{"id":1316,"date":"2025-07-01T19:03:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T19:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/startups\/?p=1316"},"modified":"2025-07-01T19:04:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T19:04:25","slug":"matlab-online-for-startups-instant-access-to-fast-prototyping-and-sharing-of-your-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/startups\/2025\/07\/01\/matlab-online-for-startups-instant-access-to-fast-prototyping-and-sharing-of-your-work\/","title":{"rendered":"MATLAB Online for Startups: Instant Access to Fast Prototyping and Sharing of Your Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-teams=\"true\"><i>Today&#8217;s guest writer is Pradeep Ramamoorthy, Senior Product Manager in the Online Products group at MathWorks<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A few weeks ago, my colleague Gandharv <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/startups\/2025\/05\/13\/how-startups-can-harness-the-cloud-for-matlab-and-simulink-workflows\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">summarized the options<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> available to you to configure MATLAB and Simulink on public clouds like AWS, Azure, and GCP. With our pre-built reference architectures, you can deploy MATLAB and Simulink on a public cloud instance within minutes and configure instance types and integrate with your organization\u2019s authentication protocols and storage solutions.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In this blog post, I would like to shed light on another solution that you can leverage for interactive design and development in the cloud: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/products\/matlab-online.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">MATLAB Online<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-contrast=\"none\">What is MATLAB Online?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335559738&quot;:160,&quot;335559739&quot;:80}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">MATLAB Online provides browser-based access to MATLAB, and is maintained and managed by MathWorks, for you. As part of your startup license, you already have access to MATLAB Online at no additional cost.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2}\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1331\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/startups\/files\/2025\/07\/Onlin-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-contrast=\"none\">Why should I use MATLAB Online?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335559738&quot;:160,&quot;335559739&quot;:80}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Get started, now.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">MATLAB Online is tailored for instant access \u2013 just sign in and you are good to go: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/matlab.mathworks.com\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/matlab.mathworks.com\/<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u2013 no downloads, no installs or configuration required. As such, it is a great way to get started with some prototyping, data analysis or application development. I\u2019m only half-joking, but you can get to the command prompt in MATLAB Online quicker than you can finish reading the rest of this blog post (but please do read it to learn about other benefits <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\ud83d\ude0a<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">).\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Continuity for your data and artifacts.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">While instant access to MATLAB is good, we understand that it\u2019s irrelevant without your data, code, models, and other artifacts. Which is why we\u2019ve built an ecosystem that ensures continuity \u2013 your artifacts are available to you however you use MATLAB (both on your desktop as well as online).\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335551671&quot;:9,&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"9\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You can store your artifacts in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/products\/matlab-drive.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">MATLAB Drive<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, our default cloud storage solution when you use MATLAB Online. You receive 20 GB of storage and can share your work as links or invite colleagues to collaborate with you. You can also use MATLAB Connector to sync your files across your desktop, ensuring uninterrupted access as you move across MATLAB Online and MATLAB installed on your machine.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2}\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1334\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/startups\/files\/2025\/07\/Online-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335551671&quot;:9,&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"10\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Already using another cloud storage solution? MATLAB Online also enables connectivity to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/help\/matlab\/matlab_env\/access-onedrive-files-in-matlab.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">your OneDrive<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> (and we\u2019re happy to get feedback on other options we need to integrated with).\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Connect to hardware.<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">MATLAB Online also enables connectivity with hardware like Raspberry Pi and Arduino as well as sensors on your mobile device to complement your data acquisition and analysis workflows.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335551671&quot;:9,&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"11\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Packages to acquire sensor data from your iOS and Android devices are pre-installed with MATLAB Online. With <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/products\/matlab-mobile.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">MATLAB Mobile<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, you can acquire data from sensors like the accelerometer and GPS on your mobile device and stream that to MATLAB Online for analysis and visualization.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335551671&quot;:9,&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"12\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">MATLAB Online can also communicate with your <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/help\/matlab\/supportpkg\/get-started-with-matlab-online-for-arduino.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Arduino hardware<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/help\/matlab\/supportpkg\/connect-to-raspberry-pi-hardware-board-in-matlab-online.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Raspberry Pi boards<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, and connect <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/videos\/using-usb-webcams-in-matlab-online-1563166929426.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">USB webcams<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> for image and video capture to kick off workflows like image classification.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">From ad-hoc prototyping to structured software development.<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">My description above may have cast MATLAB Online as a solution for ad-hoc or lightweight prototyping. While it\u2019s great for that, we also support software development workflows by way of integrating with source control.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335551671&quot;:9,&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"13\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We provide native integration with Git for version control for your code, read more <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/help\/matlab\/matlab_prog\/set-source-control-preferences.html#mw_00e24c49-a489-4c55-b6f7-706566233066\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">here<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. You can also access source control options from the side panel or from the context menu of each folder.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335551671&quot;:9,&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"14\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You can also easily clone repos from GitHub in a few clicks and use personal access tokens for authentication. See <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/deep-learning\/2023\/11\/07\/pytorch-models-and-git-in-matlab-online\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">this blog post<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> for a sample workflow.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2}\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1337\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/startups\/files\/2025\/07\/Online-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"305\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Share your work.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Apart from the sharing options that MATLAB Drive gives you, it\u2019s also easy to share your work with your colleagues or even a broader community of users. If your code and associated artifacts are in a public location like GitHub, you can generate a link that you can share with your audience that lets them \u2018open in MATLAB Online\u2019.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335551671&quot;:9,&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"15\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For instance, here\u2019s a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/MathWorks-Teaching-Resources\/Fourier-Analysis\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">GitHub repo<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> on GitHub that we maintain for some teaching resources. And here\u2019s a link to open specific artifacts (in this case, a Live Script) directly in MATLAB Online: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/matlab.mathworks.com\/open\/github\/v1?repo=MathWorks-Teaching-Resources\/Fourier-Analysis&amp;project=fourier-analysis.prj&amp;file=Scripts\/ComplexFourierSeries.mlx\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/matlab.mathworks.com\/open\/github\/v1?repo=MathWorks-Teaching-Resources\/Fourier-Analysis&amp;project=fourier-analysis.prj&amp;file=Scripts\/ComplexFourierSeries.mlx<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335551671&quot;:9,&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"16\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Generating an \u2018open in MATLAB Online\u2019 link is doable by filling out a few details in an interactive form on this page: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/products\/matlab-online\/git.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Open in MATLAB Online from GitHub<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335551671&quot;:9,&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"17\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">When sharing artifacts like MATLAB apps and Live Scripts, you can also enable a full-screen <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/products\/matlab-online\/focused-view.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">focused view experience<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> for your audience.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span data-contrast=\"none\">Get started today<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;335559738&quot;:160,&quot;335559739&quot;:80}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Start using MATLAB Online today: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/matlab.mathworks.com\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/matlab.mathworks.com\/<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Learn more about MATLAB Online here: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/products\/matlab-online.html\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/products\/matlab-online.html<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We\u2019d love to hear about how MATLAB Online can help your startup \u2013 leave a comment below with questions, comments and more!<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"overview-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/startups\/files\/2025\/07\/Online-2.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Today&#8217;s guest writer is Pradeep Ramamoorthy, Senior Product Manager in the Online Products group at MathWorks<br \/>\nA few weeks ago, my colleague Gandharv summarized the options available to you to&#8230; 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