# Page 26 | MATLAB Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 26 - Is MATLAB the right Simulation solution for you? Explore 2093 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/125813/MATLAB/reviews --- MATLAB 4.6 (2093) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/125813/MATLAB/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Page 26 - Reviews of MATLAB ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 626-650 of 2093 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use VR Verified Reviewer Software Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Create amazing 3D models for your projects with MATLAB" January 9, 2021 4.0 Overall, I have used MATLAB extensively for 2 of my projects in our organisation. We did make 3D models, but I constantly required inputs from an experienced MATLAB professional since the software is not easy-to-use for a new user. Therefore, if your requirement is long-term and will be dedicated to work on 3D modelling, consider taking beginner to advanced courses and post that you shall be ready to produce the required models. Pros 1\. Powerfull toolset with which you can achieve any level of details in the software. 2. Granular controls are allowed in the tool which can help you create very detailed 3D models. 3. Widely accepted by the community and is accessible by most of the people in the modelling field. 4. Strong online community with experts (since this tool is in the market from quite some years). So you can always, find solutions to your problems with a simple Internet search. Cons 1\. Good amount of hands-on experience is required to produce usable models. 2. Stock appearance of the tool becomes quite redundant for frequent users. More themes and colours can be added to the UI. 3. Vendor support cannot be availed without a license which can become a problem at times (in case solutions are not available on the open forums.) Review Source CAS Camilo Alberto S. Aux Chemicals Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Matlab the tool of today and tomorrow" June 19, 2023 5.0 Pros the ease in its handling and the support to locate any error, even help to find the solution, but even better the power for any project Cons one always goes to the costs but it is normal for a tool with such power to cost Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Electrical Engineer Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Think Design and Create with MATLAB" July 2, 2021 5.0 It's a complete package with all options that you can think of. Pros It's Simulink applications helps me to understand theoretical concepts by simulating different designs in different fields of Engineering. Cons Sometimes it's put extra burden on hardware resources and hangs. Review Source OS Orthi S. Graduate Research Assistant Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "MATLAB for engineers" June 22, 2020 5.0 As an engineer, I have been using MATLAB for years. I highly recommend MATLAB to all the people out there who are looking for software for solving mathematical problems integrated with a reach visualization system for data plotting and representation. Pros Coding in MATLAB is straight-forward and does not include any fancy syntax compared to other coding languages available in the current market. Cons The Simulink portion of MATLAB has a good bunch of modules and tools available. What I feel is few of those simulink modules still lacks detailed documentation and should be improved. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Junior Project Engineer Medical Devices Used the software for: 2+ years ### "MATLAB Review" August 10, 2020 4.0 My overall experience with MATLAB is very positive. There are many alternate programs a user can use for data organization and MATLAB provides the best features and overall user experience. Pros MATLAB's importation of data features are very easy to use. There are many ways to not only import, but organize raw data so it can be used right away with the users program. Cons It can often be difficult to trouble shoot a users script. At times, the "help" features that analyze a user's script can confuse the user more than it can help. Review Source Jamie B. Java Architect Management Consulting Used the software for: 2+ years ### "User friendly programming tool" August 29, 2019 4.0 Documentation is quite easier and intuitive which enables me to make different text files in more effective way. I really like its functions and interesting features. Pros I have excellent experience with MATLAB. It works perfect. Its programming language is so much easier to understand that even beginners can understand it so well. With all these features this software is my all-time favorite and worthy enough to buy it. Cons What I have to say about least things is. It is completely perfect tool that does not keep a single con. It is really appreciable product. Review Source Dabit B. Graduate research assistant Education Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "its a must have for data analyst" November 3, 2021 4.0 Pros I am really impressed with its statistical analysis as well as regression analysis. It simulation is also great. Cons It sometimes gets hang and has some issue with performance. