# Page 6 | MATLAB Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 6 - 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 6 - Reviews of MATLAB ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 126-150 of 2093 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Samridh S. Electrical Engineer II Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 2+ years ### "MATLAB as student and professional" April 17, 2019 5.0 Overall MATLAB is a great software tool and can be of great benefit to one's career learning the tool and it's capabilities. Pros I learnt how to use MATLAB as a student during my Engineering school days and very quickly I found out this is a very powerful tool. It has pre-programmed functions which can be used to make your life easier. You can also develop codes and run them to get graphs and simulations. It is extremely good at developing 2D/ 3D models where one can use it to identify poles and zero locations. Hence obviously I used it extensively for control applications. The Simulink feature which comes with MATLAB is an excellent tool which I think everyone should know how to use if they are a controls engineer. In the professional world MATLAB is used pretty much everywhere for simulation and controls applications hence if you know how to use MATLAB with Simulink it's a boost on the Resume. MATLAB has very well established help and libraries which is beneficial and comes pretty handy. Cons MATLAB is a powerful tool hence it's an expensive tool. As a student it is not possible for someone to be able to afford and learn this tool however educational institutions have it. Only drawback is you cannot take it home and learn it on your own. MATLAB requires also a very fast computer as it demands a lot of power. The only major con I see is using MATLAB in place of other faster platforms such as C, C++, Python may not fancy lot of people as it takes lot of processing time compared to others. Review Source Souleymane D. Training assistant Mining & Metals Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "The programming language for your scientific or technical research." August 21, 2023 4.0 Matlab is a programming language that supports scripts to execute sequences of instructions, and it has a vast library of functions. Pros I enjoy performing numerical simulations and modeling in Matlab to solve differential equations and perform data analysis. Additionally, Matlab allows for the integration of other programming languages such as C++, Java, Python, and others. Cons I don't really like the interface, which I find a bit complicated and not user-friendly. I sometimes notice bugs in signal processing with slight latency. Review Source ES Eniayedun S. Software Analyst Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "MATLAB is still the best software for computation by my own opinion." February 1, 2022 5.0 MATLAB has really been helpful in my business. Pros It is easy to debug, It uses a large database of built-in algorithms, it processes still images and create simulation videos easily. Cons It is an interpreted language, that is a disadvantage on my part. Review Source Mahmoud H. Electrical Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Matlab is the best simulation software" March 15, 2022 4.0 I've been using MATLAB for about 5 years now. I started out as a beginner, but now I know the basics and can create complex algorithms easily. The only thing I would say is that it can sometimes be confusing to use when you are designing your own functions and they don't work the way they should be. Other than that, it's a great program! Pros As a student, Matlab was the best simulation software I'd come across. It's easy to use, the user interface is intuitive and I love how there are detailed tutorials for each function. It's perfect for both beginners and advanced learners. I think it's a great investment because although it might be expensive up front, it will pay off in the long run because you 'll be able to use it for longer. I've learned how to make and use many of the functions that are standard in Matlab, including sin, cosine, logarithms and exponents. It's also easy to learn how to create your own functions and manage them so you can use that too. I think Matlab is best for beginners and advanced learners. Cons What I don't like is the fact that it can be very slow at times, even on new hardware. Sometimes, some features are too complicated. Review Source MS Mariana S. Student Medical Devices Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Perfect for a Biomedical Engineering Student " May 5, 2021 5.0 Currently, MATLAB has been working perfectly for me, this software has lots of applications, it can be used for beginners and for more specialized applications. I highly recommend MATLAB. Pros MATLAB is excellent for engineering students because it’s easy to learn, there are lots of tutorials on the Mathworks page that you can use, as a beginner, another programming language can be overwhelming but that’s not the case when using MATLAB, the environment is very interactive and easy to learn, it´s perfect for analyzing data, image processing, signal processing, neural networks, dynamic graphs. The built-in functions are very helpful, and the function help gives you a quick explanation of how to use the built-in function, which is perfect, so you do not have to memorize everything. Another feature that I really love is the add-ons, MATLAB has lots of add-ons and toolboxes that you can