What is Posit?

Posit is the open-source data science company committed to building smarter tools that help individuals and organizations unlock the full potential of data. Its flagship editor, Positron, offers an immersive coding experience that combines live console interaction with robust debugging, project management, and production capabilities. Across its product ecosystem, Posit supports publishing dashboards, deploying APIs, sharing Shiny applications, and distributing analytical content securely throughout an organization. Open-source remains foundational to Posit’s mission, giving users the transparency, flexibility, and community-driven innovation necessary for long-term success. Enterprise offerings ensure teams can scale their workflows with proper governance, authentication, and performance guarantees. Cloud services further streamline collaboration by making it simple to store, access, and share work without infrastructure overhead. Posit supports a wide range of industries—from pharmaceuticals and finance to public sector and research—helping each build reproducible, trusted insights. Customer case studies show how organizations like AstraZeneca and municipal governments use Posit tools to accelerate impact. The company also invests heavily in education, offering cheat sheets, hangouts, videos, and community forums that empower practitioners at every skill level. With millions of users worldwide, Posit continues to strengthen the future of open-source data science.

Pricing

Free Version:
Free Version available.
Free Trial Offered?:
Yes

Integrations

Screenshots and Video

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Company Facts

Company Name:
Posit
Date Founded:
2009
Company Location:
United States
Company Website:
posit.co

Product Details

Deployment
Windows
Mac
Training Options
Documentation Hub
On-Site Training
Support
Standard Support
Web-Based Support

Product Details

Target Company Sizes
Individual
1-10
11-50
51-200
201-500
501-1000
1001-5000
5001-10000
10001+
Target Organization Types
Mid Size Business
Small Business
Enterprise
Freelance
Nonprofit
Government
Startup
Supported Languages
English

Posit Categories and Features

Statistical Analysis Software

Analytics
Association Discovery
Compliance Tracking
File Management
File Storage
Forecasting
Multivariate Analysis
Regression Analysis
Statistical Process Control
Statistical Simulation
Survival Analysis
Time Series
Visualization

Source Code Management Software

Access Controls/Permissions
Bug Tracking
Build Automation
Change Management
Code Review
Collaboration
Continuous Integration
Repository Management
Version Control

Machine Learning Software

Deep Learning
ML Algorithm Library
Model Training
Natural Language Processing (NLP)
Predictive Modeling
Statistical / Mathematical Tools
Templates
Visualization

IDE Software

Code Completion
Compiler
Cross Platform Support
Debugger
Drag and Drop UI
Integrations and Plugins
Multi Language Support
Project Management
Text Editor / Code Editor

Data Science Software

Access Control
Advanced Modeling
Audit Logs
Data Discovery
Data Ingestion
Data Preparation
Data Visualization
Model Deployment
Reports

Big Data Platform

Collaboration
Data Blends
Data Cleansing
Data Mining
Data Visualization
Data Warehousing
High Volume Processing
No-Code Sandbox
Predictive Analytics
Templates

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Posit Customer Reviews

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  • Reviewer Name: Robert G.
    Position: Student
    Has used product for: 6-12 Months
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 100 - 499
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    Statistics and graphs

    Date: Mar 23 2022
    Summary

    I've been studying statistics for the last year and RStudio is the easy part. You get a lot of value by visualising stuff and it's easy. It automatically calculates correlations, associations, confidence intervals, prediction intervals, p/t/f values... Even if you just have a straight list of numbers you can get a boxplot, standard deviation, test normality...

    Positive

    Powerful statistical tools.
    Good quality customisable plots, all different types using all different data and models.
    Easy to import from csv and there's plenty of datasets around if you go looking.
    Easy to create and export graphs.
    Being able to quickly and easily visualise (and share) data is more useful than I could have imagined. All the "academic" data online is suddenly easy to use.
    I haven't even scratched the surface of community created packages, but they're easy to install, not always so easy to use.

    Negative

    You can get unhelpful syntax error messages.
    The basics work well but sometimes just changing something (eg colours) in specialised plots feels like a hard programming puzzle.
    It's mostly straight-forward like "plot(data)", but the commands are written in a programming language and get tricky depending on your needs.

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