# Design-Expert Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is Design-Expert the right Statistical Analysis solution for you? Explore 7 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/181684/Design-Expert/reviews --- Design-Expert 4.4 (7) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/181684/Design-Expert/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Reviews of Design-Expert Ease of use 4.4 Customer Service 5.0 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-7 of 7 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use VR Verified Reviewer Biostatistician Research Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Expert statistical software for designing and analyzing of experiments" February 28, 2021 4.0 I have used this software for designing several optimal experiment and analyzing them. It is the suitable software for this purpose. Pros Easy to use for researcher in laboratories that need screening and optimal designs. It has a very good accompanying documents that tech all aspects of software and tech the purpose of each procedure and interpretation of results. Furthermore, this software is a very good choice for statistician that invoked in this type of works. Cons This software actually is very expensive for ordinary users. Maybe providing an option for project based subscription or subscription per days would be better. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Statistician Chemicals Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Design Expert--very logical to use" March 12, 2019 5.0 Design Expert is my everyday go-to program for designing experiments. Whether it's a screening experiment, factorial, response surface or mixture experiment, I use this software for the design and then the subsequent analysis. In that past 11+ years, I don't recall encountering any design need that Design Expert could not handle. Pros Design Expert offers the user a lot of help for designing and experiment and for analyzing the results. To set up a design, you can use their wizard, which uses a question and answer approach. If you are more of a do-it-yourself type, they still offer guided screens for whatever type of design you think you want to use. For analysis, Design Expert also has a guided approach. The left side of the screen has a vertical arrangement to allow you to progress from simply plotting, to analysis, to optimization. In the analysis section, you have a series of tab across the top of the screen to guide you through selecting the model, analyzing the model, diagnosing the analysis and finally creating summary plots. I can only describe the approach that Design Expert uses as very "linear". Some people can feel overwhelmed by packages that have a lot of option buttons. Design Expert has plenty of options, but they are not intimidating or intrusive. Cons The graphics could be better. While it's easy to export the graphs to Word or PowerPoint, the graphs themselves look a bit old-school and the ability to edit them is rather limited. Review Source SC Smain C. scientist Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Great functionalities for Design of Experiments" January 14, 2023 4.0 Great software that will help all PhDs and engineers in their design of experiments Pros Great software that helped run a design of experiments for my PhD students. Easy importation of data from excel and We can easily interpret the results Cons Some examples for experimental design are missing.For example, It will be good to include definitions and why should we use quadratic versus linear statistical approaches Review Source DN Dean N. Engineering Fellow/Chief Statistician Glass, Ceramics & Concrete Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Design Expert, a great product backed by a great team!" March 13, 2019 5.0 I have used Design Expert since 1989 (version 1.1) so I have 30 years of working with Stat Ease on the development of the software. I have found the people a Stat Ease to be easy to work with and they are very receptive to suggestions and comments. I personally know several people who work there and have visited them a few times. I highly recommend this software for anyone interested in designing and analyzing their own DOEs or supporting others. Pros Design Expert can handle virtually any type of experimental design that you may need in a wide variety of situations. Certainly, the broad array of factorial, response surface and Taguchi designs can help anyone interested in applying DOE to a process. For those interested in formulation development, there is a nice selection of mixture and mixture/process designs to choose from. Design Expert is particularly help in its easy to navigate menus, great graphics, and their tutorials are very well-done and are highly recommended! Cons There are a few designs which Design Expert doesn't have, such as space-filling designs for computer experiments. I rarely have the need for such designs so this is not a serious limitation of Design Expert. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Research assistant Civil Engineering Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Review of Design-Expert" March 5, 2019 4.0 I have used this software for two years and It has helped me a lot through designing experiments and also in creating models. Pros The features are user-friendly. You can easily prepare the spreadsheet for your experiments. The first month is free so you can get an experience of how it works before purchasing. I think the student license version is reasonably priced. Cons The statistical analysis section is a little complex especially for those who are not expert in statistics. Review Source SS Saurabh S. Process Development Engineer 2 Biotechnology Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Good product for the price" March 12, 2019 4.0 Pros Easy to use Essential functions Great training Great customer support Cons Flexibility with functions More plotting modules could be there Review Source JF Jon F. Senior Consultant Mining & Metals Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Excellent statistical analysis software! " June 23, 2022 5.0 Pros The built-in graphs made my reports very impactful. I will definitely renew my license when I need to use one of those kick-butt graphs again. Cons Not intuitive to explain to a lay-person Review Source Similar Products Featured