install and use, personally the toolboxes for Arduino, Solidworks, Simscape, Robotics System Toolbox, and the Statistics and Machine Learning Toolbox are my favorites and the ones that I use the most. Lately, I have been using MATLAB to export excel sheets and do some data analyzing, it would take hours in excel but I just spend a couple of hours to make a code and I run it and analyze new data, in addition, you can use the GUIDE to make a program for everyone to use. Also, Simulink is a very powerful tool that MATLAB offer us, personally I have used Simulink to simulate dynamic systems and the environment was easy and intuitive, I am very satisfied whit Simulink. Cons The only thing that I would not recommend when using MATLAB, connecting Arduino to read and graph voltage values, the data acquisition rate is just not good enough to get a graph as if you were using Arduino. If you want to store data and later do analysis it would work fine. Review Source Ryan L. Graduate Research Assistant Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Powerful and flexible computation tool " August 1, 2019 5.0 I currently use MATLAB in my research in plant biomechanics. It's a powerful computational tool and very easy to get started with. We use MATLAB to perform statistical analyses, organize data, and perform engineering calculations. In the past, I've used MATLAB in coursework for optimization, control systems, dynamic system simulation, and more. Pros I first used MATLAB as a novice programmer, and I found it much easier to pick up than C++, which I was also learning at the time. MATLAB is very robust, has easy-to-follow documentation, and an active community where questions can be answered. It's a great all-in-one software for research and coursework, and I know I'm only just scratching the surface of what it can do. The development environment is very flexible. Cons MATLAB is not cheap, which means it's pretty unlikely you'll want to use it for personal computing. Other than that my only complaint is the difficulty of displaying everything you might want to see on a laptop screen. It's not usually a problem on a desktop, but on a laptop the different windows can get crowded, making it difficult to see what you're working on in the editor. Review Source TZ Tina Z. Data Analyst Banking Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Matlab usage in data analysis and presentations" June 21, 2022 5.0 Very good. It is very intuitive to use and very easy to get used to using it Pros I love how it is easy to use for everyone. New joiners of the group can use it easily Cons I guess there can be better support for the things that we use at work Review Source AT Anik T. Graduate Teaching Assistant Computer & Network Security Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The best simulation and engineering CAD software in the present era" July 11, 2022 5.0 Overall I am using MATLAB since 2010 and still using it for my research and personal works. I could not find any alternative rather than it based on the availability of functions and options. It is simply the Best software no doubt. Pros I used MATLAB each and every day for my PhD research work. Even I work on it for multiple purposes like simulation, doing data visualization using coding, data analysis and optimization. Simply a best software for engineering students like me. Cons It is a very large software like 50 GB plus and it takes a huge memory of my laptop therefore I need to use a great portion of laptop memory in it. It should be compressed. It is also a very costing software for students. Switched from [Wing Python IDE](https://www.capterra.com/p/182470/Wing-Python-IDE/) To move to the best software Review Source VD Vinoth D. Quality Analyst Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Visualize Your Code here" March 11, 2023 5.0 Pros The visualization of data is just the Best thing here. Debugging is very much easier. Financial Analysis can be effectively.It helps me to design circuit easily and Check using the Simulation very much easily before making the hardware model. Cons It is costlier. Initially difficult to learn. Review Source HA Haitham A. Associate Professor Higher Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "An Invaluable Software to both Engineers and Scientists" February 24, 2022 5.0 Pros The variety of built-in functions and add-ons are great and constantly expanding with every update. The help documentation is quite good and provides enough examples to aid with understanding how to use the functions and its features. Cons The price. It seems quite high, especially with the many add-ons that are also individually priced quite high. Certain add-ons require that you also have, or purchase another set of, add-ons which can quickly bring up the price and discourage users from purchasing it. It would be nice to offer a bundled package of these add-ons with a reduced priced, especially for those add-ons that are frequently purchased together. Review Source VB Vaibhav B. Model Based Developer Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: 2+ years ### "MATLAB- One solution for multidisciplinary activities" April 13, 2022 5.0 My experience with MATLAB is very fantastic. We are using this software for automotive industry feature development. It is reducing our efforts and time by automatic code generation and automatic test case builder like design verifier. Pros What I like most in MATLAB is a solution for multidisciplinary