# Simio Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is Simio the right Simulation solution for you? Explore 104 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/110473/Simio/reviews --- Simio 4.7 (104) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated January 27th, 2026 # Reviews of Simio Ease of use 4.2 Customer Service 4.6 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews JZ JEFFZZ111 Z senior modelerAutomotive, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “The 3D effect is still not that fancy.“ May 4, 2021 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 104 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Maria S. account manager Textiles Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "For industry" March 10, 2020 5.0 i just try once but i like a lot my experience with Simio Pros Very easy to use perfect for simulations we can use a free version instructions and tools that provide an easier use Good Customer care Cons paid version is too expensive no version for MAC more slow for complex simulations i don't find any other disadvantage Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Assistant Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "A pleasure to use this instinctive yet comprehensive approach to simulation of complex systems." June 20, 2018 4.0 We replaced previous simulation software that was used for research and teaching. The overall performance is wonderful. Pros The ease of use and of parametrization of elements. In honest comparison with other software of similar capability, the elements parameter are incredibly easy to access and to modify. The simulations themselves seem to have been otpimized in comparison to similar software on the market, as the computing time for similar task is quite reduced. Cons The documentation of the software might need improvement, as it tends to be sometimes complicated to obtain specific information on specific matter. The recommended books and written tutorials are not always sufficient for the variety of simulaiton work that one may encounter Review Source kM khumbulani M. Research Chair Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Simio a world of possibilities" March 10, 2017 3.0 the software provides a wide range of possibilities to simulate and test known and unknown systems for better preparedness in their implementation. Pros ease of use availability of student version and research version Cons none Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Sr. Planning & Business Analyst Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Very Powerful Simulation Software" July 30, 2018 5.0 Pros This software has been the full package for me, providing the functions, details, and support required to build advanced simulations. Cons If anything I woudl say that the biggest issue is that the program is so robust that I required an extensive in-service to learn my way through it, difficult to self-start. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Supply Chain Analyst Trainee Retail Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Distribution Centres in Clothing Retail Industry" October 5, 2018 4.0 We've been able to compare projects and their impacts on our distribution centres. Pros It's very visual and this makes it much easier to convince stakeholders of solutions shown with Simio. The software also helps us with decision making. Cons It's not always obvious how the software works, so training and good online resources are definitely necessary. Luckily Simio does provide these, you just need to take the time to sit and play around with the software. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Associate Design Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great software " September 28, 2018 5.0 Pros Can be applied to many different scenarios and is easy to toggle between 3D and 2D modelling. Cons Available libraries is limited so support is required or training Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Director - Continuous Improvement & Enterprise Optimization Airlines/Aviation Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Versatile and easy to learn simulation tool in market" June 27, 2018 5.0 Able to simulate and assess "what-if" scenarios for complex airline operations for understanding investment benefits, operational bottlenecks, and potential benefits of process improvements. Pros Enterprise team version allows us to have multiple users with limited amount of license; Easy to integrate with Excel for data input and output Cons Marginally on the higher side of memory intensive application; does not have/limited option/APIs to use the simulation engine outside of the SIMIO application. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Nurse Care Manager Insurance Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Very Detailed Simulation Software" December 1, 2018 4.0 Pros Simio does a fantastic job of bringing granularity to their product, making it much more detailed than other programs when it comes to controls and outputs. Cons Simio is very complex and takes full on training to use well, it is definitely not one to pick up and teach yourself. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Research Assistant Higher Education Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "good for discrete event simulation" September 18, 2018 5.0 Pros This software has features to simulate different discrete event scenarios and is really good for use in supply chain and industrial engineering applications Cons This software is not good for agent based simulations such as multi agent simulations Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Professor Higher Education Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "I find it user friendly with the ability to build and run very complex models swiftly" June 24, 2018 5.0 I am using it for my research and teaching and I find it extremely useful. Pros Good documentation, lots of videos for learners, extensive module library, doesn't take much time to learn, interface very similar to Microsoft Office and therefore much easier to work with Cons I didn't find anything wrong with it. It's working absolutely the way I want it to run. I find it to be an excellent software Review Source LS Laura S. Healthcare Systems Engineer Architecture & Planning Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great Product & Team" March 8, 2017 4.0 Simio provides a user friendly interface that allows me to do my work quickly and effectively. It was very easy to get up to speed with Simio after initially learning the simulation language Arena in college. Simio makes it simple to model complex processes while incorporating 3D animation, helping our clients quickly understand how the model is working. I would highly recommend Simio to anyone who is looking for a powerful simulation software that can span across industries and applications. Simio uses sprints to constantly improve their product, taking direct feedback from the people who are using the software daily. They have a great team of developers and engineers who understand the software deeply and are willing to go the extra mile to help answer questions. I gave four stars for features & overall quality because Simio has improved greatly since I began using it several years ago, and I know that it will become even better in the future! Pros Flexibility, ease of use, responsive development team Cons Nothing immediately comes to mind! Review Source PT Petr T. consultant Warehousing Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Excelent customer support and frequent updates" March 13, 2017 5.0 This along with full feature pack and ability to extend with C# modules makes SIMIO excelent software. I was suprised many times to find requested feature in the next sprint in less than a month. Pros User support is quick