Top Alternatives to Maxima

MATLAB (matrix laboratory) is a multi-paradigm numerical computing environment and fourth-generation programming language.

Wolfram Mathematica (usually termed Mathematica, Mathematica software suite) is a mathematical symbolic computation program.

Sage offers business management, bookkeeping & accounting software to meet any business need, from small to midsized businesses.

Maxima is a computer algebra system based on a version of Macsyma.

Maple is a symbolic and numeric computing environment, and is also a multi-paradigm programming language.

Julia is a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language for numerical computing.

fxSolver is a math solver for engineering and scientific equations.

SymPy is a Python library for symbolic computation. It provides computer algebra capabilities either as a standalone application, as a library to other applications, or live on the web as SymPy Live or SymPy Gamma.

Mathcad is software for the verification, validation, documentation and re-use of engineering calculations.