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FreeMat: How different is it from Octave?

We are looking for an alternative to MatLab ... found work on Octave quite difficult ... Lack of debugging capabilities MatLab ... Came through FreeMat ... wanted to know how FreeMat differs from Octave ... it's just the Octave GUI like QtOctave (which I haven’t researched yet), or is it something more? What additional features does it provide? What would be better to use the time - investing in FreeMat or makign with Octave using tools like QtOctave (matlab is not an option)?

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In short, both GNU Octave and FreeMat are open source alternatives to MATLAB. However, Octave is more mature and has wider community support.

I also found this interesting article that compares MATLAB, Octave, FreeMat and SciLab. This points to several issues against FreeMat:

  • It does not support some functions (such as kron and pcg ).
  • It has limited 3D graphics capabilities (such as mesh support).
  • ODE is also lacking in the department because it does not have the most advanced solver.

In fact, this article concludes that Octave is really the most compatible with MATLAB at the moment.

Now, if you are looking for a good GUI / IDE, try one of. You can also view the answers to this question .

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