# Mathematica Reviews **Vendor:** Wolfram Research **Category:** [Simulation & CAE Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/simulation-cae) **Average Rating:** 4.1/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 86 ## About Mathematica Mathematica is a computational software program based on symbolic mathematics, developed by Wolfram Research. ## Mathematica Reviews ### 1. Equations made easy **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Saisundararam R. | Design Engineer, Warehousing, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 17, 2017 **What do you like best about Mathematica?** The easiness in building a code to generate perfect graphical representations is quite commendable **What do you dislike about Mathematica?** As a suggestion, ddding more shortcuts would be feasible in the next update **What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you?** This product was helpful in generating design analysis of the server for various loading conditions ### 2. Strong tool for symbolic computation **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Higher Education | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 30, 2017 **What do you like best about Mathematica?** multivariate libraries, cluster computation, great 2D and 3D symbolic representation in great understanding of data **What do you dislike about Mathematica?** wollfram language is little tough to understand, hence i learnt it online and then tried on my project **What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you?** Have used for Data mining tools such as cluster analysis, sequence alignment and pattern matching for the purpose fo projects related to petroleum engineering, Analyzed the effect of fracture width on proppant distribution in primary fractures in low permeability reservoirs. ### 3. Good tool **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Akshay V. | Staff Professional, Civil Engineering, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 18, 2017 **What do you like best about Mathematica?** Mathematica has a good user interface with easy programming and understanding for the software. **What do you dislike about Mathematica?** I think mathematica has a little complex way of entering the mathematical equations. **What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you?** Used it for solving an equation in one of my projects and was helpful. ### 4. Cool Mathematics Program and fun playing with equations **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Chetan J. | Retail Sales Head , Chemicals, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 20, 2017 **What do you like best about Mathematica?** We can create a graphical output, that is the best thing I like about **What do you dislike about Mathematica?** Takes time to understand and not much user friendly **What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you?** Generate design analysis of server for different loading condition and also to solve complex equations ### 5. maths equations made easy to work with **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Dhaval B. | Senior DevOps Engineer, Hospital & Health Care, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 20, 2017 **What do you like best about Mathematica?** The best part about mathematica is instant dynamic interactivity and high impact visualization **What do you dislike about Mathematica?** more shortcut keys if added will be help ful. **What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you?** Used it for design purpose to design the load balancing f a server under different conditions ### 6. Tool to solve equations **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Automotive | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 01, 2017 **What do you like best about Mathematica?** Compared to Matlab simulink. Mathematica user interface is very easy and syntax codes are very liberal compared to matlab and we can solve a prob easily using mathematica **What do you dislike about Mathematica?** Mathematica has so many limitations its very elaborative kind of tool where we have to enter everything instead of using shortcuts **What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have used to convective heat transfer of a boiler where I have to iterate 100 iterations for diff load conditions and temps where I got good results which increased the efficiency ### 7. Playing with N variables for a output **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Hospital & Health Care | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 06, 2017 **What do you like best about Mathematica?** When you have more than one input which are dependent with a relation then plotting result for this kind of problems using mathematica is easy bu writing a simple code **What do you dislike about Mathematica?** There are lots of limitations and we cant solve all kinds problems. There are no shortcuts in this tool **What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have used to plot results for a health service . How can we improve the business by validating the results of previous years and studied using mathematica graphically ### 8. The state of the art in technical computing **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Automotive | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 21, 2017 **What do you like best about Mathematica?** he best piece of mathematica is we can give manufacture a code for N number of contributions to get am yield which is graphical portrayal. Multiple Undo. Basic Machine Learning,Unit Testing etc. **What do you dislike about Mathematica?** There are no easy routes and interface isn't that easy to understand. No support for some key modern OSX features (ehem, scrollbars?). **What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have utilized this apparatus to create outline investigation of a server for various stacking conditions. ### 9. Working with equations efficiently **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** BALA RAHUL REDDY D. | Quality Assurance Analyst, Information Technology and Services, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 14, 2017 **What do you like best about Mathematica?