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Open-source numerical and scientific computation software

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Scilab - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Scilab overview

What is Scilab?

Scilab is an open-source numerical computation software that helps businesses in aerospace, automotive, energy, metallurgy, pharmaceutical, and research sectors perform algorithm testing or numerical computation across engineering and scientific applications. Key features include numerical analysis, data visualization, debugging, and application development.

With data visualization tools, professionals can visualize data in the form of charts or plots and export graphics in BMP, EMF, EPS, JPG, PDF, PNG, and SVG formats. Businesses can use app development tools to develop application algorithms via data structures and user-defined data types. Users can conduct numerical analysis using matrix computation, data interpolation, and regression, and ordinary differential equations (ODEs) methods.

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Scilab reviews

Overall rating

4.4

/5

20

Positive reviews

90

%

Rating breakdown
  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend8.33/10
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Pros
“It is a perfect alternative to softwares like Matlab, it allows you to practically do the same and for free.”

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“Scilab has a very clean interface and many functionalities. The best thing about it is that you can have it in your home for free and do a lot of work on it.”
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Daniel R.

Research Assistant

“I can use this free of cost since its opensource and it delivers all the features in matlab for free! it runs fast and the parallel processing is amazing.”

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Cons
“It's inability to perform some optimization analysis like goal programming problem.”
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Ibraheem U.

Student

“Sometimes the graphics are temperamental, depending on your computer's operating system. Linux users seem to run into trouble more often.”

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“It do not have as many features as Matlab or wolfarm mathematica have. Also its a bit hard to use.”
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Arshad A.

MS. Student

Who uses Scilab?

Based on 20 verified user reviews.

Company size

Small Businesses

Enterprises

Midsize Businesses

Top industries

Higher Education
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
Education Management
Information Technology and Services
Others

Use cases

Statistical Analysis

Scilab's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from Scilab users:

Statistical simulation
Data visualization

All Scilab features

Features rating:

Activity dashboard
Customization
Data clustering
Data connectors
Data import/export
Data transformation
Multiple scoring models
Multivariate analysis
Real-Time data
Statistical analysis
Time series analysis
Visual analytics

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Scilab pricing

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User opinions about Scilab price and value

Value for money rating:

To see what individual users think of Scilab's price and value, check out the review snippets below.

“It is a perfect alternative to softwares like Matlab, it allows you to practically do the same and for free.”

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“Scilab has a very clean interface and many functionalities. The best thing about it is that you can have it in your home for free and do a lot of work on it.”
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Daniel R.

Research Assistant

Scilab support options

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

Email/Help Desk

Training options

In Person

Scilab FAQs

Q. What type of pricing plans does Scilab offer?

Scilab has the following pricing plans:
Starting from: €0.00
Pricing model: Free

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Q. Who are the typical users of Scilab?

Scilab has the following typical customers:
Freelancers, Large Enterprises, Mid Size Business, Small Business


Q. What languages does Scilab support?

Scilab supports the following languages:
English


Q. Does Scilab offer an API?

No, Scilab does not have an API available.


Q. What level of support does Scilab offer?

Scilab offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk

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