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[Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Page 4 - Reviews of Wolfram Mathematica ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 76-100 of 169 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use VR Verified Reviewer Design Engineer Aviation & Aerospace Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best symbolic operation" December 16, 2019 4.0 Mathematica is very oeprational to solve mathematical problems with symbolic variables. It used to solve complex variables or design systems according to this variables. Pros Wolfram has good symbolic operation background and mathematica is directly proof of it. If you know what you are doing and how you are doing you can deal with highly complex systems easly. Cons At least medium programming knowledge required to deal with highly complex system. Tooolboxs and its documentations is weak. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Design Engineer Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Cannot Reccomend This Enough" August 15, 2019 5.0 Any time I have a complicated equation I turn to Wolfram. It's better than any calculator I've ever owned as it understands exactly what I type AND breaks it down and shows me each step. I reccomend Wolfram to anyone in a technical field. Pros Can solve any equation, shows step by step breakdowns so it is easy to see if a mistake was made in my equation, is fast and easy to use. Cons Sometimes I have to look up how to type out equations as I do not have access to certain symbols on a keyboard. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Graduate Research Assistant Higher Education Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Nice software for calculation and coding" September 14, 2019 5.0 I recommend it to everyone dealing with Mathematical Equations. Pros I have used this software for one of my courses related to Mathematics. It is awesome. It has a pretty capability of creating mathematical animation curves. It is easy to use, and it is powerful in computing integrals and derivatives. Cons Software is nice. I have not faced any problem while using it. The way it shows the figures is great. The environment is pretty as well. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Ingeniero en Entrenamiento Mining & Metals Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Wolfram mathematica wonder with its use in engineering" April 20, 2019 4.0 Pros It is the most powerful program for the development of scientific and engineering applications, it allows you to decrease the times of your calculations which improves the efficiency of your projectors, besides this it has many tools that you aplian the range of applications of engineering projects. Cons To be used they must have previous knowledge and in the same way it is a somewhat expensive application. Review Source Ivan P. Programmer Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Good for solving mathematical problems" March 14, 2018 4.0 Pros Its really useful for solving mathematical problems and I really like the way it gives the answer step by step also I find it easy to access the documentation although its not very helpful. Cons Its kinda hard to begin using it at first, I had to include a lot of google searching because i found it hard using the documentation although it was easy to access it. Review Source MMG MERZEL MARK G. Teacher I Education Management Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Wolfram Review" December 8, 2020 5.0 My overall experience with Wolfram Mathematica is that the software is great mathematical software but I hope that this software can run even without an internet connection. It can give a big help for those aspiring students who want to explore mathematics and science including the professions and occupations related to it. Pros It is a great software that enables to solve mathematical equations and expressions including those in algebra, geometry, calculus, number theory, and many more. It covers all of the branches of mathematics and even information technology and computer. What I like most about this software is that it capable to show the answers in just a few seconds. Cons The least like about the software is that it can run only with strong internet connectivity in a place. It cannot be run in offline mode. Review Source AG Alberto G. Owner Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Mathematica is powerful, but you REALLY need to know how to use it to get great value from it." April 18, 2018 5.0 Pros The capabilities and functionalities embedded in Mathematica are almost unbounded. You can create very complex models in every branch of mathematics and statistics with this software and, in addition, Mathematica can display the final results using graphics that can be entirely customized to suit your needs--from very simple plots to very sophisticated graphical animations. Cons The amount of effort needed to use Mathematica in all its glory is long and steep. Unfortunately, the logic and naming conventions that make Mathematica a powerful programming language are not intuitive--there are too many rules and obscure naming conventions that are not typically used in other languages. Error messages are not very helpful for new users, and frustration can quickly set in. Review Source Jim C. Lab Reseach Student, Belsham Lab Higher Education Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "An exceedingly powerful option for mathematics students" July 