COMSOL Multiphysics Alternatives

COMSOL Multiphysics is described as 'Engineering, design, and finite element analysis software environment for the modeling and simulation of any physics-based system' and is an app in the education & reference category. There are more than 50 alternatives to COMSOL Multiphysics for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Chrome OS apps. The best COMSOL Multiphysics alternative is Elmer, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like COMSOL Multiphysics are ANSYS Workbench, FEATool Multiphysics, ANSYS AIM and Abaqus Unified FEA.

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COMSOL Multiphysics alternatives are mainly 3D Modelers, but if you're looking for CAD Software or Circuit Simulators you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source and Free. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to COMSOL Multiphysics.
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  1. Elmer icon
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    Elmer is an open source multiphysical simulation software mainly developed by CSC - IT Center for Science (CSC). Elmer development was started 1995 in collaboration with Finnish Universities, research institutes and industry.

    21 Elmer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  2. The ANSYS Workbench platform is the backbone for delivering a comprehensive and integrated simulation system to our customers. Using Workbench for your product development simulations will result in higher productivity from integrated applications leveraging common and...

    22 ANSYS Workbench alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. FEATool is a fully integrated multiphysics modeling and engineering simulation environment for Matlab and Octave, featuring built-in CAD and geometry tools, preprocessing and grid generation, solvers, and postprocessing and visualization.

    40 FEATool Multiphysics alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • GNU Octave
    • MATLAB
     
  4. ANSYS AIM icon
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    ANSYS AIM makes upfront simulation easy by combining intuitive, guided workflows, accurate simulation results and optimization in a complete simulation tool. Integrated geometry modeling based on ANSYS SpaceClaim technology helps you create new 3-D concept models, or edit/repair...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  5. The Abaqus Unified FEA product suite offers powerful and complete solutions for both routine and sophisticated engineering problems covering a vast spectrum of industrial applications. For example, in the automotive industry engineering work groups can consider full vehicle...

    26 Abaqus Unified FEA alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6. ANSYS Mechanical Enterprise is the flagship mechanical engineering software solution that uses finite element analysis (FEA) for structural analysis using the ANSYS Mechanical interface. It covers an enormous range of applications and comes complete with everything you need from...

    27 ANSYS Mechanical alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. ANSYS Fluent icon
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    ANSYS Fluent software contains the broad physical modeling capabilities needed to model flow, turbulence, heat transfer, and reactions for industrial applications ranging from air flow over an aircraft wing to combustion in a furnace, from bubble columns to oil platforms, from...

    25 ANSYS Fluent alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. HyperWorks provides the most comprehensive, open-architecture, multiphysics CAE platform to enhance product performance, design lightweight components, get products to the market faster and access to new technologies.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. Simulia icon
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    SIMULIA enables collaboration on performing virtual tests and meeting performance requirements. Its portfolio, which leverages proven Abaqus technology provides powerful tools that enable fast, accurate performance studies on parts, assemblies, components and products designed...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. SimFlow icon
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    SimFlow is a powerful CFD software, focused on engineering and science. It combines an intuitive user interface with the advantages of the open-source OpenFOAM® libraries in something more than a compact OpenFoam® GUI.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. SimScale icon
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    SimScale offers a software that allows you to perform CFD, FEA, and Thermal simulations to your CAD model in the cloud without needing high-performance computing power.

    22 SimScale alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
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  12. Kratos Multiphysics (A.K.A Kratos) is a framework for building parallel multi-disciplinary simulation software. Modularity, extensibility and HPC are the main objectives. Kratos has BSD license and is written in C++ with extensive Python interface.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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