and helps with solving problems Great community of users with usefull forum Great 3D visualization Object, entity, process oriented simulation software Easy to use Cons didn't find any Review Source PP Pascal P. Manager, Process Design & Sustainability Investment Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A Great Multi Purpose Simulation Package" March 13, 2017 5.0 I have been using SIMIO to optimize airport operations for six years and have been very happy with its ease of use, versatility, built-in features, and capability to customize processes. Technical support from SIMIO has always been good. People are pleased with the quality of the visual output and now that we can use the Occulus Rift to provide an immersive experience, there is even more to be pleased about SIMIO. Pros Ability to embed metrics in the simulation. Cons Management of interaction between entities during movement in free space to simulate for instance pedestrian movements on a sidewalk. They sometimes seem to get stuck against each other instead of walking around each others. Review Source cF cesar F. System Engineer Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great tool" March 8, 2017 4.0 I am a teacher at Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala and I have been watching the improvement in my students over the years. Pros Ease of use and the software includes almost anything we need Cons You don't have a version for Mac OS Review Source MO Mohammed O. Assistant professor of industrial engineering Higher Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Industrial Engineering Professor" March 13, 2017 5.0 SIMIO is amazing simulation Software Tool. It helps student performing their projects easily and proficiently Review Source SR Stephen R. Emeritus Professor Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Probably best in class simulation software" June 19, 2018 5.0 Pros Relatively easy to learn and to use. Has great flexibility for almost any simulation application. Integrates well with data bases and can be readily extended for specific applications. Cons Sometimes its hard to keep up with the latest development, due to frequent updates and development. The development version cycle is about six weeks, so updates and new features come out frequently. Review Source JG Janik G. Manager Airport Development Airlines/Aviation Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Easy to use, very visual" June 20, 2018 5.0 Ability to visually show to management how bad the queuing can be and the effect of adding resources. Pros Very easy to use even for someone that has no experience in modelization or operational research. Cons We can't write in a single CSV file the results of multiple replications. Need to use a VBA code to merge the CSV file of each replication Review Source RC Robert C. Project Manager Chemicals Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Simio for Manufacturing" September 28, 2018 4.0 Overall, Simio is a fantastic software package that can we used to optimize current processes and model future state scenarios. I would recommend any manufacturing company to use this software. Pros I enjoyed the out of the box drag and drop functionality that allows for a new user to learn how to configure models quickly. I also like the ability to create logic using the same drag and drop functionality to model some of the more unique processes that happen in a production environment. Cons We used a third party to provide support and custom programming in our model. Once we had a complex model, it became very difficult to make changes without requiring the third party's involvement. Review Source ST Satie T. Phd Student Research Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Good" September 9, 2019 4.0 Pros The software has good functionality and is easy to apply and model. Cons The preview interface is not very dynamic and user friendly. Review Source GE Gokhan E. Assistant Professor E-Learning Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "I have been developing an online simulation course" June 25, 2018 5.0 Pros easy to learn and very modular, which means you can do most things without hassling with the menus,etc. process logic is also a huge plus, which prevents you from coding but simply building process steps to model things that you cant do with default menus. Cons The software support is great but the search menu could be advanced to find what you need exactly... Review Source AM Adrian M. Manufacturing specialist Education Management Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Simio provides a great simulation tool" March 13, 2017 5.0 I came to Simio whilst looking to re-engage with simulation. As a previous user of other simulation software packages I have found Simio very easy to work with although there is a bit more "programming" and other nuances to master when compared to some other packages. Despite this I have found it easy to create some quite complex scenarios and obtain some very useful data that I would not have otherwise been able to get. The support team are great and very friendly and over all I find the package excellent. I would certainly recommend this to others. Pros Intuitive, good graphics, simple to use once you have understood some of the quirks regarding work centre programming. Cons The reports have too much information (pivot tables) and I have yet to work out how to isolate specific work centres at specific times. Thus it is difficult to pin down where WIP is gathering sometimes. This is probably due to my relative inexperience with the software. Review Source JV Jan V. Associate professor Higher Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "SIMIO in higher education" March 14, 2017 5.0 I use SIMIO for support of my teaching for more than five years. My classes are for business and IT students, so my evaluation is based on both users' and administrators' aspects of this software. Review Source UR Uriel R. Dr E-Learning Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Best and fast software for simulating. All of my students in "simulation" class are very happy." June 22, 2018 5.0 It is more easy to understand simulation process with this software Pros With some skills it is possible to simulate almost everything. My students apply all the acquired knowledge in their jobs. Cons No cons, all the software is so easy to use and understand. Probably Simio need a link to share data with Matlab, Labview or Origin. Review Source SS Surapong S. Assistant Professor Education Management Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Great Simulation Package" March 14, 2017 4.0 I have used Simio for almost 2 months. It is by far the easiest simulation package that can do 2D and 3D animation. Simio is also very easy to simulate a queuing system and easy to export the result in csv format. One noticeable drawback is the default value that Simio record was not consistent with the meaning of analytical model. For example, when I define maximum system capacity, the recorded value after simulation run seemed to go over the defined parameter. Thus, I've got to define my own state variable to record what I need (number in the system). BTW, I haven't tried the movable resource and many features yet, so couldn't write a review about it. However, if I have to model those other features, I will write a review some more. Pros easy to do 2D and 3D animation. Cons the meaning of the recorded values from simulation may be defined differently from analytical model. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Director of Clinical Operations Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "So many options but knowledge needed!" March 27, 2019 4.0 Pros It has tons of options and functionality. Cons It takes some practice to be able to use it to its full advantages Review Source Similar Products Featured