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MATLAB is great for the MATH-intensive problems
March 30, 2019

MATLAB is great for the MATH-intensive problems

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
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Overall Satisfaction with MATLAB

It tends to be used by colleagues who have some form of background in engineering and, hence, are familiar with the software. As a scripting software, it is very versatile and is used to handle sizeable data, do data cleaning, perform statistics and visualize data.
  • Very versatile
  • Good for data wrangling and visualization.
  • Other domain-specific packages such as SimBiology can be added on top of base MATLAB.
  • Can be pricey for non-academic users.
  • Uses 1-based indexing, unlike many other scripting languages.
  • It gets the job done, but we limit the licenses due to cost.
For complex calculations, go with MATLAB; I can't even think of how it could be done in Tableau. But if one is not familiar with scripting and only wants to visualize data with minimal wrangling, Tableau will work just fine and comes back with graphics comparable or even better quality than MATLAB.
Well suited when complex calculations including, but not limited to, matrices, multiple dimensions, arrays, etc. are needed. Also, if particular Matlab-based packages are desired. It is, however, expensive for non-academic users, so for simpler tasks, other free open-source software can be considered. Dedicated MATLAB support also comes with the purchase, not to mention many training resources.