In this study, the vibration analysis of laminated composite plates have been fabricated and investigated experimentally. The unidirectional and woven glass laminated composite plates were tested to measure the vibration characteristics using LABVIEW, a virtual instrumentation technique. The obtained natural frequencies of the composite plates are verified with the values measured from the conventional deflection experiments. The woven glass laminated composite plates have higher natural frequency compared to unidirectional laminated composite plates irrespective of with and without cut-outs. However, the composite plates with cut-outs have higher natural frequency compared to plate without cut-outs, irrespective of materials considered. Further the changes in dynamic characteristics of the composite plates due to difference in fiber arrangements as well as due to the presence of cut-outs are observed. © Research India Publications.