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How Many Simulation & CAE Software Products Does G2 Track?

Total Products under this Category: 352

Category Stats (Sep 2026)

  • Average Rating: 4.34/5 (↓0.01 vs Aug 2026) The average rating of products in this category, based on all submitted ratings
  • Top Trending Product: Altair Feko (+1.12%) - Among all products in this category, Altair Feko recorded the largest rating increase compared to last month

Last updated: September 01, 2026

How Does G2 Rank Simulation & CAE Software Products?

Why You Can Trust G2's Software Rankings:

  • 30 Analysts and Data Experts
  • 7,900+ Authentic Reviews
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G2's software rankings are built on verified user reviews, rigorous moderation, and a consistent research methodology maintained by a team of analysts and data experts. Each product is measured using the same transparent criteria, with no paid placement or vendor influence. While reviews reflect real user experiences, which can be subjective, they offer valuable insight into how software performs in the hands of professionals. Together, these inputs power the G2 Score, a standardized way to compare tools within every category.

G2 Grid® for Simulation & CAE Software

G2 Grid® for Simulation & CAE Software plotting products by satisfaction and market presence

Highlighted products: MATLAB, Fidelity CFD Platform, Capital, SOLIDWORKS, Designcenter Solid Edge, Simcenter STAR-CCM+, Altair SimSolid, and Simcenter 3D.

Underlying data: [Grid® JSON](https://www.g2.com/categories/simulation-cae/grids.json?focus%5B%5D=matlab&focus%5B%5D=cadence-design-systems-fidelity-cfd-platform&focus%5B%5D=capital&focus%5B%5D=solidworks&focus%5B%5D=designcenter-solid-edge&focus%5B%5D=simcenter-star-ccm&focus%5B%5D=altair-simsolid&focus%5B%5D=simcenter-3d)

Facsimile

Facsimile is a free, open-source discrete-event simulation library.

Who Is the Company Behind Facsimile?

FASTSUITE Edition 2

FASTSUITE® Edition 2 is a software to simulate and program industrial robots and machines in a 3D virtual environment. The offline programming software brings digital twinning and sustainable digitalization in product development to manufacturers worldwide.

Who Is the Company Behind FASTSUITE Edition 2?

FEAST

FEAST Software Pvt. Ltd. specializes in developing engineering design and analysis software tailored for both academic institutions and industry professionals. Established in 2005 at the Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE at IIT Bombay, FEAST offers a suite of products that facilitate efficient and accurate engineering calculations, design practices, and training modules. Their solutions are designed to enhance learning experiences and streamline design processes through innovative technology. Key Features and Functionality: - EnggOnline: A resilient platform providing structured, guided learning pathways for engineering tutors and trainers, utilizing state-of-the-art technologies to deliver an interactive learning environment. - Machine Design Online: Comprehensive design and training software that teaches real-world design techniques based on over a hundred fundamental elements, supported by an easily accessible knowledge bank. - Design of Structures Online: Similar to Machine Design Online, this software focuses on structural design practices, offering real-world techniques and a vast knowledge repository. - Gear Suite (Under Development: A forthcoming comprehensive software covering the design and analysis of various types of gears and gearboxes, including correction and measurement, shaft design, and verification as per AGMA/IS standards. Primary Value and User Solutions: FEAST's products address the need for precise, efficient, and accessible engineering design and training tools. By integrating innovative technology with real-world design practices, FEAST enables users to: - Achieve optimal design solutions in virtual environments, reducing time and costs while minimizing safety and legal risks. - Access structured learning modules that enhance the teaching and understanding of complex engineering concepts. - Utilize customizable software that aligns with company-specific procedures, ensuring reliable calculations and designs. Through these offerings, FEAST empowers engineering professionals and educators to enhance their design capabilities and educational methodologies effectively.

Who Is the Company Behind FEAST?

FEATool Multiphysics

FEATool features an easy to use graphical user interface (GUI) allowing full access to functionality such as geometry and CAD tools, grid generation, defining equations and multiphysics couplings, FEM assembly and solvers, as well as postprocessing.

Who Is the Company Behind FEATool Multiphysics?

FEM Design

Who Is the Company Behind FEM Design?

  • Seller: StruSoft
  • Year Founded: 2002
  • HQ Location: Malmö, SE
  • LinkedIn® Page: www.linkedin.com
    110 employees on LinkedIn®

FloCAD

FloCAD is a Thermal Desktop software module that enables a user to develop fully integrated thermohydraulic models for fluid flow and heat transfer. With FloCAD, the mechanics of building fluid flow models is very similar to that of building thermal models, with many of the commands applicable to both types of models. FloCAD models can be free-form, sketchpad style flow network modeling for abstraction and simplification, or they can be geometry-based by including geometric objects such as pipes and vessels. Convection heat transfer can be added between fluid networks and thermal objects for complete pipe flow simulation or the modeling of natural convection.

