The whole Intel Compiler stack is really useful from MKL for math, to VTune, to TBB if you&#x27;re doing any heavy numerical analysis. It runs about as much as Visual Studio for the professional edition (under a $1k US) which is more than reasonable for what you get. We use Coverity for static analysis, Kcachegrind and ICC in concert in C++ and it&#x27;s a brilliant stack. Intel PIN(1) is free for everyone and is amazing too. There are a lot of open-source dynamic analysis tools coming out from unis (the UC&#x27;s, Pitt, CMU in particular which are almost there but not quite).<p>(1) <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;software.intel.com&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;articles&#x2F;pin-a-dynamic-binary-instrumentation-tool" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;software.intel.com&#x2F;en-us&#x2F;articles&#x2F;pin-a-dynamic-bina...</a>