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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)

ROBOGUIDE V10

ROBOGUIDE V10 is the go-to solution for companies seeking to streamline automation design and implementation. Building on the existing industry-leading offline robot programming and simulation software, ROBOGUIDE V10 creates programs and simulates robotic workcells in 3D – eliminating the need for physical prototypes – while reducing costs, improving accuracy, and optimizing automation layouts.

Who Is the Company Behind ROBOGUIDE V10?

  • Seller: FANUC America
  • Year Founded: 1982
  • HQ Location: Rochester, Michigan, United States
  • Twitter: @FANUCAmerica
    32,069 Twitter followers
  • LinkedIn® Page: www.linkedin.com
    2,044 employees on LinkedIn®

RobotStudio

RobotStudio® is the world’s most popular offline programming and simulation tool for robotic applications. Based on the best-in-class virtual controller technology, RobotStudio suite gives you full confidence that what you see on your screen matches how the robot will move in real life. Enabling you to build, test and refine your robot installation in a virtual environment, this unique technology speeds up commissioning time and productivity by a magnitude.

Who Is the Company Behind RobotStudio?

  • Seller: ABB
  • HQ Location: Zurich
  • Twitter: @ABBgroupnews
    151,491 Twitter followers
  • LinkedIn® Page: www.linkedin.com
    141,975 employees on LinkedIn®
  • Ownership: NYSE:ABB
  • Total Revenue (USD mm): $26,134

RunMat

Who Is the Company Behind RunMat?

SafeGrid Earthing

SafeGrid Earthing Software is apt for earthing systems designs. The software performs accurate, finite elements based calculations. SafeGrid Earthing software is proven, affordable and easy to use. The software calculates grid resistance, touch and step voltages and lightning protection for substations. The software is helping industries for the last ten years. The software includes all the modules you need for performing a safe earthing system design in the safe grip. It includes: Fault current distribution. Soil modelling. Build grid. Safety criteria. Safe results. Along with the software, you get support from our earthing expert engineers. SafeGrid Earthing software that saves you time and money for your projects.

Who Is the Company Behind SafeGrid Earthing?

SALOME

Who Is the Company Behind SALOME?

  • Seller: Open Cascade
  • Year Founded: 2000
  • HQ Location: Issy-les-Moulineaux, FR
  • Twitter: @open_cascade
    904 Twitter followers
  • LinkedIn® Page: www.linkedin.com
    80 employees on LinkedIn®

Simcenter 3D Space Systems Thermal

Simcenter 3D Space Systems Thermal (SST) is a specialized solution for modeling and simulating the thermal behavior of spacecraft and satellite systems. Built on Simcenter 3D, SST combines advanced radiation and conduction modeling with CAD integration, enabling fast and accurate thermal predictions. Engineers can simulate orbit scenarios, evaluate thermal control strategies, and optimize system performance early in the design process. With SST, space system developers gain a comprehensive thermal analysis environment to reduce design risk, meet mission requirements, and accelerate innovation.

Who Is the Company Behind Simcenter 3D Space Systems Thermal?

  • Seller: Maya HTT
  • Year Founded: 1982
  • HQ Location: Westmount, Quebec, Canada
  • LinkedIn® Page: www.linkedin.com
    251 employees on LinkedIn®
  • Ownership: Private
  • Phone: 1-888-747-0850

Simcenter Culgi

Simcenter Culgi helps product development & material scientists to design new materials with the desired properties along the complete life cycle: inception, process development, logistics & market analysis, on a digital platform. Engineer better materials with multiscale computational chemistry simulations Virtual screening of novel materials in an early stage of development is a key enabler of innovation in the chemical and process industries. Simcenter Culgi helps you design new materials with the desired properties along the complete lifecycle, from inception to process development, logistics and market analysis on a digital platform. Model complex mixtures from quantum mechanics to mesoscale Simulate the most complex systems faster and build better products with lower carbon impact. Simcenter Culgi covers all aspects of multiscale simulations in chemistry, crossing relevant length and time scale so that you can model all properties related to materials and processes – not only on a macroscopic level, but all the way down to the molecular level through chemical interactions. Predict chemical and physical properties for real-life applications Simcenter Culgi is used by companies to accelerate materials development in domains such as specialty chemicals, energy storage, pharmaceuticals, personal care and cosmetics. Examples of applications include discovering interactions between drug formulations to safely produce medicines, screening of green solvents for chemical manufacturing to improve sustainability, inventing durable polymer membranes for batteries and fuel cells, finding more effective chemical mixtures for oil recovery, improving impact strength of materials for automotive components and designing lightweight and temperature resistant composites and adhesives.

