A number of other collisional plasma codes are in common use in X-ray astrophysics. We show here some comparisons between ATOMDB v.1.3 and the SPEX/MEKAL, as well as the Raymond & Smith (1977; 1993).
Differences between ATOMDB Version 1.2.0 and Raymond-Smith
Differences between ATOMDB Version 1.2.0 and MEKAL/SPEX
Differences between ATOMDB Version 1.2.0 and ATOMDB Version 1.1.0
For general information about the latest version of ATOMDB, see the Release notes that are included in the tar file with the ATOMDB download. Other specific improvements and caveats for Version 1.3.0 are also discussed here.