# SimScale Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is SimScale the right BIM solution for you? Explore 140 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/145960/SimScale/reviews --- SimScale 4.5 (140) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/145960/SimScale/alternatives/) 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 December 29th, 2025 # Reviews of SimScale Ease of use 4.3 Customer Service 4.7 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews AK Avash K RAHealth, Wellness and Fitness, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “I wanted to simulate fluid flow on a square cuvette fixxed with a magnetic rotator and I was able to do it easily with SimScale.“ September 14, 2024 HH Hank H Mechanical Engineer Research, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “Web program is slow on retrieving data and need more live log or progress bar for its background processes.“ May 25, 2023 ss samreet s Building Simulation EngineerConstruction, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “The largest difference that using Simscale makes is the turnaround time on projects, the GPU powered computing significantly reduces the runtimes with minimal runtimes if any, therefore speeding up projects we work on.“ September 15, 2023 JC Jeff C Lead Mechanical EngineerElectrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “The minimum annual core hours and fee is a little much for our needs.“ August 14, 2023 PG Peter G OwnerConsumer Goods, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “FEA is one of the best use cases for cloud software, and Simscale has implemented the software making best use of the technology. “ August 3, 2023 JP John P Design EngineerDesign, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “I believe I had too many mesh cells, but I don't think I knew what a good target was. “ September 29, 2023 PG Peter G OwnerConsumer Goods, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Instead of waiting hours for results of one FEA analysis, you get results in minutes making design iterations faster.“ August 3, 2023 PK Pawel K Plastic Technology Project ManagerHospital & Health Care, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: I used a free trial. “The least i like is difficulty in model import and further errors in geometry“ August 5, 2021 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 140 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Siddhant P. Assistant Manager Automotive Used the software for: 2+ years ### "SimScale "all upto Scale"" November 28, 2022 4.0 Pros The ability to create the flow region inside the software itself without extraction of it manually. Cons The 3D dynamic flow areas and the rotational area are a bit confusing to understand in the beginning with the reference content that is available. Review Source GG Guillermo G. Engineer Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Engineering simulation in the cloud" May 7, 2019 5.0 I have been using SimScale to tackle professional consulting projects, in the fields of structural analysis and flow simulation. It has allowed me to run detailed models to my like, and even run many simulations at the same time. All computation process and data is hosted in the cloud, so I can rest assured, turn off my computer and leave it running overnight. When needed help or advice, the forum is a great place with experienced, willing to help people. Pros The ability to run big models, such as FEA meshes in the order of 10 million nodes, and CFD in the order of 20 million cells, without the need of building a supercomputer is a game breaker. Just log in from a web browser and you are good to go to create, setup, run, supervise and post process any simulation. The support, both from the company and in the forum by other users is superb. Also, easy to access online tutorials, documentation, webinars and example projects lower the entre barrier for professionals that are new in the field. Cons Still missing some functionality to be considered a complete suite, basically some FEA and CFD simulation models. Review Source AS Amritpal S. Used the software for: ### "Advertisement technique isn't upto the mark and simscale should collaborate with cloud based cad" October 11, 2016 3.0 As you know that your simscale platform is a great platform performing simulation on cloud and if you will perform a serve there are many regions on earth where internet speed is really great but In that region people buy moderate laptops and those can't perform simulation on 2 to 4 core laptops even though colleges have also low core configuration computers however if they use your platform with integration cloud based cad software and I believe if you take one step ahead with two advancements in your simscale ,first Collaborate your simscale with cloud based cad software and Second Spend more money on advertisement specially in colleges & schools. I realized it in my NORTH region of PUNJAB (INDIA) what I have written above. However if you give me official rights to advertise your product in my region then I can prove that I am right and your product will get more attention. THANK YOU for giving me chance to ignite your simscale improvements with my words. Pros I like the most about this software is background computation in mesh and simulation. Cons It should integrate with cloud based cad Review Source Response from SimScale November 24, 2016 Thank you for your feedback, Amritpal. Do you know about our integration with the cloud-based CAD solution Onshape? I think you would be interested to give it a try: https://www.simscale.com/blog/2015/12/introducing-simscale-connector-app-for-onshape/ VR Verified Reviewer Sustainability Analyst Construction Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Great software for CFD simulation and workflow" September 12, 2019 4.0 We started with using the Community plan and then upgrade. We were able to simulate the built environment with respect to air temperature, wind speed, humidity and mean radiant temperature and the quality of output/results were commendable. The computational power is enormous, which is a first for CFD software. SimScale is user-friendly and has a simple interface. Highly recommended. Pros The fact that SimScale is completely web-based CFD software that is capable of providing tangible outputs in a short period of time with the help of real-time simulation with no reduction in resources of the system, is the best aspect of this software. This is better than other CFD software that typically takes weeks to simulate a 24 hour period with basic boundary conditions. SimScale allows us to simulate the built environment with respect to thermal simulation, wind analysis, heat island etc. with the help of CAD models within the browser, you don't need any expensive hardware upgrades or parallel computing either. The software is also capable of providing thermal comfort parameter outputs such as PMV and PPD, which can help designers to consider these when designing pedestrian/occupant friendly spaces. Cons Customer care can be a bit more proactive in solving issues. Secondly, there is currently no option to calculate PET, SET and UTCI which are outdoor thermal comfort parameters and can be added in a future upgrade. Review Source Paras G. Aerodynamics Engineer Printing Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Detailed & Easy" July 27, 2019 5.0 Pros I am an OpenFOAM user and I like the freedom it gives the user to play with the parameters. SimScale offers the same level of freedom but with an interface that's simple and effortless to handle. Since it is cloud-based there isn't any need to download it and even the free version provides a lot of computing hours. Cons I am still exploring the software and have enjoyed every bit of it. I would appreciate if the tutorials emphasize more on the values used while mesh refining as well as Numerics and Simulation Control. Review Source Panagiotis A. Electrical and Electronic engineer Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Need improvement " December 11, 2022 5.0 Pros As an electrical and electronic engineer SimScale is one of the best software to work with.it’s all in one simulation platform, you can perform cooling, heat & fluid flow analysis of electronic devices, PCBs, electronics systems Cons For my experience the cad had a lot of bugs and the wire connection it was always hard with simScale Review Source Karl G. Mechanical Engineer Design Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great opensource option" November 26, 2020 5.0 Very good, you get enough core time to struggle and tinker with a problem until you get the simulation right. Pros I do maybe one or two simulations a year, and it is a great, fast inexpensive relatively easy to use tool Cons It is slightly dificult to use, but this can be expected considering how powerful it is Review Source Andrew M. CEO Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Simscale is an interesting software for simulations " August 27, 2019 5.0 Now, we recommend simscale for everything related to digitally assisted engineering. It is very good for working with CAD formats, and for managing graphic comments or web visualizations. We also recommend it for complete analysis of finite elements (FEA). Pros The simscale platform makes it possible to work very well with design analysis, in the case of simulations. To these can be added 3D models externally, and you can add models of movement and turbulence. Cons With regard to BIM management, simscale lacks collaboration tools, a conflict tracking system, which would undoubtedly be very useful for managing its resolutions, and an internal documentation system. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer General Engineer Defense & Space Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Clean, easy to use FEA" April 26, 2021 5.0 I used SimScale largely to test out whether there was an alternative FEA program that I preferred to the programs I had used thus far. I found SimScale easy to use, but overall it wasn't the best fit for my needs at the time. Still, I would recommend SimScale if you don't need to get down into the fine details of FEA as much. Pros SimScale was extremely easy to use, had a nice user interface, and for my purposes, was free. I liked that it was web-based because I didn't have to use my computing power on my machine. Cons As with some commercial FEA products, SimScale allowed less "under the hood" tinkering with model parameters than other packages such as Abaqus. