--- title: AFT Fathom Reviews meta\_title: 'AFT Fathom Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 16 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how AFT Fathom works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.6 review\_count: 16 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: Oil and Gas url: https://www.g2.com/categories/oil-and-gas --- # AFT Fathom Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by AFT Fathom but has limited features. Are you part of the AFT Fathom team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! Fathom is the industry-standard software for steady-state hydraulic flow analysis. Developed by engineers for engineers, it is used in over 113 countries and across every major industry. Fathom is the preferred tool for process design engineers to analyze, design, and troubleshoot piping and ducting systems—saving time and resources compared to manual calculations or spreadsheets. Fathom delivers confident and accurate calculations for designing safe, reliable, and efficient pumping systems. Known for its intuitive interface and report-ready outputs, Fathom has a short learning curve and provides fast, reliable results for engineering teams. * * * Seller [Datacor](https://www.g2.com/sellers/datacor) Discussions [AFT Fathom Community](https://www.g2.com/products/aft-fathom/discuss) Overview by Jeremy Ploessel Show More ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Aspen HYSYS](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Aspen HYSYS") Aspen HYSYS 4.5/5(45) ](https://www.g2.com/products/aspen-hysys/reviews) [ ![Surfer](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Surfer") Surfer 4.6/5(126) ](https://www.g2.com/products/surfer/reviews) [ ![gPROMS](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "gPROMS") gPROMS 4.3/5(25) ](https://www.g2.com/products/gproms/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/aft-fathom/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 16 real user reviews. [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ## AFT Fathom Integrations (1) What do users say about integrations? Integration information sourced from real user reviews. [ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") NX CAM ](https://www.g2.com/products/nx-cam/reviews) Show More NS Naveen S. Product Manager Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 4/30/2026 "Excellent Fluid Simulation Software for Accurate Pipe Flow Calculation" 4.5/5 What do you like best about AFT Fathom? One of the best software for simulation on fluids, excellent in flow calculations in the pipes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AFT Fathom? Interface of the software can be made more user friendly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AFT Fathom solving and how is that benefiting you? This software helps in simulation of different type of fluids, specifically how a fluid should behave in the pipes, it gives results around pressure, velocity and other parameters of the fluid Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 5/5/2026 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Sumit S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sumit S.") SS Sumit S. Senior Process Engineer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 8/16/2021 "AFT Fathom is one of the Best tool for Hydraulic calculations." 5/5 What do you like best about AFT Fathom? Feature to compare multiple cases in one output window is very helpful. Visual report is very good to analyse the overall model. Feature of adding vendor curves for Pumps is very useful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AFT Fathom? Needs significant improvement in combined report generation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering AFT Fathom: AFT Fathom is very good tool for hydraulic calculation. It provides multi level checking which helps to reduce error and saves time. Visual Report is very helpful to analyse entire network. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AFT Fathom solving and how is that benefiting you? I am extensively using AFT Fathom for Pump hydraulic, control valve hydraulic and line sizing calculations. It saves time and gives freedom to try multiple scenario in single model by simply creating a new case. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite SK Santosh K. Sr. Process Engineer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 9/2/2021 "AFT Fathom and AFT Impulse software's are very useful for Process engineers" 5/5 What do you like best about AFT Fathom? Fathom is user friendly and provides an easy way to analyze various scenarios in one file Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AFT Fathom? In pipe fitting section for defining expander/reducer, in place of area ratio there can be pipe size Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AFT Fathom solving and how is that benefiting you? Piping network design, rating and analysis. To understand route cause analysis of plant operational issues and finding out solutions for them. Fire water system design. Plant asset health monitoring like fouling level in system and planning for maintenance. Cost-benefit by suggesting options to improve operating efficiency. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering") UM Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 8/15/2021 "AFT Fathom does the job" 4/5 What do you like best about AFT Fathom? Best feature is scenario creations. I specifically like this because i can present multiple solutions at the same time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AFT Fathom? I dislike the absence of smart ness eg. use of polylines for pipes with automatic inclusion of bends and fittings, automatic inclusion of isolation valves on either side of pumps. ( At least the option of automatic inclusion should pop up and its based on user, same can be selected or rejected). These features would make model creation faster. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering AFT Fathom: AFT Fathom is an useful tool however AFT Fathom should make a few applications smart which will ease the model creation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AFT Fathom solving and how is that benefiting you? I have solved multiple scenarios of waste water sludge pumping systems. The benefit derived was presenting multiple solutions at a time and helped in optioneering. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Hung L.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Hung L.") HL Hung L. Lead Process Engineer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 8/4/2021 "user friendly" 5/5 What do you like best about AFT Fathom? single user, multiple users, desktop installation, network installation, GUI Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AFT Fathom? not extensive of thermodynamics properties Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering AFT Fathom: great for single phase fluid flow Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AFT Fathom solving and how is that benefiting you? single phase and network Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 8/5/2023 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Sara Z.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sara Z.") SZ Sara Z. Process Engineer (P.Eng.) Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 8/12/2021 "Practical for network of pipelines" 4/5 What do you like best about AFT Fathom? The feature that allows you to modify a group of junctions or pipes makes it really convenient and time saving in case a parameter needs to change in the model. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AFT Fathom? Run time is relatively slow when compared to software like HYSYS that show realtime results. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering AFT Fathom: You may use this product when modeling bigger network of pipes such as coolong water or gylcol network when too many branches have to be built. Not very practical for smaller hydraulics. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AFT Fathom solving and how is that benefiting you? Pipeline hydraulics and valve sizing. Thr feature "Scenario Creating" in the model itself helps with project organization by removing the need to make mutiple copies of a file for multiple runs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Pragnesh P.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Pragnesh P.") PP Pragnesh P. Process Engineer (Manager) Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 8/7/2021 "good interface and easy to understand even for new users" 4.5/5 What do you like best about AFT Fathom? Majorly interface part and tools that available for the modeling &results representation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AFT Fathom? - Unable to relocate the tables/results of the particular lines that causing overlapping and hard to analyze for large and complex networks. - Need improvement in the error reporting, specifically for the phase change errors for networks that carry fluid at saturated components. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering AFT Fathom: Understand the network behavior before running an analysis on software that will allow one to understand and specifically error resolving/troubleshooting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AFT Fathom solving and how is that benefiting you? Large and complex hydraulic networks analysis that help optimization and ultimately cost reduction both Fixed and Operating. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Ghulam Mohammed Ameer P.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ghulam Mohammed Ameer P.") GP Ghulam Mohammed Ameer P. Process Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 8/16/2021 "One of the best tool for Process Engineers to calculate pressure drop through the pipes" 5/5 What do you like best about AFT Fathom? It's interface is too handy to learn and to explore the calculation in easiest possible way,that helps to converge the system without making it complicated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AFT Fathom? Being a Process Engineer, I didn't find anything dislike able in AFT Fathom. It's damn too easy to do process engineering stuff. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering AFT Fathom: Must learning tool for Process Engineers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AFT Fathom solving and how is that benefiting you? Pressure drop calculation through pipes, Relief valves modelling, Pump calculations, Line sizing calculation etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Pranay G.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Pranay G.") PG Pranay G. Process Engineer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 8/12/2021 "Great Software for Hydraulic Modeling" 4.5/5 What do you like best about AFT Fathom? The ability to allow valves to be open or close for all hydraulic calculations. The readily available data on pumps and pump curves etc. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AFT Fathom? I would like to price to be made more competitive for today's environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering AFT Fathom: I would highly recommend this software Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AFT Fathom solving and how is that benefiting you? We are conducting hydraulic analysis for gas piping systems wherein high accuracy is required. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Oil & Energy](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Oil & Energy") UO Verified User in Oil & Energy Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/23/2021 "Used AFT Fathom for water system" 5/5 What do you like best about AFT Fathom? It is very user friendly with all the nodes are well defined. The flow diagram can be directly replicated on Fathom model and will run to check the static simulation. The user interface is very easy to replicate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about AFT Fathom? In case of any error, it is hard to identify the node with targeted error properties. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is AFT Fathom solving and how is that benefiting you? I was running cooling water system on the softwater to establish the line pressure drop and desired pressure at output. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about AFT Fathom? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. 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