17, 2019 4.0 This software accompanied me through my high school and university career for all my calculus courses - it has been truly indispensable during that time. Pros Powerful, with step-by-step solutions provided for a lot of calculus questions Cons Occasionally, what is typed may be misinterpreted - there is a need for the software to ask for clarification when it requires it to reduce ambiguity Review Source Andrei C. iOS Software Developer Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "One of the best tools for algorithm design" October 15, 2019 5.0 Using it to develop new (or improve existing) Computer Vision algorithms. It has reduced considerably our iteration times. Pros It’s very easy to test new algorithm ideas with almost instant feedback. Easy to use once you accommodate with the language. Cons It’s not much not to like about Mathematica... The language is simple and the documentation is very good. Review Source Joe B. Digital Marketing Representative Entertainment Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Confusing learning curve, great potential" October 25, 2019 4.0 Great potential for a tool, but you have to climb a steep learning curve before it's useful. Pros Innovative functional syntax made it easy once you learned it. Flexible syntax allowed for numerous ways to code the same thing. Lots of resources to learn. Cons Learning curve was steep. It crashed a lot of times on my Windows 10 laptop. Frustrating run times depending on my connection. Review Source SJ Simrat J. Student Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Pros and Cons" May 29, 2019 5.0 As a student, Mathematica has been very efficient in analyzing data. Pros This software is really useful in manipulating data and providing expressions and equations. As a student, I have used it for chemistry to manipulate the math equations. Cons Sometimes, Mathematica is difficult to cooperate with and does not realize that some expressions are in fact equal to one another. However, the built in help is great. Review Source OCG Olga Cecilia G. Lawyer Legal Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A free math tutor" February 12, 2019 5.0 Pros Everyone can understand mathematics with this app, it helps you with equations, graphics and stats. I really like that they show you how to do the problem, making it easy to understand. As soon as you have master it everything about this app is great Cons Wolfram has a really hard interface, even people who use this app daily has trouble when it comes to using the interface. Wolfram can be really difficult to use for new people Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Research Engineer Research Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Solution for your analytically unsolvable problems" August 30, 2022 4.0 I did some analytically unsolvable calculation for my PhD thesis using Mathematica. The result was good enough for me to extract interesting physics behavior of the mechanical system that I studied. Pros Mathematica has a very easy to use user interface and calculates intelligently. It helps solve problems that almost no other familiar academic software programs (MATLAB, COMSOL, etc.) can. Cons Despite being not too expensive, Mathematica is not completely free either, while its application in my field seem much more limited. This discourages several entities from purchasing the license. Review Source SI Sandeep I. Postdoctoral researcher Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Technical computing software!" July 24, 2020 5.0 I had a great experience using Mathematica to solve research problems. Pros I enjoyed using Mathematica for solving research problems for a master's and PhD level course named 'Mathematical Methods of Physics'. Its great for visualizing the data and creating/viewing both 2D and 3D graphs. Ideal for technical computing. Cons Entering equations or math is definitely hard. Its difficult to understand the typos or mistakes, as the displayed error message is not easy to understand. There is a learning curve associated with the use of Mathematica. Review Source JB James B. Senior Software Engineer Insurance Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Good mathematical / scientific prototyping software." April 9, 2018 4.0 Good mathematical / scientific computing framework, let down by the fact that there are free alternatives. Pros Very simple to use language / environment for mathematical and scientific computing. If you don't have a programming background, the syntax is simple and very close to how you would write and equation. Cons I think the only issue has to be cost. You can the same functionality (and possibly more) from free tools such as Octave. Review Source MB Morteza B. Student Research Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "A must-have for engineers" March 6, 2019 4.0 Pros Mathematica is amazing! When you're not sure if an integral has closed form solution or not, then Mathematica can help you in just seconds! It's very powerful and is very handy. It's also very easy to learn! Definitely recommend it. Cons When working with MATLAB, all functions are in small case. But in Mathematica, the first letter of predefined functions are usually in capital case. So it's a bit creepy when working with both simultaneously! It would be more than great if these two helpful software have same syntaxes. