# PSIM Reviews **Vendor:** Altair **Category:** [Simulation & CAE Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/simulation-cae) **Average Rating:** 4.7/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 27 ## About PSIM PSIM has been a leading power electronics and motor drive simulation and design software for over 25 years. With an intuitive, user-friendly interface and a robust simulation engine, PSIM is the all-in-one solution that meets users’ simulation and design needs. PSIM can handle quick power converter loss calculations, motor drive efficiency calculations, conducted EMI analysis, and analog/digital control. PSIM also offers automatic embedded code generation for rapid control prototyping. Additionally, with PSIM’s various Design Suites, users can design power supplies, electromagnetic interference (EMI) filters, and motor drive systems quickly and conveniently. PSIM also integrates seamlessly with other Altair products (Activate, Embed, Flux/FluxMotor, MotionSolve) and with third-party software, and offers an integrated solution for multi-domain, multi-physics systems. ## PSIM Reviews ### 1. PSIM review **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ashish N. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 07, 2023 **What do you like best about PSIM?** PSIM is very helpful to simulate electrical circuits especially in Power Electronics, motors,etc **What do you dislike about PSIM?** Honestly, PSIM is very good, but if there is one thing that can be improved, they can improve the look and feel of the software. **What problems is PSIM solving and how is that benefiting you?** PSIM is helping users simulate complex electrical circuits and analyse them under different conditions to determine their characteristics. ### 2. High price, but the software is worth the money. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 27, 2022 **What do you like best about PSIM?** We have been using version 7.0.5 for many years and recently purchased a new one, which is 2021b. Generally, I am satisfied with the program. The high speed of the simulation and easy creation of the logical part of the schematic diagram and its connection with the power part allows us to quickly obtain reliable results helpful in the hardware implementation of both the power part and the control system. **What do you dislike about PSIM?** I found some minor bugs. I think they are because the software has recently been significantly modernized. Fortunately, the technical support responds well and helps solve and patch problems if necessary. **What problems is PSIM solving and how is that benefiting you?** I design frequency converters for induction heating. The simulation results obtained with PSIM allow me to save a lot of time I would have to spend testing the real circuit. ### 3. Great simulation software for Power Electronics **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Shuvam K. | Power Electronics Software Engineer, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** February 22, 2022 **What do you like best about PSIM?** Over the years, PSIM has consistently included new components to enable engineers like me to create excellent and accurate simulations easily. The interface is also great. **What do you dislike about PSIM?** Sometimes the license drops while building the simulation, which disturbs the workflow. **What problems is PSIM solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are solving electrical simulations for electric vehicles. ### 4. The Best Power Electronics Simulator So Far **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Emre C. | Research Assistant **Reviewed Date:** May 30, 2022 **What do you like best about PSIM?** The efficiency and the ability of working on very high frequencies without any hassle is the biggest advantage. Plus, freely chosing components and designing them according to the need and the datasheets are beneficial. **What do you dislike about PSIM?** Classically looking icons, interface and its old style limit the reach of the software, imho. Also, the interactive actions like adding a line and flipping components are somewhat weird. **What problems is PSIM solving and how is that benefiting you?** I have been using a different simulator for a long time and had to switch to PSIM due to time efficiency. Hence, the software has saved us a lot of time. Financially, it did not help us ever since we use the software for academic purposes. ### 5. Ideal platform for behavioral simulation **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Siavash H. | R&D Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 27, 2022 **What do you like best about PSIM?** The software analysis features/ run-time simulation/Control blocks **What do you dislike about PSIM?** Most toolboxes need to order separately/ spice models support/Simcoupler timing syncronization **What problems is PSIM solving and how is that benefiting you?** DC/DC Converter/EMI analysis/ Sensitivity and Montecarlo analysis/GaN HEMT/ Example and training which cause the reliable reference and simulation results ### 6. Great tool for power electronics design and simulation **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** GAUTHAM T. | Research Scholar **Reviewed Date:** June 14, 2022 **What do you like best about PSIM?** Great tool for simulating Power converter circuits .Smartctrl feature is vey helpful for designing feedback control system. Simulating circuits with SiC and GaN semiconductor devices helps in understanding the circuit design,loss analaysis and performance in real time. Overall Great tool for power electronics simulation. **What do you dislike about PSIM?** Exporting simview results in single layout screen like (2*2,3*2) would be much beneficial **What problems is PSIM solving and how is that benefiting you?** Circuit design and simulation before going for hardware design ### 7. Excellent software **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Dillon O. | Post Graduate Researcher **Reviewed Date:** June 08, 2022 **What do you like best about PSIM?** Great user manuals, clear selection of components, fast analysis, multiple simulation options available and good descriptive errors. **What do you dislike about PSIM?** There's not much I dislike, it's better than any other circuit simulation software ive tried so far. **What problems is PSIM solving and how is that benefiting you?** Transient time analysis of SMPS converters using quasi resonant switching. This software is a proof of concept and is benefiting me by confirming whether my ideas work. ### 8. For code generation, PSIM is the number one. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Emre A. | researcher **Reviewed Date:** June 08, 2022 **What do you like best about PSIM?