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  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "homepage",
   "note": "IBM presents SPSS Statistics as statistical analysis software with predictive modeling, forecasting, and an AI Output Assistant. The page markets subscription, perpetual, campus, and student licenses and cites a 2026 TrustRadius award.",
   "source": "https://www.ibm.com/products/spss-statistics",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "vendor",
   "note": "The opened product page is published by IBM and names IBM SPSS Statistics as the product.",
   "source": "https://www.ibm.com/products/spss-statistics",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "license",
   "note": "IBM sells Base and add-on subscriptions starting at USD 79 per authorized user, plus subscription, perpetual, campus, and student licenses. This is a commercial offering.",
   "source": "https://www.ibm.com/products/spss-statistics",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "status",
   "note": "The opened page markets current SPSS Statistics features, including version 31 notes and v32 copy, and a 2026 TrustRadius Buyer's Choice award.",
   "source": "https://www.ibm.com/products/spss-statistics",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "platforms",
   "note": "IBM's SPSS Statistics 30 download page lists Desktop eAssemblies for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS, and states that desktop SPSS Statistics is not supported on Linux. Server 30 eAssemblies exist for Windows and Linux (x86-64, System z, System p LE).",
   "source": "https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/downloading-ibm-spss-statistics-30",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "platforms",
   "note": "The version 30 Python Reference Guide states the Integration Plug-in for Python runs on Windows, Linux, macOS, and UNIX for IBM SPSS Statistics Server.",
   "source": "https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSLVMB_30.0.0/pdf/Python_Reference_Guide_for_IBM_SPSS_Statistics.pdf",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.api.exists",
   "note": "IBM documents the Python Integration Package as functions that operate on the SPSS Statistics processor, submit command syntax, and read or write case data and output.",
   "source": "https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSLVMB_30.0.0/pdf/Python_Reference_Guide_for_IBM_SPSS_Statistics.pdf",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.api.kinds[0]",
   "note": "The Programmability Extension Developer's Guide describes the XD API as the low-level surface that drives the Statistics processor. The Python plug-in wraps those XD functions.",
   "source": "https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSLVMB_30.0.0/pdf/IBM_SPSS_Statistics_Programmability_Extension_Developer_Guide_UNIX.pdf",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.api.coverage",
   "note": "From an external Python process, import spss and spss.StartSPSS start the processor without the desktop client. spss.Submit runs command syntax. Cursor and Dataset classes read and write case data. Coverage is the local command-syntax surface, not a fixed HTTP resource subset.",
   "source": "https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSLVMB_30.0.0/pdf/Python_Reference_Guide_for_IBM_SPSS_Statistics.pdf",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.api.docs",
   "note": "Opened the current IBM Docs-hosted Python Reference Guide for SPSS Statistics 30, including the external-process chapter and the StartSPSS and Submit functions.",
   "source": "https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSLVMB_30.0.0/pdf/Python_Reference_Guide_for_IBM_SPSS_Statistics.pdf",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.exists",
   "note": "The Integration Plug-in for Python ships with SPSS Statistics and includes the official spss module and Python 3.10.",
   "source": "https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSLVMB_30.0.0/pdf/Python_Reference_Guide_for_IBM_SPSS_Statistics.pdf",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.official",
   "note": "IBM publishes the Python Integration Package as first-party product documentation, not a community wrapper.",
   "source": "https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSLVMB_30.0.0/pdf/Python_Reference_Guide_for_IBM_SPSS_Statistics.pdf",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.languages[0]",
   "note": "The official language surface documented in this guide is Python, including the spss module used from BEGIN PROGRAM blocks or an external interpreter.",
   "source": "https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSLVMB_30.0.0/pdf/Python_Reference_Guide_for_IBM_SPSS_Statistics.pdf",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.mcp.first_party",
   "note": "Opened IBM's MCP catalog README. It lists Planning Analytics, watsonx.data, QRadar, and other IBM servers. It does not name SPSS Statistics. Catalog silence is not a vendor declaration that no first-party SPSS MCP exists.",
   "source": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/IBM/mcp/main/README.md",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.mcp.first_party",
