What JMP Software does

JMP Software, formally JMP Statistical Discovery, is a product line and division of SAS Institute that develops interactive statistical discovery software for desktop and enterprise use. Founded in 1989 and headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, the company builds a suite of products (JMP, JMP Pro, JMP Clinical, and JMP Live) that enable scientists and engineers to perform dynamic data exploration, design of experiments, predictive modeling, statistical process control, quality and capability analysis, and Monte Carlo simulation without writing code. The platform is differentiated by its linked interactive graphics and statistics engine, the JMP Scripting Language (JSL) for automation, and built-in regulatory features such as ICH adherence for pharmaceutical and chemical workflows.

The company's go-to-market combines enterprise field sales ("Request a demo" and "Buy JMP" CTAs) with product-led growth via free-trial downloads, supported by a customer-story-driven marketing approach. Pricing is quote-based and subscription-oriented across tiers (JMP, JMP Pro, JMP Live with Standard up to 500 users and Advanced for larger deployments), with JMP Live adding SSO, ODBC, and Python integrations for enterprise IT environments. JMP serves pharmaceutical, chemical, semiconductor, and consumer products industries, reporting 100% penetration of the world's top-10 pharmaceutical, chemical, and semiconductor companies and 80% of the top-10 consumer products companies, with named enterprise customers including Merck, BASF, DuPont, NVIDIA, Nike, Regeneron, Thermo Fisher, Lonza, and Kodak.

As a privately held product line within SAS Institute, JMP does not publish standalone revenue or headcount metrics beyond a 251-500 employee range, and its growth and capital structure are determined by its parent's broader portfolio strategy. Its primary value proposition is making advanced statistical analysis and data-driven decision making accessible to non-programmer scientists and engineers in regulated, high-stakes R&D and manufacturing environments.

Name

JMP Software

Legal name

JMP Statistical Discovery

Website

https://jmp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

JMP Software (JMP Statistical Discovery) is a SAS Institute division that builds interactive statistical discovery software for scientists and engineers, serving pharmaceutical, chemical, semiconductor, and consumer products companies with desktop analytics and the JMP Live enterprise collaboration platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Statistical Analytics Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Bioinformatics & Multi-omics Analysis Software (HLAGAJAD)

Keywords

• Statistical discovery software
• Interactive data visualization
• Design of experiments
• Predictive analytics software
• Clinical trial analytics

Headquarters

HQ city

Cary

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses: JMP generates revenue primarily through software licensing. The company offers multiple products including JMP, JMP Pro, JMP Clinical, and JMP Live with different pricing tiers for organizations. Revenue is generated through both perpetual licenses and subscription models, with enterprise licenses for larger deployments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

JMP Software (JMP Statistical Discovery) produces interactive desktop and enterprise statistical discovery software used by scientists and engineers. Its product suite includes JMP, JMP Pro, JMP Clinical, and JMP Live, enabling dynamic data exploration, design of experiments, predictive modeling, quality/process engineering, and enterprise-wide sharing of analyses without requiring users to write code.

Product overview

JMP Statistical Discovery is a comprehensive suite of statistical software products designed for scientists and engineers. The portfolio includes JMP (core desktop data analysis software), JMP Pro (advanced predictive analytics with enhanced machine learning capabilities), JMP Clinical (specialized for pharmaceutical clinical trial data), and JMP Live (collaborative web platform for enterprise-wide sharing). The products range from desktop installations for individual analysts to enterprise server deployments, enabling dynamic data exploration, predictive modeling, and secure knowledge sharing without requiring coding.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• JMP Pro: Predictive analytics software for scientists and engineers
• JMP Live
• JMP Clinical

Products and services

• JMP Statistical data analysis software for interactive data exploration, enabling scientists and engineers to access, import, analyze, and share discoveries without writing code.
• JMP Pro
• JMP Clinical Clinical data analysis software designed for the pharmaceutical industry to ensure trial safety and efficacy, supporting regulatory compliance with built-in ICH adherence guidelines for clinical trial data workflows.
• JMP Live Collaborative analytics platform for secure, enterprise-wide knowledge sharing, providing a centralized hub where users can publish, share, and explore interactive JMP reports and dashboards across organizations with Standard (up to 500 users) and Advanced (more than 500 users) configurations.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% of world's 10 largest pharmaceutical companies
• +10 more outcomes

Named customers21 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability6 records

Feature8 records

Scale indicators12 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Minitab: Minitab is a direct competitor providing statistical analysis software (Minitab Statistical Software, Minitab Engage) for quality improvement, DOE, and process engineering—targeting the same manufacturing, pharma, and chemical engineer persona that JMP serves.
• MathWorks MATLAB: MATLAB is a direct peer in technical computing for scientists and engineers, with overlapping capabilities in predictive modeling, signal processing, and design of experiments used in semiconductor, automotive, and aerospace workflows that JMP also targets.
• OriginLab Origin: OriginLab Origin is a direct peer providing data analysis and graphics software for scientists and engineers, with strong adoption in academic and lab-based environments that also use JMP for statistical discovery and publication-quality visualization.
• Wolfram Mathematica: Wolfram Mathematica is a direct peer in technical computing and statistical analysis for scientists, engineers, and financial analysts—offering symbolic and numeric computation, statistical modeling, and visualization that overlap with JMP's advanced analytics positioning.
• Stata: Stata is a direct peer providing statistical software for data science, biostatistics, econometrics, and epidemiology—competing with JMP in academic, healthcare, and government segments that require advanced statistical modeling.
• IBM SPSS Statistics: IBM SPSS Statistics is a long-standing direct competitor in statistical analysis software for social sciences, healthcare, and market research, with overlapping capabilities in regression, predictive modeling, and no-code analytics that compete with JMP and JMP Pro.

Broad incumbents

• Tableau: Tableau (Salesforce) is a broad-incumbent data visualization and business intelligence platform. While less specialized in statistical depth than JMP, it competes for analytics spend in large enterprises and increasingly overlaps with JMP Live's collaborative dashboard use cases.
• Alteryx: Alteryx is a broader analytics platform providing no-code data preparation, statistical modeling, and predictive analytics. It competes with JMP in enterprise analytics, though its focus is on citizen data analysts rather than scientists and engineers.
• SAS Viya: SAS Viya is JMP's broader sister platform from the same parent (SAS Institute), providing cloud-native analytics, AI/ML, and data management. It is a BROAD_INCUMBENT that competes for enterprise analytics spend while also offering a complementary upsell path for JMP customers.

Emerging players

• TIBCO Spotfire: TIBCO Spotfire is an analytics and data visualization platform with statistical analysis and predictive modeling features used in life sciences and manufacturing—competing with JMP Live in enterprise dashboards and interactive analytics deployments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/JMP_software
• Facebookfacebook.com/JMPsoftware

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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