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# Page 28 - Reviews of MATLAB

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Rafael B.  
Head of department of oceanography  
Civil Engineering  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "It has been very useful to perform calculations and visualize results."

February 18, 2018

5.0

PROVIDES ME A GREAT NUMBER OF SIMPLE AND ADVANCED MATHEMATICAL FUNCTIONS, AND ALTHOUGH THE MAJORITY OF FUNCTIONS ARE PART OF THE MATLAB NUCLEUS AND ITS CODE IS NOT VISIBLE, THE REST OF THE FUNCTIONS ARE FOUND IN M FILES AND ITS CODE IS AVAILABLE FOR UPDATED VERSIONS. ALL THIS HAS DECREASED MY RESPONSE TIMES BEFORE CERTAIN CALCULATION SCENARIOS AND ALSO HAS ALLOWED ME TO PERFORM SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS THAT BEFORE I WAS DIFFICULT TO DO FOR THE CALCULATION TIME I HAD TO INVEST.

Pros

 IT HIGH PRECISION, AND WIDE SUPPORT OF FUNCTIONS ALREADY DEVELOPED. IN ADDITION, ITS BROAD USE ALLOWS INTERACTION WITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF USERS THAT FEED YOU BACK. EXCELLENT GRAPHING CAPACITY.

Cons

THE DEBUGGING AND PROFILING TOOLS ARE NOT SUFFICIENT TO BE EASY TO USE FOR SOME PEOPLE. I HAVE HAD EVENTUAL SPEED PROBLEMS AND THE PC WHERE MATLAB IS INSTALLED NEEDS MRC SO THAT THE MATLAB FILES FUNCTION CORRECTLY.

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Daniel L.  
Owner  
Civic & Social Organization  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Everything you may want"

February 17, 2022

5.0

Pros

This software's so useful to make a thesis, data analyzing, university works, any type of numerical problem, and almost anything you can think of. They also have a guide that helps you with commands that maybe you are not familiar with.

Cons

You can program anything you want as long you know how to, you need to study the syntaxis and the way the programming language works inside the program, which can be difficult if you are not into i.

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AKE

Abdoul Karim E.  
freelancer  
Computer Networking  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Matlab, une alternative pour tous pour la modélisation et la simulation"

December 13, 2022

5.0

Avec Matlab j'ai pu réaliser toutes mes simulations sans avoir eu besoin d'équipements physiques

Pros

Très bon pour les simulations surtout, bibliothèque variée, facile a utiliser

Cons

Le logiciel pèse beaucoup, c'est payant et il faut quand même du temps pour bien maitriser

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rA

ratna A.  
lecturer/researcher  
Chemicals  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "MATLAB is great software for chemical engineering"

September 22, 2020

5.0

MATLAB is great used for modelling experimental data. It can be used well with chemical engineering problems related to solubility corelation. I have used it for empirical and semi empirical models. I have run heavy simulations with MATLAB. I use fminsearch algorithm inbuilt in MATLAB software

Pros

MATLAB has many ready-made functions. I have used fminsearch algorithm to correlate solubility data.

Cons

For developing countries, prices need to be considered, lowest price for student version. MATLAB software needs big space for installation.

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Joseph N.  
Software Developer intern  
Management Consulting  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "MatLab Simulation software"

March 19, 2019

5.0

University research project on Formula 1 Race cars telemetry data collection and analytics. We wanted a lightweight simulation processor with very excellent performance. We also wanted a simulation software with a huge and well-established user community

Pros

MatLab is very diverse and contains a lot of simulation solutions. It's also very lightweight, efficient and over the roof performance.

Cons

Matlab drive connector accessing all the files in the drive.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Research Assistant  
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Worth the Purchase if you put in the time"

February 27, 2020

5.0

I have used this in multiple classes and incorporated the code to absorb and process large amounts of data from experiments. It can save time and give great results if you are willing to learn.

Pros

The software can use linear algebra and other scientific math to produce, sort and process large amounts of data with just a few lines of code.

Cons

It take a few months to feel completely confident in using the software and there are some plotting functions that are just easier to export the raw data rather than try using.

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Kaleb-John L.  
Senior Firmware Engineer  
Computer Networking  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Fun Mathematical Modeling"

August 22, 2019

5.0

MATLAB is very useful when trying to understand mathematical concepts and is used to help with proof of concept. Being able to model data is very useful when doing research and development and MATLAB makes this very easy.

Pros

MATLAB is a very powerful tool that can be used for a lot of mathematical modeling once all of its tools are unlocked. It is simple to start experimenting with MATLAB with its easy to use command line type interface. Once you get your bearings, you can begin to write more complicated scripts with a powerful set of computations and algorithms at your disposal.

Cons

MATLAB is a bit of a variation from standard programming and scripting. This is due to it being developed as a math program. Because of this, there are some quirks such as 1 based indexing that you need to account for and may easily overlook.

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Rakesh M.  
Jr. Software Engineer  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "One of the best Designing and simulation platforms for engineers."

