Parameters | Maple | Mathematica | MATLAB |
User-friendly | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Provides efficient and accurate solutions to complex problems | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Code generation in other programming languages | Java, Perl, C#, Fortran, C, Python, Visual Basic and Python. | C | C and C++ |
Support of 2D image processing. | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Support of 3D image processing. | Needs access to OpenGL library to draw 3-D plots. | Yes | Yes |
Capability of editing documents during a computation | No | Yes | Yes |
RAM requirements | Needs a good specification in RAM. | Needs high RAM | Needs a good specification in RAM. |
Used for | Computations in Engineering, Quantum Chemistry, Physics and Advanced Math | Computations in Mathematics, Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Finance and many other fields | Computations in Mathematics, Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Finance and many other fields |
Cost | High (lower prices for students) | High (lower prices for students) | Some packages are available free to use. |
Best for | Users who want a good tool for Mathematics and Engineering | Users who want help in neural networking, modelling the data and visualizing simulations. | Users who want to analyze data and model them. It’s best to detect fraudulent activities by analyzing data. |
Chat-powered code writing | No | You can compose code by describing the task in words. | No |
Autocompletion | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Code reformatting | No | Yes | No |
Syntax help for | Missing arguments, scoping conflicts. | Missing arguments, bracket matching, excess arguments, scoping conflicts. | Missing arguments, bracket matching, excess arguments. |