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Certified Clinical Research Coordinator Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Good for coders" January 28, 2019 5.0 Pros You can create your own projects in a very short period of time and copy over old projects to create new ones. The file exports are easy to understand and can go into a stats software. You can make quick and easy projects or really get fancy with your coding and establish really sophisticated projects. Cons You need to have at least an elementary understanding of coding to work MATLAB. This isn't really a good software for beginners or those who have projects that can be better used on a survey making platform. Review Source Danith B. Engineer Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Best Partner for desgin engineers" August 10, 2019 5.0 Actually i have used this software for modelling multiple converters and designing controllers Pros This software help me to solve very complex mathematics during my undergraduate period.I had to design controller for DC DC converter.so i used this software it helped me lot and there is a part which is called simulink that is good simulator it is response quickly.everything doing based on the matrix that was amazing.simulink has wide range of modeling capability.even though there are so many software for image processing.my university use this software because of flexibility and user friendly. Cons Sometime it may take too much time to open the software Review Source Mohammed Younus S. Information Security Analysts Education Management Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "One Simulation Tool to rule them all" December 26, 2022 4.0 MATLAB is the scientific tool which is widely accepted by the research community. Calculations, data modelling, visualization can be accomplished with this. It even has add-ons/ integration with other software. Pros It's the default tool which is used in almost all the universities to model data and get results for the research. Cons There is a steep learning curve when using the software. If you are a researcher or an analyst then this tool is for you. Not for everybody Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Research Intern Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "My take n MATLAB" October 30, 2019 5.0 I've been quite happy with MATLAB tools, especially when prototyping numerical software or ML models. However, the lack of multi-platform support has been a thorn on my side. Pros Powerful tool for circuit simulation, useful for applications that naturally converge to matrix calculations such as image manipulation. Also, intuitive API for plotting. Cons Ugly interface, so so syntax highlight. Namespace and working directory manipulation isn't so intuitive as well. The lack of multi-platform support is also a huge letdown Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Research Assistant Higher Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Review of Matlab" November 2, 2018 5.0 Pros There is nothing you cannot do in this software. Cons In updates some functions are removed which makes you look for the replacements. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Electronics Engineer Medical Devices Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great software/language for modeling data and visualizing engineering problems" September 9, 2019 5.0 I used this a lot in engineering college for several areas of study: math courses, signal processing courses, data computation/compilation courses. I would recommend the use of MATLAB for anybody looking for a good math and engineering problem solving tool. Pros This software/language is easy to learn. The online community surrounding MATLAB is so large that you can find help to accomplish your needs very easily. The user interface is good; it is geared towards college education level engineering, science, and math practices, as well as professional levels. Cons Nothing. Honestly, I have yet to find something that I really did not like about using MATLAB. Every function, feature, modeling tool, etc. has always been available. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Masters Thesis Student Renewables & Environment Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Made visualization of engineering easy" March 29, 2021 5.0 Pros Variety of toolboxes make it easy to solve a wide range of problems Cons Adding path of the folders where program files are located Review Source brian M. Water Engineer Civil Engineering Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Matlab is a powerful math tool that greatly simplifies my work" August 24, 2019 4.0 Pros When it comes to very hard or complex math I trust and depend fully on matlab. It is very accurate with solving complex mathematics and performing complex analysis of data and also especially for design purposes. It is a feature rich tool that has so many impeccable tools that perform so much of what I want and I would recommend it to anyone who is thinking of using it. Cons Matlab comes with its obvious co of first the price is too high for especially small companies. Secondly its a very complex tool to learn. Review Source Harold V. sutudent Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "A powerful application where i can realize many projects and activities." April 11, 2018 5.0 aid for projects and research made in my university. Pros Many applications for industry, research, personal use with very good tools to carry out any project or activity that you wish to make. Cons Previous knowledge is required to use the software or in others words a small training must be given. Review Source Adel R. Phd student Civil Engineering Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Reviewing powerful MATLAB program" November 15, 2018 5.0 Pros It is very comprehensive and has the most applications that an engineer needs Cons It needs license and it is heavy for installing Review Source KM Katherine M. Associate Professor Research Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Good mathematical software" October 22, 2022 5.0 I've used MATLAB for decades in stimulus creation (with Psychophysics toolbox) and for data analyses and modeling. Pros I think the language is easy to learn and intuitive. Cons There are other products kind of like it that are free or much cheaper. Part of the issue is that I don't use all of its features; if you do, then it's more worth the money. