Isabelle vs Stainless

Isabelle

5.9 #7 in Formal Verification Tools

About Isabelle

Stainless

5.6 #15 in Formal Verification Tools

About Stainless
IsabelleStainless
Free planYesNo
Free trialNoNo
Paid fromFree—
Open sourceNoNo
PlatformsLinux, macOS, self-hosted, WindowsLinux, macOS, Windows
Free planYesYes
Verification methoddeductivedeductive
Supported formalismstheorem-provingcontracts
CounterexamplesYesYes
Proof artifactsYes—
Input languagesIsabelle/Isar, Isabelle/Pure, ML; executable specifications can generate SML, OCaml, Haskell, and ScalaScala 3
Deploymentself-hostedself-hosted

Both are listed in Best Formal Verification Tools. On Inferse, Isabelle scores higher on our published basis.