National Instruments LabVIEW vs. Siemens Valor

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
LabVIEW
Score 9.2 out of 10
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National Instruments headquartered in Austin offers LabVIEW, a systems engineering software platform and toolkit.
$407
per year
Siemens Valor
Score 7.3 out of 10
N/A
Siemens' Valor is a software tool in manufacturing and process engineering editions. Its manufacturing solutions enable utilizing data generated across production operations. The solutions provides a platform for gathering, analyzing and leveraging data from all machines and processes on the shop floor. Dashboards and reports provide views into equipment, line and factory performance, including enterprise resource planning (ERP). Manufacturing analytics for materials and automation of…N/A
Pricing
National Instruments LabVIEWSiemens Valor
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
LabVIEWSiemens Valor
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 LabVIEWSiemens Valor
Computer-Aided Design Software
Comparison of Computer-Aided Design Software features of Product A and Product B
National Instruments LabVIEW
8.0
1 Ratings
10% above category average
Siemens Valor
-
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 LabVIEWSiemens Valor
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(6 ratings)
7.3
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User Testimonials
National Instruments LabVIEWSiemens Valor
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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Siemens AG
Automate the process for DFM and DFT. Reduce rework.
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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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Siemens AG
  • VPL: component info from Siemens library server, component management.
  • NPI: integration with Xpedition Designer.
  • Easy to install and configure Valor.
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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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Siemens AG
  • Valor NPI licenses: we are working with Siemens to resolve the issue that Siemens doesn't check out the "command-line" Valor NPI Xpedition license when running Valor checking from Xpedition Designer.
  • Valor Process Prep: we discovered a defect in the product. Currently waiting for a fix.
  • Rule checking: Too many false positives.
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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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Siemens AG
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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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Siemens AG
  • Helps us establish a standard of work.
  • Help us streamline the DFM and DFT process.
  • Help us reduce rework.
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