G2 Vendor Directory

Scilab vs. GNU Octave

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricScilab

by Scilab Enterprises

GNU Octave

by FreeCAD

Overall rating4.54.2
Review count6455
Ease of use8.98.6
Ease of setup10.08.1
Quality of support8.48.4
Meets requirements9.18.6
NPS68.96551751.851852
Small Business58.7%66.7%
Mid-Market22.2%16.7%
Enterprise19.0%16.7%
Total page views230220
Total LLM citations622632

Scilab

Scilab is a free open-source software for numerical computation and simulation similar to Matlab/Simulink.

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    GNU Octave

    GNU Octave is an open-source mathematical modeling and simulation software very similar to using the same language as Matlab and Freemat.

    Pros