MATLAB
Reviews
Star rating
Rank in Simulation & CAE
Pros and cons
Pros
- Ease of Use
- Features
- Data Visualization
- Tools Variety
- Simulation
- Mathematical Calculations
Cons
- Expensive
- Slow Performance
- High System Requirements
- Performance Issues
- Learning Curve
- Resource Intensity
Traffic & LLM citations
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Key stats
Adoption by company size
| Segment | Share of reviews |
|---|---|
| Small Business | 31.5% |
| Mid-Market | 26.7% |
| Enterprise | 41.8% |
Quarterly history
| Quarter | Reviews | Star rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q1 | 7 | 4.2 |
| 2025 Q2 | 2 | 4.5 |
| 2025 Q3 | 21 | 4.5 |
| 2025 Q4 | 4 | 4.8 |
| 2026 Q1 | 5 | 4.6 |
| 2026 Q2 | 6 | 4.5 |
| 2026 Q3 | 2 | 3.5 |
Satisfaction ratings
What reviewers say
The Ultimate Platform for Engineering and Complex Computations
“What I like best about MATLAB is its extensive collection of built-in toolboxes and libraries, which make complex numerical computations, data analysis, and matrix operations effortless. Its interactive environment, along with excellent plotting capabilities and clear documentati”
Powerful for Model-Based Design and Learning, but Pricing Feels Out of Reach
“MATLAB is a good tool for model-based design, and matlabsolutions.com is helping me learn it more deeply. This tool is also useful for data analysis, and it has been helpful for improving my understanding overall.”
Easy-to-Understand C-Like Logic, but Graphing Can Be Slow and Error-Prone
“We can generate graphs easily and also as it's logic is similar to C it's easy to understand,I am using matlab for studies from last year”