# Ansys Cloud Direct Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra

> Is Ansys Cloud Direct the right Simulation solution for you? Explore 14 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice.

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Ansys Cloud Direct

4.1 (14)

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Last updated March 13th, 2026

# Reviews of Ansys Cloud Direct

Ease of use

3.8

Customer Service

4.2

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Researcher  
Higher Education  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Future of Simulation"

February 20, 2022

5.0

Ansys Cloud is great for large simulation cases. For me a CFD case with millions of mesh elements would mostly benefit from this software.

Pros

The most important feature about this software is the vision that ANSYS has towards the future of simulation. A user/company could setup its cases locally then submit them to the cloud for fast/accurate results. This convenience removes the large initial cost on the user who will pay only for the resources used.

Cons

For now I don't any issue or bugs with Ansys Cloud. I only think the cost is a bit high compared to Cloud vendor like AWS or Azure. It should be noted however, that Ansys Cloud offers some degree of automation when exporting the works to the cloud.

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Response from Ansys

February 22, 2022

Hello Thanks for your feedback ! The Cloud Team

VR

Verified Reviewer  
Civil engineer  
Civil Engineering  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Ansys cloud experience. "

May 7, 2022

5.0

Really happy to use this software without it a lot of designs and analytics could be more hard to get.

Pros

Ansys is a most powerful and easy program even if it's not that easy to learn but still giving a lot of excellent options and especially details.

Cons

Little hard to learn all what the software is capable to do may take some time, and also need some secs or minutes to work sometimes.

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Response from Ansys

August 2, 2022

Hello Thanks a lot for your feedback ! Sincerely, Your Ansys Cloud Team !

SB

Stuart B.  
RF & Antenna Specialist  
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing  
Used the software for: I used a free trial

### "Good entry, but could use some work"

January 21, 2022

3.0

It seems like a nice entry into the cloud solution space, but could use some work on polishing the implementation.

Pros

Easy to set up and submit a job, nice reporting interface online

Cons

Not easy to recover data and integrate it with local solutions. Rather than having to download a standalone file, it would be nice if the data could be streamed back into the original solution, just as if you had run the simulation locally. Having to manage multiple version of the same file is a large pain.

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SM

Sudipta M.  
Senior Structural Engineer  
Aviation & Aerospace  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "ANSYS Cloud computing"

January 21, 2022

4.0

I am happy with ANSYS cloud.

Pros

Flexibility of using multiple cores and memory.

Cons

File transfer can be nightmare sometime.

Review Source

Response from Ansys

January 27, 2022

Hello Sudipta Thanks a lot for your much appreciated feedback.

AO

Alaettin O.  
Professor  
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Valuable"

January 22, 2022

5.0

It was really fast and valuable to experience such an opportunity.

Pros

Easy to use, fast with multiple cpu s and rams, optional things to select if want.

Cons

Still has bugs in it. When i use it, I could not see real time elastic coins. Responses from operation system may be slow.

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Response from Ansys

January 27, 2022

Dear Alaettin, thanks for your review and don't hesitate to reach out the support team if you have questions. We do also have the cloud forum https://cloudforum.ansys.com/ available to answers most questions. Your feedback is much appreciated !

AL

Antonio L.  
Engineering Dept. Manager  
Aviation & Aerospace  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Desired Requirements"

January 21, 2022

4.0

Pros

What we DEMAND, please, a more effective training docs comprehensible to whatever new graduate!

Cons

The Object Oriented Structure as Simulink or Lanview.

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Response from Ansys

January 27, 2022

Hello Antonio; Thanks for your much appreciated feedback !

MK

Mohammadreza K.  
Senior scientist  
Biotechnology  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Ansys cloud "

January 21, 2022

5.0

It’s a great tool for those that don’t wanna run too many simulations

Pros

Easy to use and super fast and available form anywhere specially when you work from home

Cons

It’s very hard to set up and link to your license

Reason for choosing Ansys Cloud Direct

Easier and cheaper

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Response from Ansys

January 27, 2022

Hello Mohammadreza, Thanks for your much appreciated feedback.

AJ

Ashish J.  
Design Engineer  
Automotive  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Ansys Cloud Review"

February 8, 2022

5.0

Best experience.

Pros

All features in one single server. Server is fast and all jobs are carried out without any issue.

Cons

Starting jobs by taking file from older RDP session doesn't start.

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Response from Ansys

February 22, 2022

Hello Ashish Thanks for your feedback ! The Cloud Team

JC

Julien C.  
Biomechanical Simulation R&D  
Biotechnology  
Used the software for: 2+ years

### "Essential"

January 26, 2022

4.0

Good experience.

Pros

Versatility, Flexibility. Modern. Excellent Tech Support.

Cons

Limited by the internet speed. Downloading the results is quite painfull.

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Response from Ansys

January 28, 2022

Dear Julien, Thanks for your much appreciated feedback. Ansys Cloud Team

JS

John S.  
Engineer  
Automotive  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Beta product not ready for serious use"

March 2, 2022

1.0

Pros

It is cloud based which is better than on-premise software

Cons

Lots of issues and bugs, product is not ready for serious engineering use

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Response from Ansys

August 2, 2022

Hello John , thanks for your feedback, we are surprised from it and wonder if we can further assist you ? Ansys Cloud is not a beta product , already on the market since several years now. Our support team can help you to set up everything and get started in the Cloud. Don't hesitate to reach out to me ! Best, Your Cloud Team

JH

Jason H.  
Engineer  
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Infrequent Cloud User"

January 21, 2022

4.0

Solving FEA/CFD problems that we otherwise could not afford to.

Pros

Access to full Ansys simulation packages for modest price

Cons

Licensing verification is touchy, something often seems to need to be updated or fixed. Good support helps bridge the gap.

Reason for choosing Ansys Cloud Direct

Price, familarity, and interaction with resellers

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Response from Ansys

January 27, 2022

Hello Jason , Thanks a lot for your much appreciated feedback.

WYW

Wing Yew W.  
Modelling & Simulation Engineer  
Semiconductors  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "User experience Review on Ansys Cloud"

January 27, 2022

4.0

Ansys Cloud provide us the flexibility to expand our hardware capability whenever we needed.

Pros

Seamlessly integration into the workbench, make the adaption to use the cloud with workbench very easy

Cons

The difficulty to deploy/implement BYOL feature with existing license pool that we owned. A lot of hassle need to be done and setup before it can be use. I will expect or wish to have a simple GUI to allow user choose to use their own licenses or not, whenever they needed.

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Response from Ansys

January 28, 2022

Dear Wing Yew, Thanks for your much appreciated feedback. Ansys Cloud Team

HY

Heidi Y.  
CAE Engineer  
Automotive  
Used the software for: I used a free trial

### "Run simulation on ANSYS Cloud"

January 26, 2022

5.0

Pros

The interface is very user-friendly and the platform connects with different ANSYS licenses seamlessly.

Cons

Hoping the pricing will be more clear since the usage is very customizable

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SK

Sina K.  
Senior Engineer  
Civil Engineering  
Used the software for: I used a free trial

### "Useful but need to integrate LS-DYNA solver capabilities to the system"

January 26, 2022

4.0

Pros

Support from the ANSYS team was really helpful.

Cons

The developer team should integrate LS-DYNA running capabilities since LS-DYNA was bought out by ANSYS.

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Response from Ansys

February 22, 2022

Hello Sina Thanks for your feedback, Ansys LS-Dyna is integrated on Ansys Cloud, please reach out to your support team they will explain you how to get set up . Thanks The Cloud Team

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