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  • Average Rating: 4.34/5 (↓0.01 vs Aug 2026) The average rating of products in this category, based on all submitted ratings
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COMSOL Multiphysics®

Engineers and scientists use the COMSOL Multiphysics® software to simulate designs, devices, and processes in all fields of engineering, manufacturing, and scientific research. COMSOL Multiphysics® is a simulation platform that provides fully coupled multiphysics and single-physics modeling capabilities. The Model Builder includes all of the steps in the modeling workflow — from defining geometries, material properties, and the physics that describe specific phenomena to performing computations and evaluating the results. The COMSOL Multiphysics® software brings a user interface and experience that is always the same, regardless of engineering application and physics phenomena. Add-on modules provide specialized functionality for electromagnetics, structural mechanics, acoustics, fluid flow, heat transfer, and chemical engineering. Choose from a list of LiveLink™ products to interface directly with CAD and other third-party software. Deploy simulation applications with COMSOL Compiler™ and COMSOL Server™.

Average Rating: 4.3/5.0

Total Reviews: 36

How Do G2 Users Rate COMSOL Multiphysics®?

  • Has the product been a good partner in doing business?: 8.8/10 (Category avg: 8.6/10)
  • Task: 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.2/10)
  • Integrate: 8.7/10 (Category avg: 8.0/10)
  • Continuous event modeling: 7.3/10 (Category avg: 8.1/10)

Who Is the Company Behind COMSOL Multiphysics®?

  • Seller: COMSOL
  • Year Founded: 1985
  • HQ Location: Lower Hutt, New Zealand
  • Twitter: @COMSOL_F2
    7 Twitter followers
  • LinkedIn® Page: www.linkedin.com
    8 employees on LinkedIn®

Who Uses This Product?

  • Top Industries: Higher Education, Research
  • Company Size: 36% Large, 33% Medium

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  • Users praise the ease of learning in COMSOL Multiphysics®, finding the multiphysics interface intuitive and user-friendly.
  • Users value the multiphysics capabilities of COMSOL Multiphysics®, particularly for their seamless interface with various physics.

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NI Multisim

Multisim é um software de simulação SPICE padrão da indústria e design de circuitos para eletrônica analógica, digital e de potência na educação e pesquisa. Multisim integra simulação SPICE padrão da indústria com um ambiente esquemático interativo para visualizar e analisar instantaneamente o comportamento de circuitos eletrônicos. Multisim possui uma interface intuitiva que ajuda educadores a reforçar a teoria de circuitos e melhorar a retenção da teoria ao longo do currículo de engenharia. Pesquisadores e designers usam Multisim para reduzir iterações de protótipos de PCB e economizar custos de desenvolvimento ao adicionar simulação e análises de circuitos poderosas ao fluxo de design.

Average Rating: 4.3/5.0

Total Reviews: 42

How Do G2 Users Rate NI Multisim?

  • the product tem sido um bom parceiro comercial?: 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.6/10)
  • Tarefa: 8.6/10 (Category avg: 8.2/10)
  • Integrar: 8.9/10 (Category avg: 8.0/10)
  • Modelagem contínua de eventos: 9.4/10 (Category avg: 8.1/10)

Who Is the Company Behind NI Multisim?

  • Vendedor: NI
  • Ano de Fundação: 1976
  • Localização da Sede: Austin, TX
  • Twitter: @NIglobal
    26,204 seguidores no Twitter
  • Página do LinkedIn®: www.linkedin.com
    7,957 funcionários no LinkedIn®
  • Propriedade: NASDAQ: NATI

Who Uses This Product?

  • Top Industries: Fabricação de Equipamentos Elétricos/Eletrônicos
  • Company Size: 48% Small, 26% Large

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Ansys Icepak

Ansys Icepak provides powerful electronic cooling solutions that utilize the industry leading Ansys Fluent computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solver for thermal and fluid flow analyses of integrated circuits (ICs), packages, printed circuit boards (PCBs) and electronic assemblies. The Ansys Icepak CFD solver uses the Ansys Electronics Desktop (AEDT) graphical user interface (GUI). Perform conduction, convection and radiation conjugate heat transfer analyses, with many advanced capabilities to model laminar and turbulent flows, and species analysis including radiation and convection. Some of the product specs: - MCAD and ECAD Support - Solar radiation - Parametrics and Optimization - Customization and Automation - Network Modeling - DC Joule Heating Analysis - Electro-thermal and Thermo-Mechanical - Extensive Libraries for Thermal - Liquid Cooling - Dynamic Thermal Management - Varying Flow and Power ROM

Average Rating: 4.4/5.0

Total Reviews: 22

How Do G2 Users Rate Ansys Icepak?

