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Mathematica is a computational software program based on symbolic mathematics, developed by Wolfram Research. * * * Seller [Wolfram Research](https://www.g2.com/sellers/wolfram-research) Discussions [Mathematica Community](https://www.g2.com/products/mathematica/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Overview by Wolfram Research Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/mathematica/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![MATLAB](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "MATLAB") MATLAB 4.5/5(771) ](https://www.g2.com/products/matlab/reviews) [ ![Scilab](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Scilab") Scilab 4.5/5(64) ](https://www.g2.com/products/scilab/reviews) [ ![GNU Octave](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "GNU Octave") GNU Octave 4.2/5(55) ](https://www.g2.com/products/gnu-octave/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/mathematica/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 86 real user reviews. Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![John Andrew K.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "John Andrew K.") JK John Andrew K. PhD Fellow Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/22/2019 "Most complete CAS software available" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Mathematica? The fact that it can do both numerical and theoretical calculations easily, compose test, make applets that you can view and use in iPad too. The connectivity with wolfram alpha is a nice bonus! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Mathematica? Sometimes the engine fails to implement the command requested. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Mathematica: Use the documentation to learn well all aspects of usage. Then you have unlimited power with it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you? Any problem that requires CAS. Solving integrals, equations, etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 10/31/2023 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Harshit S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Harshit S.") HS Harshit S. Doubt Solving Educator Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/12/2022 "Place where equations come to reality" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Mathematica? Mathematica is the perfect platform if you want to visualise the equation you write on daily basis. The behaviour, the variation in the trend of a data. If you can write a problem/phenomenon in some mathematical relation, you can visualise it at Mathematica. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Mathematica? I won't say that i dislike something but i guess there should be more easy access to the suggestions and there should be more frequent tips to help the user to attain better results. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you? Personally i deal with a lot of mathematical relations on a daily basis and it's hard to visualise them but possible with Mathematica. For example in a nuclear reaction I can identify or visualise the shape, size and structure of nuclei by simply putting their equation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Research](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Research") UR Verified User in Research Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 4/5/2022 "A decent platform to visualize your mathematical problems" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Mathematica? I like the concept and the representation of mathematical data and equations. The best advantage of this is that we can analyze the shape and variation of data or systems in 3D. The library is useful and quite userfriendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Mathematica? Though the user interface is very good but still for a new user the tutorials and examples are not very effective. The nonscientific person or even graduate students face dificulties in operating the platform. To use this platform properly one needs to spend days understanding it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you? In my research work, I need several graphs and representations for my data. From nuclear shapes to contour graphs Mathematica helped me to draw some beautiful scientific figures. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 1/9/2023 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Higher Education](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Higher Education") UH Verified User in Higher Education Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 6/28/2022 "Mathematica was a life saver during uni." 5/5 What do you like best about Mathematica? Mathematica is extremely simple to use. The sintaxis is very easy to follow and it's a very powerful tool that works best for analytical solutions. I used it all the time in my physics courses, it can help you simplify complicated expressions or find numerical solutions to tough analytical equations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Mathematica? Having to upper case all functions and use brackets instead of parenthesis!! That's a minor thing but it makes writing long codes a bit annoying. My other complaint is that when errors come up when running a cell, sometimes it's very hard to understand what is it that is wrong. The messages are not very clear. The visualizations are a bit annoying to customize though. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you? Mathematica is excellent for physics reports because you can create Jupyter-notebook styled reports with equations and text. I used the math assistant a lot to put symbols that are commonly used in physics. It's also great for solving differential equations simply and easily, without getting too much into the solvers and whatnot. The default visualizations always needed reworking and that was always not great, but the tool is too powerful not to use it. Forgot to mention but Mathematica also expands and simplifies expressions, giving you alternative forms of a long expression which is useful to find the form that works best for your need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Nina C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Nina C.") NC Nina C. Research Assistant Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 12/27/2021 "Great for lab based research, steep learning curve" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Mathematica? I like that Mathematica has tons of resources on "how to do xyz" out there because it is so widely used. It works well for my research that involves data analysis and fitting Lorentz oscillators and drude terms. It is also based from WolframAlpha, a website I've used many times in undergrad. