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At a Glance
Altair Inspire
Altair Inspire
Star Rating
(64)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (46.9% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Genesis
Genesis
Star Rating
(5)4.1 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (50.0% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Genesis
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Altair Inspire
No pricing available
Genesis
No pricing available
Free Trial
Altair Inspire
Free Trial is available
Genesis
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.0
61
Not enough data
Ease of Use
8.4
62
Not enough data
Ease of Setup
8.4
22
Not enough data
Ease of Admin
8.8
7
Not enough data
Quality of Support
7.8
52
Not enough data
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
7
Not enough data
Product Direction (% positive)
9.1
62
Not enough data
Features by Category
7.5
363
Not enough data
Design
7.8
27
Not enough data
7.2
27
Not enough data
7.6
27
Not enough data
7.0
26
Not enough data
Tools
6.6
26
Not enough data
8.6
27
Not enough data
7.8
27
Not enough data
Work
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
6.8
25
Not enough data
7.7
25
Not enough data
7.5
25
Not enough data
6.9
25
Not enough data
Environment
7.8
26
Not enough data
7.3
25
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
25
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Altair Inspire
Altair Inspire
Genesis
Genesis
Altair Inspire and Genesis share no categories
Unique Categories
Altair Inspire
Altair Inspire is categorized as Simulation and Test Suite and Simulation & CAE
Genesis
Genesis is categorized as Other CAD
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Altair Inspire
Altair Inspire
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
46.9%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
21.9%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
31.3%
Genesis
Genesis
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
25.0%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
25.0%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
50.0%
Reviewers' Industry
Altair Inspire
Altair Inspire
Automotive
26.6%
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
18.8%
Higher Education
6.3%
Aviation & Aerospace
6.3%
Machinery
4.7%
Other
37.5%
Genesis
Genesis
Retail
25.0%
Restaurants
25.0%
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing
25.0%
Consumer Goods
25.0%
Other
0.0%
Most Helpful Reviews
Altair Inspire
Altair Inspire
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Tomasz T.
TT
Tomasz T.
Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing

I like a lot there. The first impression: extremely clean GUI with multi-function icons replacing pull-down menus is a thrill. The actual topology optimization functionality is very decent. Probably the best program on the market to demonstrate what...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Tim B.
TB
Tim B.
Verified User in Automotive

Developers have tried to merge Simsolid and Optisctuct solvers into one UI. Features for both solvers are littered everywhere. No thought is given to informing users which features correspond to which solver. The user experiance is bad.

Genesis
Genesis
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Tomasz T.
TT
Tomasz T.
Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing

GENESIS appears to be a solid topology optimization simulation, but the real strength can be seen when you start applying geometry/manufacturing constraints. GENESIS has an entire gamut of constraint combinations - and is able to solve to them! The real...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User in Retail
GR
Verified User in Retail

It keeps crashing every now and then. There are too many codes I have to learn.

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Discussions
Altair Inspire
Altair Inspire Discussions
What file formats will Inspire import?
2 comments
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The fundamental factors that make the Network Appliance NS0-403 pdf dumps of New Exam Dumps an ideal test readiness asset is the way that you will get...Read more
Is Inspire a proven technology?
1 comment
Official Response from Altair Inspire
Yes, Inspire is built with the Siemens PLM Parasolid 3D solid modeling kernel and uses Altair's OptiStruct optimization engine. Both products are industry...Read more
Who uses Inspire?
1 comment
Official Response from Altair Inspire
solidThinking Inspire is used by a growing number of design engineers, product designers, and architects at well known companies around the world such as:...Read more
Genesis
Genesis Discussions
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