  • Has the product been a good partner in doing business?: 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.6/10)
  • Task: 7.8/10 (Category avg: 8.2/10)
  • Integrate: 7.8/10 (Category avg: 8.0/10)
  • Continuous event modeling: 7.6/10 (Category avg: 8.1/10)

Who Is the Company Behind Ansys Icepak?

  • Seller: Synopsys
  • Year Founded: 1986
  • HQ Location: Mountain View, CA
  • Twitter: @synopsys
    24,435 Twitter followers
  • LinkedIn® Page: www.linkedin.com
    27,920 employees on LinkedIn®
  • Ownership: NASDAQ:SNPS

Who Uses This Product?

  • Top Industries: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
  • Company Size: 48% Small, 36% Large

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Mathematica

Mathematica is a computational software program based on symbolic mathematics, developed by Wolfram Research.

Average Rating: 4.1/5.0

Total Reviews: 86

How Do G2 Users Rate Mathematica?

  • Has the product been a good partner in doing business?: 5.8/10 (Category avg: 8.6/10)
  • Task: 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.2/10)
  • Integrate: 9.0/10 (Category avg: 8.0/10)
  • Continuous event modeling: 8.2/10 (Category avg: 8.1/10)

Who Is the Company Behind Mathematica?

  • Seller: Wolfram Research
  • Year Founded: 1987
  • HQ Location: Champaign, US
  • Twitter: @WolframResearch
    68,699 Twitter followers
  • LinkedIn® Page: www.linkedin.com
    629 employees on LinkedIn®

Who Uses This Product?

  • Who Uses This: Research Assistant
  • Top Industries: Research, Information Technology and Services
  • Company Size: 45% Large, 31% Small

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Creo Simulation

Creo Simulate is a structural, thermal and vibration analysis solution with a comprehensive set of finite elements analysis (FEA) capabilities that allow you to analyze and validate the performance of your 3D virtual prototypes before you make the first part.

Average Rating: 4.4/5.0

Total Reviews: 14

How Do G2 Users Rate Creo Simulation?

  • Has the product been a good partner in doing business?: 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.6/10)
  • Task: 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.2/10)
  • Integrate: 9.0/10 (Category avg: 8.0/10)
  • Continuous event modeling: 8.6/10 (Category avg: 8.1/10)

Who Is the Company Behind Creo Simulation?

  • Seller: PTC
  • Year Founded: 1985
  • HQ Location: Boston, Massachusetts
  • Twitter: @PTC
    37,560 Twitter followers
  • LinkedIn® Page: www.linkedin.com
    8,145 employees on LinkedIn®
  • Ownership: NASDAQ: PTC

Who Uses This Product?

  • Top Industries: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
  • Company Size: 41% Medium, 29% Small

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Ansys Maxwell

Ansys Maxwell é um solucionador de campo eletromagnético de baixa frequência para máquinas elétricas, transformadores, atuadores e outros dispositivos eletromecânicos. Ele resolve campos elétricos estáticos, no domínio da frequência e variáveis no tempo. Maxwell oferece interfaces de design especializadas para máquinas elétricas e conversores de potência. Maxwell oferece simulação confiável de campos eletromagnéticos de baixa frequência em componentes industriais. Inclui solucionadores magnéticos transientes 3-D/2-D, eletromagnéticos AC, magnetostáticos, eletrostáticos, de condução DC e transientes elétricos para resolver com precisão parâmetros de campo, incluindo força, torque, capacitância, indutância, resistência e impedância. Capacidades incluem: - Solucionadores EM 2D e 3D - Integração CAD Bidirecional - Modelagem de Ordem Reduzida - Modelagem Magnética Avançada - Modelagem de Acionamento Elétrico - Resolução Apenas de Fatias - Malhagem Adaptativa Automática - Desempenho Transiente de Co-simulação

Average Rating: 4.4/5.0

Total Reviews: 10

How Do G2 Users Rate Ansys Maxwell?