activities. MATLAB provides you one environment for model building, simulation, testing and auto code generation. We need not to go for other softwares for various activities. Cons In my views cost is major aspect for least liking. Cost of MATLAB is much higher than other similar tools. Review Source Aniruddha S. PhD Student Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Everything scientific under one roof!" May 18, 2022 5.0 We all use MATLAB in our lab for data visualisation and also create new mathematical models Pros The UI is just amazing and anybody can start using MATLAB as it is. Minimal installation problems and it works amazing even on old machines Cons Sometimes it crashes on M1 macs and sometimes while running on a loop, the pause option does not work Review Source HNB Hercilin Novaldi B. Student Chemicals Used the software for: 2+ years ### "In-depth exploration of MATLAB: a review of recent features, applications and trends" March 9, 2023 5.0 I performed the frequency response analysis (FRA) on a Kuka robot, then entered the data into Matlab, I was able to obtain frequency curves, which I compared, which allowed me to know if my Kuka robot was vibrating too much to the point of modifying the robot trajectories when cutting the parts. Pros Matlab is a very powerful tool that offers a wide range of features for solving complex problems in many fields, such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, engineering and many others. It has an intuitive and easy-to-use user interface that makes programming fast and efficient. The pre-built functions and toolkits available in Matlab also save time. These data visualisation features are very powerful, allowing the results of analyses and models to be represented graphically. Matlab's data visualisation tools include 2D and 3D graphics, animations and graphical user interfaces. Cons Matlab is a proprietary tool that requires a paid licence for professional use. Although Matlab has an intuitive user interface, using some of the more advanced features can be complex and requires training or prior experience. Review Source Sandipan C. PhD Student Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A good application for analysis on small datasets." January 29, 2021 4.0 My overall experience with Matlab has been good. I find it valuable when running programs on small datasets. During large computations, it makes the system too slow and is not preferred for analysis over large data. Pros I have been using Matlab for quite a while now. It has the following prospects: 1) The user interface is quite simple and easy to use. 2) The Matlab coding language is simpler than many programming languages and more operations can be done by writing less code. 3) It has an integrated UI building tool, which makes it easier to connect the front-end and the backend of a project. 4) It is supported by lots of plugins that are easy to download and use. Cons During usage, I found the following limitations of Matlab: 1) The application is resource exhausting and the system turns too slow during its usage. 2) The installation files take up lots of space in the disk. 3) Although Matlab coding is modular, programmers migrating from standard object-oriented programming languages to Matlab might find it inconvenient initially. 4) Some of the important plugins required purchasing. Review Source Shankhaneel B. Student Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 2+ years ### "MATLAB is a fantastic tool which empowers your engineering requirements and advances cross discipli" January 6, 2023 5.0 Pros Using MATLAB as an embedded software affects reusability, and reduces CPU utilization time and memory consumption across various hardware. Easy to prepare and implement test cases and later store and visualise test reports natively. Cons Requires fast computers with high memory, slower than script-based processes on C or Fortran. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Graduate Research Assistant Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "MATLAB is great for doing data analysis, data visualization, and machine learning" April 1, 2022 5.0 Most of the time, I used Matlab in academic setup. I had used Matlab for implementing image processing algorithms when I found that Matlab already has some useful functions, like eigenvalue calculation, which one can leverage to avoid implementing them from scratch. I have used Matlab for data analysis courses and found it very relevant for the people who work on data and machine learning oriented industry. There are a very few alternatives to Matlab. Pros Matlab is a wonderful tool to solve problems using statistics. One can implement many mathematical models and algorithms using Matlab because it has rich API support, which already implements many math functions. Therefore, the users do not have to write every function and, instead, can leverage existing implementation for their work. Cons Matlab is slower than other languages. If someone can implement the same algorithm using C, which is very possible but time-consuming to do, it will perform much faster than the Matlab implementation. Review Source kB khoubeib B. Student Airlines/Aviation Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Matlab use Review" April 1, 2021 4.0 i'm satistified in the overall experience but i would appreciate that they add some tools to make it more intuitive and easy to use especially for understanding what the problem are and where are