** In PSIM, it's very easy to generate code for embedded targets. For instance, we use PSIM to generate control algorithm forTI 28335 DSP. It's fastly generate C code and other files. Additionally, the PSIM team fastly responded to our emails. **What do you dislike about PSIM?** Sometimes you can not some blocks that are frequently used in other programs. **What problems is PSIM solving and how is that benefiting you?** PSIM solves the code generation problem fastly. ### 9. Perfect tool for university **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Duyen Duc T. | Student, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 27, 2022 **What do you like best about PSIM?** Generally simple and intuitive handling for student **What do you dislike about PSIM?** Sometimes confusing handling, but I am going to learn **Recommendations to others considering PSIM:** Learning by doing **What problems is PSIM solving and how is that benefiting you?** Tool for bachelor work ### 10. Design of power electronic converters in my year as a research fellow at the University. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Design | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 09, 2022 **What do you like best about PSIM?** Simple, intuitive and very well done. In addition, online support is always available for clarification and problems in the use. **What do you dislike about PSIM?** In using it so far, I have not found any faults except for the somewhat lengthy activation procedure, but otherwise no problems. **What problems is PSIM solving and how is that benefiting you?** Power electronic converters design. ### 11. It is useful and quick design **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** secil g. | Research ass. **Reviewed Date:** June 09, 2022 **What do you like best about PSIM?** I am a PHD student. And my specific topic about power electronic and EMI design. PSIM have this design suits. So I think it will be useful for the students. **What do you dislike about PSIM?** EMI design LISNs do not cover under 150 kHz **What problems is PSIM solving and how is that benefiting you?** EMI design problems and filter design ### 12. Great user experience for modeling power electronics. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** July 28, 2022 **What do you like best about PSIM?** simple user-friendly interface. runs smoothly on low-power PCs. **What do you dislike about PSIM?** the auto wire routing is sometimes annoying. **What problems is PSIM solving and how is that benefiting you?** I used PSIM all year for my final year of engineering in a subject called Power electronics and drives. The software was an invaluable tool in modeling the startup torque power curves for motors. this was just one example of many uses. ### 13. Good software for simulate accurately Powerelectronics and easy to use **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mikel A. | Chief of Inverters and Motors, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 08, 2022 **What do you like best about PSIM?** The quick simulations and the easy use of the software **What do you dislike about PSIM?** The graphic design of the schematics could be improved. **What problems is PSIM solving and how is that benefiting you?** Problems related to power device simulation with high accuracy and good transient approximation. ### 14. Very usefull **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Farid N. | Associate Professor, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 21, 2022 **What do you like best about PSIM?** The free trial possibility. Very useful to use and also very easy to use. **What do you dislike about PSIM?** I did not practice a lot to observe some defects **What problems is PSIM solving and how is that benefiting you?** To make homework for my students ### 15. PSIM for FSAE Team **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Ohad R. | Head of Electrical Division, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 01, 2022 **What do you like best about PSIM?** Simplicity, Organized Library, Help windows **What do you dislike about PSIM?** License key ease of use, had some license verification problems **What problems is PSIM solving and how is that benefiting you?** Power simulations, control simulations, design of power systems ### 16. Simulation of Power electronic circuit **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in E-Learning | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 11, 2021 **What do you like best about PSIM?** Simplicity, ease of use, powerfull software **What do you dislike about PSIM?** It does not use a priori the power of multicores **What problems is PSIM solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is a powerful tool to help students understand the logic of designing converter structures through coarse and fine modeling of components. ### 17. USER OF PSIM TRIAL VERSION **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Semiconductors | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 08, 2022 **What do you like best about PSIM?** recently I started my career in power electronics development by using this psim .I simulated different kinds of circuits psim user friendly .and i need to thank psim team for the wonderful opportunity special thanks to technical team for clarifying the technical doubts also **What do you dislike about PSIM?** i didn't find any things dislikable in psim **What problems is PSIM solving and how is that benefiting you?** designing of power converters ### 18. User friendly **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 09, 2022 **What do you like best about PSIM?** The similarities between PSIM and a real electrical circuit. Ergonomics is much appreciated too. **What do you dislike about PSIM?** Interaction between for example .csv and PSIM is not easy way to do. **What problems is PSIM solving and how is that benefiting you?** I'm using PSIM for me and my student to simulate and compare results to real physical measurements. ### 19. Matlab/simulink cosimulation for the investigation of 3-to-1 matrix converter **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Morgane R. | Student, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** September 10, 2021 **What do you like best about PSIM?** - fairly easy to use - cosimulation with Simulink is super practical - little tips at each opening of the software to improve little by little - excellent contact with the staff - several videos to start using features **What do you dislike about PSIM?** - environment is a bit old-fashioned - not very natural use in the construction of the circuits (e.g., deletion of elements) - lack of information about the equations used and how the software solves them **What problems is PSIM solving and how is that benefiting you?