Free COMSOL Multiphysics Alternatives

The best free alternative to COMSOL Multiphysics is Elmer, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to COMSOL Multiphysics and many of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to COMSOL Multiphysics are CAD Sketcher, FEATool Multiphysics, Xcos and OpenModelica.

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  1. Elmer icon

    Elmer

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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
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    • Most users think Elmer is a great COMSOL Multiphysics alternative.

    • Elmer is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to COMSOL Multiphysics.

    • Elmer is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to COMSOL Multiphysics.

    • Elmer is Free and Open SourceCOMSOL Multiphysics is Paid and Proprietary
  2. CAD Sketcher icon

    CAD Sketcher

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    CAD Sketcher is a free and open-source project looking to enhance precision workflows in Blender by bringing CAD like tools, features and usability to Blender.

    54 CAD Sketcher alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Blender
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  4. FEATool Multiphysics icon

    FEATool Multiphysics

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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • GNU Octave
    • MATLAB
    FEATool Multiphysics Matlab Toolbox with Easy to Use GUI
     
  5. Xcos icon

    Xcos

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    Xcos is a graphical editor to design hybrid dynamical systems models. Models can be designed, loaded, saved, compiled and simulated.

    97 Xcos alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. OpenModelica icon

    OpenModelica

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    OpenModelica – A Free Modelica Environment! OpenModelica is an open-source Modelica-based modeling and simulation environment intended for industrial and academic usage. Its long-term development is supported by a non-profit organization – the Open Source Modelica Consortium (OS.

    48 OpenModelica alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. Calculix icon

    Calculix

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    Calculix is a free and open-source finite-element analysis application that uses an input format similar to Abaqus. It has an implicit and explicit solver written by Guido Dhondt and a pre- and post-processor written by Klaus Wittig.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. PyDSTool icon

    PyDSTool

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    PyDSTool is a sophisticated & integrated simulation and analysis environment for dynamical systems models of physical systems (ODEs, DAEs, maps, and hybrid systems).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
     
  10. KRATOS Multiphysics icon

    KRATOS Multiphysics

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    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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  11. OpenFOAM icon

    OpenFOAM

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    OpenFOAM is the leading free, open source software for CFD, owned by the OpenFOAM Foundation and distributed exclusively under the General Public Licence (GPL). The GPL gives users the freedom to modify and redistribute the software and a guarantee of continued free use, within...

    18 OpenFOAM alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    SimulationX

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    SimulationX is an interdisciplinary, multi-domain simulation software for the design, analysis and optimization of complex systems on a single platform. More than 500 ready-to-use model elements and over 300 examples of models from 11 application areas simplify and accelerate...

    33 SimulationX alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Example of gearbox modelling with CVT in SimulationX
     

  13. Code_Aster

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    Structures and thermomechanics analysis for studies and research.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     

  14. Code_Saturne

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    Code_Saturne solves the Navier-Stokes equations for 2D, 2D-axisymmetric and 3D flows, steady or unsteady, laminar or turbulent, incompressible or weakly dilatable, isothermal or not, with scalars transport if required.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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