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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (49.2% of reviews)
Enterprise (46.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
$790 Quarterly
$3,677.00 1 License Per Year
AutoCAD MEP
Star Rating
(202)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (49.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
$790 Quarterly
Browse all 3 pricing plansAutoPIPE
Star Rating
(17)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (46.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
$3,677.00 1 License Per Year
Browse all 2 pricing plansAutoCAD MEP vs AutoPIPE
- Reviewers felt that AutoCAD MEP meets the needs of their business better than AutoPIPE.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that AutoPIPE is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of AutoPIPE over AutoCAD MEP.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
AutoPIPE
AutoPIPE - Accelerate piping design and ensure compliance with international standards.
$3,677.00
1 License Per Year
AutoPIPE provides you with a comprehensive and advanced software tool specializing in pipe stress analysis. Increase your productivity and improve quality control with an intuitive modeling environment and advanced analysis capabilities. Ensure efficient workflows between pipe stress engineers, structural engineers, and CAD designers through interoperability with leading plant design applications.
AutoPIPE includes special features for advanced buried pipeline analysis, operational (hot) clash detection, wave loading, fluid transients, and FRP/GRP or plastic pipe, as well as time-saving integration with other Bentley and third-party applications such as OpenPlant, AutoPLANT, PlantSpace, Hexagon PDS and SmartPlant, Autodesk Plant 3D, and Aveva E3D Design. AutoPIPE automatically determines the optimal pipe support locations to satisfy your design requirements with the most cost-effective solution, without sacrificing quality or safety.
AutoPIPE saves you time by enabling you to create, modify, and review piping and structural models and their results quickly and easily from a single interface. Save even more time by addressing static and dynamic analyses in one application offering advanced linear and non-linear analysis capabilities for temperature, wind, wave, buoyancy, snow, seismic, and transient loadings.
- Perform advanced analysis and design
- Create graphical results and reports
- Streamline multi-discipline workflows
Free Trial
AutoCAD MEP
Free Trial is available
AutoPIPE
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.5
166
8.3
6
Ease of Use
8.3
167
9.2
6
Ease of Setup
7.5
35
Not enough data
Ease of Admin
7.6
33
Not enough data
Quality of Support
8.3
160
9.2
6
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
7.9
32
Not enough data
Product Direction (% positive)
7.5
163
10.0
6
Features by Category
Building Design and Building Information Modeling (BIM)Hide 28 FeaturesShow 28 Features
8.2
109
Not enough data
Design
8.4
94
Not enough data
8.0
91
Not enough data
8.9
95
Not enough data
8.6
94
Not enough data
8.4
92
Not enough data
7.9
26
Not enough data
Collaboration
7.9
91
Not enough data
8.7
93
Not enough data
8.6
93
Not enough data
8.7
93
Not enough data
Construction
8.6
92
Not enough data
8.3
87
Not enough data
7.7
84
Not enough data
7.9
24
Not enough data
7.6
23
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.1
13
Not enough data
8.2
13
Not enough data
7.8
13
Not enough data
Common Data Environment (CDE) - Building Design and Building Information Modeling
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Cost Estimation - Building Design and Building Information Modeling
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Electrical & Circuit Design - Building Design and Building Information Modeling
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Design
8.5
92
8.3
5
8.2
92
6.7
5
8.2
92
8.0
5
8.6
94
Feature Not Available
7.7
87
8.0
5
Work
8.5
94
Not enough data
9.0
95
Not enough data
7.9
88
8.7
5
7.8
87
8.3
5
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
AutoCAD MEP and AutoPIPE are categorized as MEP
Unique Categories
AutoCAD MEP is categorized as Building Design and Building Information Modeling (BIM)
AutoPIPE has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
AutoCAD MEP
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
AutoPIPE
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
Construction
21.5%
Design
17.7%
Information Technology and Services
11.8%
Architecture & Planning
11.8%
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
9.7%
Other
27.4%
Oil & Energy
66.7%
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
20.0%
Information Technology and Services
6.7%
Chemicals
6.7%
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Other
0.0%
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Discussions
How I can manage layout
1 Comment
NK
Yes you can manage layout by views/view port/scale settings.Read more
What is the difference between AutoCAD and Autocad MEP?
1 Comment
JP
AutoCAD MEP add special custom toolbars and shortcuts that are useful for mechanical, electrical and plumbing designers/drafters. It's basically AutoCAD...Read more
what is the best way to provide training to Auto Pipe Softwares
1 Comment
SG
What you wrote all sounds correct. As for training, Bentley offers official training through the Learn server...Read more
How i can create quick model from autocad?
1 Comment
PS
AutoPIPE has the ability to import from many intelligent plant design tools and can also import "non intelligent" data directly from CAD systems like...Read more
How much is AutoPIPE cost?
1 Comment
CR
Hi, depends on country, but one the best way to check is https://virtuosity.bentley.com/product/autopipe/, and put the country.
This type of license is in...Read more
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