  • the product tem sido um bom parceiro comercial?: 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.6/10)
  • Tarefa: 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.2/10)
  • Integrar: 8.9/10 (Category avg: 8.0/10)
  • Modelagem contínua de eventos: 8.9/10 (Category avg: 8.1/10)

Who Is the Company Behind Ansys Maxwell?

  • Vendedor: Synopsys
  • Ano de Fundação: 1986
  • Localização da Sede: Mountain View, CA
  • Twitter: @synopsys
    24,435 seguidores no Twitter
  • Página do LinkedIn®: www.linkedin.com
    27,920 funcionários no LinkedIn®
  • Propriedade: NASDAQ:SNPS

Who Uses This Product?

  • Company Size: 50% Medium, 30% Large

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Automation Studio

Automation Studio é um software de design e simulação de sistemas de potência fluida, elétrica e de controle desenvolvido pela Famic Technologies Inc.

Average Rating: 4.3/5.0

Total Reviews: 37

How Do G2 Users Rate Automation Studio?

  • the product tem sido um bom parceiro comercial?: 8.9/10 (Category avg: 8.6/10)
  • Tarefa: 8.8/10 (Category avg: 8.2/10)
  • Integrar: 7.8/10 (Category avg: 8.0/10)
  • Modelagem contínua de eventos: 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.1/10)

Who Is the Company Behind Automation Studio?

  • Vendedor: Famic Technologies
  • Ano de Fundação: 1986
  • Localização da Sede: Montreal, CA
  • Twitter: @FamicTech
    74 seguidores no Twitter
  • Página do LinkedIn®: www.linkedin.com
    119 funcionários no LinkedIn®

Who Uses This Product?

  • Top Industries: Engenharia Mecânica ou Industrial
  • Company Size: 44% Small, 35% Medium

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Ansys Sherlock

Ansys Sherlock is the only reliability physics-based electronics design tool that provides fast and accurate life predictions of electronic hardware at the component, board and system levels in early stage design. Using reliability physics, Sherlock reduces expensive build-and-test iterations by virtually running thermal cycling, power-temperature cycling, vibration, shock, bending, thermal derating, accelerated life, natural frequency, CAF and more so you can adjust designs in near real-time and achieve qualification in one round. With Sherlock you will: • Predict product failure early in the design process • Mitigate thermal, mechanical and manufacturing risks • Avoid re-design and re-test • Reduce warranty returns in the field by calculating time to failure • Translate ECAD to FEA in minutes • Easily facilitate design file transfer with a locked IP model Unlike any other tool on the market, Sherlock uses files created by your design team to build 3D models of electronic assemblies for trace modeling, post-processing of finite element analysis (FEA) and reliability predictions. This early insight translates to almost immediate identification of components with potential failure risks and gives you the ability to quickly adjust and retest designs. Sherlock capabilities include: • Solder fatigue analysis • Thermal-mechanical analysis • Shock and vibration analysis • Plated through hole (PTH) fatigue • Conductive anodic filament (CAF) • Analysis PCB/BGA • Substrate stackup design for manufacturability (DfM) • Conformal coating/potting • CAE interface • Thermal derating • Trace modeling • MTBF, empirical handbook MTBF, reliability physics • Ceramic capacitor time to failure • Electrolytic capacitor time to failure • Integrated circuit wearout • Heatsink editor • DFMEA Libraries – Sherlock's over 500,000 parts library provides embedded databases easily expanded by users • Parts Library • Packages Library • Materials Library • Laminates Library • Solders Library • Glass Style Library https://www.ansys.com/products/structures/ansys-sherlock

Average Rating: 4.4/5.0

Total Reviews: 27

How Do G2 Users Rate Ansys Sherlock?

  • Has the product been a good partner in doing business?: 6.7/10 (Category avg: 8.6/10)
  • Task: 7.5/10 (Category avg: 8.2/10)
  • Integrate: 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.0/10)

Who Is the Company Behind Ansys Sherlock?

  • Seller: Synopsys
  • Year Founded: 1986
  • HQ Location: Mountain View, CA
  • Twitter: @synopsys
    24,435 Twitter followers
  • LinkedIn® Page: www.linkedin.com
    27,920 employees on LinkedIn®
  • Ownership: NASDAQ:SNPS

Who Uses This Product?

