--- title: OpenFOAM Reviews meta\_title: 'OpenFOAM Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 35 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how OpenFOAM works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.3 review\_count: 35 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: CAD & PLM url: https://www.g2.com/categories/cad-plm --- # OpenFOAM Reviews & Product Details OpenFOAM is an open-source software used for computational fluid dynamics (or CFD). * * * Seller [OpenFOAM Project](https://www.g2.com/sellers/openfoam-project) Discussions [OpenFOAM Community](https://www.g2.com/products/openfoam/discuss) Solution Type Best-of-Breed Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/openfoam/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![MATLAB](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "MATLAB") MATLAB 4.5/5(771) ](https://www.g2.com/products/matlab/reviews) [ ![SimScale](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "SimScale") SimScale 4.6/5(284) ](https://www.g2.com/products/simscale/reviews) [ ![Ansys Fluent](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ansys Fluent") Ansys Fluent 4.5/5(122) ](https://www.g2.com/products/ansys-fluent/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/openfoam/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 35 real user reviews. Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Nagu s.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Nagu s.") NS Nagu s. Computational Fluid Dynamics Engineer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/27/2020 "Need more learning sources" 3.5/5 What do you like best about OpenFOAM? The first and best thing I love about Foaming is the open source capabilities. The ease of flexibility of mesh importing, lightweight nature, speed of computing, and ease of convergence. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about OpenFOAM? Lack of proper Learning sources: During my work, I had to solve a CHT (Conjugate Heat Transfer) problem. For that, I suggested openFOAM to my employer, and I tried and browsed a lot to define the boundary conditions, but I did not find the best source related to it, and I got confused. In the end, we used openFOAM only for visualizing the fluid flow, and for CHT, we moved to commercial software. After a few days, I left that job. Difficult for starting stage: I am aware that, unlike commercial software, openFOAM has less GUI, but in my starting days, I invested (worthwhile) time to learn. Job market: I am from India, and I have not found a single job opening or requirement for the openFOAM tool. I am not aware of the situation outside of India. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering OpenFOAM: First, acquire the theoretical knowledge and intuition of the problem you are solving, and then try Foaming. Go through some tutorials available on the internet, then try if you are a beginner. Open foam flavor is lightweight and easy to solve only if you have proper tutorials or guidance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is OpenFOAM solving and how is that benefiting you? I am looking forward to solving CHT (If any links, please share). I have solved a few fluid flow problems for flow visualization (cold storage, pipe flow, etc.). I am looking to get a job using the OpenFOAM tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Gokulnath J.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Gokulnath J.") GJ Gokulnath J. Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/17/2020 "A software with multiple uses, but less user friendly" 4/5 What do you like best about OpenFOAM? OpenFOAM has a lot of uses. Literally, anything can be done via OpenFOAM. Every variable in a flow system can be manipulated resulting in results as precise to the real cases as possible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about OpenFOAM? OpenFOAM, because of its humongous similarity to the real world physics, has lots of variables. Each variable is stored in different text files in a particular format. If new variables are to be introduced to a preexisting sample file, the format in which they have to be introduced can be quite challenging. Remembering the format for each text file will also be difficult. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering OpenFOAM: A very useful tool that doesn't have good enough user friendliness, but over all very useful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is OpenFOAM solving and how is that benefiting you? I learnt OpenFOAM as a part of my college curriculum in which I had to model different turbulence models. OpenFOAM is a free to use software that can give precise results compared to other softwares but does not have a user interface making it less user friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Lan D.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Lan D.") LD Lan D. Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/20/2020 Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores. "QUITE A RIDE WITH OPENFORM" 3.5/5 What do you like best about OpenFOAM? OpenFORM is like a tool that you can control and customize for your own good. If you are into building your own gear, OpenFORM is the choice for your CFD simulation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about OpenFOAM? I don't have a specific dislike for openform, except that since less people are using it, sometimes it's hard to find more information and ideas when you got stuck. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering OpenFOAM: Give it a try if you are good at cfd and want to do some creation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is OpenFOAM solving and how is that benefiting you? I was doing a airfoil simulation at that time. I just started to use Linux. OpenFORM learning helped me understand cfd more as well as shell programming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Mohammed H.