{
  "slug": "eviews",
  "name": "EViews",
  "aliases": ["Econometric Views"],
  "vendor": { "name": "S&P Global (EViews)", "slug": "sp-global", "website": "https://www.eviews.com" },
  "homepage_url": "https://www.eviews.com/",
  "docs_url": "https://www.eviews.com/home.html",
  "pricing_url": "https://www.eviews.com/general/prices/prices.html",
  "product_type": "application",
  "product_status": "active",
  "summary": "Commercial Windows econometrics package for time-series estimation, forecasting and macro modelling, sold as single-user, volume, University and free Student Lite editions",
  "description": "EViews is a commercial econometrics package, now published under S&P Global, oriented to time-series analysis, forecasting and structural macroeconomic modelling. Its object-oriented interface organizes series, equations, VARs, models and graphs in workfiles, and a command language supports batch programs. EViews 14 is the current release; headline additions include JDemetra+ seasonal adjustment, Prophet forecasting, quantile ARDL, MIDAS GARCH, elastic-net enhancements, outlier detection, the boosted Hodrick-Prescott filter, trend and break tests, bubble tests and local-projection impulse responses, alongside long-standing strengths in VAR/VECM, state-space and panel estimation and database connectivity.\n\nEViews 14 unified the former Standard and Enterprise commercial licences into one product; licensing is per single user (commercial or academic pricing), commercial and academic volume licences, a subscription University Edition and a free Student Version Lite with usage limits. The software is Windows-native, so macOS users run it in a virtual machine. It is common in central banks, forecasting shops and economics teaching, less so in research that favours scripting-first environments.",
  "capabilities": ["Time-series estimation: ARIMA, VAR/VECM, GARCH family, state space", "Forecasting and model simulation with scenario solving", "Panel and pooled estimation", "Seasonal adjustment (X-13, JDemetra+)", "Database links and data import from major providers", "Command language and batch programs", "Local-projection impulse responses and structural break tests"],
  "workflows": ["Macroeconomic forecasting model maintained in a workfile", "Teaching time-series econometrics with the University Edition"],
  "advantages": ["Interface designed around time-series workflows", "Free Student Lite and University Edition for teaching"],
  "limitations": ["Windows only", "Commercial licence for full use", "Smaller scripting ecosystem than R or Python"],
  "prerequisites": ["Windows PC or virtual machine", "Licence or Student Lite registration"],
  "audiences": ["Macroeconomists and forecasters", "Central-bank and policy analysts", "Economics students"],
  "alternatives": ["stata", "gretl", "r", "statsmodels", "arch"],
  "comparison_notes": "Stata covers broader microeconometrics with cross-platform support; gretl is a free, open-source GUI package with similar time-series focus; R and Python's statsmodels/arch are scripting-based open-source alternatives.",
  "categories": [{ "slug": "econometrics-causal-inference", "primary": true }, { "slug": "math-stats-tools" }],
  "tags": ["econometrics", "time-series", "forecasting", "proprietary"],
  "use_cases": ["estimate-causal-effects", "write-papers"],
  "operating_systems": ["windows"],
  "execution_modes": ["local"],
  "interfaces": ["desktop", "cli"],
  "deployment_models": ["desktop"],
  "integrations": ["Excel", "ODBC databases", "FRED", "Haver Analytics", "R and Python (COM/external)"],
  "data_formats": ["EViews workfile (.wf1)", "Excel", "CSV", "Stata .dta", "HTML"],
  "languages": ["EViews command language"],
  "source_model": "proprietary",
  "pricing_model": ["paid", "academic", "freemium"],
  "pricing_checked_at": "2026-11-02",
  "self_hostable": true,
  "sources": [
    { "url": "https://www.eviews.com/", "type": "official_site", "title": "EViews.com", "supports": ["name", "summary", "capabilities", "vendor"], "checked_at": "2026-11-02" },
    { "url": "https://www.eviews.com/home.html", "type": "official_docs", "title": "EViews.com – What's New in EViews 14", "supports": ["capabilities", "aliases"], "checked_at": "2026-11-02" },
    { "url": "https://www.eviews.com/general/prices/prices.html", "type": "pricing_page", "title": "EViews 14 Pricing", "supports": ["pricing_model", "description"], "checked_at": "2026-11-02" }
  ],
  "confidence": "medium",
  "uncertainty_note": "Integration list reflects widely documented EViews connectors; specific provider links were not individually re-verified. The site footer credits S&P Global.",
  "discovery_method": "editorial-research",
  "depth": "standard",
  "editorial_status": "reviewed",
  "visibility": "public",
  "featured": false,
  "author": "batch-E"
}