  • Top Industries: Automotive
  • Company Size: 37% Large, 31% Medium

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nTop

nTop é uma plataforma de software de design computacional que permite aos engenheiros criar, analisar e otimizar geometrias complexas usando modelagem implícita e metodologias de design orientadas por campo. Ao contrário dos sistemas CAD tradicionais de representação de limites (B-rep), o nTop utiliza tecnologia de modelagem implícita para representar a geometria através de funções matemáticas, permitindo modelos paramétricos inquebráveis que permanecem estáveis em grandes mudanças geométricas e possibilitando a integração direta com fluxos de trabalho de simulação. Com os ciclos de desenvolvimento de engenharia se comprimindo de anos para meses, o nTop foi construído para permitir operações geométricas robustas, iteração de design em tempo real e avaliação rápida de espaço de soluções. O nTop atende engenheiros mecânicos, engenheiros de design e analistas que trabalham em sistemas complexos onde as ferramentas CAD tradicionais se tornam frágeis ou demoradas. Os principais casos de uso incluem design conceitual de aeronaves, design avançado de turbomáquinas, otimização de sistemas térmicos e design de componentes fabricados aditivamente. Capacidades principais incluem: - Tecnologia de modelagem implícita que cria modelos paramétricos inquebráveis usando representações de campo matemático em vez de representações de limites tradicionais - Metodologia de design baseada em blocos que captura a lógica de engenharia e a intenção de design através de fluxos de trabalho algorítmicos, permitindo que engenheiros definam relações paramétricas e regras de design em vez de esboçar manualmente a geometria - Design orientado por campo que permite variação espacial de parâmetros de design usando funções matemáticas e dados de simulação - Capacidades de análise integradas, incluindo FEA estrutural, simulação térmica e dinâmica de fluidos computacional sem necessidade de etapas de malha separadas - Ferramentas avançadas de otimização de topologia e de treliça para redução de peso e otimização de desempenho térmico - Visualização em tempo real com aceleração por GPU que mostra mudanças geométricas instantaneamente à medida que os parâmetros são modificados A plataforma elimina modos comuns de falha de CAD onde mudanças de parâmetros quebram a topologia do modelo, permitindo fluxos de trabalho de otimização de design automatizados que podem avaliar milhares de variações de design sem intervenção humana. Os tamanhos de arquivo permanecem pequenos em comparação com modelos CAD tradicionais, com geometrias complexas frequentemente exigindo apenas kilobytes de armazenamento devido à abordagem de representação matemática.

Average Rating: 4.8/5.0

Total Reviews: 11

How Do G2 Users Rate nTop?

  • the product tem sido um bom parceiro comercial?: 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.6/10)

Who Is the Company Behind nTop?

  • Vendedor: nTop
  • Ano de Fundação: 2015
  • Localização da Sede: New York, New York
  • Twitter: @nTopology
    5,422 seguidores no Twitter
  • Página do LinkedIn®: www.linkedin.com
    109 funcionários no LinkedIn®

Who Uses This Product?

  • Top Industries: Engenharia Mecânica ou Industrial
  • Company Size: 55% Small, 27% Medium

What Are Recent G2 Reviews of nTop?

Maple

Maple é um sistema de álgebra computacional de uso geral desenvolvido e vendido comercialmente pela Waterloo Maple Inc.

Average Rating: 4.3/5.0

Total Reviews: 15

How Do G2 Users Rate Maple?

  • Tarefa: 10.0/10 (Category avg: 8.2/10)
  • Integrar: 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.0/10)
  • Modelagem contínua de eventos: 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.1/10)

Who Is the Company Behind Maple?

  • Vendedor: Waterloo Maple
  • Ano de Fundação: 1988
  • Localização da Sede: Waterloo, CA
  • Twitter: @maplesoft
    2,892 seguidores no Twitter
  • Página do LinkedIn®: www.linkedin.com
    129 funcionários no LinkedIn®

Who Uses This Product?

  • Company Size: 60% Medium, 40% Large

What Are Recent G2 Reviews of Maple?

SimEvents

SimEvents é uma parte do MathWorks que adiciona simulação de eventos discretos ao ambiente MATLAB/Simulink.