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Mohammed H.") MH Mohammed H. Professional Doctorate in Engineering Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/22/2020 "Usability and ease of Understanding OpenFOAM" 4/5 What do you like best about OpenFOAM? I like the Structure of the Output files and the case files it self. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about OpenFOAM? I do not like the fact that OpenFOAM has no a text to highlight it 's key words with different color. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering OpenFOAM: It is very powerfull software I see a wide range of usability of this piece of art in the future . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is OpenFOAM solving and how is that benefiting you? solving Laminar, turbulent , particles and combustion . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Mohamed Mohsen A.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Mohamed Mohsen A.") MA Mohamed Mohsen A. Graduate Research Assistant Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/14/2020 "OpenFoam is a great tool for scientific research" 5/5 What do you like best about OpenFOAM? I have been using openfoam for many years. It is great that I can easily develop and test new solvers and physical models. The parallel capability is also great for running research level problems that may need large resources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about OpenFOAM? I do not like that some or even many of the models or routines in the code are not described and I have to go and check or follow each class and objects to see how this particular model or routine works Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is OpenFOAM solving and how is that benefiting you? I used openfoam for hypersonic flow simulations and fire modeling. The finite volume functions and classes made it super easy to implement new solvers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Khizar M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Khizar M.") KM Khizar M. Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/16/2020 "OpenFoam for University Project" 3.5/5 What do you like best about OpenFOAM? It is easy to use and learn. One can get accurate and reliable results form OpenFOAM than many other softwares available. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about OpenFOAM? I found it very difficult to install OpenFOAM software and sometimes It just got crash or slowed my laptop. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is OpenFOAM solving and how is that benefiting you? I used OpenFOAM to slove CFD related problems and I found it very useful as its results were more accraute. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ![Jelena A.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Jelena A.") JA Jelena A. Researcher Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 7/15/2020 "A very useful platform for code implemetation while benefiting fromthe existing routines." 4.5/5 What do you like best about OpenFOAM? the object-oriented structure of the code; the routines for particle tracking and interpolation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about OpenFOAM? there were a few bugs that probably got fixed in later versions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering OpenFOAM: useful for implementing your own piece of code in such a way that you can benefit from the existing routines. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is OpenFOAM solving and how is that benefiting you? Lagrangian particle tracking. benefits from using flow solver and interpolation routines. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Sagar C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Sagar C.") SC Sagar C. Computer Assistant Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/15/2020 "It's best software to show any final design in 3D." 4.5/5 What do you like best about OpenFOAM? The number of frame and rate at the time of saving file ask and show the warning if is there have in setting. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about OpenFOAM? Time require to animation is very large I.e. it is time consuming while creating animation files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is OpenFOAM solving and how is that benefiting you? For showing video without buffering, I was increase the frame rate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ![Waleed k.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Waleed k.") WK Waleed k. Research Assistant Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 8/4/2020 "Excellent Environment for simulations" 5/5 What do you like best about OpenFOAM? Automatic Meshing. Snappy Hex Mesh BlockMesh Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about OpenFOAM? Postprocessing I didn't like paraview because it is difficult to compute Q Certion in paraview Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering OpenFOAM: Excellent software for Modelling and Simut Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is OpenFOAM solving and how is that benefiting you? Design and Optimization of Ship Hull to reduce it's trim angle Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Research](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Research") UR Verified User in Research Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 7/29/2020 "Flexibility is the advantage" 4/5 What do you like best about OpenFOAM? It a good platform to the users to build and solve their own governing equations based on a specific problem. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about OpenFOAM? While handling libraries the command mode provides a great flexibility to users. Also for beginners those who are not very familiar with c++ library they will face quite difficulty at the beginning. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is OpenFOAM solving and how is that benefiting you? Mostly i work with supersonic problem specifically shock/shock interactions or shock/boundary layer interactions. 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