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Mathematica? There's times where I feel really stuck on how to get Mathematica to do what I want. Considering most of us used excel at some point or another, having that sort of drag and fill option would be nice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you? Currently, my research is involved in extracting the optical constants from raw data found from the ellipsometer. Currently, I'm in a learning curve stage of using this software, but other grad students have used this to fit to the types of terms I need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite NH Nathan H. Intern Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/27/2020 "A Powerful and Versatile System" 5/5 What do you like best about Mathematica? Mathematica is a great environment to create quick prototypes or to explore data with its powerful built in functions. Once you are very familiar with the language, it makes it very easy to pull big insights from data. It also has a simple to use documentation center, which allows you to see examples of every built in function. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Mathematica? Mathematica has a rather larger learning curve and it can take a time commitment up front to get up and running. It is also very difficult to build your own documentation for self-built functions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Mathematica: Mathematica is a great language to use for many different applications since it is very powerful and versatile. It does take quite a learning curve, so you want to make sure you factor that learning time into whatever application you are using it for. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you? I've been using Mathematica for data science as well as software development in the realm of machine learning. It is very convenient for data science since it is very easy to work with matrices and vectors in the Mathematica environment. The benefits for machine learning is that Mathematica is generic and list based, so you can store any combination of objects to a variable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Civil Engineering](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Civil Engineering") UC Verified User in Civil Engineering Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 12/28/2020 "Mathematica powerfult calculator tool" 5/5 What do you like best about Mathematica? When needing to verify a long equation you can use their calculator tool. The software will show step by step of hot they got to the solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Mathematica? Some parts of the solution steps are not show, but implied. It would be helpful to expand you those steps if the student is still learning what is being shown as an implied step. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you? Mathematica was used to verify solutions. It was also a tool to learn more about calculus. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education") CP Verified User in Primary/Secondary Education Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 11/6/2020 "Great way to understand concepts with visualization" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Mathematica? My favorite feature is visualizing equations with graphs. 3D graphs are such a cool way to see what it does. Other than that: ability to write scripts to automate is amazing. Really powerful tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Mathematica? Learning curve is a little steep initially which might scare people but if they can stick to it and learn then it's a beautiful tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you? Trying out different algorithms and trying different computing algorithms. Once you get the hang of the language then it's really powerful tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Irina T.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Irina T.") IT Irina T. Teaching Assistant Education Management Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 10/5/2019 "Super-Powerful Computational Software" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Mathematica? The thing that I like the most about Wolfram Mathematica is that it is incredibly versatile. It handles almost all of the facets of technical computing starting form simple algebraic equations, solving ordinary and partial differential equations to image/ audio processing and machine learning. Moreover, Mathematica also has incredibly powerful graphing and modeling capabilities. The interface is aesthetically pleasing and intuitive. The ability to add hierarchical cells is a big advantage and allows to format notebook in a beautiful way. Regarding the features, Wolfram Mathematica has almost everything you need. Moreover, it's ability to be integrated with C++, Python and other languages, makes it an exceptionally powerful application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Mathematica? The only thing that I dislike about Mathematica, is the fact that there is a certain learning curve, as Wolfram is a very vast language and it may take time to learn and use it comfortably. Other than that, there is nothing I dislike about Wolfram Mathematica, as it perfectly suits my needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you? I have been using Mathematica for three years, both in the context of my work and college. I have several applications written purely in Wolfram Language that I still use on a weekly basis. I have used Mathematica for solving differential equations and mechanics problems, building deep learning models and doing image processing. My most recent application is a function which takes as input video, audio or text and returns the key phrases and tags extracted from the speech/text. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Jackson M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Jackson M.") JM Jackson M. Statistical Analyst Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 6/13/2019 "Mathematica Review" 5/5 What do you like best about Mathematica? Mathematica is a tool that every company that deals with complex mathematical computation should have. The software has a user friendly interface but only people who have mathematical knowledge can handle it effectively. Mathematica can solve all mathematical problems no matter how complex they are.The software can also be used in learning institution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Mathematica? I have used the software for many years since i was a student, but for sure i can't see any disadvantage of using the software and thus why i gave all stars. Its an amazing tool for mathematician and statisticians. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Mathematica: Mathematica is a useful software when it comes to mathematical computation. At Kenya National Bureau of Statistics we use the software to so solve mathematical problems. It have proofed to be effective and gives accurate results. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you? Mathematical have been a very helpful tool as it helps us to compute the complex mathematical problems and get results within a short time. Some time we deal with mathematical modelling equation that have many variable, to solve this variables manually can take you days and there are chances of committing error. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about Mathematica? 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