Free forever, and you may still not be allowed to use it
Most simulation vendors publish a free edition that never expires. The caps are the wrong thing to compare. What separates them is whether the license permits the work you were planning to do.
For buyers
Guides
How to choose process simulation software: what to ask, what the categories mean, and what the field looks like grouped by need.
Roundups
The field, grouped by what a buyer needs.
Two of the six run on a Mac. The rest want you to run Windows.
Simulation software is a Windows category with two exceptions. What the publishers' own system requirements say, and what a browser version is and is not.
Nobody in simulation software publishes a price. We checked.
Across the products we assess, almost none put a figure on their own site. Here is what we found, why the industry works this way, and what it costs a buyer.
Explainers
The concepts behind the category.
What happened to ProModel, and what a buyer should make of it
One of the oldest names in process simulation was acquired in 2022 and its own domain now redirects to its owner. We could not score it against our rubric, and the reason is the review.
Is three dimensional simulation worth what it costs to build?
3D sells the software and then sits unused. Why the buyers who paid for it most often skip it, and what actually persuades a room.