Best Engineering Software with a Free Trial
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What is Engineering Software with a Free Trial?
Engineering software is software used by engineers to design, analyze and manufacture various products. It includes a wide range of applications such as CAD/CAE software, analysis tools, optimization tools, and programming tools. Engineering software can be used for a variety of tasks such as designing mechanical parts, analyzing structural stability, simulating system performance, and optimizing product designs. These applications enable engineers to optimize their designs for cost reduction and increased efficiency. Compare and read user reviews of the best Engineering software with a Free Trial currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.
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Interfacing Enterprise Process Center (EPC)
Interfacing Technologies
Interfacing’s Digital Twin Organization software provides transparency and Governance to improve Quality, Efficiency, and ensure Regulatory Compliance. Map, analyze, and automate processes, manage regulatory compliance, assess risks within a single platform! Interfacing’s digital twin solution (Enterprise Process Center - EPC) is an enterprise management system that helps companies digitalize processes to streamline operations, increase productivity, and continuously improve. Interfacing’s digital business platform – Rapid Application Development (RAD) Tools, with its Low-Code Development methodology will optimize usage of your technical resources and maximize transparency for ongoing improvement. Discover how our Low-Code Rapid Application Development module provides all the tools to create and deploy Custom, Scalable, Secure, and Mobile ready Applications in Days vs. Months!Starting Price: $10/month/user -
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Clearooms
Clearooms
The way we work has changed and Clearooms puts you in complete control of your hybrid workspace. Both meeting rooms and hot desk booking can be easily managed to ensure flexible and safe working, however big or small your organization. Our pricing model is based on the number of desks and rooms you wish to control, not the number of employees. This simple point of difference means that Clearooms is always great value, and can be scaled up and down as you need. If you need it for one bank of desks or just two meeting rooms - that’s fine. Our price banding gives you lots of options to save. Our simple traffic light system gives you instant information on the state of rooms and desks, and our reports help you gain greater insight into who and how it’s all working. We will help as much as you need to get you going as quickly as possible.Starting Price: $13.50 per month -
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Innoslate
SPEC Innovations
SPEC Innovations’ flagship model-based systems engineering solution can help your team reduce time-to-market, cost, and risk on even some of the most complex systems. This cloud or on-premise application uses a modern web browser, with an intuitive graphical user interface. Innoslate’s full lifecycle capabilities include: • Requirements Management • Documents Management • Modeling • Discrete Event Simulator • Monte Carlo Simulator • DoDAF Models and Views • Database Management • Test Management with full reports, status updates, results, and more. • Real Time Collaboration -
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Pylon
Pylon
Create accurate proposals from anywhere in under 2 minutes using hi-res imagery, energy analysis and 3D shading tools in Pylon's intuitive design studio. Pylon is the only solar design software to give you high-resolution imagery in-app with no monthly fees. Identify dates of concern and track shading impact throughout the year using Pylon's award-winning 3D Solar Shading toolkit. Help your team better understand customer consumption patterns and maximize self-consumption using Pylon's load profile and interval data analysis. Analyze load profiles & interval data. Close more solar proposals with interactive Web & PDF proposals, native eSignatures and a payment processing gateway. Fully integrated solar CRM designed to integrate with your solar design software and convert proposals. Get 2-way SMS and email, communications with your team, lead management, and ready-made deal pipelines with Pylon Solar CRM.Starting Price: $4 per project -
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Evocon
Evocon
Trusted by manufacturers worldwide, Evocon is a simple and easy-to-use OEE software that helps manufacturing companies improve their production efficiency and reduce waste. The system enables automated data collection, real-time data visualization, downtime tracking, bottleneck identification, and performance monitoring. With Evocon, you get all the tools you need to improve OEE and understand what is actually going on in your production processes.Starting Price: €159/month, per machine -
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Epsilon3
Epsilon3
Epsilon3 is an AI-powered procedure and resource management tool designed for teams building, testing, and operating advanced products and systems. ✔ Standardize & Optimize Processes Our interoperable procedure execution system replaces inefficient checklists managed with paper, spreadsheets, docs, and outdated planning tools. Automatically track every step to ensure quality, consistency, and traceability. ✔ Fuel Rapid Iteration & Innovation Built-in version control, conditional workflows, and real-time data synchronization keep teams on the same page. Enable continuous improvement and quick, data-driven decisions to stay far ahead of the competition. ✔ Streamline & Scale Operations Securely integrate siloed systems and automate error-prone tasks to boost productivity and prevent delays. Simplify training, reduce costs, and maintain efficiency as your operations expand to meet demand. Trusted by industry leaders like NASA, Firefly Aerospace, and Commonwealth Fusion.Starting Price: $100/user/month -
