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StataNow™

What is StataNow™?

First and foremost, StataNow™ is Stata. It is a continuous-release version of Stata that offers new features as soon as they are ready. StataNow™ is the result of our ongoing effort to deliver the best Stata—the most current Stata—to our users.

StataNow™ provides access to new features as soon as they are certified ready by the development team. Those features are added to StataNow™ via free updates as soon as they are available. Thus, StataNow™ provides access to new features sooner. For instance, StataNow™ 19 contains features that will also be part of a future major release, Stata 20.

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The features in StataNow are fully tested, fully certified, well documented, version controlled (if needed), as well as polished to our customary high quality. These features are prioritized in the development cycle to be available as soon as they are ready so that users can take advantage of them right away. As always, all versions of Stata are updated regularly with any corrections and necessary improvements. You can view a list of all additions to Stata and StataNow since we shipped Stata 19.

The new features in StataNow are released continuously throughout the current release until the next major release. They are not released according to any preset schedule. All StataNow features are marked as such throughout the Stata website and the Stata documentation.

Because StataNow is Stata, when we mention "Stata" throughout our website and documentation, we also mean "StataNow". We will be specific about StataNow for features available only in StataNow. And because StataNow is Stata, it is available in all editions (StataNow/MP, StataNow/SE, and StataNow/BE) and on all supported platforms (Windows, Mac, and Linux). Throughout the website and documentation, we will usually refer to just Stata/MP, Stata/SE, and Stata/BE for simplicity. If you have a StataNow license as described below, you can take this to mean StataNow/MP, StataNow/SE, or StataNow/BE.

How can I get StataNow™?

All annual license holders have access to StataNow, regardless of whether you have an annual license or multiyear license or whether your institution has a site license. You can access the latest StataNow features by simply typing update all in the Command window or by asking your system administrator to update your Stata. Existing Stata 18 users may need to type update all twice. The first update will give you a Stata that knows how to update itself to StataNow. The second update will be StataNow. Then type help whatsnew to see the list of all features.

If you have a perpetual license with maintenance, contact us to obtain new download and license information for StataNow.

If you have a perpetual license without maintenance or your maintenance or license has expired and you want to get access to these great new features, contact us for your options.

How do I know if I already have StataNow™?

When you start Stata, you will see StataNow on the splash screen. You can also type about and you will see StataNow on the first line.

How do I continue receiving new features in StataNow™?

We are adding new features to StataNow continuously. To access these features, all you (or your system administrator) need to do is type update all in the Command window in StataNow. Then type help whatsnew to see the chronological list of all features.

New in Stata 19

Machine learning via H2O: Ensemble decision trees
Conditional average treatment effects (CATE)
High-dimensional fixed effects (HDFE)
Bayesian variable selection for linear model
Interval-censored multiple-event Cox model
Bayesian quantile regression
Panel-data vector autoregressive (VAR) model
Correlated random-effects (CRE) model
Bayesian bootstrap
Control-function linear and probit models
SVAR models via instrumental variables
Instrumental-variables local-projection IRFs
Latent class model-comparison statistics
Bayesian asymmetric Laplace model
Inference robust to weak instruments
Meta-analysis for correlations
Mundlak specification test
Do-file Editor: Autocompletion, templates, and more
Graphics: Bar graph CIs, heat maps, and more
Tables: Easier tabulations, exporting, and more
Multiple datasets: Modify a set of frames
Stata in French

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Which Stata is right for me?

Whether you’re a student or a seasoned research professional, we have a package designed to suit your needs:

Stata/MP: The fastest edition of Stata (for quad-core, dual-core, and multicore/multiprocessor computers) that can analyze the largest datasets

Stata/SE: Standard edition; for larger datasets

Stata/BE: Basic edition; for mid-sized datasets

Stata/MP is the fastest and largest edition of Stata. Virtually any current computer can take advantage of the advanced multiprocessing of Stata/MP. This includes the Intel, AMD, and Apple silicon processors with multiple cores or SMT capability. With an MP 2-core license, Stata/MP runs 40% faster overall and 72% faster where it matters, on the time-consuming estimation commands. With more than two cores or processors, Stata/MP is even faster.

Stata/MP, Stata/SE, and Stata/BE all run on any machine, but Stata/MP runs faster. You can purchase a Stata/MP license for up to the number of cores on your machine (maximum is 64). For example, if your machine has eight cores, you can purchase a Stata/MP license for eight cores, four cores, or two cores.

Stata/MP can also analyze more data than any other edition of Stata. Stata/MP can analyze 10 to 20 billion observations given the current largest computers, and is ready to analyze up to 1 trillion observations once computer hardware catches up.

Stata/SE and Stata/BE differ only in the dataset size that each can analyze. Stata/SE (up to 10,998) and Stata/MP (up to 65,532) can fit models with more independent variables than Stata/BE (up to 798). Stata/SE can analyze up to 2 billion observations.

Stata/BE allows datasets with as many as 2,048 variables and 2 billion observations. Stata/BE can have at most 798 independent variables in a model.

All the above editions have the same complete set of features and include PDF documentation.

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Stata/MP is the fastest and largest edition of Stata.

Almost every computer can take advantage of the advanced multiprocessing capabilities of Stata/MP.

Stata/MP provides the most extensive multicore support of any statistics and data management package.

Speed

Stata/MP is faster — much faster.

Stata/MP lets you analyze data in less time on inexpensive multicore laptops and desktops as well as on multiprocessor servers. Use just 2 cores, and your analyses run in one-half to two-thirds the time compared with Stata/SE. Use 4 cores, and cut the time to one-quarter to one-half. Use more for even faster analyses. Stata/MP supports up to 64 cores/processors.

