When comparing Maple vs Wolfram Mathematica, the Slant community recommends Wolfram Mathematica for most people. In the question“What are the best computer algebra systems?” Wolfram Mathematica is ranked 3rd while Maple is ranked 4th.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Powerful symbolic and numeric capabilities
Pro Object-oriented features
Modules act like classes, can have methods & properties. Can create whole hierarchies.
Pro Lots of functionality
Pro Built-in CPU Parallelization
Pro Very mature
Wolfram Mathematica has been around for a long time without any major changes in the basic design.
Pro Coherent API over different domains
Pro Supports units and can do much more than just maths
Other platforms severely lack this useful feature.
Pro Fully integrated symbolic processing
Pro Very powerful and fast, also possible to get for free
Cons
Con Mathematica is worth the money
When you create and market software, do not claim you are better than anything you cannot even come close to. Robs the bank for no bloody reason and does not provide anything.
Con This is proprietary software and it is expensive
Con Unintuitive data types and strange assignment statements
Representation of data still remains highly fragmented technically and one fumbles between data types and stumbles on strange assignment statements to attempt conversions of meaning.