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CMS IntelliCAD
CAD-MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS INC
CMS IntelliCAD® is the intelligent, powerful and affordable full-featured CAD Software and is fully programmable with hundreds of third party solutions. CMS IntelliCAD also offers a full suite of 2D and 3D AutoCAD® compatible drawing tools! It is the smartest choice for engineers, architects and consultants, or anyone who communicates using CAD drawings. It is designed to give you the best unrivaled compatibility and a true CAD Software alternative to Autodesk® AutoCAD® software and is fully programmable with hundreds of third party solutions. CMS IntelliCAD also offers DWG file extension native support! And now also with Microstation DGN file support.Starting Price: $149.95/one-time/user -
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SkyCiv Structural 3D
SkyCiv Engineering
SkyCiv Structural 3D is a cloud-based Structural Analysis software that allows users to model, analyze and design complex 3D structures. It is completely online; requiring no installation to use. SkyCiv Structural 3D offers the very best in online structural analysis. It includes the following: - Powerful Analysis: Linear, P-Delta, Cables, Buckling, Plates, Frequency, RS - Integrated Design checks for steel, wood, connections, foundations, wind (AISC, NSD, AISI, EN, AS, CSA, BS plus more...)Starting Price: $79/month/user -
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FLOORFY
FLOORFY
FLOORFY will automatically generate the 3D virtual tour, property scaled floor plan, commercial HD photographs, videos and more! Allowing you to focus your time on what matters most: your customers. With our app you will virtualize your listings and become a super real estate agent visiting properties from anywhere. Imagine sharing a video-call link and being able to interact live with your clients into the property, taking meassures to check if the forniture fits, showing the neighberhood through Gmoogle maps and Streetview... All through our app! You can even teletransport from one property to another, your clients will love how much time you make them save. Try us for free! ✅ Developing technology for real estate professionals since 2016. ✅ 10.000+ active real estate professionals worldwide. ✅ 3.000.000+ virtual visits every month. 🏠 150.000+ virtualized properties. 📞 International support teamStarting Price: €29 per month -
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FactoryTalk Optix
Rockwell Automation
FactoryTalk® Optix™ is a new visualization platform that accelerates value delivery with modern technologies, innovative designs and scalable deployment options. FactoryTalk Optix can help improve your process, efficiency and deliverables – in one easy to access tool. Take advantage of new levels of collaboration, scalability and interoperability to achieve your HMI vision. New SaaS-enabled workflows will enable your team to collaborate any time, from anywhere, thanks to built-in change tracking and versioning that automatically keeps track of who did what and when. Harness the cloud and become more agile by deploying quickly and scaling based on demand. Use the increased efficiency to beat competitors to market, get to profit faster and improve return on investment. Transform the way you collaborate! The cloud makes it easier for suppliers, employees and customers to collaborate from anywhere in the world.Starting Price: $650 -
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3SL Cradle
3SL
Manage needs, epics, user stories, features and the product backlog through a series of sprints, each using your choice of requirements management, model based systems engineering (MBSE) and test management with your preferred level of change tracking, configuration management and formal change control. Cradle® is our requirements management and systems engineering software tool that integrates your entire project lifecycle in one, massively scalable, integrated, multi-user product. Whether your projects are small and local, large and distributed, or anywhere in between, Cradle can solve all your agile, requirements management, model driven development, defect tracking and test management needs in one place. With its unrivaled feature set, incredible flexibility, simple configuration and low cost, Cradle is the ideal choice if you are new to agile methods, requirements management or systems engineering.Starting Price: $449.00/one-time/user -
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EMQX
EMQ Technologies
EMQX is the world's most scalable and reliable MQTT messaging platform designed by EMQ. It supports 100M concurrent IoT device connections per cluster while maintaining extremely high throughput and sub-millisecond latency. EMQX boasts more than 20,000 global users from over 50 countries, connecting more than 100M IoT devices worldwide, and is trusted by over 300 customers in mission-critical IoT scenarios, including well-known brands like HPE, VMware, Verifone, SAIC Volkswagen, and Ericsson. Our edge-to-cloud IoT connectivity solutions are flexible to meet the demands of various industries towards digital transformation, including connected vehicles, Industrial IoT, oil & gas, carrier, finance, smart energy, and smart cities.Starting Price: $0.18 per hour -
