Compare Altair Inspire and Genesis 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (44.3% of reviews)
Enterprise (50.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
Altair Inspire
Star Rating
(76)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (44.3% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Altair InspireGenesis
Star Rating
(5)4.1 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (50.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about GenesisPricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Altair Inspire
No pricing availableGenesis
No pricing availableFree Trial
Altair Inspire
Free Trial is available
Genesis
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
8.1
69
Not enough data
Ease of Use
8.5
69
Not enough data
Ease of Setup
8.4
29
Not enough data
Ease of Admin
8.5
9
Not enough data
Quality of Support
7.8
59
Not enough data
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
9
Not enough data
Product Direction (% positive)
9.2
69
Not enough data
Features by Category
Design
7.9
32
Not enough data
7.4
32
Not enough data
7.6
32
Not enough data
7.2
31
Not enough data
Tools
6.8
30
Not enough data
8.7
33
Not enough data
7.7
31
Not enough data
Work
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
6.9
30
Not enough data
7.8
29
Not enough data
7.8
30
Not enough data
7.1
29
Not enough data
Environment
7.7
31
Not enough data
7.4
30
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1
31
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Altair Inspire and Genesis share no categories
Unique Categories
Altair Inspire is categorized as Simulation & CAE
Genesis is categorized as Other CAD
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Altair Inspire
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Genesis
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Automotive
25.7%
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
17.1%
Aviation & Aerospace
5.7%
Construction
5.7%
Higher Education
5.7%
Other
40.0%
Retail
25.0%
Restaurants
25.0%
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
25.0%
Consumer Goods
25.0%
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Other
0.0%
Alternatives
Discussions
What file formats will Inspire import?
2 Comments
Official Response from Altair Inspire
ACIS (.sab, .sat): through R21
CATIA V4 (.model): all 4.xx
CATIA V5 (.CATPart, .CATProduct): V5R10 through V5-6R2015
IGES (.iges, .igs): 3 & 5
JT (.jt):...Read more
What languages is Inspire localized for?
1 Comment
Official Response from Altair Inspire
English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.Read more
What file formats will Inspire export?
1 Comment
Official Response from Altair Inspire
Inspire supports the following CAD formats and versions for export:
ACIS(.sab, .sat): R19
STL (.stl)
IGES (.iges, .igs): 5.3
Parasolid (.x_b, .x_t,...Read more
Genesis has no discussions with answers
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