LabVIEW Reviews & Product Details

LabVIEW is systems engineering software for applications that require test, measurement, and control with rapid access to hardware and data insights. The LabVIEW programming environment simplifies hardware integration for engineering applications so that you have a consistent way to acquire data from NI and third-party hardware. LabVIEW reduces the complexity of programming, so you can focus on your unique engineering problem. LabVIEW enables you to immediately visualize results with built-in, drag-and-drop engineering user interface creation and integrated data viewers. To turn your acquired data into real business results, you can develop algorithms for data analysis and advanced control with included math and signal processing IP or reuse your own libraries from a variety of tools. To ensure compatibility with other engineering tools, LabVIEW can interoperate with, and reuse libraries from, other software and open-source languages.

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Languages Supported

German, English, French, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified)

Solution Type

Best-of-Breed

Overview by

David Prida (Product Marketing Engineer @ NI)

Pricing

Pricing provided by LabVIEW.

LabVIEW Base

$493.00

Per Year

LabVIEW Full

$1,664.00

Per Year

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User Insights

Average based on 192 real user reviews.

Implementation Time

3 months

Perceived Cost

$$$$$

Typical contract price

$0k - $0k

Per Year

LabVIEW Reviews FAQs

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Last updated: Nov 04, 2026

What is LabVIEW, and what problem is it built to solve?

LabVIEW is software used for automated test and measurement applications. It addresses engineering and scientific work involving development, testing, and manufacturing, alongside hardware systems for data acquisition, instrument control, and machine vision.

What languages does LabVIEW support?

LabVIEW supports six languages, including Chinese (Simplified), English, French, German, Japanese, and others.

What company sizes and industries is LabVIEW the best fit for?

LabVIEW’s positive use spans small businesses, mid-market organizations, and enterprises, with recurring representation in engineering, research, and education. The most represented segments include:

Company sizes: Small businesses, mid-market organizations, and enterprises.
Industries: Higher education, industrial automation, electrical and electronic manufacturing, mechanical and industrial engineering, research, and automotive.

What customer support options does LabVIEW provide, and how do users find the overall support experience?

LabVIEW support is available through email/help desk and chat. The experience is mixed: users value knowledgeable, helpful technical assistance, while others describe slow responses or difficulty getting useful help.

What features or capabilities could make LabVIEW even more useful?

LabVIEW could be more comfortable to navigate and maintain as projects grow, and clearer learning resources would help teams get up to speed. Common improvement areas include:

Diagram navigation: Add zoom and navigation controls that make large block diagrams easier to inspect and organize.
User-interface design: Expand layout and customization tools for building and maintaining polished interfaces.
Learning and troubleshooting: Make documentation, tutorials, and error messages more detailed and easier to use.
Compatibility and collaboration: Improve version compatibility and make it easier to manage changes across projects.

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Alex K.

BEEPTOOLKIT - IDE & SOFT CONTROLLER. This is a two-headed dragon

Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/12/2025

"LabVIEW become the de facto standard for engineering system development there established its niche."

5/5

What do you like best about LabVIEW?

In my opinion, graphical programming and the G language should become an evolutionary continuation of text-based programming. All the prerequisites for this are in place, and the advancement of LabVIEW is progressing (though not as quickly as one might hope). On the other hand, perhaps that's for the best, as there is less competition. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about LabVIEW?

1.This is its cost.

2. Integration limitations in Linux for both the IDE itself and the software products created within it.

3.The cost of NI hardware systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nitin S.

Associate Professor

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/13/2023

"LabVIEW Powerful Graphical Programming"

4.5/5

What do you like best about LabVIEW?

LabVIEW is a graphical programming tool with a lot of toolboxes. You need not to cram the syntax for using LabVIEW like in C or C++ etc. LabVIEW will automatically run independent codes in parallel. It is easy to sync Labview with NI hardware and can be used for many applications including IoT, GNSS, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about LabVIEW?

LabVIEW is very expensive and is not backward compatible. That is a program called virtual instrument developed in version 2017 will not run in 2018 or any higher version. It is not compatible in non NI hardware in most of the cases and NI hardware are very costly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

12/18/2023

"Mech Engineer HVAC"

5/5

What do you like best about LabVIEW?