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Momentum IoT
Momentum IoT
Momentum makes service businesses more profitable. Our cloud-based software platform, powered by a connected network of GPS hardware devices, gives you complete financial control and deep operational insight into your business. With Momentum, you never worry about time-consuming data entry or human error. Data collection is always accurate and automatic. That's why Momentum excels where other software fails. Drive more revenue and profit. All you have to do is get connected, Momentum will do the rest. The Connected Network of Momentum Devices: Vehicles, Equipment & Crews - The Eagle One: One GPS device for vehicles, trailers and heavy equipment. It's available with an OBD-II harness or 12V battery harness. - The Momentum Toolie: Bluetooth enabled location and activity tracker for light equipment and tools. - The CrewID: Privacy-first labor cost tracker that automatically captures and calculates all labor costs from the field without data entry.Starting Price: $20 per device per month, -
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Prism PPM
Prism PPM
Prism PPM WorkOtter (formerly WorkOtter) is the #1 Rated Project & Resource Management Solution for Usability: ~ Gartner May 2022. Best for PMOs of 10 or more in Engineering/IT/Innovation ready to move from spreadsheets to easy SaaS project, resource, and portfolio management. Differentiator: Unlike Monday, Smartsheet, and Planview you can plan resources at the project level (vs Task). Top Features: Magic Dashboards, Portfolios (with What-If), Intake, Projects (Gantt/Kanban), Time, Capacity Planning, and Financials.Starting Price: $10.00/month/user -
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BigTime
BigTime Software
BigTime is a top-rated online time and billing software for professional service firms. With BigTime, firms can take advantage of time and expense tracking tools, WIP management, billing and invoicing, task and workflow management tools, and more, in a single platform. Cloud-based with an intuitive interface, BigTime bundles industry best practices and operational know-how in a user-friendly application that runs on all desktop and mobile devices. From project creation to client payments, BigTime streamlines firm operations with intuitive budgeting, project management, and invoicing solutions that can be configured to automate even the most complex scenarios. BigTime also integrates with leading productivity apps such as QuickBooks, Lacerte, Slack, Salesforce, and Zapier.Starting Price: $10.00/month/user -
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Labguru
BioData
Labguru is a secure, cloud-based Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN), LIMS and informatics platform which offers a complete solution for life science research and industry. It records and manages laboratory data and inventory, includes molecular biology tools and chemistry tools, enables automation of the lab, insight into lab data making labs run more efficiently. With Labguru, scientists can design experiments and workflows, capture structured and unstructured data, manage projects, and share their work. Customizable experiment templates, integration of protocols, SOPs, and other cutting-edge features help to increase data quality, streamline workflows and reduce costs. Labguru is available on desktops and mobile devices via the cloud. Labguru is part of Holtzbrinck Publishing Group and serves over 100,000 scientists worldwide from startups, universities, research institutes up to some of the largest pharma companies. -
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Encircle
Encircle
Encircle makes field documentation fast and easy for restoration contractors and property insurance claims professionals. Every claim is subject to interpretation and debate, which is frustrating for all parties involved. Encircle is the solution. Total transparency about a loss of property can only be achieved by capturing the facts at the source - the loss itself. Our mobile app is designed to be used at the source of a property loss - under any conditions - with minimal clicks and easy navigation. Capture photos, videos, notes, floor plans, moisture readings, drying logs, contents inventories, e-signatures and so much more - and package it all into a stellar report in just a few minutes.Starting Price: $250/month, unlimited users -
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SketchUp
Trimble
Design delightfully, collaborate clearly, and build better buildings. The joy of drawing by hand. The ease of super-smart 3D modeling software. Make sustainable buildings. Change the world, hundreds of professionally-developed extensions at your fingertips. Design in 3D. Document in 2D. Make work easier, bring efficiency to your team and the 3D community. A great idea can be its best with the right technology. Draw in 3D, analyze and improve your building’s performance, and creatively document and share your ideas with your class. Integrated with Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive. Works on Chromebooks or any Internet-connected computer. Students have access to free and intuitive 3D modeling tools. Positioning-centric information is changing the way people, businesses and governments work throughout the world. By applying Trimble's advanced positioning solutions, productivity increases and safety improvements are being realized.Starting Price: $119 per year -
