1. [Home](https://www.g2.com/) 2. ... 3. [Service Virtualization Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/service-virtualization) 4. [FIXSIM Discussions](https://www.g2.com/products/fixsim/discuss) [ ![Product Avatar Image](https://images.g2crowd.com/uploads/product/image/large_detail/large_detail_33877793455e26e125a3d6a8c1aa497c/fixsim.png "Product Avatar Image") ](/products/fixsim/reviews) [ FIXSIM ](/products/fixsim/reviews) 0 ratings FIXSIM is a browser-based FIX protocol simulator and automated testing platform built for QA engineers, developers, and integration teams at broker-dealers, buy-side firms, OMS/EMS vendors, exchanges, and fintech companies. In production since 2012, FIXSIM eliminates the need for live counterparties during FIX connectivity testing, certification, and regression validation. Unlike traditional on-premise tools, FIXSIM requires no software installation, no VPN, and no infrastructure setup. Teams connect directly from a browser using TLS-encrypted sessions and can begin testing FIX order flow within minutes. This makes it practical for globally distributed teams, remote QA engineers, and contractors who need immediate access to a reliable FIX testing environment without waiting for IT provisioning. FIXSIM acts as a FIX counterparty — initiator, acceptor, or both simultaneously — to simulate the full range of trading scenarios: order fills, partial fills, cancels, rejects, replaces, and session recovery. It supports all major FIX versions from FIX 4.0 through FIX 5.0SP2, making it suitable for firms working across legacy and modern trading infrastructure. For manual testing, the platform provides real-time message blotter and session views for inspecting live FIX message flows, order state, and execution reports. Engineers can send individual messages, trigger order actions, and observe the full session lifecycle in real time. This is particularly valuable during initial integration work, debugging, and client onboarding certification where visibility into message-level detail matters. For automated testing, the Rule Builder creates deterministic, repeatable test scenarios that respond automatically to incoming FIX messages. Teams define rules that simulate venue behavior — automatic fills on New Order Singles, conditional rejects, partial execution sequences, and more — enabling zero-touch regression testing that runs consistently without manual intervention. This makes it straightforward to validate that OMS and EMS order state machines behave correctly after code changes. For teams running CI/CD pipelines, the FIXSIM REST API provides programmatic control over sessions, message injection, and scenario execution. Development and QA teams use the API to trigger FIX test scenarios directly from build pipelines, ensuring that FIX connectivity and business logic are validated automatically on every release. FIXSIM is used by broker-dealers certifying client FIX connectivity before go-live, buy-side firms validating OMS and EMS integrations, OMS and EMS software vendors testing order routing logic, exchanges and ECNs stress testing FIX market access, and fintech teams integrating FIX for the first time. The platform supports high-volume stress testing to validate system behavior under sustained FIX message throughput, and multi-user access allows entire QA teams to work within a single firm account. FIXSIM is a cloud-hosted SaaS product operated by Gamma Three Trading, LLC, based in Boston, Massachusetts. Gamma Three Trading is a member of the FIX Trading Community, the non-profit standards body responsible for the FIX protocol specification. The platform processes over 1,000 FIX sessions and 2 million FIX messages daily, maintains 99.9% uptime, and offers a 7-day free trial with no credit card required. Subscriptions are month-to-month with no annual contracts. 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