** I found it very comfortable in building a code to generate graphical representations **What do you dislike about Mathematica?** Adding shortcuts would be feasible in the next update along with easier UI **What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you?** generating design analysis of a server for many loading conditions ### 10. Working with equations made easy **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Venkat R. | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 14, 2017 **What do you like best about Mathematica?** Building a code to generate graphical representations from the output **What do you dislike about Mathematica?** Difficult to use the system without many shortcut options **What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have used this to generate design analysis of a server for different loading conditions ### 11. The most effective numerical calculation program **Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Computer Software | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 12, 2017 **What do you like best about Mathematica?** Simple to learn yet able to do exceptionally complex operations and usefulness. You can control threading, for instance. The local capacities are demonstrated by their capitalization. **What do you dislike about Mathematica?** Mathematica has such huge numbers of constraints . In the event that there is a major condition we need to enter it physically and there are no alternate ways to use to make the procedure simple. **What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you?** Unraveling frameworks of standard and halfway differential conditions, non-straight displaying ### 12. Dealing with higher order differential equations made easy **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Aviation & Aerospace | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 21, 2017 **What do you like best about Mathematica?** Best part of this tool is we can use this tool to deal with any kind of problem like thermal, static , production management etc by just writing a code for related equations **What do you dislike about Mathematica?** The syntaxes are very particular And there are no shortcuts to enter higher order polynomials **What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have used this tool to deal with comparision of air craft wing for 2 different materials ### 13. Solving Higher order polynomials easily **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 21, 2017 **What do you like best about Mathematica?** Using this tool we can compare results of model for the output which is dependent on higher order polynomial input easily by just writing one code **What do you dislike about Mathematica?** There are no shortcuts to enter higher order equations and also error debugging is very tough **What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have used this tool to solve a thermal conduction problem which is dependent in various variables which are changing to calculate effieciecy ### 14. Working with equations made easy **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Nanditha S. | Associate Data Analyst, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 12, 2017 **What do you like best about Mathematica?** Easiness in building a code to generate perfect graphical representations **What do you dislike about Mathematica?** Adding shortcuts would be feasible in the next update **What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you?** To generate design analysis of a server for various loading conditions ### 15. Playing with equations for plotting results **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 19, 2017 **What do you like best about Mathematica?** We can easily solve any kind of thermal or static problems for N number of inputs to get a graphical representation by writing one code **What do you dislike about Mathematica?** Interface is not that easy to handle for beginners and also there are no shortcuts to enter the code **What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have used to study the thermal analysis of CNC tool for variable production process and inputs ### 16. Solving higher order differential equations **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in E-Learning | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 28, 2017 **What do you like best about Mathematica?** We can easily represent a 2D data into 3D representation in order to study the problem easily **What do you dislike about Mathematica?** There are no shortcuts to enter the larger order polynomials easily and also there are so many bugs in this tool **What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have used in my school to solve a mathematical project which consists of 10th order differential equation ### 17. I really like to use mathematica in order to create functions. **Rating:** 2.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Marketing and Advertising | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 24, 2017 **What do you like best about Mathematica?** What I like most is its console mode as it allows me to define my problems quickly. **What do you dislike about Mathematica?** Sometimes it is difficult to handle due to its simplicity. **What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you?** I usually use it to solve maximation problems. ### 18. Visualisatiion and solving of cluster of data **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 20, 2017 **What do you like best about Mathematica?** it can easily solve Higher order differential equations very easily by just writing one code **What do you dislike about Mathematica?** There are no shortcuts to enter input data and there are so many limitations in coding where syntaxes are complicated **What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have used in my school to solve 10 order differential equations and also in web designing to encrypt 2D and 3D data visually ### 19. Depicting 2D information in 3D format **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Logistics and Supply Chain | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 27, 2017 **What do you like best about Mathematica?** Best part is we can easily solve higher order differential equations with ease to plot 3D results **What do you dislike about Mathematica?