Minitab

Minitab is statistical software aimed squarely at process improvement and quality work rather than academic research, which distinguishes it from most of the statistical analysis category. Its framing is improving process performance and quality through data-driven analysis, and it describes understanding your data as the first step toward engineering better decisions built on clarity and confidence.

The company presents an integrated ecosystem for data-driven problem solving rather than a single application, and the pieces divide by audience. The statistical platform itself is described as powerful software everyone can use to solve their toughest business challenges, accessible anywhere and anytime on the cloud, so an analysis is not tied to one installed workstation. Alongside it sits a continuous improvement and innovation toolset for starting, tracking, managing and sharing improvement initiatives, with customisable workflows and KPI dashboards.

That pairing is the point of the product. A quality team can run the statistics that identify a process problem and then manage the improvement initiative that resolves it in the same ecosystem, rather than exporting findings into a separate project tracking tool where the statistical basis is lost.

Support and services are substantial parts of the offering, with representatives available to help users get the most from the products, and a consulting arm that helps clients find insights in their data. Customer stories, webinars, events and use case material are published to support ongoing adoption. Pricing is published per product per year: the predictive analytics tier for analytics professionals is $2,593.50 per year, and a core tier for quality professionals focused on process improvement is $2,394.00 per year, with sales tax applied by address.