November 1, 2023

5.0

It is a powerful tool that serves as a backbone of engineering design and testing. It has various features that helps us in analysis, simulations and designing engineering graphics. Now a days Matlab is included in engineering syllabus. Since it has many pros, its cons restrict some users in using this tool.

Pros

It has wide range of features like finite element analysis, advanced numerical techniques which are essential for solving complex engineering problems. It has wide variety of toolbox and specialised engineering tools for complex solutions.

Cons

It costs very expensive to buy it, but it is worthy. You need to acquire vast knowledge for use this software.

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AS

Amin S.  
Head of Engineering Department  
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Best software for Engineers"

May 29, 2021

3.0

Overall, I recommend this software to anyone who works in engineering field. There is a lot of features that you can do with this software to make your simulations done.

Pros

This is the most complete software package for all kind of engineering tasks. It has a lot of features besides the capability to create your own models in case of not existing within the software. There is also the ability to write in its own programming language. It has a nice interface and also a good support team. There is a well-developed help for the software and you can find a lot of required information about functions of the app in the help section of the software.

Cons

Although this is a complete package for engineering, the software is very slow especially in the startup. Even on the up-to-date computer systems, it takes about 4-5 minutes to be opened and functional.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Engineer  
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Good for engineers"

November 22, 2019

5.0

I use it for engineering and scientific calculations

Pros

Easy to use: It is an interpreted language, being easy to write and test programs. standalone platform: runs on Windows, Linux, Unix and Macintosh. Contains predefined functions. It can be completed with toolboxes. Easy generation of graphics

Cons

It is an interpreted language, so it is slower than compiled languages. This problem can be reduced by using the Matlab Compiler.

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DK

Dennis K.  
Teacher  
Education Management  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Dennis MATLAB review "

November 19, 2019

5.0

It gives me the flexibility to choose the variables

Pros

User-friendly, it’s very powerful, and it’s got all kinds of toolboxes to work with. I enjoy creating functions.

Cons

It’s expensive if I were to purchase it through the mathworks website. Only good for engineering and math purposes.

Alternatives considered

[Wolfram Mathematica](https://www.capterra.com/p/171048/Wolfram-Mathematica/)

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Document Control Clerk  
Machinery  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Matlab, A Powerful Tool"

April 22, 2021

5.0

Overall, I am satisfied with my experience in MATLAB however I would appreciate if they added a few more tools to make certain tasks more efficient and intuitive.

Pros

This is an easy to use yet powerful software that can get the job done without all the crazy inputs and learning curve. It's software you can use in collaboration with others to get things done quickly and easily. At the same time, it has great potential for solving problems with ease.

Cons

The command interactive menu can be a bit of a pain. There are features and functions that are limited and can require some additional tweaking to get started with.

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TG

Tanmay G.  
Assistant Professor  
Civil Engineering  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "No research without MATLAB"

March 29, 2022

5.0

MATLAB is the life line tool for any researcher and product developer, greatly satisfied with their support and innovations.

Pros

Its difficult to even think handling a research problem without MATLAB. The tool boxes and simulation aid which MATLAB provide is industry leading and incomparable to any other package.

Cons

MATLAB is constantly working on adding latest features to its core module to overcome any difficulty.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
PHD STUDENT  
Education Management  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Matlab used to be an indispensible tool for students and engineers"

October 27, 2019

4.0

\- Machine learning class - Social network simulation

Pros

\- Extensive library for simulation from air craft to car engines to probabilistic network - Native support for vectors and matrices, code is very easy to write and read - Code could be accelerated using underlying C++ engine

Cons

\- Licensing is a pain -- I had to VPN to school to use Matlab on my laptop. - No GPU or FPGA support for accelerating execution of the code - Poor community, very little document how to write matlab extensions - Poor interopability with other systems and networking components -- that is why Python took over

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Pd.D. student  
Higher Education  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "best mathematics software "

January 29, 2019

5.0

Every engineering student need Matlab. Its uses ranges from simple ones like normal calculations to very complex applications like drone control. It also provide option of writing long codes and can process them which makes this Software a unique one.

Pros

\- wide variety of numerical analysis including matrices, mathematical functions, stochastic probability - ability to write code and use them in calculation

Cons

Large size of the Software which cause to takes some minutes to start

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Product Development Engineer  
Automotive  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Very Good Tool For System Dynamics And Control"

May 27, 2019

5.0

I used matlab for some basic system dynamics and control calculations. Highly focused on simulink package to create system dynamics circuit and get related plots for relevant system. Highly functional for both usage and calculations. Results are generally identical for real life results.

Pros

Provide all key variables (such ass mass, force, acceleration etc.) for created systems with good visual representation.

Cons

Programming tab is not very flexible like as other languages (python, r etc.)

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EH

Eric H.  
Associate Engineer  
Civil Engineering  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Review for MATLAB"

August 30, 2019

5.0

My overall experience with MAtlab is great. I would recommend anyone to use it.

