PV Elite Alternatives (September 2025)

Discover why CAESAR II is the preferred pipe stress analysis solution of engineers around the world.

CADWorx® Plant Professional is a powerful and versatile solution that redefines plant design and automation.

PV*SOL is the industry's leading 3D solar software with the most detailed configuration and shade analysis for PV systems.

SmartSketch^® is a versatile and cost-effective precision engineering and drafting product.

PVcase Ground Mount is a solar design software that helps you create detailed 3D layouts and overcome site specific challenges upfront.

Solve complex structural engineering problems with Ansys Structural FEA analysis software solution for implicit and explicit structural analysis.

Subject your designs to real world conditions to raise product quality while reducing prototyping and physical testing costs.

AutoCAD-based tool with a high level of precision. Improve efficiency, accuracy, and quality of the PV design on commercial & industrial rooftops.

Intergraph Spoolgen is a proven, industrial-strength application that enables the creation of piping isometric drawings for fabrication.

PLAXIS 3D is geotechnical finite element analysis software for engineers to model, simulate, analyze and deploy staged construction in geotechnical projects.

Civil Designer is the preferred civil engineering software package offering a completely integrated civil Infrastructure design solution

PLAXIS 2D is user-friendly geotechnical finite element analysis software for engineers to model, simulate, analyze and deploy geotechnical projects.

Tekla Structural Designer is award-winning software that gives engineers the power to analyze and design buildings efficiently and profitably. Start your FREE 30 day trial now!

Tecplot 360 integrated postprocessing environment allows you to analyze detailed flow-field data while producing exceptional visual output

RS3 is a complete 3D geotechnical finite element software package for rock and soil. RS3 is used for excavation design, tunnel design, and more!

SmartPlant Foundation ensures secure access to plant information, including engineering designs, vendor data, purchase orders and more.

Intuitive, customizable and backed by unmatched technical support, CHEMCAD is the leading chemical engineering simulation software that adapts to your specific needs. Start solving simple and complex chemical processes with incredible efficiency today.

Finite Element Analysis for Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering

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A leading online structural analysis and design software, offering a wide range of design and analysis software for any structures.

NCSIMUL 4CAM is enriching the existing CAM process to simplify CNC programming.

Altium Designer enables engineers to effortlessly connect with every facet of the electronics design process. Over 35 years of innovation and development focused on a truly unified design environment makes it the most widely used PCB design solution.

Access the world's most technologically advanced 3D design solution for the process plant, marine, and power industries.

Maximize safety, sustainability and profits by optimizing the entire site in one environment using industry-validated simulation and time-saving workflows with AspenTech.

Simcenter 3D is a comprehensive, fully integrated CAE solution for complex, multidisciplinary product performance engineering including emag and structures.

SURFCAM is a CAD CAM system capable of creating efficient and reliable 2D through to 5-axis milling toolpaths.

SOLIDWORKS® Electrical Professional combines the electrical schematic design capabilities of SOLIDWORKS Electrical Schematic Professional with the 3D capabilities of SOLIDWORKS Electrical 3D in one package.

Automate your civil and structural analysis calculations. Enhance QA processes and combine with your 2D frame analysis. Download a full FREE Tedds trial today.

Simcenter STAR-CCM+ is a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software used to simulate products operating under real world conditions.

Ansys provides high-performance, automated meshing software that produces the most appropriate mesh for FEA, CFD and other multiphysics solutions.

Simcenter is a flexible, scalable portfolio of the best predictive simulation software and test applications that support every step of your digital journey.

OpenRoads Designer is a road design software for plant documentation, surveying, stormwater design & analysis, visualization, geotechnical, underground utilities, and much more.

Learn more about Design Master HVAC, 3D HVAC building information modeling software for AutoCAD.

Award-winning CAD software for structural packaging design. ArtiosCAD handles all structural design, product development, and virtual prototyping.

AVEVA Engineering enables multi-discipline teams of engineers to work effectively together to develop and maintain the detailed definition of all the key engineering items involved in plant or marine projects.