   "note": "Official MCP registry search for spss returned {\"servers\":[],\"metadata\":{\"count\":0}}. Registry silence is not proof that IBM ships no first-party server.",
   "source": "https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0.1/servers?search=spss",
   "tier": "scraped"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.integrations.zapier",
   "note": "Zapier returned HTTP 404 for /apps/ibm-spss/integrations on 2026-09-12.",
   "source": "https://zapier.com/apps/ibm-spss/integrations",
   "tier": "scraped"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.integrations.make",
   "note": "Make's app catalog rendered a coming-soon page for /ibm-spss on 2026-09-12, not a published SPSS connector.",
   "source": "https://apps.make.com/ibm-spss",
   "tier": "scraped"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.integrations.power_automate",
   "note": "Microsoft Learn /connectors/ibmspss/ returned 404. The connector-reference index opened the same day had no SPSS Statistics entry.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/ibmspss/",
   "tier": "scraped"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.integrations.n8n",
   "note": "n8n built-in app-node docs returned page-not-found for n8n-nodes-base.ibmspss on 2026-09-12.",
   "source": "https://docs.n8n.io/integrations/builtin/app-nodes/n8n-nodes-base.ibmspss/",
   "tier": "scraped"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.cli.exists",
   "note": "Chapter 21 documents stats --production filename.spj on Windows and ./stats --production on macOS, with silent and --symbol switches for unattended jobs.",
   "source": "https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSLVMB_30.0.0/pdf/IBM_SPSS_Statistics_Core_System_User_Guide.pdf",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.extensibility.scripting[0]",
   "note": "Production jobs and the syntax editor run IBM SPSS Statistics command syntax files as the primary automation language.",
   "source": "https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSLVMB_30.0.0/pdf/IBM_SPSS_Statistics_Core_System_User_Guide.pdf",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.extensibility.scripting[1]",
   "note": "BEGIN PROGRAM-END PROGRAM blocks and the external spss module execute Python against the Statistics processor.",
   "source": "https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSLVMB_30.0.0/pdf/Python_Reference_Guide_for_IBM_SPSS_Statistics.pdf",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.extensibility.scripting[2]",
   "note": "Utilities > Production Job creates .spj production jobs that concatenate syntax files and run unattended, including on SPSS Statistics Server.",
   "source": "https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSLVMB_30.0.0/pdf/IBM_SPSS_Statistics_Core_System_User_Guide.pdf",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.export",
   "note": "Production-job output formats include Viewer .spv, Word .docx, Excel, HTML, PDF, and text. Pivot tables and charts can be routed to those files.",
   "source": "https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSLVMB_30.0.0/pdf/IBM_SPSS_Statistics_Core_System_User_Guide.pdf",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.import",
   "note": "Submitted syntax includes GET FILE for .sav datasets. The Python Cursor and Dataset classes also write cases and variables into the active dataset.",
   "source": "https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSLVMB_30.0.0/pdf/Python_Reference_Guide_for_IBM_SPSS_Statistics.pdf",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.agent_docs.llms_txt",
   "note": "https://www.ibm.com/llms.txt returned HTTP 404.",
   "source": "https://www.ibm.com/llms.txt",
   "tier": "scraped"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "modalities.agent_docs.llms_txt",
   "note": "The product /llms.txt URL returned the SPSS Statistics marketing HTML page, not an llms.txt agent document.",
   "source": "https://www.ibm.com/products/spss-statistics/llms.txt",
   "tier": "scraped"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.api",
   "note": "The official XD/Python engine covers syntax submission and dataset I/O and is maintained in current 30.0 docs, but it is local, license-bound, and not an HTTP lifecycle API, which keeps the path in the practical 7 band.",
   "source": "https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSLVMB_30.0.0/pdf/Python_Reference_Guide_for_IBM_SPSS_Statistics.pdf",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.cli",
   "note": "stats --production is official and can run silently, but it executes .spj syntax jobs rather than a structured resource CLI, cannot run while Subscription is already open, and remote background work needs Server.",
   "source": "https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSLVMB_30.0.0/pdf/IBM_SPSS_Statistics_Core_System_User_Guide.pdf",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.integrations",
   "note": "Bounded 2026-09-12 checks of Zapier, Make, Microsoft connector slugs plus the connector-reference index, and n8n built-in nodes found no SPSS Statistics connector.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/connector-reference/",
   "tier": "scraped"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[0].url",
   "note": "Opened the current IBM SPSS Statistics product page.",