Average Rating: 3.9/5.0

Total Reviews: 35

Who Is the Company Behind SimEvents?

  • Vendedor: MathWorks
  • Ano de Fundação: 1984
  • Localização da Sede: Natick, MA
  • Twitter: @MATLAB
    105,142 seguidores no Twitter
  • Página do LinkedIn®: www.linkedin.com
    7,985 funcionários no LinkedIn®

Who Uses This Product?

  • Top Industries: Tecnologia da Informação e Serviços
  • Company Size: 60% Large, 23% Medium

What Are Recent G2 Reviews of SimEvents?

Ansys CFX

ANSYS CFX is a high-performance computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software tool that delivers reliable and accurate solutions quickly and robustly across a wide range of CFD and multi-physics applications. CFX is recognized for its outstanding accuracy, robustness and speed with rotating machinery such as pumps, fans, compressors, and gas and hydraulic turbines.

Average Rating: 4.6/5.0

Total Reviews: 16

How Do G2 Users Rate Ansys CFX?

  • Task: 8.9/10 (Category avg: 8.2/10)
  • Integrate: 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.0/10)
  • Continuous event modeling: 7.8/10 (Category avg: 8.1/10)

Who Is the Company Behind Ansys CFX?

  • Seller: Synopsys
  • Year Founded: 1986
  • HQ Location: Mountain View, CA
  • Twitter: @synopsys
    24,435 Twitter followers
  • LinkedIn® Page: www.linkedin.com
    27,920 employees on LinkedIn®
  • Ownership: NASDAQ:SNPS

Who Uses This Product?

  • Company Size: 44% Large, 33% Small

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Freemat

Freemat é um ambiente gratuito para prototipagem rápida em engenharia, prototipagem científica e processamento de dados usando a mesma linguagem que Matlab e GNU Octave.

Average Rating: 4.2/5.0

Total Reviews: 12

How Do G2 Users Rate Freemat?

  • Tarefa: 9.3/10 (Category avg: 8.2/10)
  • Integrar: 9.2/10 (Category avg: 8.0/10)
  • Modelagem contínua de eventos: 7.9/10 (Category avg: 8.1/10)

Who Is the Company Behind Freemat?

Who Uses This Product?

  • Company Size: 50% Medium, 25% Large

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SIMULIA

FEA. SRAC Cosmos foi adquirido anos atrás pela SolidWorks.

Average Rating: 4.3/5.0

Total Reviews: 11

How Do G2 Users Rate SIMULIA?

  • Tarefa: 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.2/10)
  • Integrar: 8.3/10 (Category avg: 8.0/10)

Who Is the Company Behind SIMULIA?

  • Vendedor: SOLIDWORKS
  • Ano de Fundação: 1981
  • Localização da Sede: Velizy-Villacoublay
  • Twitter: @SOLIDWORKS
    74,082 seguidores no Twitter
  • Página do LinkedIn®: www.linkedin.com
    27,414 funcionários no LinkedIn®
  • Propriedade: EPA: DSY.PA

Who Uses This Product?

  • Company Size: 45% Small, 27% Large

What Are Recent G2 Reviews of SIMULIA?

CYME Power Engineering Software

CYME Power Engineering Software is a suite of applications composed of a network editor, analysis modules, and user-customizable model libraries to get the solution.

Average Rating: 4.3/5.0

Total Reviews: 23

How Do G2 Users Rate CYME Power Engineering Software?

  • Has the product been a good partner in doing business?: 9.7/10 (Category avg: 8.6/10)
  • Task: 8.5/10 (Category avg: 8.2/10)
  • Integrate: 9.0/10 (Category avg: 8.0/10)
  • Continuous event modeling: 8.9/10 (Category avg: 8.1/10)

Who Is the Company Behind CYME Power Engineering Software?

  • Seller: Eaton
  • HQ Location: Dublin, IE
  • Twitter: @eatoncorp
    36,459 Twitter followers
  • LinkedIn® Page: www.linkedin.com
    53,162 employees on LinkedIn®
  • Ownership: NYSE: ETN

Who Uses This Product?

  • Top Industries: Utilities, Oil & Energy
  • Company Size: 42% Medium, 33% Large

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Daniel Rivera
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Researched and written by Daniel Rivera
Updated April 9, 2026