--- title: Ansys Minerva Reviews meta\_title: 'Ansys Minerva Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Ansys Minerva works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.0 review\_count: 4 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-26' parent\_category: name: CAD url: https://www.g2.com/categories/cad --- # Ansys Minerva Reviews & Product Details Claimed ###### Profile Status This profile is currently managed by Ansys Minerva but has limited features. Are you part of the Ansys Minerva team? [Upgrade your plan](https://sell.g2.com) to enhance your branding and engage with visitors to your profile! ANSYS Enterprise Knowledge Manager (EKM). ANSYS EKM is a web-enabled scalable system that enables your engineering team to manage and share simulation data, integrate heterogeneous simulation tools and create easy-to-follow workflows for your entire product development team, while providing the greatest level of data security to protect your company's intellectual property. * * * Seller [Synopsys](https://www.g2.com/sellers/synopsys-53e76f66-bf39-4c28-b0f2-97178ec8ddfd) Discussions [Ansys Minerva Community](https://www.g2.com/products/ansys-minerva/discuss) Overview by Marion BLANC Show More ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Simplify3D](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Simplify3D") Simplify3D 4.2/5(41) ](https://www.g2.com/products/simplify3d/reviews) [ ![PTC Mathcad Prime](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "PTC Mathcad Prime") PTC Mathcad Prime 4.3/5(34) ](https://www.g2.com/products/ptc-mathcad-prime/reviews) [ ![Vectorworks Spotlight](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Vectorworks Spotlight") Vectorworks Spotlight 4.5/5(24) ](https://www.g2.com/products/vectorworks-spotlight/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/ansys-minerva/competitors/alternatives) PK Pritesh K. CAE Engineer 1 Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 3/7/2024 "EKM the software you need" 4/5 What do you like best about Ansys Minerva? Ansys Engineering Knowledge Manager (EKM) is the home to all the operations and data needed for all the tasks you perform within Ansys. Personally using it for CAE operations almost everyday helps me to manage all my simulations all at once at one single page very easily. The page customisation option as per the user needs might be my favourite feature out there with EKM. Things are very handy resulting in fast operations and avoiding multiple repetitive tasks with the data server at EKM. The scalability helps multiple users access my data and simultions from their respective devices helping me with feedbacks instantly and helping everyone to use data for their respective tasks. Ansys help also provides quick support if you get stuck at some point, their PDF files and vast number of tutorial or how to do videos work as a helping hand all the time. Altogether EKM has made my work process faster, easier, effortless for repetitive tasks and handy for all the operations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Ansys Minerva? The process required for page customisation is a little lengthy from my experience, you get bored from the repetitive tabs to handle there. Also if I have my simulation failed for some reason I would love to directly click on the error code which would lead me to Ansys help other than remembering or copying the code and searching for it manually. The intergrated applications within Ansys take long time sometimes to start if you wish to go from one application to another. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Ansys Minerva solving and how is that benefiting you? Helps me/industry to save money from simulating my product before putting it into physical testing and production. Helps me with the status and work progress of all my simualtions which works very well than other softwares. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Vishal J.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Vishal J.") VJ Vishal J. Project Manager Information Technology and Services Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/16/2023 "Simulation at your fingertips" 4.5/5 What do you like best about Ansys Minerva? Best product testing software before creating the actual product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Ansys Minerva? At times model creation becomes challenging and requires good product knowledge. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Ansys Minerva solving and how is that benefiting you? It helps us test the product in physical parameters like stress, strain, heat, etc., which helps in better product creation before moving it to production. Saving lots of time, money and effort. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite YP Yatish P. CAE Engineer Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 10/4/2022 "Ansys Engineering Knowledge Manager" 3.5/5 What do you like best about Ansys Minerva? Easy to use tool. It has good work-flow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Ansys Minerva? Few things like preparing model are complicated and need take some time to learn. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Ansys Minerva solving and how is that benefiting you? I have used Ansys EKM to manage the simulations and their data. Sharing and managing the data has been easy with EKM. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Our network of Icons are G2 members who are recognized for their outstanding contributions and commitment to helping others through their expertise. G2 IconCurrent UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Design](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Design") UD Verified User in Design Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 8/17/2018 "Necessary" 4/5 What do you like best about Ansys Minerva? This simulation program is very useful for being able to perform simulations of the designed prototypes, both in the university and in research. Physical parameters can be set to see if the created structure withstands the forces or temperatures, or which part of the structure will experience the greatest stress/deformation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Ansys Minerva? Making the model itself is more complicated than other programs, like AutoCAD, and that makes you hesitate to use it, but its functions are not comparable to any of those. Editing a piece you have already created is more complicated than it seems. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Ansys Minerva: Put some care into it and learn to use it. I assure you that it will be very useful once you master it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Ansys Minerva solving and how is that benefiting you? When I have to conduct simulations with new materials that replace the ones that currently exist, with different properties and shapes, this program has helped me to carry out these experiments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 inviteAI Translated ### There are not enough reviews of Ansys Minerva for G2 to provide buying insight. 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