As a member of the BU community, you are entitled to access a variety of software packages at no cost or at a reduced cost. The sortable table below will help you determine what software you can download. Click on the product names to learn more information on how to access each.
Members of the BU community can also access many of the software tiles below that are available in the BU Commons @ Mugar or on their own devices from anywhere in the world using BU Common from Anywhere. Visit the BU Common from Anywhere page to get started.
Note: GraphPad Prism is available to eligible BU researchers through BUMC IT. Licenses renew each July and are prorated based on the purchase date.
| Software | Students | Faculty | Staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Creative Cloud | No charge | No charge* | $75 |
| Code42 Backup | Not available | No charge | No charge |
| CrowdStrike Endpoint Protection | No charge | No charge | No charge |
| Dropbox | Not available | See details | See details |
| Endnote | Discounted | Discounted | Discounted |
| Fetch (Mac FTP Software) | No charge | No charge | No charge |
| FileZilla (Windows FTP Software) | No charge | No charge | No charge |
| Google Apps | No charge | No charge | No charge |
| GraphPad Prism | $125 (via departmental funds only) | $125 (prorated) | $125 (prorated) |
| JMP | No charge | No charge | Not available |
| LabVIEW | Not available | No charge | No charge |
| Linux CentOS7 | No charge | No charge | No charge |
| Lucidchart | No charge | No charge | No charge |
| Maple | See details | See details | See details |
| Mathematica | No charge | No charge | No charge |
| MATLAB | No charge | No charge | No charge |
| Microsoft Office | No charge | No charge | No charge |
| Microsoft Power BI | No charge | No charge | No charge |
| Nvivo | No charge | No charge | No charge |
| Onenote | No charge | No charge | No charge |
| Qualtrics | No charge | No charge | No charge |
| Read&Write Gold | No charge | No charge | No charge |
| Research Computing Software | No charge | No charge | No charge |
| SAS | See details | See details | See details |
| SPSS | No charge | No charge | No charge |
| TurnItIn | No charge | No charge | Not available |
| VPN Software | No charge | No charge | No charge |
| X Windows System | No charge | No charge | No charge |