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Research Student Higher Education Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Mathematica Review" December 1, 2018 4.0 Pros Mathematica is a useful tool for solving equations numerically. After spening sometime getting accustomed to the software it is rather easy to do many different mathematical operations which can be used to help with many areas of science and math. Cons The software can be rather confusing so there is an entry curve before you can use mathematica to work on more complex topics. Be prepared to look at outside resources as Mathematica's examples are very trivial and rather hard to get to work for what you are doing. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Webontwikkelaar Information Technology and Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "The real math-solver." February 2, 2019 3.0 It will help you get better at math but will also give you a bunch of frustrations when it won't work because you don't know where to find that one functionality. I was lucky we used it in our education and they learned us how to work with it. Pros It will help you understand Math a lot better and can do practically everything math has to offer. I used this in my education when I had some problems understanding certain mathematical problems. Since I ended my education I didn't use it a lot anymore. Cons There is a steep learning curve and it's not really self-explanatory. You really have to have someone around who is used to using Mathematica when you're stuck cause the design is a little old and not the most user-friendly. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Research Assistant Higher Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Strong tool for mathematician" October 19, 2018 5.0 Pros Powerful solver for differential and integral equations. The 3-D graphs for functions and equations are really nice. Cons It is not easy to learn at first. With the bloom of Python and open-source software, there are many substitutions for Wolfram Mathematica which are free, compared to the very expensive Mathematica. Review Source Alex J. Graduate Research Associate Biotechnology Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Graduate Associate using Wolfram Mathematica" June 11, 2019 4.0 Pros If I was ever in a crunch to get some problems done and had no idea where to begin, Wolfram always had my back and provided me with an example and steps on how to do the problem. Cons Typing out a mathematical problem on a computer is tedious and difficult. One small error can lead to a drastically different solution. Review Source PD Pallavi D. Research fellow Biotechnology Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Ideal software for technical computing!" June 25, 2020 4.0 I had a great experience using the Wolfram Mathematica. It's an ideal software for technical computing. Pros I like Wolfram Mathematica software because of its high speed mathematical calculation, instantaneous graph illustration, and 3D image view capabilities. Cons There is a learning curve to write or enter equations in Mathematica. It's easy to make mistakes. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Motion Designer, Editor, and Production Assistant, GMU-TV Higher Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Amazing and intuitive for solving math problems and calculations." February 1, 2019 5.0 Pros Every time I use Wolfram, I am blown away by how powerful it is and how intelligently it parses plaintext to decode the problem I am trying to solve. It has countless features and abilities, and solves problems very quickly. Cons There is nothing negative to say about this software. Review Source LP Lorenzo P. Studente Research Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Wow" December 8, 2022 5.0 Pros Ottime funzionalità. Sono rimasto sorpreso dalla facilità d'uso e dalla gentilezza dell'assistenza. Un programma molto utile e dal prezzo accessibile. Fa il suo lavoro. Cons Penso che non ci sia nulla da dire. Sono molto soddisfatto dell'esperienza complessiva. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Student Civil Engineering Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Student Experience" March 4, 2019 5.0 Utilized for multiple math classes. Was impressed with the capabilities, but trying to learn the both complicated interactions in the software and learn the course subjects was difficult. If you enjoy computer programming and understand the language, well worth it. Pros The 3D capabilities of this software are great visuals! The input was fairly easy, and the calculus based operations were helpful in understanding the concepts. Cons If you do not understand computer programming, you will not understand the language needed to input the functions and calculations. If there was an error attempting to graph functions, it was difficult to undo and ended up starting over several times. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Medical Assistant Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Unique, but does not have all the answers" July 19, 2019 4.0 Sometimes essential when solving math problems without a tutor’s help, but does not explain the work very well. Pros This software is very convenient to use for quick mathematical calculations and graphing. It has good visual representations and shows the work done to get to the answer. Cons Often the route of solving a problem is not very clear and uses information that we might not no as non-mathematicians and cannot use in our Calc 1 class, for example. Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.