** I used PSIM to model the electronic part of the matrix converter to continue the work by progressively modifying the ideal elements used by elements with realistic characteristics (essential point in the switch management of the matrix converters). From this point of view, the implementation under PSIM will be advantageous before a real-life application. ### 20. PSIM is very user oriented simulation software **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Automotive | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** June 16, 2022 **What do you like best about PSIM?** simulation time and easily pick up libraries. **What do you dislike about PSIM?** more library models need to added & what component parameters need to added **What problems is PSIM solving and how is that benefiting you?** we are using for multiple projects ### 21. PSIM: the basic features lacking software **Rating:** 0.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Defense & Space | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 11, 2021 **What do you like best about PSIM?** The fixed time step that could help some time (but should only be a spice option) The C blocks, The simplicity to create a PWM controller model **What do you dislike about PSIM?** The graphical interface, reloading at each movement, the "green" and "red" world that lead to confusions (not solved simultaneously) The solver that you do not know how it works, no information of max iteration at each step or misconvergence issues The "no convergence problems" of PSIM belief the no units in m (milli), n(nano), others and even between volts and amperes (in the viewer) the not well working functionnality of recording every nodes voltages and branch currents to debug a simulation the no possibility to name the nets that could be enough for the voltmeters not to name them as well the no possibility of having the result file in a different folder than the model file the no possibility to view a model file when loosing a remote licence and they have a nice SPICE option for LTSpice link that you can pay for... **Recommendations to others considering PSIM:** I'd rather suggest a good SPICE option (Simetrix/Simplis or even LTSpice) or maybe PSIM for motor control tools but I have never used it **What problems is PSIM solving and how is that benefiting you?** For the moment I have never solved problems with PSIM ### 22. An essential software for power electronics **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sumantra B. | Research Associate, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 07, 2021 **What do you like best about PSIM?** - plethora of simlulation tool - usage of Simulation resources - thermal modeling blocks - spice model simulation capabilities **What do you dislike about PSIM?** - examples given lacks explaination - lack of online resources **What problems is PSIM solving and how is that benefiting you?** - power converter design - thermal modeling - control system designing ### 23. simple and efficient **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Edmond G. | t, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 10, 2021 **What do you like best about PSIM?** The simplicity of use and the efficiency of the simulation **What do you dislike about PSIM?** the access at the documentation whiwh is not really easy **What problems is PSIM solving and how is that benefiting you?** It is a good way to introduce power electronics to basic students ### 24. User student UGA, **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Accounting | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 18, 2021 **What do you like best about PSIM?** practicality, the simulation already offered by the software **What do you dislike about PSIM?** All I need to do in simulation is to simulate electrical systems with PSIM, so everything is good for me. **Recommendations to others considering PSIM:** Nothing **What problems is PSIM solving and how is that benefiting you?** Simulation of electrical installations, power and harmonic analysis ### 25. I use PSIM With my students **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Higher Education | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 11, 2021 **What do you like best about PSIM?** We can use the PSIM networks and PSIM Demo **What do you dislike about PSIM?** The downsides of using PSIM is for me the absence of french version. **Recommendations to others considering PSIM:** PSIM is easy to use for students from college and university. **What problems is PSIM solving and how is that benefiting you?** Electronics ### 26. PSIM 2021 **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Industrial Automation | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 10, 2021 **What do you like best about PSIM?** examples and easy use simulation quickly **What do you dislike about PSIM?** Not enough help for some functions as magnetic,... **Recommendations to others considering PSIM:** TRAINING AT HOME or OTHER SITE WILL BE FINE **What problems is PSIM solving and how is that benefiting you?** Simulation board as dc/dc converter before prototype ### 27. Worked on a project where we used PSIM for controlling a BLDC **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Industrial Automation | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 04, 2021 **What do you like best about PSIM?** The versatility and user-friendly interface **What do you dislike about PSIM?** Not updated trainings and tutorials where you can learn wasily **What problems is PSIM solving and how is that benefiting you?** Control of BLDC motors using external power electronic circuits working with JMAG ## PSIM Discussions - [Is PSIM open source?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/is-psim-open-source) - 1 comment - [What is PSIM software used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-psim-software-used-for) - 1 comment - [View PSIM pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/psim/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-13+11%3A12%3A10+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=ea2ed49d-a8de-4dfb-803c-14ffb03befb5&secure%5Btoken%5D=2498bc0999d2fea9f91455f65eec7c010016c910d5c1490e5319c7f8332a36da&format=llm_user) ## PSIM Features **Design** - 3D/solid modeling Tools - Drawing Tools - Editing Tools - Rendering tools **Tools** - Fluid analysis - Finite element analysis - Multibody dynamics **Work** - Discrete event modeling - Continuous event modeling - Mechanical event simulation - Manufacturing process simulation - Integrate **Environment** - Hardware support - Task - Manage Multiple Profiles - Command Clarity ## Top PSIM Alternatives - [PLECS](https://www.g2.com/products/plecs/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (26 reviews) - [Simulink](https://www.g2.com/products/simulink/reviews) - 4.2/5.0 (95 reviews) - [PSCAD](https://www.g2.com/products/pscad/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (21 reviews)