they exactly, also their types more intuitive and precise . Pros it is a easy use product that you cant use almsot for porjects with teams and it is helping a lot in doing work in distance, we even did exams using this tool so i recommand so much. Cons i don't like just one thing about it, it is in the use command interactive menu, for example, there is a lot of tools that we can't use, it's not so intuitive sometimes and most of the time there is some problems to understand what the problem is exactly when you have a code error. Alternatives considered [Wing Python IDE](https://www.capterra.com/p/182470/Wing-Python-IDE/) Reason for choosing MATLAB Because it is helpful for distance work with teams when we can't be all present physically we can manipulate our code files from our sides and then get the overall code. Switched from [CData Drivers](https://www.capterra.com/p/203124/CData-Python-Connectors/)[Wing Python IDE](https://www.capterra.com/p/182470/Wing-Python-IDE/) for some projects, python could be more easy to use and having more options and tool that Matlab don't have them or where you can find them in a harder way. Review Source SS Stuart S. Electronic Design Engineer Automotive Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Very powerful, very expensive computing tool suite" May 19, 2019 4.0 MATLAB is an extremely powerful data analysis tool; we have used it for visualising data both in real time and after the fact to find trends and isolate faults. The automotive toolkits are high quality; in particular the CAN bus support easy manipulation of CAN bus data for producing graphs and test rigs for components and systems. Pros If you can do it in software, you can probably do it with MATLAB! It has a vast range of functions from simple matrix manipulation (its namesake) to computer vision algorithms for autonomous driving. The MATLAB language has a simple syntax which is easy to learn, and code be executed one line at a time while testing and experimenting, or can be run automatically as a script. The debugger is also very good. It is fairly straightforward to produce functional GUIs which make a project appear professional and easy to use, important when distributing code to to coworkers or customers. Documentation is excellent, both within the MATLAB and online. Cons In recent years the addition of more and more features has started to take its toll on the overall responsiveness of the software; MATLAB no longer starts up as quickly as it used to and general clicking through menus and UI is more sluggish than in the past. Due to its ease-of-use there is a degree of abstraction in the language which slow execution; once a software module has been written and tested in MATLAB it is common to port it to C or C++ to improve performance. No MATLAB review would be complete without a complaint about the cost; especially if one has some use case, such as embedded code generation using Simulink, which requires several additional toolboxes on top of base MATLAB. The per-seat license cost can easily reach tens of thousands, which can be a tough sell in a world filled with excellent free and open source alternatives. Review Source Nikola S. Tutor Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The standard for research" December 12, 2018 5.0 I have used MATLAB to develop an app with GUI for hardware automation and data processing. I was amazed how well it worked. In everyday work MATLAB can be used for fast model prototyping and calculations. Anything you can calculate, MATLAB does it better. Pros What I like the most about software is that it can be easily used for anything from a calculator to programming full fledged GUI applications and simulation tool. As a calculator it's fast and powerful together with scripting functionality, the library of functions pretty much covers anything you can think of. It is very fast when handling a lot of data in matrix form. Parallel processing feature allows you to speed it up even faster. GUI customization and preset scheme is great. Debugger is very intuitive and the fact that MATLAB language is a sequential programming language allows you execute lines of code independently. Documentation is amazing! I wish every single software/programming language is documented as well as MATLAB. There is plenty of examples for any function that just work when you copy paste them. Cons The Mac OSX version is not developed well enough to take advantage of all OSX features in my opinion. For example MATLAB manages clipboard really funky on Mac. I couldn't get any 3rd party snippet clipboard managers to work well with MATLAB (anyone who programs a lot knows how helpful these are). I couldn't get third party editors to work with. Review Source NG Nikhil G. Project Lead-R&D Mental Health Care Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A systematic review of MATLAB" April 24, 2022 5.0 visualization, image processing, Pros Image Processing, AI/ML, Signal processing, Statistics, data visualization, data processing Cons Nothing as major. the only thing is it is on the higher price range but at the same tie there is not a single toolbox in market who is providing as much stuff when compared to matlab Reason for choosing MATLAB ease of use, working on it is easy, tracking and logs of data can be easily tracked Review Source AG Anand G. Assistant Manager Automotive Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best Simulation Software Available with Support to all New