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer CSE, LAN-Switching Team Lead Computer Networking Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Getting started with MATLAB" December 4, 2018 5.0 Pros MATLAB offers great versatility for any type of calculation problem you want to solve, physics, statistics, control systems, mathematical models, signal analysis, etc. It is a very useful tool for students and academics. Use of graphical interfaces and charts is also very impressive as it will let you present the information in the way you want. Coding on MATLAB is also very intuitive, as it is very similar to other coding languages such as python or javascript. Cons MATLAB may be daunting at first, because of its many applications and uses, so it will take time to adapt to its many configurations and options, such as the use of libraries or code editor. The heavier the model, code or simulation you're trying to run will require you to upgrade your hardware as it demands a lot of your PC's resources, so it may not perform as good on low-cost PCs as it would on a last generation PC. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer President Civic & Social Organization Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "MATLAB has enabled me to complete summations and fourier series with ease." July 10, 2018 5.0 Lots of saved time for personal projects over signals and systems analyses. Pros MATLAB allows you to simply many lengthy mathematic equations into something far more simple using programming logic. Being a python/c++ developer normally I was first caught off guard with the syntax, but adapting was easy and took less than 10 minutes. I was able to figure out convolution integrals and fourier series without referring to the documentation since the syntax was simply that intuitive. Cons Depending on the version of MATLAB you have there are some features that are missing and would require you to hackishly put together an alternative method. For example: piece-wise functions is on MATLAB R2017, but not on revision A of 2016 which led me to have to develop a much more messy way to have a piecewise function using heaviside functions. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer automation engineering Industrial Automation Used the software for: 2+ years ### "simulation " July 2, 2022 4.0 Pros This product is good to use, I highly recommend it Cons I liked everything about this program, Including the simulation. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Engineering Consumer Electronics Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Matlab " March 29, 2019 5.0 Mostly I use Matlab in my studies because it is so useful to have simulations in a very clear manner. Pros Matlab is the most user friendly software that I have used during in the past period of time because it provides all the opportunity to have out comes according to my studies in electronic engineering field such as all the circuit simulations. Cons I like least about Matlab because it takes a while to compile or provide simulations, some times and it could slow down my computer process. Review Source AK Arhat K. CTC Information Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great value for reasonable expense" December 18, 2022 4.0 Pros The software has really nice functions and commands to use for scientific analyses. Can be used to develop various machines/circuits and/or devices using mathematical equations and analyses with simulations. Cons Matlab is behind the python in terms of ease of programming. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Automation and Controls Engineer Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Matlab & Simulink" December 20, 2018 4.0 I have used MATLAB alot from my undegraduate to Pros 1\. Functionality can be greatly expanded by the addition of toolboxes 2. Control system tool box is very useful to demonstrate the controls related concept. Root locus, Nyquist plots, transfer functions etc. 3. Help is awesome, each command and function is well explained with proper examples 4. Good for image processing. Cons 1\. The license is expensive 2. Takes a lot of space in RAM. 3. Takes a lot of space in hard drive. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Research Assistant Telecommunications Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Awesome for prototype, bad for final product." March 18, 2019 5.0 I have used MATLAB during almost 5 years for different tasks related with signal processing, maths and statistics. It is amazing how easy is to create a prototype and grow it from there. Besides, it is very scalable, due to its great vectorial calculus optimization, which force you to think in a non-for-loops way. Nevertheless, when your software is very big, i do not recommend MATLAB. I think it is not easy to mantain, it is difficult to distribute and maybe other solutions (which of course require more time of work) fit better. Pros · Ease of use. · Huge variety of toolboxes for different purposes. · Good (not great) IDE in last versions (autocomplete, error solver, etc.). · Optimization for vectorial calculus. Cons · Bad GUI programming API (too difficult to obtain a good result). · Cost: it can be too expensive for some companies. · Limited compatibility with open source tools (basic programming is compatible with Octave). 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