   "source": "https://www.ibm.com/products/spss-statistics",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[1].url",
   "note": "Opened the current IBM Docs-hosted Python Reference Guide for SPSS Statistics 30.",
   "source": "https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSLVMB_30.0.0/pdf/Python_Reference_Guide_for_IBM_SPSS_Statistics.pdf",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[2].url",
   "note": "Opened the current IBM Docs-hosted SPSS Statistics 30 Core System User's Guide, including production-job CLI switches.",
   "source": "https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSLVMB_30.0.0/pdf/IBM_SPSS_Statistics_Core_System_User_Guide.pdf",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[3].url",
   "note": "Opened the current IBM/mcp catalog README. SPSS Statistics is not listed.",
   "source": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/IBM/mcp/main/README.md",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-12",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[4].url",
   "note": "Opened the current SPSS Statistics 30 download and platform matrix page.",
   "source": "https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/downloading-ibm-spss-statistics-30",
   "tier": "declared"
  }
 ],
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  "last_verified": "2026-09-12",
  "volatility": "medium",
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   {
    "type": "product",
    "url": "https://www.ibm.com/products/spss-statistics"
   },
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSLVMB_30.0.0/pdf/Python_Reference_Guide_for_IBM_SPSS_Statistics.pdf"
   },
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSLVMB_30.0.0/pdf/IBM_SPSS_Statistics_Core_System_User_Guide.pdf"
   },
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/IBM/mcp/main/README.md"
   },
   {
    "type": "product",
    "url": "https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/downloading-ibm-spss-statistics-30"
   }
  ]
 },
 "homepage": "https://www.ibm.com/products/spss-statistics",
 "id": "ibm-spss-statistics",
 "license": "commercial",
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   "llms_txt": false
  },
  "api": {
   "auth": [],
   "coverage": "full",
   "docs": "https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/SSLVMB_30.0.0/pdf/Python_Reference_Guide_for_IBM_SPSS_Statistics.pdf",
   "exists": true,
   "kinds": [
    "xd-api"
   ]
  },
  "cli": {
   "exists": true
  },
  "computer_use": {
   "issues": [],
   "viability": "unknown"
  },
  "data_access": {
   "export": [
    "sav",
    "csv",
    "xlsx",
    "pdf",
    "html",
    "docx",
    "spv"
   ],
   "import": [
    "sav"
   ]
  },
  "extensibility": {
   "scripting": [
    "command-syntax",
    "python",
    "production-jobs"
   ],
   "webhooks": "unknown"
  },
  "integrations": {
   "make": false,
   "n8n": false,
   "power_automate": false,
   "zapier": false
  },
  "mcp": {
   "first_party": "unknown",
   "third_party": [],
   "verdict": "unknown"
  },
  "rpa": {
   "drivability": "unknown",
   "notes": "No repeatable UI probe was run. Documented automation is the Python Integration Package and XD API, command syntax, and stats --production jobs. The desktop Viewer and dialogs remain unassessed. This is not IBM Cognos Analytics and not IBM Planning Analytics.\n",
   "ui_stack": [
    "desktop-native"
   ],
   "vendor_support": []
  },
  "sdk": {
   "exists": true,
   "languages": [
    "python"
   ],
   "official": true
  }
 },
 "name": "IBM SPSS Statistics",
 "platforms": [
  "windows",
  "macos",
  "linux"
 ],
 "related": {
  "alternatives": [
   "matlab"
  ],
  "our_products": []
 },
 "schema_version": 1,
 "score_version": 1,
 "status": "active",
 "vendor": "IBM",
 "verdict": {
  "best_path": "api",
  "scores": {
   "api": 7,
   "cli": 6,
   "computer_use": null,
   "integrations": 0,
   "mcp": null,
   "overall": 7,
   "rpa": null
  },
  "summary": "The best evidenced agent path into IBM SPSS Statistics is the official Python Integration Package that wraps the XD API, not Cognos Analytics, not Planning Analytics, and not a public SPSS REST catalog. IBM's version 30 Python Reference Guide documents the Python Integration Package on Windows, Linux, macOS, and SPSS Statistics Server. From an external Python process, import spss and call spss.StartSPSS to start the Statistics processor without the desktop client, then spss.Submit to run command syntax, read and write case data, and create datasets or pivot-table output. That surface requires a licensed SPSS Statistics install and the bundled or configured Python 3.10 plug-in; it is a local engine, not an HTTP API. IBM SPSS Collaboration and Deployment Services REST is a separate product and is excluded. Official command-line production jobs run with stats --production filename.spj, including silent symbol substitution. Those jobs cannot run while the SPSS Statistics Subscription application is already open, and remote background jobs need SPSS Statistics Server. Desktop installers ship for Windows and macOS; Linux appears as SPSS Statistics Server, not as a desktop client. IBM/mcp does not list an SPSS server. Named Zapier, Make, Power Automate, and n8n connectors were not present in the catalogs checked. Computer-use viability is unassessed.\n"
 }
}