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SciNote
SciNote
SciNote is a cloud-based electronic lab notebook (ELN) with built-in inventory, compliance, & team management tools. It is trusted by the FDA, USDA, European Commission, and 100K+ scientists in over 100 countries. Each premium plan comes with top-rated customer support, and a customer success manager who will work closely with you to ensure successful onboarding and implementation. SciNote provides a top-rated set of data management functionalities, such as inventory tracking & management, protocol & SOP management, compliance (CFR 21 part 11 & GxP), team management & collaboration, integrations and API, project management, safety & security of data and more. SciNote is based in Middleton, WI, USA, with offices in Europe. -
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ARES Commander
Graebert
2D & 3D CAD software to create & modify technical drawings in DWG format with choice between Perpetual, Network or Annual licenses. Experience the agility of the n°1 alternative to AutoCAD. Cost-effective, ARES Commander offers a full replacement and an easy switch, at a fraction of the cost. With Graebert's ARES CAD software you will enjoy a 3-in-1 license, including ARES Commander (for Windows, macOS and Linux computers) + ARES Kudo (Cloud) + ARES Touch (iOS + Android). These 3 products work in synergy to synchronize the work across users and devices. Create and modify DWG drawings locally, with files stored on your computer, or in sync with Google Drive, Box, OneDrive, Dropbox, Onshape, Trimble Connect. Alternatively, you can also store files in a private Cloud server (via WebDAV). Some our advanced CAD features include the support for Dynamic blocks, PDF to DWG conversion, Drawing comparison, IFC & Revit import, 3D solid modeling, satellite images and street maps.Starting Price: $350.00/year -
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akenza
Akenza AG
Akenza is the IoT platform, allowing you to build smart solutions with value. It connects, controls, and manages IoT devices, all in one place. With simple and secure management of smart devices, connectivity, and data, the akenza IoT platform enables the rapid market introduction of innovative, digital technologies. Thanks to our self-service solution, you can start creating your IoT case right away, even without coding skills. We offer you the best connectivity and device management for low-power connectivity technologies (LoRaWAN, Sigfox, NB-IoT, LTE cat. M1).Starting Price: 0 -
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AiHouse
AiHouse
Discover the game-changing potential of our cloud-based, AI-infused 3D design software. From crafting 2D/3D floor plans to automating home furnishing, and effortlessly managing your entire project. You'll have access to a vast library of over 80 million 3D models and templates, along with a robust rendering engine. Elevate your presentations with breathtaking visuals, and simplify your workflow by generating CAD drawings, material lists and quotations in a single click.Starting Price: $0/month -
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Interactive SPares
Interactive SPares
Interactive SPares offers you simpler and smarter ways to sell spare parts on the internet through the creation and publishing of interactive spare parts catalogs. One single application to do all you need, creating, administering and publishing spares catalogs on the web, analyzing sales statistics of the most sold parts, managing orders and stocks. We have totally rewritten our software keeping the user experience of purchasers and administrators in mind. Today you can also use the cloud-hosted version of Interactive Spares by avoiding the complexity of managing and configuring your IT infrastructure and, last but not least, all our cloud plans enable you to generate a limitless number of users and spare parts catalogs. Discover the simplicity of the new catalog creation environment. The new tree menu lets you move more quickly between the catalog levels, create new groups and automatically import drawings and itemized code lists.Starting Price: €99 per month -
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Kenesto
Kenesto Corporation
Kenesto is a cloud-based storage solution for managing engineering, design, and construction documents. Kenesto is much less expensive than enterprise PDM solutions but provides automatic file locking, versioning, vaulting, 2D/3D viewing, and web-based design review tools not found in consumer-grade cloud storage solutions such as Dropbox and Google Drive. The solution behaves like a mounted disk in the customer's office but the with a single source of truth in the cloud. File locking prevents users from overwriting each other's data. All versions of all files are stored in perpetuity. Using the familiar user interface of Windows Explorer, files and folders are arranged in the same way as one would expect for a C Drive. Kenesto includes tasks and workflows. A plugin for SolidWorks is available for no charge. All file transfers from the user’s local computer to the cloud are encrypted. All files are stored in secure AWS S3 and are encrypted.Starting Price: $27/user/month (single user) -
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FEATool Multiphysics
Precise Simulation
