SimScale Reviews & Product Details

Easy to use and implement, with great support. Since it is cloud based, you can access data from everywhere, which make is appealing to use within a team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don't think there is anything specific that i could point out. It has all the features one could expect from a CAE platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I purchased a SimScale CFD and FEA license for my company. It's a really great product with great support. It's a very easy product to use and setup. I have been using it on a weekly basis. It was easy to integrate with Solidworks, and it can import native models. Very happy so far. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SimScale limits the number of core hours, so for very large simulation products the user may run out of resources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Walks you through the steps required for making a simulation. Pretty user-friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Looking at results is sometimes buggy and not so helpful. E.g. "inspect point" doesn't seem to work well since the values are sometimes different than the color-coding indicates. Always I usually have issues with the cutting plane - possible to make the cutting plane invisible? Sometimes I can get this to work but not always. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The ability to run parallel simulations is great, this allows for better productivity. The customer support is also another good feature. If you have a question the technical team is very quick to respond. The GUI is user friendly and easy to learn. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes you will need to export your results to a third party software to do certain specific tasks, like plotting a quantity along a line. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Launching CFD straight from the browser saves hardware costs and cuts iteration time from days to hours. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The built-in CAD tool feels unintuitive for detailed geometry edits Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This was my first experience using an analysis software that operates entirely through a web-based platform rather than a fully installed program on my computer.

Two aspects of SimScale truly impressed me in a very positive way.

First, the technical support team has been outstanding. They were always available to answer my questions with great efficiency and kindness. As a user, it is incredibly reassuring to know that I can rely on real professionals who provide immediate and personalized assistance whenever needed.

Second, the cloud-based nature of SimScale is a game-changer. Since all computations run on SimScale’s servers, I can perform complex simulations and manage large projects from any of my devices quickly and easily, without installing any software or needing high-end hardware. The ability to work from anywhere, without being tied to a fixed workstation, makes SimScale an invaluable tool for multiphysics analysis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wouldn’t say there’s anything I dislike about SimScale, but there are certainly a few areas that could be improved.

So far, I have only used SimScale for FEA and don’t have extensive hours on the platform yet. However, one of the first things I noticed is that whenever I want to modify a 3D file (such as simplifying the geometry) I always have to create a new copy instead of editing the existing file. It would be great to have the option to work directly on the same model without duplicating it.

Additionally, while SimScale offers excellent simplification tools, I found it more convenient to simplify 3D models in CAD software before importing them into SimScale. Enhancing these built-in simplification tools could make the workflow even smoother.

Regarding meshing, I would love to have more control over the mesh type selection, such as choosing between tetrahedral or hexahedral elements, as well as having more options to fine-tune mesh settings.

Lastly, one significant improvement would be expanding the materials catalog. Considering the wide range of metal alloys and the different heat treatments they can undergo, a more comprehensive selection would be highly beneficial.

I look forward to revisiting this feedback in a few months, once I have gained more experience with the platform and can provide a more in-depth perspective. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.