Don't waste your time or money.

I run the insights division of a market research company. Several members of my team use SPSS to process and analyze data. Honestly, I avoid using SPSS as much as possible. It is an antiquated piece of software that has a difficult-to-use interface and syntax (coding) system. Additionally, it does not do data visualizations, so if we are developing a client report, we get to enjoy the tedious and time-consuming process of manually creating every chart, graph, table, and number in our reports. The ONLY reason I gave SPSS a rating of 3 is because sometimes it is the only tool I have for working on legacy studies. Eventually, I plan on migrating these studies away from SPSS and onto a platform that was designed after the year 2000.

I feel that the response to the previous question answered this, but basically, SPSS is a net drain on our company. Only 1-2 people out of 100+ in our organization have used SPSS. All of our data processing and analytics teams have moved on to something else that is more user-friendly, powerful, and cheaper. This means that in the rare cases where we need to use SPSS, it slows down the entire process, and I have to spend my time remembering how to use it.

I will say that SPSS has improved our decision-making process and opened us up to new opportunities. After exploring the power of other statistical packages, it was a very easy decision-making process to move away from SPSS actively. Its antiquated methods led us to search for and identify other opportunities that have significant advantages and are cheaper.