** Coding using this tool is a lengthy process and there are no shortcuts **What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have used this tool to generate results of a rail track production process for diffrent material study and its behaviour to optimize the material ### 20. Working with conditions and numerous information sources **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 20, 2017 **What do you like best about Mathematica?** the best piece of mathematica is we can give assemble a code for N number of contributions to get an output which is graphical portrayal **What do you dislike about Mathematica?** there ane no alternate ways like shortcuts and intterface isnt that easy to use **What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have utilized this tool to create outline examination of a server for various stacking conditions. ### 21. Equations and coding solves the problem **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Automotive | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 05, 2017 **What do you like best about Mathematica?** We can write a code very easily by manually entering equations using simple syntaxes and plotting results for N numer of iterations **What do you dislike about Mathematica?** We cant use any kind of shortcuts and we have to be very precise while coding because debugging is very difficult **What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have used this tool to solve a thermal conduction problem to get the better efficiency of system ### 22. Working with conditions and various data sources **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Civil Engineering | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 20, 2017 **What do you like best about Mathematica?** The best bit of mathematica is we can give gather a code for N number of commitments to get am yield which is graphical depiction **What do you dislike about Mathematica?** There are no substitute ways and interface isn't that simple to utilize **What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have used this device to make diagram examination of a server for different stacking conditions ### 23. Tool for visualization in 2d and 3d **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Oil & Energy | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 28, 2017 **What do you like best about Mathematica?** The best part is tools for visualization and Import and export filters for data, images, video, sound, computer-aided design (CAD). **What do you dislike about Mathematica?** User interface is tricky for an amateur to understand , it can be updated **What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you?** Performed analysis on behavior modelling and transient analysis for a circuit framed using simulink ### 24. Symbolic computation of mathematics **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Automotive | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 20, 2017 **What do you like best about Mathematica?** The best part of mathematica is its graphical capabilities to make it very useful for plotting all kinds of data and functions **What do you dislike about Mathematica?** wolfram language is necessary to learn to use this tool **What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you?** Have used mathematica to obtain risk management in an industry to solve issues ### 25. Working with equations and multiple inputs **Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 12, 2017 **What do you like best about Mathematica?** The best part of mathematica is we can give build a code for N number of inputs to get am output which is graphical representation **What do you dislike about Mathematica?** There are no shortcuts and interface is not that user friendly **What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have used this tool to generate design analysis of a server for different loading conditions ### 26. Working with equations is made simple and enjoyable **Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 19, 2017 **What do you like best about Mathematica?** Accurate graphical results are generated using quite simple coding **What do you dislike about Mathematica?** Lack of shortcut buttons for the tools , if that can be added in the update it will be easy to use **Recommendations to others considering Mathematica:** Just about the shortcut update **What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you?** developed design analysis of a server for various conditions using multiple loads ### 27. Good for symbolic computation programming **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Semiconductors | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 17, 2017 **What do you like best about Mathematica?** Multiple undos available, mathematical and high performance computing makes its results better than other softwares **What do you dislike about Mathematica?** No updates to RLink, compile or C code generation , this can be updated **Recommendations to others considering Mathematica:** No recommendations **What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you?** used for geovisualization results in 3d for a project of microschip designing for geo satellite ### 28. Working with equations and multiple inputs **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 17, 2017 **What do you like best about Mathematica?** The best part about this tool is that we can give build a code for N number of inputs to get an output as a graphical representation **What do you dislike about Mathematica?** Thed interface is not that user friendly **What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you?** we have used this tool to create design analysis of our server ### 29. Playing with equations **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Design | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 02, 2017 **What do you like best about Mathematica?** Best part of mathematica is Unlike matlab it has very user friendly interface and syntaxes are easily understandable by beginers **What do you dislike about Mathematica?