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# Page 18 - Reviews of MATLAB

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JC

Jorge C.  
IT Consultant  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Helpfull solution for for visualizing data and complex modelling."

September 20, 2022

4.0

MATLAB help in our case on data analytics and data processing, algorithm development. Its easy of creating solutions with the simple and intuitive GUI with wizards. MATLAB have many professional packages and toolboxes for complex problems resolutions. The language of programing is like C and there is no need to spend many time in learning code.

Pros

\* MATLAB it's useful for data analytics processing and modeling, as there are built-in packages to provide out-of-the-box data solutions. \* Code versioning could be integrated in MATLAB, we can connect MATLATB with Git repository, this is usefull I many people is working on related proyects and maintaining codebase.

Cons

\* I think the software is a little bit expensive, so it is not directly related to independent individuals. \* Sometimes the software presents performance problems, that is not good for users, it may occur when working with sensitive data or modeling. Its performance could be optimized by corp. \* MATHLAB uses huge amount of system memory when running heavy simulations.

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Satyaki B.  
Researcher  
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "A Must Have Tool for a Researcher"

May 29, 2019

5.0

Pros

MATLAB has revolutionized the idea of numerical analysis and simulations in computers. It has so many packages for all areas of engineering, statistics and every discipline that requires numerical analysis.

Cons

The size of the software gets quite huge with the necessary packages installed. I wish the software were somewhat less heavy so that it starts and works faster.

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EÜ

Elif Ü.  
R&D Specialist  
Mining & Metals  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Engineering program"

October 24, 2023

5.0

When I first learn how to use MATLAB I found it pretty impressive. Once you introduce some values, it can generate anything. You can calculate highly complex operations in seconds and draw graphs describing the behavior of parameters.

Pros

It is very useful in modeling engineering processes. Making complex calculations. It's logic pretty simple and you can (should) integrate it any design or running engineering process.

Cons

Despite of it's simple logic, It is challenging to write a formula, because if you type a wrong letter by accident the formula doesn't work. May be it would be better if there is a correction assistance.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Student  
Higher Education  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Think mathematical modelling think no beyond"

November 16, 2019

5.0

Its been good and I am hopeful that they will sync their timings with the PST

Pros

The programming language is User-friendly. They have Great customer support. The support system has a quick turn around time

Cons

It makes you buy each and every module and the module is pretty expensive. They are not open on weekends so if you need help on a friday evening you have to wait until monday.

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Carol V.  
Research Assistant  
Biotechnology  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "A powerful data analysis tool for engineers"

April 29, 2021

4.0

This is a great platform and I'll continually use it in my field. As someone who isn't a heavy programmer, it was relatively simple to learn once you get the hang of the library and all the built-in functions.

Pros

I have been using this software for 4+ years as a biomedical engineer. It has a huge built-in library for functions and tools, so it is simple to utilize Matlab when used properly. More importantly, it has a great GUI tool that can make great applications with ease. Errors are easy to detect, and matrix operations are simple to perform. I think Matlab is well organized and I don't have trouble using this program.

Cons

It does take a longer time to execute commands compared to other programs. Additionally, it is very expensive compared to C.

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PT

Pierpaolo T.  
Digital Marketer  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "My Experience With MATLAB"

April 8, 2024

5.0

Pros

It comes with great statistics features. It comes with simulation and data visualization features.

Cons

No issues with MATLAB. It has always met our needs.

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Exson M.  
Director de Linea de Procesos OBPP  
  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### " It is perfect for the development of educational activities, and development of a viable platform."

May 1, 2018

4.0

MATLAB has been useful as a technological tool for university work and work activities because it allows me to quickly test all the electronic tests and to carry out modifications of values or paramenters directly from the GUI. Preliminary tests help to be more accurate in decision making and contribute to the reduction of product cost to the reduction of improvisation in our actions.

