SimScale Reviews (284)

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SimScale Reviews (284)

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Users consistently praise the ease of use and excellent support provided by SimScale, highlighting its intuitive interface and quick onboarding process. The cloud-based platform allows for efficient simulations without the need for high-end hardware, making it accessible for various engineering tasks. However, some users note limitations in advanced features and configurability, particularly for complex simulations.

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Mikel G.
Sustainability Specialist
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Good experience overall."
4/5
What do you like best about SimScale?

Ease of use. Ability to create a wide range of simulations for the scope of my projects within hours. Good postprocessing of results. Very good customer service and technical support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SimScale?

Maybe a bit "too easy". For example, having sometimes solid results that may not be that good when in-depth analysed. The software lacks some postprocess features that may be inherited from Paraview. Difficult to defend the procedures when "old-school" clients/partners with certain knowledge in CFD review the results. I miss measuring tools for models, and features that allow to combine data related to geometries when some layers are updated in a new model. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Michael D.
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Michael D.
Mechanical Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Way more intuitive than any other cfd I have used"
5/5
What do you like best about SimScale?

The training they provide and the access to engineers is exceptional. The integration with cloud computing works great Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SimScale?

The fact coming from solidworks CAD files, its not very well integrated Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Sameer B.
R&D Mechanical Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Easy to use and a great support team that's available quickly"
4/5
What do you like best about SimScale?

I like that it is cloud based so that I can log in from wherever. It's very easy to use once you understand how to run simulations and the support team does a great job at helping you out with detailed videos and walkthroughs of setting up a simulation as well as troubleshooting where needed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SimScale?

If you have multiple simscale windows open, it faces some issues loading the projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Heni T.
Mechanical Design Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Satisfied of the interface, types of simulations and results"
4/5
What do you like best about SimScale?

The interface is simple and user-friendly.

The types of simulations available are convenient to what we are working on.

Error logs and warnings are easy to understand and to fix.

The support engineers are so helpful and professional and speak English very fluently. Kind stuff and master well the physics and computing codes in the backend.

Running simulations on SimScale is time saving thanks to the server computing cores and allow us to work simultaneously while the simulation is running.

The option of running multiple simulations at the same time is highly appreciated. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SimScale?

CAD platform is not very rich of editing features, most of the times I have to edit the model in my CAD software and re-upload it again. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Viven S.
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Viven S.
Graduate research assistant
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Cloud based simulation tool"
4.5/5
What do you like best about SimScale?

A native cloud simulation setup alleviates the need for substantial local computation and machines. The graphical user is continually improved. Recently, a local measurement was added to my solid mechanics simulation, which is a significant enhancement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SimScale?

Internal updates are sometimes rolled out without notifying users, complicating things when running a series of simulations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sultana S.
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Sultana S.
NRC Aerostructural Engineer Lead
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Lots of support available, great for learning!"
4.5/5
What do you like best about SimScale?

The best part of Simscale for me is the user experience - it's easy to use and intuitive. The support available is great. The tutorials are very very helpful and I learned a great deal through them, especially considering this is my first time using CFD. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SimScale?

So far I've experienced the issue of not being able to progress from where I've left off. My current project already had an external flow volume saved, boundary conditions and everything set up. I opened it again the next day and the flow volume disappeared, meaning I have to start over. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

David E.
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David E.
Student
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Great ability to visualize complex scenarios and perform FEA for heat transfer."
4.5/5
What do you like best about SimScale?

Intuituve user interface. Easily accessible since it is entirely web based (no need to connect to HPC). Very cost and time effecitve through leverageing of cloud computing. Quality of life features like geometry modification within simscale. Overall simscale is relativley easy to learn, with a higher ceiling to master. It is also important to note the great visual gradients and reliable point data all within simscale (no need for paraview). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SimScale?

Meshing seems to be my main complaint, as I have had numerous simulations fail due to issues with mesh sizing and quality. Being able to customize the mesh with sliders from 0-10 (fineness) is nice and works most of the time, but if it does not work it is difficult to fix the mesh. I have also had difficulties with modleing multiphase fluids. These difficulties are mainly due to the complex nature of these types of problems, and I believe simscale is fully capable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Gage C.
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Gage C.
Staff Mechanical Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Easy to Use Simulation Tool with Wide Functionality"
4.5/5
What do you like best about SimScale?

I have run a number of different types of simulations using SimScale, and in every case the interface has been easy to use and understand. SimScale provides a ton of functionality to refine simulations, so I never feel limited to only simulating overly simplified cases. SimScale integrates smoothly with my CAD program Onshape. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SimScale?

Meshes and simulations seem to take longer to run in SimScale than in other programs I have used. SimScale is also less widely known than other programs and is not considered the industry standard for high fidelity results, so for truly critical simulations with a thin margin for pass vs failure, I have some skepticism for the results. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vincent L.
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Vincent L.
High Voltage Electrical Interconnect Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Best CAE software for electrical connector industry"
5/5
What do you like best about SimScale?

User friendly interface and workflow. Easy to pick up and run. You can use it frequently.

Very low learning curve to the engineers with some basic FEA knowledge. Easy to implement in the company.

The model mapping is great for the design iteration. Easy to integrate with any CAD system.

Easily duplicate the simulation for different boundary conditions.

Cloud computing: free up your workstation, Submit as many jobs as you like in the same time.

One subscription included multiple physics analysis under the same uer friendly interface

Quick and easy mesh tool, great time saving

CFD with Joule heating (not many software has this).

Much accuracate thermal analsyis result collerated with test data

Ecellent online tech support. Get issue resolved immidiately

Huge saving on hard ware and software installation for the company and startup.

Cloud enviroment great for global company's collaboration Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SimScale?

Unit scale: the system seems designed for larger part. My projects are usually small components. Need smaller scale for display better.

Post processor can be improved more. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mark H.
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Mark H.
Mechanical Design Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Interesting results and insights"
5/5
What do you like best about SimScale?

We can clearly see the air flow within our units, which helps with our understanding of the machine performance. We can design baffles and similar air flow redirection methods, and re-run the simulation without any costly R&D. Customer support is first class, quick to respond with helpful suggestions. It's cloud based, so no need for powerful hardware to run the simulations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about SimScale?

It's very complex, and takes a while to get your head around (at least it did in my case).

Models have to be massively simplified to allow a simulation run which takes a fair amount of time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.