GNU Octave Reviews & Product Details

One thing I like about the Octave is it is free and very fast. To learn GNU Octave is really easy, the learning curve is small. The graphs and visualisations they provide are really clean and looks beautiful. The Numerical calculations such as Matrix multiplication, Eigen values calculations, SVD etc etc are very much faster. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Although this is free, there are some things which are not available in Octave.

Also, in the market there are many good open source libraries available who does the same thing. I have given 6 ratings because of the same reason. It is good language but not the best. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1. Very compatible with Matlab. There are only a few issues we have had in running Matlab code in Octave, and we have been easily able to resolve all the issues.

2. Free! I would use Matlab if it were not so expensive. We are a small company and so have limited resources. 3.

Easy to use. Lots of documentation is available online. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Octave runs MUCH slower than Matlab - our tests showed it ran at about 13% of the speed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Octave is the best utility software which i have used for starting my machine learning.It is very easy to use and it is also very less demanding on cpu so,we can use it with an uninterrupted experience.It is very good for Algorithm development and it is very easy to do data visualization on GNU Octave.It is also very easy to do vectorization for data science purposes.

The CLI version is very light on my computer so it uses very ram and cpu speed.It's is the best software to use use when we enter the field of Data Science and Machine Learning.Everyone must have some experience with GNU Octave. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The problem with GNU Octave is that it supports very less in built function than other similar software.For Example,there are several ways to do something in Matlab but only one way to do in Octave.

The Octave GUI takes more RAM and CPU load against similar software though the CLI version is very good.

The data Visualization takes a lot of code in comparison to other programming languages for visualization purposes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Simple to use and can yet scale a lot. Language is easy to learn. Most importantly, its a free software. This makes it available to each and everyone for use. The visualization tools are very informative and can be a great tool for demonstration purposes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The UI and debugging has areas for improvement. It needs a dark UI mode on it. Update channels on linux are way out of date. Manual upgrading of software each time is a bit tedious to do given that we need to use it daily. Support to load data from other sources should be added as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I have two parts of GNU Octave that are really my favorite: 1. The software is totally free, meaning I can use it at work in place of using up an expensive MATLAB licence which someone more technically proficient may need. 2. GNU Octave follows MATLAB quite closely int eh way that you can use many commands and pieces of code interchangeably. Most MATLAB programmes can be slightly modified and they'll work in GNU Octave. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As was said, the software is free, and along with this then comes the fact that it will not live up to standard of paid software; one of these features is that the software does not have a modern graphical user interface like MATLAB. Although this does not have to be flashy it definitely would be a big help and make it easier to use in the modern day environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I used it when I followed a course to learn machine learning "Coursera", I think it is a simple e good language optimized using matrices and vectors and the IDE permits to write code very simply.

Its good for base alghorithm Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

currently i'm using rstudio because Octave have limit for some evoluted algorithm like convolutional neural network Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Octave maintains consistency with much of MATLAB's function and utility naming conventions and has good plotting capabilities. Importantly, it has lower system demands and is inexpensive. Octave also makes it easier to use complex numbers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Octave's statistical tools can be improved. The user interface is slightly clunky, and can be made more congruent with that of MATLAB. Of course, a lot of users would like more MATLAB toolbox equivalents. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Provides the functionality of MATLAB that I need for my projects without my having to spend an arm and a leg. The Octave developers recently provided us with a GUI-based interface that made the software even more compelling. The command line interface still exists, for those who swear by it. There is extensive online support for all experience levels, from beginners to power users. Works on all platforms - Linux, Mac and Windows. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I can't find any reason to complain - the program meets my requirements completely. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The interface is intuitive, and makes a lot of sense to someone that has used matlab heavily before. A lot of functions are exactly the same in both matlab and octave, which is an additional plus. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Octave has crashed fairly often for me in use on Windows 8. Also, I find myself having to "translate" functions form matlab to octave fairly often. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Octave responds almost identically to Matlab and was designed to be Matlab compatible. And it's free, which is a big hit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The installation process is not even close to straightforward on a Mac. It also does not have a help menu like Matlab, so if you don't know what you're doing already, it's hard to learn. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.