Compare Ansys CFX and OpenFOAM 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Ansys CFX
Enterprise (50.0% of reviews)
OpenFOAM
Small-Business (63.6% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Ansys CFX
No pricing availableOpenFOAM
No pricing availableAnsys CFX vs OpenFOAM
- Reviewers felt that Ansys CFX meets the needs of their business better than OpenFOAM.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Ansys CFX is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Ansys CFX over OpenFOAM.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Ansys CFX
No pricing availableOpenFOAM
No pricing availableFree Trial
Ansys CFX
No trial information availableOpenFOAM
No trial information availableRatings
Meets Requirements
9.0
13
8.0
26
Ease of Use
8.0
14
6.7
26
Ease of Setup
Not enough data
Not enough data
Ease of Admin
Not enough data
Not enough data
Quality of Support
7.2
13
6.1
21
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Not enough data
Not enough data
Product Direction (% positive)
8.3
14
6.1
24
Features by Category
Design
Not enough data
6.2
11
Not enough data
6.1
11
Not enough data
6.8
11
Not enough data
7.1
12
Tools
9.3
7
8.8
13
Not enough data
6.5
8
Not enough data
6.3
8
Work
Not enough data
6.7
8
Not enough data
6.9
9
Not enough data
7.1
8
Not enough data
6.4
7
Not enough data
6.9
9
Environment
Not enough data
7.1
8
Not enough data
6.8
10
Not enough data
7.4
7
Not enough data
7.2
12
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Ansys CFX and OpenFOAM are categorized as Simulation & CAE
Unique Categories
Ansys CFX has no unique categories
OpenFOAM has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Ansys CFX
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
OpenFOAM
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
18.8%
Oil & Energy
12.5%
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
12.5%
Higher Education
12.5%
Aviation & Aerospace
12.5%
Other
31.3%
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
30.3%
Automotive
18.2%
Research
12.1%
Higher Education
9.1%
Oil & Energy
6.1%
Other
24.2%
Most Helpful Reviews
Ansys CFX
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Kaleigh K.
Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
ANSYS is an easy solution for doing multiple different types of analyses.
Most Helpful Critical Review
OpenFOAM
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Suresh B.
Verified User in Automotive
Being free allows users to take advance of the open community and make use contribution. They get access to the library which are other wise closed in proprietary software.
Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Design
Verified User in Design
It is not at all user friendly and requires prooer training hours to be learnt.
Kaleigh K.
Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
ANSYS is an easy solution for doing multiple different types of analyses.
Suresh B.
Verified User in Automotive
Being free allows users to take advance of the open community and make use contribution. They get access to the library which are other wise closed in proprietary software.
Verified User in Design
Verified User in Design
It is not at all user friendly and requires prooer training hours to be learnt.
Discussions
Ansys CFX has no discussions with answers
What do you use as mesher? Are there free ones that are good for complex geometries?
1 comment
CH
I used snappyHexMesh to mesh a complicated geometry and it did well. Many like cfMesh too. If snappyHexMesh is used, can use blockMesh to generate background...Read more
OpenFOAM has no more discussions with answers
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