--- title: Altair Reviews meta\_title: 'Altair Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 21 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Altair works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.1 review\_count: 21 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: Financial Services url: https://www.g2.com/categories/financial-services --- # Altair Reviews & Product Details Altair is a portfolio management, investment accounting and reporting software for investment managers, pension funds, insurance companies, private client brokers, banks and trust agencies in the Benelux market. Altair allows you to track complex securities and sophisticated, multi-currency investment strategies around the globe. * * * Seller [SS&C Blue Prism](https://www.g2.com/sellers/ss-c-blue-prism) Discussions [Altair Community](https://www.g2.com/products/altair/discuss) Show More ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Morningstar Direct](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Morningstar Direct") Morningstar Direct 4.1/5(426) ](https://www.g2.com/products/morningstar-direct/reviews) [ ![Betterment at Work](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Betterment at Work") Betterment at Work 4.3/5(709) ](https://www.g2.com/products/betterment-at-work/reviews) [ ![Morningstar Direct Advisory Suite (formerly Advisor Workstation)](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Morningstar Direct Advisory Suite (formerly Advisor Workstation)") Morningstar Direct Advisory Suite (formerly Advisor Workstation) 4.1/5(285) ](https://www.g2.com/products/morningstar-direct-advisory-suite-formerly-advisor-workstation/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/altair/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 21 real user reviews. [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Verified User in Defense & Space](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Defense & Space") UD Verified User in Defense & Space Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/6/2021 "User Friendly Software" 4/5 What do you like best about Altair? User Friendliness for using software also we are getting knowledge of basics while using software Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Altair? Old GUI are used in Altair Hypermesh, This needs to improve. Also Some Sort of automation possible while preprocessing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Altair solving and how is that benefiting you? Meshing And Solver deck preparation for FEA Analysis. Good Quality Meshing with reduced element count. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 8/9/2024 Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite EP Elenos P. Application Support Manager Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 6/16/2022 "Just about does the job" 2.5/5 What do you like best about Altair? It has all the functionality that is needed from this kind of platform, but it doesn't go much more than that. All in all it is just a very average platform and meets all the basic requirments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Altair? Its lay out and wording is for users with a finance background, general users struggle. Also, the UX is very poor, with multiple buttons that do the same job. This just confuses users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Altair: If you are looking for an average and fair-priced platform it does the job, if you want to pay a bit more you can go to a slightly more expenses competitor. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Altair solving and how is that benefiting you? Well, it helps with the ERP side of things, especially in the financial realm. Yet again it just about meets this, it doesnt go over and above in this department like some of the other alternatives. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![ruchik t.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "ruchik t.") RT ruchik t. Technical Lead Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/18/2021 "Altair has the best CAE tools as per my experience" 4/5 What do you like best about Altair? Best customer support and very easy and interactive GUI Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Altair? Optistrut solver can be upgraded like abaqus for non-linearity Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Altair: Very easy to use, their ttutorials to learn the software are very good and easy to understand Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Altair solving and how is that benefiting you? Linear and non-linear simulations. Hypermesh for prer-processing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 9/7/2021 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Jerome T.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Jerome T.") JT Jerome T. Research Engineer Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 8/4/2021 "Altair Support and Forum are Awesome!" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Altair? There are already a lot of the general questions that have been asked in the forums which will be very helpful if you just started. However, if you need more profound insight, you can post a new question, I usually get the reply from experts within 1-2 days. Also, you can create a case to request technical support, I got helped with all the experts worldwide, so it is a good software company I would say. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Altair? Nothing much I can dislike. One thing, since some of the software, for example Altair Flux is commercial software, it is not too easy to customize. I have some trouble when I want to introduce a new physics equation to include and compatible with the solver and computational process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Altair solving and how is that benefiting you? I am using Flux as a process simulation tool for induction welding, especially for thermoplastic welding. However, traditionally it is for conventional materials. Although we did not get to the point that we want yet, but so far the comparative results been really helpful to understand the insight. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Rohit M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Rohit M.") RM Rohit M. Assistant Professor Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/19/2021 "Review on Altair products like Hypermesh/ optistrtuct etc" 5/5 What do you like best about Altair? User-friendly tools provided by Altair are very effective and anyone can use this easily. Altair product has a wide range of applications irrespective of domain like mechanical / electrical / electronics etc . Also, Altair provides all the support learning material, student's edition license copy free of cost which enables everyone to learn effectively. Also once you understood the process you can apply this to any type of problem. Also, Altair has very good or we can say strong help portal where you can search for anything and you will get all kinds of help from there. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Altair? The file size is very large but this we can see in all kinds of products n the market. and this is not a major issue that can be manageable. But all other things are perfect. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Altair: You can use this for any kind of work education, research, or actual practical components. If you are a research scholar then you can request the research copy from Altair and they provide it to you. So if you are a students / research scholar or professional all kinds of personals cam use this for their domain. And you can learn this software from Altair university website. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Altair solving and how is that benefiting you? With Altair tools, one can solve any kind of problem with Altair starting from mechanical, civil, computer, electrical etc. I normally do static analysis, modal analysis, thermal, dynamic like stress analysis of mechanical components, modal analysis of bridges to calculate natural frequencies, CFD analysis of batteries, etc we can do with it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Ashika I.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ashika I.") AI Ashika I. Senior Engineer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/3/2021 "Good for meshing complex parts" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Altair? Exclusively used for modelling in simulation driven design industry. Hypermesh, one of the best product that can easily integrate with other softwares. Well qualified products, easy documentation facilities, easy installation process, suitable for modelling complex automotive components, options for checking mesh quality Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Altair? Not user friendly at initial stages. Auto mesh can not use for all the parts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Altair: For meshing, I would recommend hypermesh alone so far Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Altair solving and how is that benefiting you? It's package seems huge. Very limited options can be used often. Minimalised product might be a better version Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![jayant m.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "jayant m.") JM jayant m. Engineering Operations Director Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 10/16/2021 "Very strong Technical & Product based company" 2.5/5 What do you like best about Altair? Product Suite are very niche & unique in the market. Very strong portfolios of products in CAE & Grid Computing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Altair? Management needs to understand the current trends Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Altair solving and how is that benefiting you? CAE side - Mainly simulation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Automotive](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Automotive") UA Verified User in Automotive Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 7/18/2021 "User friendly with sufficient sources to access all domain products by using single license setup" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Altair? Each software having individual domain variables with suitable tutorials as well as graphical interface is very much impressive to solve higher-level simulations, especially for CFD solvers called UltraFluidX and NanoFluidX. 1D simulation and other supported software are all very advanced and easy to learn. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Altair? There are very few downsides that are not highly impacting to your works. It is a usual bug facing in other software too. So there is nothing much about negative point to say over here. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Altair solving and how is that benefiting you? While running a heavy models system usually take a lot of time, but sometimes the software gets automatically shut off. Later it got solved by the Altair organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Airlines/Aviation](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Airlines/Aviation") CA Verified User in Airlines/Aviation Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 8/31/2021 "User friendly software" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Altair? The way each tabs are placed, gives immediate sense of solving a problem manually. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Altair? The tabs are some what hidden and the analysis run window is smaller. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Altair: It's a good software if you have your fea basics in place. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Altair solving and how is that benefiting you? I am using optistruct to mesh the fluid volume in heat exchanger. The easy of meshing for rough estimate is commendable and also the analysis time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Samrat A.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Samrat A.") SA Samrat A. CAE Engineer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 6/26/2021 "It is best software for meshing also quick and easy" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Altair? HyperXtrude module is very easy and helphup for quick analysis of extrusion process. The meshing control options are very powerful to optimize the mesh. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Altair? Some analysis options like die stress analysis and automatic bearing length optimization is little problematic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Altair solving and how is that benefiting you? We used the HyperXtrude molule for extrusion process simulation and die design optimization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about Altair? 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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