Instrument drivers that allow data acquisition access measurement equipment easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about LabVIEW?

I dislike the new subscription service model and the restrictions of using the software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/17/2024

"Outdated software"

1.5/5

What do you like best about LabVIEW?

Plug and play with National Instruments compact DAQ Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about LabVIEW?

Not able to use git to save change in no code design Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Md S.

Executive Vice President

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/3/2023

"Great"

4.5/5

What do you like best about LabVIEW?

It is very helpful for real-time data analysis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about LabVIEW?

I didn't find any drawback. Nothing is complex. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Aviation & Aerospace

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/6/2023

"Don't bother with LabVIEW"

0/5

What do you like best about LabVIEW?

Graphical programming very much attuned to visual thinkers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about LabVIEW?

The new SaS licensing model is terrible. It's akin to ransomware. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Farming

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/18/2023

"Good software for prototyping"

3.5/5

What do you like best about LabVIEW?

It has a lot of options for integration of different components and it supports also some scripting languages and it has good mathematical tools and control tools Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about LabVIEW?

The code that is written there is a spaghetti code, really not organized. Also it doesn't have any graphical inherited simulation tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Cyrus S.

Test engineer.

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/28/2022

"Great to uesd."

4/5

What do you like best about LabVIEW?

To use in monitoring the test value by devices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about LabVIEW?

I think LabVIEW is very useful in my work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Andreas K.

self employed software developer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/21/2022

"Great software for test and measurement - and more"

5/5

What do you like best about LabVIEW?

With Labview, it is possible to develop software for test and measurement on the fast track. Labview provides common visualization elements and functions for measurement data (such as strip chart recorders), which must be reinvented in other languages. LabVIEW is a graphical programming language. Instead of typing code lines, programming is done by drawing the code, with functions blocks, interconnected. Debugging is possible by literally watching values running in the wires. Though LabVIEW is best for the development of test, measurement and data evaluation software, it is possible to develop software for any purpose. There is a huge community of labview programmer and forums for trouble shooting and example codes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about LabVIEW?

The deployed executables are relatively big in size (nowadays, no real problem). You cannot simply copy the executable file on a computer, it is required to create a complete installer package that installs the runtime engine of LabVIEW too. The runtime engine is free of cost but also rather big in size. So even small tools may result in huge installer packages, which can take many minutes to install (at the first time). Also, when it comes to max performance (in terms of execution speed and data throughput), Labview has its limitations. (especially for graphical display) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is LabVIEW solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use Labview to develop my commercial test and measurement software product which acquires measurement from various instrument manufacturers. Besides the pure acquisition, it covers all required tasks, from recording, replaying, data presentation, data processing, and report generation. All programmed purely in Labview. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jeff D.

Director of Engineering

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/19/2022

"LabVIEW allows for quick Test Development"

5/5

What do you like best about LabVIEW?

Ability to quickly launch test programs and ability to quickly understand and modify old programs quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about LabVIEW?

Development on LabVIEW seems to have stalled. HSDIO still only supports 32-bit LabVIEW. Integration with Mercurial is rather crude. Really need to simplify the selection of a list of typedefs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering LabVIEW:

Take time to learn the basics. LabVIEW is an entirely different programming paradigm. You do not use it for text processing. LabVIEW is 100% targeted for Data Acquisition, Instrument Control, capturing results and displaying them. LabVIEWs Analog and Digital graphs are some of the best in the industry. I have yet to find any other applications or libraries which can compare in the graphing realm. LabVIEW is also the simplest multi-processing programming environment out there. There are only a few downsides of LabVIEW such as the extremely large footprint and computing horsepower needed to support it. I strongly advise placing LabVIEW on a dedicated computer without other resource hogging programs such as Microsoft Office products. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is LabVIEW solving and how is that benefiting you?

Ability to quickly modify test programs with a nice GUI interface for users who cannot handle command-line. Changes are easy to implement. The latest addition of JSON has improved working with other support applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.