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MathWorks MATLAB

Composite Score

8.4 /10

CX Score

8.6 /10

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What is MathWorks MATLAB?

MATLAB is a high-level language and interactive environment for numerical computation, visualization, and programming. It is a programming and numeric computing platform used by millions of engineers and scientists to analyze data, develop algorithms, and create models.

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Awards & Recognition

MathWorks MATLAB won the following awards in the Machine Learning Platforms category

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2026 Data Quadrant Champion

Latest Award, 2026

1 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2026

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2025

1 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

2025

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

9 Top Rated Capabilities

7 Top Rated Features

2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2023

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2023

6 Top Rated Capabilities

5 Top Rated Features

2023

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2022

2022 Data Quadrant Champion

2022

7 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

2022

MathWorks MATLAB Ratings

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86 Likeliness to Recommend

94 Plan to Renew

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Since last award

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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+88 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love MathWorks MATLAB?

1% Negative

8% Neutral

91% Positive

Pros

Trustworthy
Reliable
Helps Innovate
Client Friendly Policies

Feature Ratings

Average 80

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Data Ingestion

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Performance and Scalability

Model Tuning

Openness and Flexibility

Data Exploration and Visualization

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Explainability

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Average 79

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Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

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Ease of Customization

Ease of Implementation

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MathWorks MATLAB Reviews

Tahreem K.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2024

A powerful tool for technical computing.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates MathWorks MATLAB from other similar products?

MATLAB stands out with its deep integration of mathematical algorithms, advanced visualization tools, and extensive support for engineering and scientific applications, making it ideal for data analysis and modeling.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of MATLAB is its robust, user-friendly environment for complex mathematical modeling and powerful visualization features that help make sense of large datasets.

What do you dislike most about this product?

One downside is the pricing structure, which can be expensive for smaller teams or individual users. The steep learning curve can also be overwhelming for beginners.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I recommend MATLAB for anyone needing advanced data analysis and modeling tools. However, be prepared to invest time in learning its full capabilities and consider the cost, especially for smaller projects or teams.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Includes Product Enhancements

Cons

Less Generous

Anuruddh S.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: Initial Implementation

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2024

easy tomuse, but a bit pricey

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates MathWorks MATLAB from other similar products?

toolboxes, accesing data, interfacing with other language

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

data processing,machine learning, neural networks

What do you dislike most about this product?

text analytics,

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

buy this product, it is cheaper than others and relaible and no secuirity issue

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Vijaya Phanindra K.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Electronics
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2024

MATLAB for MBD and AI powered solutions

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates MathWorks MATLAB from other similar products?

Matlab provides me to work on the different applications which includes Model based development, Code generation and testing. I used it for Deepl learning related applications as well

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Model based designing

What do you dislike most about this product?

Sometimes application hangs while running big models

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Any Model based developer can opt Matlab as the first Preference

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Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Awards & Recognition

2026 Data Quadrant Champion

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022 Data Quadrant Champion

MathWorks MATLAB Ratings

86 Likeliness to Recommend

94 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

81 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+88 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love MathWorks MATLAB?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Feature Engineering Ability to extract and build features from raw data.

Data Pre-Processing Ability to wrangle or pre-process data to ready it for model training.

Data Ingestion Ability to access data from various sources on-prem and in the cloud and of various type: structured, unstructured, and semi-structured, real-time, etc.

Model Training Ability to train a model with a range of data sets that you provide.

Performance and Scalability Systems performance (time) and scalability end-to-end: from data load and processing to model creation and deployment.

Model Tuning Ability to fine-tune models based on monitoring feedback within the platform.

Openness and Flexibility Integration with open-source and 3P resources (languages, frameworks, libraries, etc.)

Data Exploration and Visualization Ability to visually manipulate, interact with, and explore data, and perform basic descriptive statistics and pattern detection.

Algorithm Diversity Provides multiple diverse ready-to-use machine learning algorithms out-of-the-box.

Explainability Ability to explain/ visualize the model.

Data Labeling Ability to annotate/label data to create a training data set.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

MathWorks MATLAB Reviews

Tahreem K.

A powerful tool for technical computing.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Anuruddh S.

easy tomuse, but a bit pricey

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Vijaya Phanindra K.

MATLAB for MBD and AI powered solutions

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Performance and Scalability

Model Tuning

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Data Exploration and Visualization

Algorithm Diversity

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Data Labeling

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Breadth of Features

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Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Data Integration

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