Pros

MATLAB, unlike other programs, has a very complete console. You can do anything directly through the MATLAB console without having to write a complete C / C ++ program to do simple things. MATLAB has the facility to create a simple and intuitive GUI with an assistant. MATLAB has a large number of professional packages and toolboxes for solving complex problems. As Signal Processing, Image Processing, Calculation, etc., useful for the application of the theory of electronic circuits and the analysis of digital signals and electronic systems.

Cons

The most important weakness found in the use of the program is at the moment when its GUI starts to increase and has many objects, the program's performance begins to decrease very quickly, and at times, it begins to fail. Another negative element is that said program does not allow having more than one function in each file. I mean, you can not start a kind of library in a file. If you have different functions, you need to have different files and the size of your projects increases a lot.

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SMHS

Syed Mostasim Hasnain S.  
Research Assistant  
Education Management  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "MATLAB for engineers"

August 26, 2023

5.0

My overall experience with matlab is amazing. I recommend it to all.

Pros

It is very easy to use MATLAB. As engineers we have to use mathematics a lot and functioning with numerical is very easy in MATLAB than other platform.

Cons

I did not like the fact that it is very costly, but an institutional account will do fine.

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VA

Victor A.  
Geophysical Engineer  
Environmental Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Matlab could make your academic results more clean"

July 9, 2021

5.0

Pros

It is because you can solve a limitless of equations and create several plots with geographic, stadistic and physical information on a easy way.

Cons

When you require to compute with an input data that is to big in size, could take a lot of time because of the leak of adding a Paralell computing option, in order to use more nodes from your computer.

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GH

Gisselle H.  
Freelancer  
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "“Matlab, your best choice for creating models and simulating processes”"

August 3, 2022

5.0

Matlab is a very useful technical calculation program for engineers and scientists. I use it to solve environmental problems and to simulate processes.

Pros

Matlab is a programming platform for algorithm development, data analysis, visualization and numerical computing. It allows creation of simple models, signal and image processing, process simulation, among others.

Cons

It is a tool that requires a lot of memory space and the cost of the product is high.

Alternatives considered

[FlexSim](https://www.capterra.com/p/107009/FlexSim/)

Reason for choosing MATLAB

It offers many tools for various applications.

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Manuel G.  
Geólogo  
  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Excellent software, you can program any type of calculation or simulation on it."

May 17, 2018

5.0

Matlab helps you solve any type of situation you can think of as long as there is a function for it or you can program it. It is really expensive though but if you can afford it then it is worth the money.

Pros

The best thing about matlab is how open it is, as long as you know it's programming language and most common functions then all you have to do is translate your math problems and solve any type of calculus you require. It can even run simulations at ease, even wave propagation simulations which are always handy when testing the approximate response a seismic source will have on field.

Cons

It is super expensive, if you want to use it you will need to pay a lot of money not just for it's license but for other additional libraries that you might require and that are not included.

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FA

Farhan A.  
Post Doctoral Fellow  
Automotive  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Review for MATLAB"

October 14, 2022

5.0

Extremely good as tremendous support is available online and extremely rich documentation.

Pros

1) Easy to learn and implement, especially with its builtin models including SIMULINK. Also, it provides excellent support for physical layer implementation of networks, which is fantastic. Coding is straight forward and extremely good help is available online to understand the syntax. Also, it lets you play around with the graphs, extremely good visualisation support.

Cons

As a whole, MATLAB is very good software, but back support to the previous versions of MATLAB, where code written in previous version may not be compatible in the newer versions.

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AA

Amanda A.  
Student  
Biotechnology  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "MATLAB is great for engineering students"

October 8, 2021

5.0

MATLAB has made design projects and assignments much easier.

Pros

As an engineering student, I like that MATLAB is simple and easy to learn, and it can be applied to so many things. It's easy to import data and save files.

Cons

At times it can be tricky to know which command to use, but that's easy to search.