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Student Aviation & Aerospace Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Extremely user friendly" August 1, 2019 4.0 Pros The software is highly user friendly whilst still being robust. It hides the clunky numbers involved with numerical analysis for new users whilst still providing the ability to change them for more experienced ones. Cons The software only supports fluid flow velocities of upto 0.5 Mach Review Source ST Sai T. Lead Engineer - Mechanical Automotive Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Simple, beginner friendly and Elegant" August 28, 2023 5.0 I've had excellent experience with Simscale, enough to not let me look at another product. Pros The user interface is easy to use and improved over time. From Cutting Planes to Point Selection for Parameters, it is easy find the necessary study variables. The 'Core' system allows for rapid simulations for large problems. Making everything Automatic (unless otherwise specified) makes it user friendly. A large material selection for structural analysis. Cons Simulation estimates can be off. More CAD operations would help (example would be to split just faces instead of bodies). Reason for choosing SimScale Cloud Platform, Inexpensive and Beginner Friendly Review Source MSS Mathias Sønderskov S. Computational design lead Architecture & Planning Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Easy to use and you feel comfortable in the hands of their support" September 29, 2023 5.0 Pros SimScale is a trustful companion in rolling out cfd simulations in enterprise scale. There's an easy learning curve and support is very helpful. Creating Pedestrian Wind Comfort simulations is easy for everyone! Now we can focus on design rather than the engineering behind. Cons As of today; I'd love an easier workflow to upload files and exchange parts of your geometry without uploading the entire thing in a zip. There are coming ways through API and Rhino plugins but we haven't been able to utilize it 100% yet. Reason for choosing SimScale It was a very very close call this time... Nabla feels more customized for architects, while a lot of the new features on simscale doesnt really affect us. and now you argue for a 15% price increase with no real relevant additions. Review Source JP John P. Design Engineer Design Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "John Parsons with Elgin" September 29, 2023 5.0 It's been intuitive to use after a walkthrough with my coworker, and what I haven't understood I've been able to ask SimScale about directly. Pros The product is relatively easy to use, and the tips we've gotten from SimScale reps have been useful. It's been great working with Ricardo. The option to edit a model in CAD is nice too. Subtracting objects from each other is easier in SimScale than inventor. Cons I've had runs fail or time out without knowing exactly what went wrong. I believe I had too many mesh cells, but I don't think I knew what a good target was. Review Source AA Anton A. Designer Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Very powerfull wide range Simulation tool" September 8, 2023 4.0 Pros +There is a huge pool of possible simulations, from static/dynamic structural to fluid simulations.+As it is web based, it's not requiring a powerfull PC at all and does not occupy your PC at all while calculating.+Pretty good documentaion / Tutorials+Plug in Chat support: They are realy helpful and have a relative short response time Cons modyfing imported models is pretty awkward, but you can see they are working on it and it's getting better Review Source FW Florian W. Co-founder Aviation & Aerospace Used the software for: 2+ years ### "CAE without the capital investment" May 24, 2019 4.0 Interesting project that keeps evolving all the time. The customer service is extremely good and personal. From onboarding to troubleshooting. Pros It fits an agile workflow very well, without blocking a workstation (which is not needed, any laptop will do) and no overhead of maintains your own cluster. The tools tend to be a bit slower then proprietary solutions but the messaging workflow is nice. Connection to Onshape cloud cad is a big plus. Cons Some features change their functionality and or disappear for a while. They are brought back later and better, but it hinders the workflow. Review Source TF Thiago F. Sustainability specialist Architecture & Planning Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Reliable and easy to use!" July 18, 2023 5.0 Pros Simscale is a fast and rather easy simulation software to use, whereas it gives accurate and reliable results for PWC analyses. It has many ways of displaying the results, which is a huge benefit. Cons So far, everything looks great. I think it would be great to have an integrated microclimate tool, to analyze UTCI and other thermal comfort metrics. Review Source \-- \-doron -. CEO Civil Engineering Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "surely recommend SimScale" February 12, 2021 5.0 I guess the above says it all. Excellent CFD tool. Perfect support in both - knowledge, patience and response time!! Pros SimScale covers several applications for CFD analysis. My office is doing analysis and design for structures in the widest form. We do structures in Civil Engineering, Aeronautics, industrial equipment of all types. SimScale seems to fit any application within this list! The LBM option for wind pressure distribution on high rise. The PWC - an automated solution for wind comfort. The incompressible for airfoils etc. The multi-phase for liquid-air interaction. and probably a lot is yet to come..... Cons 1\. Show the CFL criteria plotted while running. 