National Instruments LabVIEW vs. National Instruments SystemLink

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
LabVIEW
Score 9.3 out of 10
N/A
National Instruments headquartered in Austin offers LabVIEW, a systems engineering software platform and toolkit.
$407
per year
SystemLink
Score 4.0 out of 10
N/A
National Instruments headquartered in Austin offers SystemLink, a software platform for managing system configurationt tasks, device management, software deployment, to improve system uptime and performance.N/A
Pricing
National Instruments LabVIEWNational Instruments SystemLink
Editions & Modules
LabView Base
$407
per year
LabView Full
3,206
per year
LabView Professional
5,344
per year
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LabVIEWSystemLink
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
National Instruments LabVIEWNational Instruments SystemLink
Computer-Aided Design Software
Comparison of Computer-Aided Design Software features of Product A and Product B
National Instruments LabVIEW
8.0
1 Ratings
8% above category average
National Instruments SystemLink
-
Ratings
Rendering and Visualization8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Parametric Design8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Collaboration and Sharing6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Compatibility with other software and formats6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Assembly Design6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Simulation and Analysis10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Documentation and Annotation10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Customization and Extensions10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
National Instruments LabVIEWNational Instruments SystemLink
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(6 ratings)
4.0
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User Testimonials
National Instruments LabVIEWNational Instruments SystemLink
Likelihood to Recommend
NI (National Instruments)
LabView is a great tool to connect your sensors to your data aquisition hardware. It makes it really easy to set-up a data acquisition routine that meets your individual requirements. I, as an engine researcher, find it very well suited for engine experimentation. For any other programming needs, i.e. not data acquisition, I would not recommend using LabView because of its graphical programming architecture. The architecture makes it a great tool for Data Aquisition but puts at a disadvantage when it comes to other computational tasks, e.g. making a thermodynamic engine model. For those applications having text-based programming is better suited
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NI (National Instruments)
There are definitely scenarios where NI SystemLink will be useful but just didn't work out well for us. I needed to be able to replace an EXE file on a computer with a new EXE to do the upgrades but I was not able to do that through SystemLink. You had to work with packages in order to perform this and I didn't want to revamp my distribution plan. We also didn't need to do any asset management or calibration documentation through SystemLink. I was excited about being able to view data from the test stations through a browser but our engineers need historical data available and everything resets to a live view when you click back to the UI.
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Pros
NI (National Instruments)
  • Being a graphical programming language, it is a little easier for a layperson to understand than text based programming languages.
  • The program has very good debugging features.
  • Support is good.
  • There are a variety of tutorials which make it easier to do something that you aren't sure about.
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NI (National Instruments)
  • Setup
  • User Interface
  • LabVIEW Integration
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Cons
NI (National Instruments)
  • improve the management of pc resources to use the minimum amount of resources
  • add a utility for zooming in the block diagram window
  • Improve management of complementary applications, such as real time module or dsc
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NI (National Instruments)
  • Licensing
  • Not able to see data from all test stations on one UI
  • Lack of data history
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Alternatives Considered
NI (National Instruments)
We chose LabVIEW over MATLAB due to the integration with hardware and the graphical programming interface. Also, the ability to use LabVIEW with FPGAs and real-time processors without having to make large changes to the code base or swapping to a separate programming environment was a big benefit since we don't know what hardware will be suitable for each customer application.
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NI (National Instruments)
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Return on Investment
NI (National Instruments)
  • We use NI's data acquisition hardware as well which has made it possible to get whatever experimental data we need to get for our studies.
  • LabView has made it possible for us to post-process and tailor the raw data to our specific needs.
  • With a responsive customer support team, NI allows us to expand our data acquisition and post-processing capabilities to carry out the kind of research projects that we would want.
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NI (National Instruments)
  • Availability to monitor multiple test stations remotely
  • Was quick to integrate into existing LabVIEW codebase
  • Ultimately did not justify the licensing cost for the benefit
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