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sT

senanur T.  
researcher  
Chemicals  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "MATLAB for Chemical Engineering "

January 8, 2022

5.0

It is really an amazing tool once you get how to work on it

Pros

I had to learn to code on Matlab when I entered college and to design chemical processes by using simulation. Also learning how to use MATLAB on complex chemical design problems was easy to understand and the simulation tool is really helped me to visualize those kind of projects into my mind.

Cons

the interface is not user-friendly. The only thing that I don't like while working on MATLAB was that because it is so outdated and kind of hard to get used to it.

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Gioacchino T.  
Studente Universitario  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Professionale"

July 19, 2023

5.0

Essendo studente di Ingegneria Informatica, ho provato per qualche mese a creare algoritmi per l'analisi dei dati in questa piattaforma per riuscire a studiare al meglio il corso di Metodi Numerici. Grazie al breve tutorial gestito dalla professoressa mi sono mosso al meglio per capire come si operasse in questo ambiente. Il linguaggio Mathlab poi, è stato creato su base C quindi non è molto difficile da comprendere. Consigliato.

Pros

Creazione di algoritmi in linguaggio Mathlab. Migliore ambiente per l'analisi dei dati statistici e per il calcolo numerico

Cons

Molto pesante per il mio pc ma è inevitabile

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Tan D. T.  
Research And Teaching Assistant  
Higher Education  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Best and User Friendly Computational Package"

April 12, 2019

5.0

I have been working with MATLAB to develop a wide range of testing (hardware/software) for 10 years.

Pros

MATLAB is designed for engineers and it is visual intuitive and easy to use. MATLAB is equipped with thousands of build-in commands and toolboxes that is ranged for many expertises.

Cons

No object-oriented programming in the Editor. Too expensive to afford even for industry.

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Alexander B.  
Desarrollador  
Program Development  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "The best math option"

July 1, 2021

5.0

Pros

If you are familiar with programming and languages, it will be very easy for you to use Matlab after an initial tour, a requirement would basically be to know mathematics, making mathematical models would be the greatest advantage of the software. Complex calculations can also be developed with ease, always remembering that you must handle mathematics according to the level at which you want to develop.

Cons

The processing time of some models or calculations can take several minutes, but if you have a good computer that would be recommended there would not be much problem. I think the main disadvantage would be its interface, it is still outdated and not according to the current situation.

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Enrique M.  
Analista  
  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "This software is used in my studies of electrical engineering and serves to perform automation "

March 8, 2018

5.0

It has many benefits for projects of automation in engineering or mathematical calculation among others.

Pros

I like it for its breadth of functions that it has. In it we can evaluate mathematical functions of numerical calculation graphs and we can even program it to carry out processes Posse blocks which we can perform simulation. Its counterpart can be found in another software called Scilab that with a GNU license free software however does not have the potencealida that has this software since the latter is an imitation of the original that is Matlab.

Cons

Its price is its biggest disadvantage is expensive and as I mentioned there is another software that is the counterpart of the so-called Scilab.and is free

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Kaan T.  
Product Development Engineer  
Automotive  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "MATLAB Review"

May 17, 2019

4.0

I started to use MATLAB in 2012 for my educational projects then continued with business use in my company. MATLAB is very effective and reliable computational software program in the market for engineers. Especially for specific engineering projects, I can recommend to use the program with its high precision and speed.

Pros

The most favourite thing about the program is that customer support is very effective and available at all time for users and the program is updating continuously to improve its user interface and functions.

Cons

During my education, I couldn't use all toolbox of Matlab because it is very expensive so I couldn't use it in my research. Also, sometimes the program could be running slower, especially conducting non-linear multivariable analysis.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Data Analyst  
Oil & Energy  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Used it in my Masters Research"

August 11, 2019

4.0

In general, I think Matlab is a very suitable tool if you are doing some kind of research work or academic tasks. But I don't see it will survive in a team collaborative setting or enterprise settings due to the high resource requirements and high operating costs, as far as I know, I haven't met anyone who is a professional Oil and Gas his company uses Matlab, but you will find it very commonly in any academic environment.

