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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (44.8% of reviews)
Enterprise (66.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
$493.00 Per Year
No pricing available
LabVIEW
Star Rating
(192)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (44.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
$493.00 Per Year
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Star Rating
(12)3.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (66.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about LabWindows/CVILabVIEW vs LabWindows/CVI
- Reviewers felt that LabVIEW meets the needs of their business better than LabWindows/CVI.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that LabVIEW is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of LabVIEW over LabWindows/CVI.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
LabVIEW
LabVIEW Base
$493.00
Per Year
- Recommended for desktop measurement applications
- Includes device drivers for NI hardware and third-party instruments
- Includes basic mathematics and signal processing
LabWindows/CVI
No pricing availableFree Trial
LabVIEW
Free Trial is available
LabWindows/CVI
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.6
146
8.3
10
Ease of Use
8.3
146
7.0
10
Ease of Setup
7.4
22
Not enough data
Ease of Admin
7.5
20
Not enough data
Quality of Support
8.0
129
7.8
9
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
7.7
20
Not enough data
Product Direction (% positive)
6.5
135
6.1
9
Features by Category
Systems Modeling
7.0
11
Not enough data
6.1
12
Not enough data
7.8
22
Not enough data
8.6
35
Not enough data
8.8
35
Not enough data
Requirements
7.9
24
Not enough data
7.9
25
Not enough data
8.0
23
Not enough data
Collaboration
7.9
25
Not enough data
6.4
20
Not enough data
Debugging
8.2
36
Not enough data
8.1
37
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
LabVIEW and LabWindows/CVI share no categories
Unique Categories
LabVIEW is categorized as Systems Engineering And MBSE
LabWindows/CVI is categorized as Other Integrated Development Environments (IDE)
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
LabVIEW
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
LabWindows/CVI
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
10.9%
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
10.4%
Research
9.8%
Higher Education
9.8%
Industrial Automation
7.7%
Other
51.4%
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
25.0%
Information Technology and Services
16.7%
Computer Networking
16.7%
Accounting
16.7%
Higher Education
8.3%
Other
16.7%
Discussions
How useful do you think labVIEW would be in programming and calibrating open source medical ventilators that are used for corona cases?
2 Comments
DK
LabVIEW is fabulous!! It is easy to use and many moons ago I used LabVIEW for a product called RespiCal which was a ventilator calibrator. It was sold by...Read more
Which language is used in LabVIEW?
2 Comments
AK
LabVIEW primarily uses a graphical programming language called G (or LabVIEW G). Instead of traditional text-based code, you create programs using a visual...Read more
What is LabVIEW used for?
2 Comments
AK
LabVIEW (Laboratory Virtual Instrument Engineering Workbench) is a system-design platform and development environment used primarily for data acquisition,...Read more
LabWindows/CVI has no discussions with answers
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