--- title: LabVIEW Reviews meta\_title: 'LabVIEW Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 192 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how LabVIEW works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.3 review\_count: 192 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: CAD url: https://www.g2.com/categories/cad --- # LabVIEW Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by LabVIEW but has limited features. Are you part of the LabVIEW team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! 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. * * * Seller [NI](https://www.g2.com/sellers/ni) Discussions [LabVIEW Community](https://www.g2.com/products/labview/discuss) Languages Supported German, English, French, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Overview by David Prida (Product Marketing Engineer @ NI) Show More ## Pricing Pricing provided by LabVIEW. ### LabVIEW Base $493.00 Per Year ### LabVIEW Full $1,664.00 Per Year [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/labview/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Cameo Systems Modeler](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Cameo Systems Modeler") Cameo Systems Modeler 4.3/5(12) ](https://www.g2.com/products/cameo-systems-modeler/reviews) [ ![Enterprise Architect](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Enterprise Architect") Enterprise Architect 4.1/5(24) ](https://www.g2.com/products/enterprise-architect/reviews) [ ![Epsilon3](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Epsilon3") Epsilon3 4.2/5(260) ](https://www.g2.com/products/epsilon3/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/labview/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 192 real user reviews. Implementation Time 3 months Perceived Cost $$$$$ Typical contract price $0k - $0k [Sign in to view](/login) Per Year [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Alex K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Alex K.") AK 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. What problems is LabVIEW solving and how is that benefiting you? In my case, thanks to my experience in robotics and automation, as well as the capabilities of LabVIEW, I became the author and developer of my own commercial brand, BEEPTOOLKIT - IDE Soft Controller. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic Review from User Profile ![Nitin S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Nitin S.") NS 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. What problems is LabVIEW solving and how is that benefiting you? I use LabVIEW for programming and teaching subjects like Communication Systems, DSP, etc. I have also used LabVIEW for my research and developed a multi-constellation multifrequency GNSS receiver using LabVIEW Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering") UM 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. What problems is LabVIEW solving and how is that benefiting you? It produces a very efficient graphical environment for doing logging and control of complex systems. I monitor HVAC equipment and control environmental chambers and associated equipment using LabView. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Md S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Md S.") MS 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 helpfull for real time data analysis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about LabVIEW? I didnt find any drawback. Nothing is complexity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is LabVIEW solving and how is that benefiting you? It deals with good analytical capability to show and help to bring good result. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Organic AK 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 forany 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. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Seller invite JD 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. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![Dave K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Dave K.") DK Dave K. President Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 4/29/2019 "The BEST CUSTOMER SERVICE in the World AND BEST Data Acquisition!" 5/5 What do you like best about LabVIEW? You can get help from SUPER SUPER SMART programmers who know EXACTLY how to use LabVIEW. The hardware is superb! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about LabVIEW? They are far away from me and they close early compared to Calif! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering LabVIEW: If you have to write a distributed EXE for a complex control program using ANY National Instruments AData Acquisition or ANY Comms then you will discover you can release a full 10K Medical approved executable in one TENTH the time as if you had to do it in C++ or anything else. PLUS. their customer service is EXTRAORDINARY. The techs you speak to are EXTRAORDINARY. They KNOW THE PRODUCT. It is AMAZING. I have been using it since 1990 from LV 3.0 in Windows 3.0! Even works on Windows 11! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is LabVIEW solving and how is that benefiting you? I write all my internal engineering data gathering, calibration, and complex math problems with labVIEW Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 1/25/2022 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Igor V.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Igor V.") IV Igor V. Director of Factory Automation Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/18/2022 "Labview is a very powerful fully comprehensive development environment." 4.5/5 What do you like best about LabVIEW? My favorite feature is that it can develop and deploy any distribution from an installer, web service, .dll, library, anything in a self-contained system, all from one IDE. The visual programming interface helps reduce entry barriers for other engineering disciplines. It is a complete platform for analyzing, debugging, testing, compiling, distributing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about LabVIEW? Being so versatile, it is resource-intensive; I'd like to see it offer more slimmed-down deployment versions. So R&D projects can go to full-blown production while remaining in the same development environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering LabVIEW: As easy as it is to get things off the ground, I recommend looking into other platforms as a product starts becoming productionized. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is LabVIEW solving and how is that benefiting you? We are developing software applications to run our proprietary pieces of equipment, consisting of an assembly of standard industrial equipment and some internally developed hardware parts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller BH Bruce H. Director of Engineering Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/26/2022 "LabVIEW Data Acquisition, Control, & Analysis - Best of the Best" 5/5 What do you like best about LabVIEW? LabVIEW Software Suite is simple to learn and absolutely the best of breed DAQ Hardware/Software platform for laboratory, industrial R&D through Manufacturing available. It has the most extensive set of I/O adapters and communication protocols available for any DAQ, Measurement, or Control Platform. It scales from the lowest level of simple I/O measurement to the fastest & largest system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about LabVIEW? Labview is highly customizable, requiring help to set up large complex systems correctly. Flexibility is an advantage for the experienced user, but the new user should get help configuring their first system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is LabVIEW solving and how is that benefiting you? We utilize development level LabView to create portable measurement systems for any measurement need. We can scale from one device to hundreds quickly with the large variety of National Instrument's Labview-compatible I/O systems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Seller invite SZ Shane Z. Power Technology and Qualification Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/18/2022 "LabVIEW automates tasks that I hate doing by hand!" 4.5/5 What do you like best about LabVIEW? Labview is a well-thought-out graphical coding language that makes interfacing with electrical lab equipment a breeze. It's easily transferrable between machines and runs quickly and efficiently, even on old machines. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about LabVIEW? Gathering drivers for old equipment can sometimes be a pain as they are hard to come by. Also, running loops in parallel will slow down the machine and even just editing the code by a ton. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering LabVIEW: If you need to interface with laboratory equipment and/or gather data, this is the industry-standard tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is LabVIEW solving and how is that benefiting you? As a test engineer, I spend a lot of time setting up equipment to run the specific tests that I need. After writing some simple LabVIEW code, the process is now instantaneous and even completely automated in some situations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ## Questions about LabVIEW? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. [ Ask about LabVIEW ](https://www.g2.com/products/labview/discussions/new) ![Yasser T.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Yasser T.") YT Yasser Talebi • Last activity about 6 years ago have you ever tried to decode it ? 1 Upvote 1 [ Join the conversation ](https://www.g2.com/discussions/26097-have-you-ever-tried-to-decode-it) ![Alex K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Alex K.") 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