Orbital Stack vs. SimScale

Orbital Stack

SimScale

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Orbital Stack	Score 0.0 out of 10	N/A	Orbital Stack is a CFD web-based software that provides earlier qualitative guidance, comparing a large number of design options on shape/massing and land -use, while highlighting any potential red flags. It allows for the realization of a variety of climate-conscious, high-performance developments not previously feasible due to cost and/or time constraints associated with traditional studies. Orbital Stack is a digital climate-analysis tool built by developers in wind and…	$249 per month per user
SimScale	Score 9.6 out of 10	N/A	SimScale is an engineering simulation platform that aims to revolutionize the way engineers, designers, scientists, and students design products. The SimScale platform is fully cloud-based and is accessible completely via a standard web browser. The easy-to-use interface supports numerous simulation types including Structural Mechanics, Fluid Dynamics, Thermodynamics, and more. The vendor says that SimScale eliminates many of the hurdles that accompany traditional simulation tools: high…	N/A

Pricing

Orbital Stack

SimScale

Editions & Modules

Basic: $249
per month per user
Standard: $499
per month per user
Premium: $999
per month per user

No answers on this topic

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Orbital Stack	SimScale
Free Trial
Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Optional

Additional Details

Orbital Stack also offers services like Rapid CFD Simulations, Full CFD Simulations, Additional AI Simulations, and Consulting Sessions for an additional cost.

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More Pricing Information

Community Pulse
	Orbital Stack	SimScale
Considered Both Products	Orbital Stack No answer on this topic	SimScale MW Mark Williams VP Operations and Engineering Chose SimScale I used this software when it was known as CFDesign and in the first couple of years after it was acquired by Autodesk. I was familiar with the workflow of CFDesign and the user interface, the first couple times using SimScale was a bit of a challenge but I quickly became … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose SimScale We chose to go with SimScale based mostly on capital cost. Competitors have a large upfront cost and also require expensive hardware to properly run them. Even their subscription cost is competitive with the annual cost of others. Incentivized Helpful? Erika Boeing CEO Chose SimScale SimScale is much faster to spin up on than OpenFOAM. Ansys CFD tools are much more expensive! Both tools require expensive computing equipment to run, which SimScale does not! Incentivized Helpful?

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User Ratings
	Orbital Stack	SimScale
Likelihood to Recommend	- (0 ratings)	8.5 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	5.0 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Orbital Stack	SimScale
Likelihood to Recommend	No answers on this topic	SimScale has a quick learning ramp. This is due to the excellent staff at SimScale. I've had interns in their 2nd year of a BSME degree pick this program up and solve some difficult incompressible flow simulations. They love it and I love that we can iterate so quickly on a tool that doesn't stop their other design work. We can run a simulation and get back to designing in CAD. We get notified when the simulation is done. It's great! Give it a try for free and see for yourself. Incentivized John T. Winter Senior Mechanical Engineer Read full review
Pros	No answers on this topic	Material non-linear analysis. Geometric non-linear analysis. Meshing. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	No answers on this topic	Learning from tutorials is great, but limiting. The online help is a must. Some simulations take a lot of time, but at least it's not on your PC. Sometimes the software times out due to the server. Incentivized John T. Winter Senior Mechanical Engineer Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	No answers on this topic	I had a great experience with SimScale but we only used the software for a short period of time to complete the current design requirements. It is not a software that we would continually subscribe to. Next subscription event would occur when there is a design requirement to do so. Incentivized MW Mark Williams VP Operations and Engineering Read full review
Alternatives Considered	No answers on this topic	We chose to go with SimScale based mostly on capital cost. Competitors have a large upfront cost and also require expensive hardware to properly run them. Even their subscription cost is competitive with the annual cost of others. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	No answers on this topic	We've been able to iterate through a large number of designs more quickly than we would have without a CFD simulation, and also compared to the time it would have taken to prepare most other CFD simulations. Affordable price, and it prevented us from needing to invest in expensive computing equipment. Help from the support team also sped up the process of modeling different scenarios! Incentivized Erika Boeing CEO Read full review
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