Convert SPSS .sav to CSV Online — Free, No License

IBM SPSS is expensive and you probably don’t need a full license just to convert a .sav file to CSV. PondPilot does it in the browser — free, private, instant.

How to Convert

  1. Open app.pondpilot.io
  2. Drop in your .sav file
  3. Preview variables and data
  4. Export to CSV (or Parquet, JSON, Excel)

Under the hood, PondPilot uses duckdb-read-stat to parse SPSS files via WebAssembly. Variable labels and value labels are preserved during import.

Transform with SQL

Don’t just dump the whole file — query it first:

SELECT respondent_id, age_group, 
       AVG(satisfaction) as avg_satisfaction
FROM survey_data
GROUP BY respondent_id, age_group
HAVING COUNT(*) > 1

Export a clean, filtered dataset instead of raw survey data with hundreds of unused variables.

Why Not Use an Online Converter?

Most SPSS-to-CSV websites require you to upload your file. Survey data almost always contains personally identifiable information — respondent demographics, locations, sensitive answers. Uploading that to a third-party server is a compliance nightmare.

PondPilot runs entirely in your browser. No upload, no server processing, no data retention. Your IRB-approved data handling procedures remain intact.

Common Scenarios

  • Grad students who received .sav files but their university dropped its SPSS site license
  • Data journalists working with government survey data distributed in SPSS format
  • Analysts migrating legacy SPSS datasets to modern tools like R, Python, or DuckDB
  • Consultants who need to peek at client data without installing proprietary software

Get Started

Visit app.pondpilot.io and convert your SPSS file now.

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