MATLAB Home Edition launched

March 11th, 2014 | Categories: math software, matlab | Tags:

If you’ve ever wanted to use MATLAB to develop personal projects or as a hobby but have been put off by the eye-watering commercial prices, the new MATLAB Home edition might be for you.

For £85 you get full powered MATLAB without any toolboxes. This is the same version that the professionals use but there are various restrictions on its use. The FAQ states “The MATLAB® Home license is for your personal use only. It is not available for government, academic, research, commercial, or other organizational use.”

It is possible to buy toolboxes for an extra £25 each but, at the time of writing at least, it is not possible to buy ALL available toolboxes on the home license.

Some of Mathworks’ competitors have had similar home-use licenses available for some time – Mathematica and Maple to name two – it’s great to see MATLAB added to this list.

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  1. wdg
    July 20th, 2014 at 13:59
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    Matlab home is a lot more expensive than Mathematica home.