developments" December 4, 2022 5.0 Overall it's an amazing software to work with. We can also simulate software architectures on it which makes it easier to use. Pros The scalability of the software. The software is based on mathematical matrix and with that almost everything is possible. If you want to model a RC equivalent of a battery or you want to use a battery blockset both are possible. We can estimate the modelling and design efficiently and effectively. Cons Ease of navigation to certain blocksets is a problem. And i sometimes find it hard and get confused with normal simulink and simscape models... Both are difficult to connect with eachother. Alternatives considered [Scilab](https://www.capterra.com/p/125815/Scilab/) Reason for choosing MATLAB Has support and blocksets to different powertrains and I have already worked in the MATLAB environment. Review Source MO Mohammed O. Tech. Manager and Software Arch Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The best and reliable applications to solve all kinds of equations accurately" March 4, 2022 5.0 MATLAB has helped me overcome many of the steps required to solve equations by hand, greatly simplifying and understanding them. Pros I like the ease of use and the accuracy of the results in MATLAB, where you can simply choose the type of operation that you are afraid to perform and then work to enter the values ​​of the variables for what you want to calculate and then get the results, which can be printed or shared with ease as well. I like his ability to solve most operations Arithmetic, especially matrices, is very confident in the results that I get by using it. Cons I don't think there are any negatives, as MATLAB has a good reputation with all specialists, add to this the ease of use, which makes it the most suitable option for obtaining the most accurate results. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Student E-Learning Used the software for: 2+ years ### "An important software for enginnering projects" May 7, 2022 5.0 I have been using this software from second year of my engineering and performed experiments which are related to simulation, problem solving, graphical analysis etc. Programming language is also easy so it is perfect software considering all aspects. Pros 1\. It comes with variety of features which one need while problem solving. 2. The simulation feature is unique and gives clear idea about real time project implementation. 3. One can perform any complex mathematical operation on matlab. 4. Graphical analysis of any equation can be performed using MATLAB. 5. Coding is simple and can be learned easily. Cons 1\. It is paid and expensive. 2. Size of the software is also too much so configuration of laptop/pc needs to be high enough to run it smoothly. 3. It is little bit complex, one should have enough practice to operate it perfectly. Review Source Tilanka D. Undergraduate students Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Programming, Modeling and Simulation in one platform" August 2, 2019 5.0 This is the best software I ever seen in mathematical calculations. It has high performance, good accuracy and it is a genius software used in many engineering fields related to electrical and mechanical. Pros It has very easy programming instructions and user friendly interface. MATLAB can solve complex mathematical processes like neural networks, mechanical controlling, image processing withing few lines of codes or less selected options. It can easily use for activities like mathematical calculations, analysis of information, programming purposes with just limited technical knowledge. There are many tutorials for beginners and advanced users. Cons The main problem is that it is not free, if can be release a free version for student it will be very useful. Sometimes it is very difficult to understand some errors and mathematical errors for beginners without having good guidance. There are no special guidance in the software for options found in advanced simulations.Computer needs some higher performances to get best performance in MATLAB. Review Source NB Nahshon B. Student Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Best simulation software for education and projects. " December 16, 2021 5.0 I am a student currently pursuing the final year of my bachelor's degree and I have been using Matlab for the past three years. I have both types of projects, software, and hardware, and MatLab was useful in both. Inbuild functions in MatLab helped me with my software project. And simulation in MatLab before building the hardware product helped me save money and time. Eliminating the unnecessary results through simulation helped me to build the desired hardware product directly without wasting any resources. Pros Free trial in Matlab was the best since I was able to explore all the features of this software before paying for it. The representation of mathematical data in the form of physical parameters. It imagines features by taking in only numerical data. It has a lot of useful inbuild functions. Has an online version too. It has huge community ( a lot of other developers use matlab, so you can get help easily help when stuck) Cons The price is little expensive for students though worth it. some features doesn't function well on older version laptops. The UI is not convenient enough. Not easy for beginners, it requires time and effort to learn. Hard to identify compiler error. 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