Speed is often most crucial when performing computationally intense estimation procedures. A few of Stata's estimation procedures, including linear regression, are nearly perfectly parallelized, meaning they run twice as fast on two cores, four times as fast on four cores, eight times as fast on eight cores, and so on. Some estimation commands can be parallelized more than others. Taken at the median, estimation commands run 1.7 times faster on 2 cores, 2.6 times faster on 4 cores, and 3.4 times faster on 8 cores.

Speed can also be important when managing large datasets. Adding new variables is nearly 100 percent parallelized, and sorting is 61 percent parallelized.

Some procedures are not parallelized and some are inherently sequential, meaning they run the same speed in Stata/MP.

For a complete assessment of Stata/MP"s performance, including command-by-command statistics, see the Stata/MP Performance Report

Size

	Max. no. of variables	Max. no. of independent variables	Max. no. of observations
Stata/MP	120,000	65,532	20 billion*
Stata/SE	32,767	10,998	2.14 billion
Stata/BE	2,048	798	2.14 billion

*The maximum number of observations is limited by the amount of available RAM on your system.

Because speed is most important when your problems are big, Stata/MP supports even larger datasets than Stata/SE.

Stata/SE can analyze up to 2 billion observations. Stata/MP can analyze 10 to 20 billion observations on the largest computers currently available and is ready to analyze up to 1 trillion observations once computer hardware catches up. Stata/MP also allows 120,000 variables compared to 32,767 variables allowed by Stata/SE.

What computer should I use to run Stata/MP?

Stata/MP is a edition of Stata that can perform symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) on a computer with multiple processors or cores.

Stata/MP licenses are not platform specific, and Stata/MP is available on all operating systems supported by Stata:

Windows (64-bit x86-64)

mac OS (Apple Silicon and 64-bit Intel)

Linux (64-bit x86-64)

A computer’s processor is often called the central processing unit, or CPU. Computers can have multiple CPUs, and Stata/MP takes advantage of this design to process data faster.

Virtually all computers now have processors with multiple cores. A core is the computation engine of a CPU, consisting of integer and floating-point processing units. Thus a computer with one dual-core processor is similar to a computer with two processors. In fact, Stata/MP does not distinguish between CPUs and cores; it is designed to use systems with up to 64 cores—be they single core (one per CPU), dual core (two per CPU), or multicore (many per CPU).

Most manufacturers sell multiprocessor computers as servers. Thus your choice is to buy a desktop or laptop computer with a multicore CPU or a server with multiple processors, each of which likely has multiple cores. Having more processors/cores means that Stata/MP will run faster.

Be aware of the term “hyperthreaded”, however. Stata/MP runs faster on hyperthreaded processors, but not as fast as it would if you had full cores instead of hyperthreads. Computers with multiple hyperthreaded processors are suitable for Stata/MP. The number of real processors is the critical factor.

Both Intel and AMD manufactured chips are appropriate for Stata/MP on Windows or Linux, and both Apple Silicon and Intel are appropriate for Stata/MP on macOS. You can use any version of Windows from 10 to newer, or Linux, or you can use a Mac with macOS 10.13 or newer to run Stata/MP.

Regardless of the system you buy, the most important thing you can do is to ensure that you have enough memory to hold 1.5 times the maximum dataset size you plan to use.

Compatible Operating Systems

Stata will run on the platforms listed below. While Stata software is platform-specific, your Stata license is not; therefore, you need not specify your operating system when placing your order for a license.

Platforms

Stata for Windows^®

Windows 11 *

Windows 10 *

Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012R2 *

* Stata requires 64-bit Windows for x86-64 processors made by Intel^® or AMD (Core i3 equivalent or better)

Stata for Mac^®

Mac with Apple Silicon or Intel processors

macOS 11 (Big Sur) through macOS 15 (Sequoia) for Macs with Apple Silicon and macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) through macOS 15 (Sequoia) for Macs with Intel processors

Stata for Linux

Any 64-bit (Core i3 equivalent or better) running Linux

Minimum requirements include the GNU C library (glibc) 2.28 or better and libcurl4

Check the output of ldd -v within a terminal

For xstata, you need to have GTK 2.24 installed

Hardware Requirements

Package	Memory	Disk space
Stata/MP	4 GB	4 GB
Stata/SE	2 GB	4 GB
Stata/BE	1 GB	4 GB

Stata for Linux requires a video card that can display thousands of colors or more (16-bit or 24-bit color)

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A Stata license is either an annual license or a perpetual license.

Annual licenses

An annual license is a license for StataNow
An annual license offers our best prices and our easiest and most reliable way to keep a Stata license up-to-date and supported.
An annual license is a one-year license. The term for an annual license begins the day we process your order. Prior to the one-year expiration date, customers may renew their license to ensure continued access to Stata software.
An annual license allows users to receive updates and new releases to Stata software throughout the license term, all at no additional cost.
An annual license lets users enjoy uninterrupted access to technical support from a dedicated staff of expert Stata programmers and statisticians.

Perpetual licenses

A perpetual license will not expire.
Perpetual licenses include one year of maintenance.

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Evaluation License Request

An evaluation license gives professional researchers the opportunity to explore all the features of Stata while making purchasing decisions. To request an evaluation license, please contact us

Student Short Term License Request

Students needing to use Stata for a maximum of one week during a course may request a short term license. To request a short term license, please contact us

Undergraduate Teaching License Request

We offer instructors at accredited, degree-granting institutions a six-month Stata/BE license for use in their undergraduate classes. To request an undergraduate teaching license, please contact us

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