Software for Faculty (by category)

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General information about software available for faculty

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Overview

Faculty members have access to dozens of free software titles, along with additional products available at academic rates negotiated by Pitt Digital.

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Academic Systems

Vendor	Product Name	Faculty Use (University Devices)	Access
Adobe	Captivate eLearning Content Authoring	$50/year	PantherExpress
Clarivate	EndNote Bibliography, Citation, and Reference Software	$50/year	PantherExpress
HighPoint	HighPoint Campus Experience (CX) PeopleSoft/HighPoint Campus Experience(CX)	FREE	myPitt
Instructure	Canvas Learning Management System (LMS)	FREE	myPitt
LabArchives	LabArchives Classroom Edition** Electronic Research Notebooks	FREE	Software Download
Oracle	PeopleSoft Student Information System	FREE	myPitt
Panopto	Panopto Video Platform*** Lecture Capture	FREE	myPitt
Top Hat	Top Hat Classroom Active Learning	FREE	Software Download
Turnitin	Feedback Studio** Plagiarism Prevention Software	FREE	Software Download
Turnitin	Gradescope** Grading Software	FREE	Software Download

Communication and Collaboration

Vendor	Product Name	Faculty Use (University Devices)	Access
DocuSign	DocuSign Enterprise eSignature Workflow	FREE	myPitt
Hyland	Perceptive Content (formerly ImageNow) Document Management	FREE	Software Download
Microsoft	Office – Video, Voice, and Meeting Apps: - Office 365 Audio Conferencing - Stream (formerly Office 365 Video)	MCA*	myPitt
Microsoft	OneDrive for Business Cloud Collaboration and Storage	MCA*	myPitt
Microsoft	SharePoint Online Cloud Collaboration and Storage	MCA*	myPitt

Enterprise Solutions and Infrastructure

Vendor	Product Name	Faculty Use (University Devices)	Access
Rave Mobile Safety	Rave Alert and Rave Guardian Emergency Notification Service (ENS)	FREE	Pitt App Center
Red Hat	Red Hat Infrastructure Open Source Infrastructure Software	$400/year	PantherExpress
VMWare	VMWare Enterprise License Agreement** Data Center and Digital Campus Technologies	varies	PantherExpress

Information Security

Vendor	Product Name	Faculty Use (University Devices)	Access
Agilebits	Password Manager (1Password) Password Manager	FREE	Accounts Self-Service
Palo Alto Networks	GlobalProtect PittNet VPN	FREE	Software Download
PKWare	SecureZip Enterprise Data Protection	FREE	Software Download
GlobalProtect	Pulse VPN Desktop Client PittNet VPN	FREE	Software Download
KnowBe4	Security Awareness Training Security Awareness Training	FREE	Online/Browser-Based

Personal Computing

Vendor	Product Name	Faculty Use (University Devices)	Access
Adobe	Acrobat Pro** PDF Creation and Editing	$50/year	PantherExpress
Adobe	Creative Cloud** (all apps) Design, Photography, and Video Editing	$200/year	PantherExpress
Adobe	Cumulative Licensing Program (non-Creative Cloud apps)	varies	PantherExpress
Corel	CorelDRAW Graphics Suite** Graphic and Website Design, Photo Editing	$63/perpetual	PantherExpress
Corel	Painter* Digital Art and Painting Software	$63/perpetual	PantherExpress
Corel	Paintshop Pro* Photo Editing and Design Software	$15/perpetual	PantherExpress
Corel	Parallels Desktop for Mac** (personal) Mac and Windows Virtualization	$22/year	PantherExpress
Corel	Parallels Desktop for Mac – Business Edition Mac and Windows Virtualization	$13/year	PantherExpress
Corel	WordPerfect Office** Productivity Software	$39/perpetual	PantherExpress
MakeMusic	Finale Notation Software** Music Notation Software	FREE	Software Download
Microsoft	LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda) On-Demand Training	FREE	myPitt
Microsoft	Office – Core Apps: - Access desktop - Excel desktop and web - OneNote desktop and web - Outlook desktop and web - PowerPoint desktop and web - Publisher desktop - Word desktop and web - Visio for the web Office 365: - Flow - Forms - Groups - OneNote Class Notebook - Planner - PowerApps - Sway - Teams	MCA*	myPitt
Microsoft	Project Online Pro** Project Management	$74/year	PantherExpress
Microsoft	Visio Pro** Diagramming and Visualization	$29/year	PantherExpress
Microsoft	Windows 10 Upgrade Education and Enterprise editions	MCA*

