MapInfo Pro

The short answer is MapInfo Pro Advanced provides the ability to create, modify and analyze raster files in ways that the standard MapInfo Pro cannot. The standard version of MapInfo Pro does allow for viewing the files and some ability to change the display.

Here is an article with more detail: The following link is no longer available. To access this information, copy the title found in the url into the search tool on the top nav bar, or try searching for key words in the post. https://li360.pitneybowes.com/s/article/Get-on-the-Grid-What-is-in-the-standard-MapInfo-Pro-vs-the-Advanced-version

It is also interesting to note that MapInfo Advanced has an API. This allows the high speed raster processing and visualisation to be integrated into other applications. A number of these exist, for example InfoVista, Mentum Planet Radio Frequency planning tool.