in the UK, Thailand, and China and technical measures to secure collected data.vsni.co.uk · read 10 Oct 2026
- Statistical tests
- Yesvsni.co.uk · read 20 Sep 2026
- Support and learning
- VSNi provides a Genstat knowledge base, tutorial videos, and an e-learning certification course.vsni.co.uk · read 10 Oct 2026
- Visualisation
- Users can create and edit customisable 2D and 3D graphs.vsni.co.uk · read 10 Oct 2026