Whether you work in lighting, scenic, film, event, or exhibit design, Vectorworks Spotlight is the only solution with the flexibility to support your entire process.

Create your products using the latest 3D product design and manufacturing software, including Inventor, AutoCAD, and Fusion 360, together at one great price.

Ansys Fluent is the industry-leading fluid simulation software known for its advanced physics modeling capabilities and unmatched accuracy.

Optimize design to ensure compliance, understand behavior, and accurately predict the performance of all types of offshore structures.

Ansys engineering simulation and 3D design software delivers product modeling solutions with unmatched scalability and a comprehensive multiphysics foundation.

Revit software helps MEP engineers, detailers, and fabricators model, analyze, and iterate systems design in BIM to support better performance and sustainability.

Creo Elements/Direct is a comprehensive system for mechanical engineers and designers who create products using the ‘direct modeling’ approach to 3D CAD.

Design & Engineering Simulation solutions from Dassault Systèmes help companies accelerate product development and advance new innovations through virtual prototyping

SOLIDWORKS® Electrical 3D enables you to easily integrate your electrical schematic designs into your SOLIDWORKS 3D product model.

Ansys Granta EduPack offers a unique set of teaching resources that supports your materials education curricula for engineering and design.

AFT pipe flow analysis and modeling software is used by engineers in over 80 countries. Learn more and download a free demo.

Goes Beyond 3D CAD Design to Encourage Innovation Across the Extended Enterprise.

Improve design efficiency with Transoft Solutions' Vehicle Swept Path Analysis software, ideal for optimizing vehicle tracking and analysis. Try it now!

Leverage digital design delivery, portfolio intelligence, data governance, and enhanced engineering work-in-progress capabilities to improve project performance and productivity.

3D modeling software to create, edit, and modify CAD or STL files for design, reverse engineering, simulation, manufacturing, 3D printing, and sheet metal.

PetraSim software is the graphical interface for the TOUGH2 family of simulators. Solve challenging subsurface flow problems with PetraSim

The Autodesk AEC Collection gives designers, engineers and construction professionals the tools and integrated workflows to create with ease, all in one essential package.

Create masterful landscape projects with the all-in-one landscape software built to transform your design, presentation, irrigation, and documentation workflows.

Fast and flexible design with direct modeling, comprehensive drafting, and simple data management. Maximize productive re−use of CAD data from anywhere.

RoadEng is a clean, simple and highly interactive corridor design tool. Ideal for a variety of projects: rural road & highways, rail & pipeline, forest & resource roads, and stream reconstruction. Download a free trial!

CAD, CAM and PDM software, TopSolid is a complete solution that meets the needs of all industries.

Professional-grade 2D CAD software that can be used to create, edit, view, and markup any kind of 2D drawing or DWG file.

Deliver next-generation products faster using Siemens NX software, the integrated software solution for design, simulation and manufacturing.

Autodesk is a global leader in design and make technology, with expertise across architecture, engineering, construction, design, manufacturing, and entertainment.

Road, Site, and Subdivision design automation in less time with minimal resources. Carlson RoadNET highway design. Import and export to various file formats including Civil3D, LandDesktop, AutoCAD (dwg, dgn, dxf)

Autodesk is a global leader in design and make technology, with expertise across architecture, engineering, construction, design, manufacturing, and entertainment.

Autodesk is a global leader in design and make technology, with expertise across architecture, engineering, construction, design, manufacturing, and entertainment.

Pro/ENGINEER is now PTC Creo, but it's not just a name change it's so much more! Creo is a suite of solutions offering integrated 3D CAD/CAM/CAE software.

Autodesk is a global leader in design and make technology, with expertise across architecture, engineering, construction, design, manufacturing, and entertainment.

AVEVA Diagrams is a data-driven design system for P&IDs, HVAC schematics and similar diagrams, using the same project environment as AVEVA Everything 3D™ (AVEVA E3D™), AVEVA Outfitting™ and AVEVA’s engineering products. It delivers exceptional integration capabilities, including shared administration, report generation and data management.