** There are no shortcuts for entering big equations in order to solve a dynamic response **What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have used this tool to plot results of a pnp transistor for diffrenet current and voltage inputs ### 30. Working with equations and multiple inputs **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Human Resources | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 03, 2017 **What do you like best about Mathematica?** The best part of mathematica is we can give build a code for N number of inputs to get am output which is graphical representation **What do you dislike about Mathematica?** There are no shortcuts and interface is not that user friendly **What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have used this tool to generate design analysis of a server for different loading conditions ### 31. Working with multiple inputs **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 09, 2017 **What do you like best about Mathematica?** The fact that we can give build a code for N number of inputs to visualize it as a graphical representation **What do you dislike about Mathematica?** UI needs to be improved along with some shortcuts **What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have used this tool to create a design analysis of a model for various loading conditions ### 32. Working with equations and multiple inputs **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Human Resources | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 09, 2017 **What do you like best about Mathematica?** The fact that we can build a code for N number of inputs to get an output in a graphical representation **What do you dislike about Mathematica?** More efforts could be made on the UI and shortcuts **What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you?** We have used this tool to generate design analysis of a server for different loading conditions ### 33. Working with equations **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 17, 2017 **What do you like best about Mathematica?** I can easily create very understandable graphical representations using m code **What do you dislike about Mathematica?** UI is fairly good. But more shortcuts could be added **What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have used this system to generate design analysis of a server in different loading conditions ### 34. Mathematica Review **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 17, 2017 **What do you like best about Mathematica?** Working with equations made easy Easiness in building a code to generate perfect graphical representations **What do you dislike about Mathematica?** Adding shortcuts would be feasible in the next update **What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you?** To generate design analysis of a server for various loading conditions ### 35. Great for simple or complex work **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Defense & Space | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 05, 2017 **What do you like best about Mathematica?** Easy to learn but capable of very sophisticated operations and functionality. You can control threading, for example. The native functions are indicated by their capitalization. Symbols can be used (like Greek letters) as variables. Formatting options make complex expressions easier to follow. Interactive graphics -- you can give a seminar using a Mathematica notebook to illustrate your discussion. Image processing power added in the last ~5 years is impressive. Great support community, including example notebooks showing physical, biological, engineering, etc. processes and ideas. **What do you dislike about Mathematica?** Commenting style mildly annoying. In general I like being able to expand or collapse sections but sometimes it gets confusing. Sometimes when it's buggy you just need to quit & restart the kernel. **Recommendations to others considering Mathematica:** Try Wolfram Alpha's site and see what you think. The full Mathematica has similar language but (of course) far more options and capabilities. **What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you?** We take and analyze data from lab experiments using Mathematica. Most of our data is images. We turn the images into arrays, manipulate them, extract calculations and information from them, then turn them into other plots and images. Also great for use with intern students and courses since it's easy to learn. ### 36. Easy to learn programming for intense math! **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Environmental Services | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** November 14, 2017 **What do you like best about Mathematica?** I like that the programming technique is somewhat intuitive. **What do you dislike about Mathematica?** I dislike the limited visualization techniques available. **What problems is Mathematica solving and how is that benefiting you?** Solving complex equations, which improved productivity. ## Mathematica Discussions - [Is Mathematica used in industry?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-mathematica-used-in-industry) - 1 comment - [Is Mathematica better than Matlab?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-mathematica-better-than-matlab) - 1 comment - [View Mathematica pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/mathematica/reviews?page=2§ion=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-23+06%3A55%3A05+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=49a9467d-8c29-4496-a345-8a5b27d67fa5&secure%5Btoken%5D=bb02cb2c6868c9ac64c1db3dfbe8aaa39472c757b3732bc4e403390c9dd0ae02&format=llm_user) ## Mathematica Features **Design** - 3D/solid modeling Tools - Drawing Tools - Editing Tools - Rendering tools **Tools** - Fluid analysis - Finite element analysis - Multibody dynamics **Work** - Discrete event modeling - Continuous event modeling - Mechanical event simulation - Manufacturing process simulation - Integrate **Environment** - Hardware support - Task - Manage Multiple Profiles - Command Clarity ## Top Mathematica Alternatives - [MATLAB](https://www.g2.com/products/matlab/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (749 reviews) - [Scilab](https://www.g2.com/products/scilab/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (58 reviews) - [GNU Octave](https://www.g2.com/products/gnu-octave/reviews) - 4.2/5.0 (54 reviews)