# Open source alternative to #Stata for the cloud?

**URL:** <https://community.cloudbank.org/t/open-source-alternative-to-stata-for-the-cloud/26>\
**Category:** Software and Tools\
**Created:** [August 17, 2020, 12:42am UTC](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/open-source-alternative-to-stata-for-the-cloud/26 "2020-08-17T00:42:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![rob](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.cloudbank.org/rob/32/5_2.png) [@rob](https://community.cloudbank.org/u/rob)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 12:42am UTC](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/open-source-alternative-to-stata-for-the-cloud/26/1 "2020-08-17T00:42:50Z")

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What options are there for free open-source alternatives to Stata that work well on the cloud, ideally without a huge learning curve?

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**Author:** ![rob](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.cloudbank.org/rob/32/5_2.png) [@rob](https://community.cloudbank.org/u/rob)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/open-source-alternative-to-stata-for-the-cloud/26/2 "2020-08-17T00:55:05Z")

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Definitely worth looking into: The R programming language, available for free. R has an active development community that has built out packages for parallel processing on the cloud. To get started do a search on “R parallel processing on [your-favorite-cloud]” and you’ll be off and running. The only drawback is that some learning curve climbing is necessary.