MATLAB vs. NVIDIA RAPIDS

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
MATLAB
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
MatLab is a predictive analytics and computing platform based on a proprietary programming language. MatLab is used across industry and academia.
$49
per student license
NVIDIA RAPIDS
Score 9.2 out of 10
N/A
NVIDIA RAPIDS is an open source software library for data science and analytics performed across GPUs. Users can run data science workflows with high-speed GPU compute and parallelize data loading, data manipulation, and machine learning for 50X faster end-to-end data science pipelines.N/A
Pricing
MATLABNVIDIA RAPIDS
Editions & Modules
Student
$49
per student license
Student
$49
per student suite license
Home
$149
perpetual license
Education
$250
per year
Education
$500
perpetual license
Standard
$860
per year
Standard
2,150
perpetual license
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
MATLABNVIDIA RAPIDS
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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MATLAB

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NVIDIA RAPIDS
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RAPIDS GPU accelerates machine learning to make the entire data science and analytics workflows run faster, also helps build databases and machine learning applications effectively. It also allows faster model deployment and iterations to increase machine learning model …
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Features
MATLABNVIDIA RAPIDS
Platform Connectivity
Comparison of Platform Connectivity features of Product A and Product B
MATLAB
-
Ratings
NVIDIA RAPIDS
9.1
2 Ratings
7% above category average
Connect to Multiple Data Sources00 Ratings9.62 Ratings
Extend Existing Data Sources00 Ratings8.82 Ratings
Automatic Data Format Detection00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
MDM Integration00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Data Exploration
Comparison of Data Exploration features of Product A and Product B
MATLAB
-
Ratings
NVIDIA RAPIDS
9.4
2 Ratings
11% above category average
Visualization00 Ratings9.42 Ratings
Interactive Data Analysis00 Ratings9.42 Ratings
Data Preparation
Comparison of Data Preparation features of Product A and Product B
MATLAB
-
Ratings
NVIDIA RAPIDS
8.9
2 Ratings
8% above category average
Interactive Data Cleaning and Enrichment00 Ratings7.82 Ratings
Data Transformations00 Ratings9.42 Ratings
Data Encryption00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Built-in Processors00 Ratings9.42 Ratings
Platform Data Modeling
Comparison of Platform Data Modeling features of Product A and Product B
MATLAB
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Ratings
NVIDIA RAPIDS
9.2
2 Ratings
8% above category average
Multiple Model Development Languages and Tools00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Automated Machine Learning00 Ratings9.42 Ratings
Single platform for multiple model development00 Ratings9.42 Ratings
Self-Service Model Delivery00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Model Deployment
Comparison of Model Deployment features of Product A and Product B
MATLAB
-
Ratings
NVIDIA RAPIDS
9.2
2 Ratings
7% above category average
Flexible Model Publishing Options00 Ratings9.42 Ratings
Security, Governance, and Cost Controls00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
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User Ratings
MATLABNVIDIA RAPIDS
Likelihood to Recommend
8.1
(53 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Usability
9.9
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.5
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
MathWorks
MATLAB really does best for solving computational problems in math and engineering. Especially when you have to use a lot of functions in your solving process, or if you have a nonlinear equation that must be iteratively solved. [MATLAB] can also perform things like integration and derivation on your equations that you put into it.
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NVIDIA
NVIDIA RAPIDS drastically improves our productivity with near-interactive data science. And increases machine learning model accuracy by iterating on models faster and deploying them more frequently. It gives us the freedom to execute end-to-end data science and analytics pipelines.
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Pros
MathWorks
  • It has a very user friendly library which helps users learn this software fairly quickly in a short span of time.
  • The graphical user interface provided by the software is really good.
  • The code that a person writes allows options for debugging.
  • One can visualize the flow of control of their code inside MATLAB.
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NVIDIA
  • Visualization
  • Deep learning pipeline
  • State of the art libraries
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Cons
MathWorks
  • MatLab is pricier than most of its competitors and because of this reason, many organizations are moving towards cheaper alternatives - mostly Python.
  • MatLab is inefficient when it comes to performing a large number of iterations. It gets laggy and often crashes. Python is better in this regard.
  • There is a limited number of hardware options (mostly NI) that can be connected directly to the data acquisition toolbox.
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NVIDIA
  • Its not flexible and cost effective for all sizes of organizations.
  • I appreciate it has hassle-free integration.
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Usability
MathWorks
MATLAB is pretty easy to use. You can extend its capabilities using the programming interface. Very flexible capabilities when it comes to graphical presentation of your data (so many different kinds of options for your plotting needs). Anytime you are working with large data sets, or with matrices, MATLAB is likely to be very helpful.
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NVIDIA
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Support Rating
MathWorks
The built-in search engine is not as performing as I wish it would be. However, the YouTube channel has a vast library of informative video that can help understanding the software. Also, many other software have a nice bridge into MATLAB, which makes it very versatile. Overall, the support for MATLAB is good.
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NVIDIA
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Alternatives Considered
MathWorks
How MATLAB compares to its competition or similar open access tools like R (programming language) or SciLab is that it's simply more powerful and capable. It embraces a wider spectrum of possibilities for far more fields than any other environment. R, for example, is intended primarily for the area of statistical computing. SciLab, on the other hand, is a similar open access tool that falls very short in its computing capabilities. It's much slower when running larger scripts and isn't documented or supported nearly as well as MATLAB.
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NVIDIA
RAPIDS GPU accelerates machine learning to make the entire data science and analytics workflows run faster, also helps build databases and machine learning applications effectively. It also allows faster model deployment and iterations to increase machine learning model accuracy. The great value of money.
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Return on Investment
MathWorks
  • MATLAB helps us quickly sort through large sets of data because we keep the same script each time we run an analyzation, making it very efficient to run this whole process.
  • The software makes it super easy for us to create plots that we can then show to investors or clients to display our data.
  • We are also looking to create an app for our product, and we will not be able to do that on MATLAB, therefore creating a limiting issue and a new learning curve for a programming language.
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NVIDIA
  • Efficient way to complete tasks
  • De-facto GPUs standard
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