Who Is the Company Behind Simcenter Culgi?

Simcenter E-Machine Design

Simcenter™ E-Machine Design software from Siemens Digital Industries Software is a template-driven user interface for electric machine design and sizing. It offers analytical electromagnetic (EMAG), calibrated analytical EMAG, and Finite element method (FEM) EMAG experiments. This versatility allows engineers to tune the accuracy and time of performance data collection to the appropriate stage of the design. Simcenter E-machine Design includes co-simulation of EMAG and thermal solvers so users can accurately model the performance of their machine. With this tool, professionals can predict and mitigate overheating issues, by running quick electro-thermal simulations in a single tool. Simcenter E-Machine Design supports multiple machine types via its design templates, including synchronous, induction, switched reluctance, commutator, and axial flux. All templates are fully parameterized and can be easily modified. If geometry does not exactly fit the templates, engineers can import their own. The initial sizing function also allows for automatic scaling. Additionally, being part of the Simcenter portfolio means that files created in Simcenter E-Machine Design can be integrated with the rest of the e-power system and used to optimize efficiency, noise, vibration, thermal management, and much more.

Who Is the Company Behind Simcenter E-Machine Design?

Simcenter Flightsream

Simcenter Flightstream is a state-of-the-art, compressible aerodynamics and hydrodynamics flow solver designed to transform the early stages of vehicle development. By leveraging advanced panel-method technology, it delivers high-fidelity results in seconds, providing engineers with a powerful tool for rapid performance evaluation of complex configurations. Bridging the Gap in the Digital Twin: While traditional CFD is essential for final validation, it is often too slow for the fast-paced conceptual and preliminary design phases. Simcenter Flightstream bridges this gap. It allows engineering teams to explore a vast design space and analyze thousands of operating conditions early in the cycle, ensuring that only the most promising concepts move forward to high-fidelity simulation and physical testing. Key Capabilities & Technology: Rapid Solver Technology: Built on a unique surface vorticity solver, FlightStream handles high-speed aerodynamic flows and hydrodynamics with unmatched speed, delivering actionable insights in seconds. No Volume Meshing Required: Unlike traditional CFD, FlightStream works directly with unstructured surface meshes. This eliminates the time-consuming volume meshing process, allowing for the analysis of highly complex geometries—including propellers, high-lift devices, and rotating wings—with minimal setup time. Comprehensive Flow Analysis: From subsonic to supersonic regimes, it captures essential flow physics, including boundary layer effects and flow separation, providing the accuracy needed for confident decision-making. Target Applications: Simcenter Flightstream is the go-to solution for a wide range of industries, including: Aerospace: Traditional aircraft, UAVs (drones), and the emerging Urban Air Mobility (UAM) sector. Automotive: External aerodynamics and cooling flow analysis. Marine: Hydrodynamic performance and hull design optimization. Why Choose Simcenter Flightstream? In a market where time-to-market is everything, Simcenter Flightstream provides a significant competitive advantage. It empowers engineers to innovate faster, reduces the cost of prototyping, and integrates seamlessly into the broader Simcenter portfolio, ensuring a continuous and efficient digital thread across the entire development lifecycle.

Who Is the Company Behind Simcenter Flightsream?

Simcenter Nastran

The industry standard for over 50 years, Simcenter™ Nastran software from Siemens Digital Industries Software is a premier finite element method (FEM) solver for computational performance, accuracy and reliability. It is a powerful solution for linear and nonlinear structural analysis, structural dynamics, acoustics, rotor dynamics, thermal analysis, aeroelasticity, and optimization. Engineers greatly simplify the modeling process by using the same file formats for all solution types. Available as an integrated solution within Simcenter 3D, or as a standalone solver, Simcenter Nastran gives the flexibility to deploy to the computing systems that will best serve users' application needs.

Who Is the Company Behind Simcenter Nastran?

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Researched and written by Daniel Rivera
Updated April 9, 2026