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.