Pros

I like most about Matlab is that it is easy to code and there are a lot of resources online that matlab users can use and find supports from. Unlike other programming software, Matlab is more like a calculation and simulation tool that can provide enormous help to Engineering work and much more.

Cons

I like least about Matlab is that it is not cheap and many people prefer to use alternative programs

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Anmol G.  
Student  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Too Complex For A Beginner But Very Powerful Tool"

August 8, 2019

3.0

Pros

It has a lot of functionalities. I used it for building automation projects in my engineering. The array of functionalities that MATLAB has can't be compared with any other similar tool out there

Cons

Very complex to understand. You need to be working on this for a couple of years to be able to understand, Also there aren't good resources to help understand MATLAB. MathWorks should have their own tutorials for beginners

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Student  
Research  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Matlab for Geophysicists"

January 29, 2019

4.0

Pros

Is an excellent option for mapping results as it allows you to create your grid matrix by using the interpolation method you prefer. There is a great variety of functions that make the processes more simple to understand and very quickly to obtain.

Cons

The graphic interface of this program does not have much resolution, so it's perfect for doing all the necessary tests you need before generating your final results.

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Brian P.  
Vice President  
Utilities  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "MATLAB is the pinnacle of numerical software"

May 26, 2018

5.0

I used this software to perform all calculations/modeling for my MS degree. Having come to the software with little coding experience, but a heavy math background, the software was very intuitive. The MATLAB language is one of the easier ive used.

Pros

MATLAB is insanely powerful! The built in functionality and packages allow you to have extreme problem solving power. I've used it for traffic simulations, civil engineering, numerical modeling, control systems and barely have scraped what it can do. The help community is amazing with a lot of open source code and user involvement.

Cons

I've not tried help through MATLAB itself, but the built in help is so so. Pricing is not clear but overall very high. After the student version there needs to be an intermediate level of software before the price jumps so dramatically.

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Maury M.  
PhD  
Research  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "One of the most versatile softwares of its kind"

August 6, 2020

5.0

I have used MATLAB for several years in the simulation and optimization of energy systems (solar energy and energy storage). Implementation of the models was really simple and the computational cost low.

Pros

Reasonably intuitive code with a wide variety of toolboxes, from statistical analysis to neural networks and evolucionary optimization, that make several hard tasks much simpler.

Cons

Sometimes integration with other softwares, specially ANSYS, can be challenging.

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MS

Md S.  
Graduate research assistant  
E-Learning  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "MATLAB"

November 5, 2018

5.0

Matlab is very handy for engineering researchers. Matlab is being used from normal coding to a complicated coding along with various toolbox such optimization, curve fitting and so on. I liked it very much.

Pros

MATLAB is useful for both students, scholars, and professors. It has lots of function and features. I used MATLAB as a calculator. I used it for coding, fitting and generating high-quality figures for publication.

Cons

Some features are not available in Matlab and you need to buy a license for it.

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MH

Macon H.  
Civil Engineering Undergrad  
Civil Engineering  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "There's a lot of possibility in MATLAB"

December 19, 2022

5.0

Pros

MATLAB was fairly easy to learn and get accustomed to. I used it mainly for statistical analysis but I've seen it used for structural analysis of frames using matrices. This is to say that it's a very versatile software and there's a lot that can be done.

Cons

While there are a very wide range of possibilities available with MATLAB, there can be a lot of legwork to do on the user end to get past the learning curve. This can be true for a lot of coding languages so this isn't really a significant concern for me.

Switched from

[Spyder](https://www.capterra.com/p/235569/Spyder/)

Picked up a different coding language, but I still use Python through Spyder IDE. Each for its own purpose though.

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VR

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

### "Excellent for engineering research simulations."

October 4, 2018

4.0

Excellent for running simulations for research purpose but not for repetitive industrial grade operations. For repetitive fast operations Python is recommended over MATLAB, at the cost of lesser inbuilt function libraries and documentation.

Pros

Inbuilt function libraries, GUI interface, documentation and examples.

Cons

Slow performance of ode solvers for nonlinear equations. Sluggish performance for symbolic operations. Slow startup. Graphics issues with AMD based systems.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Student of Electrical and Metrology  
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Very powerful engineering tool!"

January 31, 2021

5.0

As an electrical engineering student, this software has provided me a lot of help in solving and simulating my teacher's exercises. It is really cool seeing and creating waveforms, I enjoy it a lot!

Pros

This program, MATLAB, is that the best software system for engineering students. It is used for multiple functions and has several toolboxes. Also, I would say it is user-friendly, it's not the best comparing other software, but it's OK! It is good for new students, learners, enthusiasts, and for those who want to learn and apply knowledge about electrical circuits.

Cons

In fact, it takes some time to learn MATLAB, I would recommend you watch some youtube videos or your teacher to help you out if you're a student like me. Also, MATLAB requires some RAM, so I wouldn't recommend you using an old computer.

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