Who Is the Company Behind FloCAD?

  • Seller: C&R Technologies
  • Year Founded: 1992
  • HQ Location: Boulder, US
  • Twitter: @CandRTech
    42 Twitter followers
  • LinkedIn® Page: www.linkedin.com
    3 employees on LinkedIn®

FORGE

Who Is the Company Behind FORGE?

  • Seller: Transvalor
  • Year Founded: 1984
  • HQ Location: Sophia Antipolis cedex, FR
  • LinkedIn® Page: www.linkedin.com
    126 employees on LinkedIn®

Forge Sims

Learning and enablement teams have stopped outsourcing their simulations to legacy vendors, and Forge is why. Not because building in-house is always the answer, but because you finally get to choose. Build it yourself on the platform, have Forge design and facilitate the whole thing, or split the work however makes sense for your team. The model bends to you instead of the other way around. What stays constant is ownership and control. Everything created on Forge, whether you build it or Forge builds it for you, is yours permanently. Your knowledge stays yours, and you're never locked into a vendor to keep using what you paid for. The simulations themselves put learners inside real decisions with real consequences, modeled on your business rather than a generic case study. You can support any learning moment, from individual skill practice to enterprise initiatives, deploy to 20,000 learners as easily as 20, update simulations in minutes when something changes, and use built-in AI to keep the experience fresh instead of static. A few things teams care about once they look closely: Four ways to launch. Build it yourself with Forge's support. Build it together, then take the keys. Have Forge handle design, build, and facilitation end to end. Or bring your own consultant or agency onto the platform. All four leave the IP with you. You own the IP, permanently. This is the opposite of how most legacy simulation vendors operate, where the work is licensed back to you and held over your head if you leave. Fast, and it saves real money. Teams launch custom simulations in weeks instead of months, and have saved over $150K versus legacy vendor costs. More than 100,000 learners have trained on Forge simulations. Trusted by teams at Salesforce, GE Aerospace, and ConocoPhillips.

Who Is the Company Behind Forge Sims?

  • Seller: Forge
  • Year Founded: 2023
  • HQ Location: Austin, US
  • LinkedIn® Page: www.linkedin.com
    2 employees on LinkedIn®

Formal VIP

Cadence's Formal Verification IP (VIP) enables exhaustive protocol compliance verification for a wide range of industry standards. Optimized for the Jasper Formal Verification Platform, it integrates seamlessly with Jasper Apps and leading simulators like Xcelium. With advanced debugging tools like Visualize and QuietTrace, it simplifies analysis and accelerates design verification. Offering reusable protocol "recipes" and support for protocols such as Arm AMBA, DDR, and SPI, Formal VIP ensures higher design quality, reduces errors, and shortens verification cycles for complex systems.

Who Is the Company Behind Formal VIP?

  • Seller: Cadence Design Systems
  • Year Founded: 1988
  • HQ Location: San Jose, California
  • Twitter: @Cadence
    20,302 Twitter followers
  • LinkedIn® Page: www.linkedin.com
    11,249 employees on LinkedIn®
  • Ownership: CDNS

GeoDict

Who Is the Company Behind GeoDict?

  • Seller: GeoDict
  • Year Founded: 2011
  • HQ Location: Kaiserslautern, DE
  • LinkedIn® Page: www.linkedin.com
    54 employees on LinkedIn®

Helius Studio

Cadence's Helium Virtual and Hybrid Studio revolutionizes pre-silicon development with rapid virtual and hybrid platform creation for early software bring-up and seamless hardware/software co-verification. Featuring Gearshift technology, it allows dynamic transitions between virtual and RTL models during simulations and integrates natively with Cadence's Xcelium, Palladium, and Protium engines. With a unified debug experience, multi-core support, and an extensive library of virtual models like Arm and RISC-V, Helium Studio accelerates design timelines, enhances accuracy, and boosts productivity in complex system developments.

Who Is the Company Behind Helius Studio?

  • Seller: Cadence Design Systems
  • Year Founded: 1988
  • HQ Location: San Jose, California
  • Twitter: @Cadence
    20,302 Twitter followers
  • LinkedIn® Page: www.linkedin.com
    11,249 employees on LinkedIn®
  • Ownership: CDNS

Hexagon Patran

Hexagon is a global leader in digital reality solutions. We are putting data to work to boost efficiency, productivity, quality and safety across industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure, public sector, and mobility applications.

Who Is the Company Behind Hexagon Patran?

  • Seller: Hexagon AB
  • HQ Location: Stockholm
  • Twitter: @HexagonAB
    13,376 Twitter followers
  • LinkedIn® Page: www.linkedin.com
    852 employees on LinkedIn®
Daniel Rivera
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Researched and written by Daniel Rivera
Updated April 9, 2026