National Instruments Multisim vs. Simcenter STAR-CCM+

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
NI Multisim
ScoreĀ 8.8Ā outĀ ofĀ 10
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National Instruments offers Multisim, a simulation application for engineers, designers, and educators.
$1,869
per user
Simcenter STAR-CCM+
ScoreĀ 9.2Ā outĀ ofĀ 10
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Simcenter, from Siemens, is a suite of simulation tools and software. STAR-CCM+ is a multiphysics computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to study how products operate under real-world conditions.N/A
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National Instruments MultisimSimcenter STAR-CCM+
Editions & Modules
Base
$1,869.00
per user
Full
$3,267.00
per user
Professional
$4,838.00
per user
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NI MultisimSimcenter STAR-CCM+
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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National Instruments MultisimSimcenter STAR-CCM+
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(1 ratings)
7.9
(12 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
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7.3
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Usability
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7.3
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Support Rating
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7.3
(6 ratings)
Implementation Rating
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7.3
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User Testimonials
National Instruments MultisimSimcenter STAR-CCM+
Likelihood to Recommend
NI (National Instruments)
For simulation of electrical and electronics circuits either in transient or normal mode or various other modes. To obtain plots between various circuit parameters and elements and also check values of various output parameters based on input parameters. It also has various examples in the library which make it easier to modify few params instead of designing circuits from scratch
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Siemens AG
The applications that I have been using it with in terms of flow and energy and temperature distributions and coupled solvers, segregated solvers, these kind of areas if you need that, those kind of solvers, it's very good. It's very robust. Maybe on the combustion side, it could improve, especially if you have these kind of tabulated solvers that you want to use, not the detailed chemistry, then it becomes very difficult to get some results from it. And do you trust the results or not? That's always the question on that kind of application, something that I could think of really fast.
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Pros
NI (National Instruments)
  • It has various components available
  • Real time simulation of various circuits
  • Various types of simulations for a single circuits to obtain plots and values
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Siemens AG
  • If you get your knobs well in the case setup, It is reasonably accurate to compare with any test data.
  • It is good for repetitive workflows where you can greatly benefit from automation in the code.
  • Single Integrated Platform can save your ass to move back and forth between multiple codes.
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Cons
NI (National Instruments)
  • It's good but sometimes error during simulation won't be more specific
  • Has wide range of elements but some specifications aren't available
  • Nothing
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Siemens AG
  • Implementing physics like Cox-Voinov model
  • Mesh related stability issues
  • Chemical & plasma physics
  • Integration with other products from Siemens (similar level as we have with Abacus)
  • Speed up the lagrangian solver
  • Improved guidence on uFluidics & evaporation models
  • Interoperability (HEEDS, AMEsim, System Modelling Workbench but also with non siemens products and open source codes required for LBM, DSMC, PIC, DFT...
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Usability
NI (National Instruments)
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Siemens AG
Great single window GUI
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Support Rating
NI (National Instruments)
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Siemens AG
Our designated support engineers do a proper job. On the outdated Help file and training material there is a lot to gain
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Implementation Rating
NI (National Instruments)
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Siemens AG
It is super easy when it comes to implementing it.
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Return on Investment
NI (National Instruments)
  • Prevent components from being burnt out
  • Better design of circuits
  • Real time testing
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Siemens AG
  • Time saved in creating a inhouse code, tens and tens of hours.
  • Time saved in experimental setup, tens of hours.
  • Does add some time in testing to confirm star is doing what you think it's doing, but an overall net gain in productivity.
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