Table 1. Feature comparison between StochPy and existing (stochastic) software.
| Feature | CAIN | COPASI | EasyStoch | GillespieSSA | StochKit2 | StochPy |
| Implemented solvers: | ||||||
| - Exact SSA | • | • | • | • | • | • |
| - Inexact SSA | • | • | • | • | • | |
| Simulator options: | ||||||
| - SBML support | ○1 | • | ○2 | • | ||
| - Human interpretable input | • | • | ||||
| - Stochastic test suite | • | |||||
| - Extrinsic noise | • | |||||
| - Explicit output | • | • | ○3 | • | ||
| - Fixed-interval output | • | • | • | • | • | |
| Output analysis: | ||||||
| - Auto-correlations | • | |||||
| - Histogram distance | • | • | ||||
| - Propensities | • | • | ||||
| - Moments | • | |||||
| - Waiting times | • | |||||
| Software characteristics: | ||||||
| - Plotting facilities | • | • | • | ○4 | • | |
| - Data exportation | • | • | • | • | • | |
| - GUI | • | • | ||||
| - Flexible environment | • | • | ||||
Summary of features offered in StochPy and other stochastic modeling software.
•: Feature is present.
○
: Feature is partially present or requires additional dependencies.
Notes: 1. Limited ability to parse kinetic laws: Complicated expressions may not parsed. 2. Not all SBML documents can be converted into the StochKit2 model format. 3. Provided as an add-on functionality of StochKit2, whereas with limited options compared to the default installation of StochKit2. 4. Only if proprietary software (MATLAB) is installed.