Pros

\- High performance when using multivariable optimization and especially fmincon toolbox - Ability to implement multi watchers for many variables. - The options between performing the function through a graphical interface or script allow a low entry barrier for people with no coding skills. - The ability to see the equivalent code of any GUI implemented function makes it very easy to perfom parameters changing during run time

Cons

\- High PC resources requirements, especially if you are working with memory needy application - Expensive especially if you want to buy extra toolboxes - Some functions or toolboxes are very slow, especially some of the non-linear optimization ones. - Large disk space needs.

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Bruno A.  
Electromechanical engineer  
Industrial Automation  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Great software to develop algorithms"

March 22, 2022

4.0

It has been the easiest way to make algorithms and create models, it makes it easier for us to solve mathematical problems, as it has been to optimize the useful life of the solar panels we are building.

Pros

You can make develop any algorithm and create models on this platform. It's interface is very didactic and easy to use that allows us to reach the result in an efficient way since its processes are very easy to understand.

Cons

It's difficult to learn and very difficult to master. Has so many options that sometimes you just google a functions and copy paste it hoping it works.

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Tigran P.  
Risk Manager  
Banking  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Review for Matlab"

January 27, 2020

4.0

If you have big data it is very preferable to use Matlab. The graphs and functions are nice. The interface is beautiful and it is easy no navigate. However it's price is really big

Pros

First it is supported in different platforms and me as a Macbook user can download and use it without any problem. Second Matlab is a very functional program, and you can always find a tool that you need in order to do a good job. Also Matlab has a convenient interface which is not hard to use. Last, but not least the graphics of Matlab are really easy to understand, and it is very good for me as I can use this graphics for my presentations

Cons

The price of Matlab is really high and quite often it is unaffordable for the majority of my colleagues.Also the coding language that is used in Matlab is not very easy and it took a long time to understand and to remember the structure. Me as a risk analyst, who do not have much knowledge in coding it is not so easy to do

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Graduate Research Assistant- Operations Research and Data Analytics  
Higher Education  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Review of MATLAB"

December 26, 2018

5.0

It was my first programming language to learn and it was easy to learn. It is also very useful for machine learning and optimization algorithm.

Pros

1)The ease of usage when you are working with matrices. 2) You do not have to rerun the program to see or print variables since they are available in work space.

Cons

It is not as fast as other programming languages like C or C++.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Co-op Engineer  
  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "It is great software that is extremely easy to use"

March 27, 2018

5.0

I use it for one of my University classes. It helps save time and makes the work really easy.

Pros

1\. It can function as an advanced calculator where you can perform calculation both analytically and symbolically. 2. You can write and save programs that can perform complex calculations. 3. The software has very user friendly interface. It is extremely easy to just pick up and use.

Cons

1\. Takes a fair bit of time to launch (Time it takes is dependent on your computer) 2. Has its own programming language. The programming language is not hard to learn, however, if the software used C++ must people wouldn't find the need to learn the Matlab programming language.

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Krishna C.  
Student  
Education Management  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Missing A Simple Feature"

April 8, 2020

5.0

I am having a great experience. I really like using it. And I am really having fun when I teach on how to use Matlab to someone. Thanks!

Pros

I like everything about the software. It is a BIG calculator. And most of the work done by electrical, mechanical, software engineers e.t.c. can be done in Matlab. Even though there are alternatives to Matlab I still like it because of its easy syntax. And very helpful documentation. And it is two days back I started teaching Matlab to my sister's son. He really loves working with it.

Cons

I don't know why was the custom IP based configuration is removed. I know that I can log into Matlab cloud but still, I feel that connection over LAN is best. I experience some lag when I do some simple mathematical calculation in my android. Though I use the mobile application less number of times I feel this problem(lag) when I use it.

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