FEATool Multiphysics - "Physics Simulation Made Easy" - a fully integrated physics, FEA, and CFD simulation toolbox. FEATool Multiphysics is a fully integrated simulation platform with a unified interface for several Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) multi-physics solvers, such as OpenFOAM, SU2 Code, and FEniCS. This uniquely allows for modeling coupled physics phenomena such as found in fluid flow, heat transfer, structural, electromagnetics, acoustics, and chemical engineering applications, within a single user-friendly interface. With these capabilities, FEATool Multiphysics has become trusted tool by engineers and researchers worldwide to accelerate innovation and quickly achieve results in the energy, automotive, semi-conductor, and process industries. -
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Drawboard Projects
Drawboard
Collaborative design review software with all markups, live synced, tracked and coordinated. Your team's new live and intuitive workspace for drawing and document review. Drawboard Projects (formerly Bullclip) is the only collaborative workspace where you and your team can mark up, discuss and track changes across PDF drawings and documents. Refined by architects and engineers, made for any team. - In Drawboard Projects, all internal contributors and those with limited-access guests mark up the same drawings or documents. - Drawboard Projects instantly syncs all markups and communication on every revision, speeding up your process and giving you your coordination time back. - Pin issues to particular places on drawings and assign responsibility for closeout to team members. - Keep discussion right on the drawing so that anyone can see full context of decisions that were made. -Organization management with an easy-to-use Admin Portal for better governance.Starting Price: $19 per user per month -
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Simul8
Simul8 Corporation
Decision making happens every day, at every level, in every business. Make your best decisions, every time - and deliver serious impact fast - with Simul8. Simulation software so intuitive, fast and effective youll use it every day. Base decisions on truth, not hunches. Understand and maximize flow. Reveal and inspire new ways to operate. Forecast and plan with confidence. Challenge the status quo. It's all possible with Simul8. Whatever your priorities and ambitions, Simul8 is designed to rapidly unlock significant value and drive a serious, positive impact across your organization from day one. From decisions that save millions, to saving lives, organizations in every industry are driving transformative changes with Simul8. We’re proud to support and celebrate world-changers — people and organizations who are using simulation to make a real impact on social, health and environmental issues.Starting Price: $250 per user per month -
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Archicad
Graphisoft
Graphisoft Archicad - Design and deliver great buildings. Design: Unleash your creativity with the leading BIM software developed by architects like you. Focus on what you do best — designing great architecture — thanks to powerful algorithmic design tools and large model support. Visualize: Archicad’s professional architectural visualization tools translate your conceptual designs into compelling imagery of future buildings. Bring your models to life, inspire the audience, and invite stakeholders to engage with your designs. Collaborate: Work with your team and other disciplines around the corner or around the world on projects of any size and complexity. Open standards and workflows mean collaboration is guaranteed — regardless of what software other team members are using. Document: Complete, out-of-the-box documentation tools combined with a powerful publishing workflow that complies with local BIM requirements means you can focus on your designs, not the paperwork.Starting Price: $225/month -
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PDF Conversion SDK
Visual Integrity Technologies
Add PDF Features with 2 API Calls Open, Edit, and View PDF. All that's needed is two API calls and a configuration file. Within a day, you can add, open, import, edit and view PDF features in your app. When formats don't match one-to-one, the SDK neutralizes the differences. This includes adding cropping, fills, color management and fonts. The PDF Conversion SDK processes all PDF versions including ISO Standard PDF 2.0. Any PDF from file or print-ready memory is valid input. Conversions flow straight through without intermediate steps or compromised quality. No printer driver. The PDF Conversion SDK runs on Windows, MacOS and Linux. It supports .NET. Example code included. Removes redundant information & compresses data. This ensures great performance for fast web and application viewing. Search for objects and text strings. Convert PDF to your native file format. Change the contents of a PDF page. Extract images from PDF. Retrieve metadata from PDF (layers, geospecification, etc).Starting Price: $199 per year -
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Litmus Edge
Litmus
A hardware agnostic, Industrial Data Platform that allows manufacturing companies to do more with their data. Industrial data infrastructure can be complex – and legacy systems and daisy-chained solutions don’t make it any easier. Putting data to work at scale is an added challenge. Doing it securely is even harder. So, here's a full-stack platform to solve industrial connectivity, data collection and processing, edge analytics, application marketplace, data integration, and beyond. Now try our product for free. 15 days of free trial to check all the features, free access to our documentation, how to guides, along with access to our experts. Wanted a fully loaded hosted instance for a starter node? Just let us know.Starting Price: 15000/5k data points/site