Research and STEM Resources

Vendor	Product Name	Faculty Use (University Devices)	Access
Alteryx	Alteryx Designer Self-Service Data Analytics	$3,900/year	PantherExpress
Alteryx	Alteryx U.S. Location Insights Self-Service Data Analytics	$9,360/year	PantherExpress
ANSYS	Academic Multiphysics Campus Solution Products** Engineering Simulation & 3D Design	FREE	Software Download
Bentley Systems	Bentley Academic SELECT Portfolio** Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Operations Apps	FREE	Software Download
BioRender	BioRender** Scientific Diagrams and Illustrations	$100/year	Software Download
Clark Labs	IDRISI TerrSet Lab Kit** Geospatial Monitoring and Modeling Software	FREE	Software Download
Corel	CorelDRAW Technical Suite** Technical Communication Software	$63/perpetual	PantherExpress
Esri	ArcGIS Online, Pro, or Enterprise** Geographic Information System	$100/year	PantherExpress
Fujitsu	Scigress** Molecular Modeling Software	FREE	Software Download
GraphPad	Prism** Scientific Analysis and Graphing Software	$42/year	PantherExpress
Hexagon AB	ERDAS Imagine** Geospatial Data Authoring System	FREE	Software Download
IBM	SPSS Campus Agreement: Premium** Statistical Analysis Software - SPSS Amos - SPSS Modeler Premium - SPSS Statistics	$60/year	PantherExpress
LabArchives	LabArchives Professional Edition** Electronic Research Notebooks	FREE	Software Download
MacKichan Software	Scientific WorkPlace** Mathematical and Scientific Typesetting Software	FREE	Software Download
Maplesoft	Maple** Math Software	$125/year	PantherExpress
MathWorks	MATLAB** Multi-Paradigm Numerical Computing Software	$100/year	PantherExpress
Microsoft	Azure Dev Tools for Teaching App, Game, and Web Development Tools	varies	Software Download
Minitab	Minitab Web app** Data Analysis, Statistical & Process Improvement Tools	$25/year	PantherExpress
PerkinElmer	ChemOffice Professional** Scientific Personal Productivity Software	$55/year	PantherExpress
PTC	Creo View MCAD Professional** CAD/Mathcad Software	$60/year	PantherExpress
PTC	Mathcad Prime** CAD/Mathcad Software	$60/year	PantherExpress
QSR International	NVivo Pro** Qualitative Data Analysis Software	$100/year	PantherExpress
Qualtrics	Qualtrics CoreXM Online Survey System	FREE	myPitt
Quest Software	Toad Data Point Professional Edition Database Developer and Administration Software	$250/year	PantherExpress
Quest Software	Toad for Oracle DBA Suite Database Developer and Administration Software	$1,200/year	PantherExpress
Quest Software	Toad for Oracle Xpert Edition Database Developer and Administration Software	$500/year	PantherExpress
SAS Institute	JMP Pro** Data Analysis Software	$50/year	PantherExpress
SAS Institute	SAS University Edition** AI and Advanced Analytics Software	$60/year	PantherExpress
Stat/Transfer	Stat/Transfer** Data Conversion Software Utility	FREE	Software Download
StataCorp	Stata** Statistical Software for Data Science	$90/year	PantherExpress
SynchRO Soft SRL	Oxygen XML Editor** XML Editor	FREE	Software Download
Systat Software	SigmaPlot** Exact Graphs and Data Analysis Software	FREE	Software Download
Tableau Software	Tableau Desktop** Data Visualization Software	$315/year	PantherExpress
University of Chicago	Globus** Research Data Management	FREE	myPitt

*Restricted to faculty and staff in departments participating in the Microsoft Campus Agreement.
**Indicates license includes personal use.
***Captioning fee applies.

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Article ID: 299

Created

Tue 8/8/23 1:23 PM

Modified

Fri 10/24/25 11:05 AM

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SOFTWARE AND APPLICATIONS DISTRIBUTION Pitt Digital provides a wide variety of software titles through the University's agreements with software vendors.