Pro/ENGINEER is now PTC Creo, but it's not just a name change it's so much more! Creo is a suite of solutions offering integrated 3D CAD/CAM/CAE software.

We help companies discover the smartest ways to design utility-scale solar PV plants and maximize their profitability through our software.

Vectorworks Architect design software has the flexibility to support your entire architecture project from beginning to end — from conceptual design, to fully coordinated BIM models, to construction documents.

Get end-to-end website, mobile apps, and custom software development solutions tailored to help modern businesses to explore unprecedented online opportunities.

Design, analyze & visualize high-performance and sustainable buildings with OpenBuildings, Bentley's all-in-one BIM software.

Explore Ansys LS-DYNA, an explicit dynamics solver that simulates the extreme materials deformation response of structures to periods of severe loading.

Hexagon is the global leader in digital reality solutions, combining sensor, software and autonomous technologies to put data to work.

Transform your product development with CATIA: From concept to manufacturing, all in one powerful platform.

Infor EAM is now part of Hexagon!

HotSOS: Set a new standard of efficiency across your hotel operations by reducing guest incidents, optimizing requests and scheduling preventative maintenance.

The #1 solar software to design and sell advanced PV systems. See why installers use Aurora to create over 100,000 PV designs every week.

FlexSim provides software to model, simulate, analyze, and visualize (in 3D!) any system in manufacturing, material handling, healthcare, warehousing, supply chain, and more.

PADS is an affordable and powerful PCB design software used for rapid prototyping, simulation, & collaboration between PCB & other hardware engineering projects

Insight building performance analysis software empowers architects and engineers to design more energy-efficient buildings with advanced simulation engines.

Say goodbye to slow, stressful software and build your online presence with a platform that’s swift instead. Save time and delight customers with a cohesive online experience.

Omega Engineering provides unparalleled sensing, control and monitoring expertise to the world, connecting challenges to solutions. Click here to browse our range.

Use network traffic generator to perform WAN killer stress tests and discover 60 other network management tools in SolarWinds Engineer’s Toolset. Free trial!

Create and edit P&IDs and 3D models, and extract piping orthographics and isometrics with the comprehensive AutoCAD Plant 3D design and layout toolset.

Mastercam is a leading CAD/CAM software solution used in various industries and education worldwide. Learn how our CAD/CAM software can help you today.

Learn more about Design Master Electrical, 3D electrical building information modeling software for AutoCAD.

Elite learning provides a comprehensive learning and upskilling platform to organize your team's training and acquire skills faster. Identify skill gaps, improve ROI on learning investment, and achieve your goals.

Cimatron is integrated CAD/CAM software which provides an end-to-end solution for designing and manufacturing tools, and programming CNC/EDM machines for molds, dies, plates, and more.

2D Diagramming Software for Creating 2D Schematic Designs of Routed Systems.

Hexagon’s Intergraph G/Technology now available on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Optimize system performance early in the design stages to boost engineering productivity with Amesim system simulation software.

Easily store, access, and share data in one location, improving the way your teams manage and collaborate on data

Elevate your supply chain efficiency with Planvisage - Your Partner in SCM Solutions. Explore real-time optimization for sustainable growth.

Increase your sales and productivity with the powerful ERP system designed for electrical, plumbing, HVAC and PVF distributors.

Multisim is industry standard SPICE simulation and circuit design software for analog, digital, and power electronics in education and research.

Democratizes requirement engineering

Fabrication ESTmep™, CADmep™, and CAMduct™ software provide an integrated set of tools for MEP specialty contractors to estimate, detail, and drive fabrication of mechanical building systems.

Site3D is a fully featured software product for the engineering design of road systems, roundabouts, residential developments and earthworks.

WFX is a collaborative Cloud Fashion-Tech suite. Apparel ERP Solution & Fashion PLM Software for fashion businesses to centralize their production.

CADTalk offers cutting-edge CAD software solutions, designed to optimize manufacturing processes and increase efficiency nationally.