2. Enable video screen capture! now using 3rd party app. Reason for choosing SimScale much better in all parameters. Review Source AP Arek P. Design Engineer Used the software for: ### "Good but could be better" October 9, 2015 5.0 Pros: easily accessible, relatively ease of use, based on very good solvers, good customer experience and communication. Cons: lack of "pay as you go option", lack of free access to CFD tutorial license option to get proficient in the software to reduce price of use, such payment solution pushes away people who don't have regular customer base yet from SimScale to CalculiX, OpenFOAM, Salome platform. For the price of the training and 1 year access I did OpenFoam training with accommodation in Italy. OpenFOAM itself doesn't cost a bit! I recommend: - introducing pay as you go option, -allowing other simulations for free with limited amount of nodes/elements to learn the interface -reduce the price for training Generally very good idea! Regards, Arek Review Source Response from SimScale November 24, 2016 Dear Arek, since your feedback in 2015, we changed a few aspects. We hope you will be happy to find out that: - The free Community plan was introduced, which gives access to all simulation features for public projects at no cost - The price for SimScale Professional Training was reduced from 1500 EUR to 500 EUR: https://www.simscale.com/professional-training/ - more than 25 workshop series and webinars recordings were published for free on the SimScale website: https://www.simscale.com/learning/webinars/ - on the Tutorials page you can find 40 step-by-step simulation tutorials that can help you learn SimScale for free: https://www.simscale.com/step-by-step-tutorials/ ES Eva S. Used the software for: ### "Really cool simulation platform!" March 11, 2017 5.0 Hello, I'm a student and I am part of the Formula Student. Therefor I wanted to learn Simscale after I participated in the FSG Workshop for Aerodynamics which was taught by Simscale. I think it is really practicable that it works cloud based. Therefor the simulations run through much faster and you can decide about the cores without having your CPU getting killed. :D I think the workshops are awesome you can learn really fast. You get immediately support if you have an error with your simulation or some ideas to gain a solution for a specific technical problem. The project sharing function makes it easy to communicate with other Simscale Users so that they may help you if you have issues. I also like the different kinds of simulations they're offering. There's e.g. the CFD sector with compressible, multiphase and lots and lots of features. The only sad thing is that it is not easy to handle for new customers or students. But with the workshops you may learn it if you want to so they give much effort to it to make it handsome and I think they do a great job. If you guys would improve the simulation program by making it easier to understand and handle it without converting everything in STL ASCII and maybe improve the CAD-handling in the program then it would be easier for students and for new users too and then I'll give 5 stars for ease of use too. The workshops are fine. :) Review Source JC Jeff C. Lead Mechanical Engineer Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "SimScale in design process" August 14, 2023 5.0 I have had good experiences with using SimScale for FEA and thermal simulation. Pros Ease of use and implementation has made using SimScale software a success at DTS. Cons The minimum annual core hours and fee is a little much for our needs. Review Source HH Hank H. Mechanical Engineer Research Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "2 week review" May 25, 2023 3.0 Pros Easy of use and deployment. Was up and running under a week and was able to grasp most features well enough to get good data and improve on design. Cons Web program is slow on retrieving data and need more live log or progress bar for its background processes. Reason for choosing SimScale Cheap and cloud based Review Source DB Daniel B. Plant Project Engineer Mining & Metals Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Ease of use" March 24, 2023 4.0 Pros Ease of use. I always thought any kind of high level CFD or heat transfer analysis would cost a fortune and require intensive training. So far with little experience I have been able to get good results that I could validate to ensure I understand the constraints and inputs I am using. Cons Units have been a little difficult for me to work with. Metric vs Imperial, post processing results don't always show the unit options that were used for the inputs. Review Source TL Thomas L. engineer Airlines/Aviation Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great learning tool and " July 26, 2019 4.0 Pros It's free for public users/hobbyists making it a great way to start learning about analysis. It lets you be free to make mistakes and learn from them and try again. Cons I haven't used much other analysis packages so I don't really have anything to compare to Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Aeronautical Engineer Aviation & Aerospace Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Great software for beginners and even later" July 26, 2019 4.0 Pros It's very easy to use. You don't have to install any complicated software. Tutorials are great. It has wide variety of simulations. You pay only what you use and it has free trials. Cons There is still some small gap between SimScale and professional software. Review Source SH Salaheddine H. Engineer Civil Engineering Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Feedback" February 9, 2021 4.0 Pros \-I find that the interface is more efficient and saves time, -The quality of postprocessing is perfect, -The mesh quality tool that can facilitate the study of mesh sensitivity and reduce the associated numerical errors. -Timely support and documentation is very helpful, even for beginners in CFD. Cons \-The CAD mode needs more functionality to manage most of the modeling or CAD preparation. - Custom Field Function (CFF) and User Defined Function (UDF) need to be integrated in Simscale. - The 2D streamlines need also to be integrated in the post-processing if there is a 3D model to analyze. Review Source Similar Products Featured