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.
Simulation
AnyLogic alternatives
Everything we have published that puts AnyLogic beside another product. Nothing here is written for this page: each piece is a full assessment in its own right.
Before you compare
The highest modeling capability score in this assessment, at 19 of 20. Three modeling paradigms in one environment, documented libraries across several industries, and no ceiling that shows up in the published material. The deepest engine in this comparison by a clear margin.
The same rule on every page in this section: the criterion this product scores highest on, and whether that score leads the assessed field.
AnyLogic in the wider comparison
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.
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.
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.