# CHEMCAD Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra > With the help of Capterra, learn about CHEMCAD Software - reviews, pricing plans, popular comparisons to other Simulation products and more. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/92290/Chemcad/pricing --- # CHEMCAD Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons Last updated on August 24, 2025 Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Description](#description)[Use cases](#use-cases)[Alternatives](#alternatives)[Features](#features)[Pricing](#pricing)[Support](#support)[Reviews](#reviews) CHEMCAD ## What is CHEMCAD? CHEMCAD is an integrated suite of intuitive chemical process simulation software. BENEFITS \* Highly customizable, flexible, and affordable \* All modules work within a single graphical user interface for seamless interaction \* Adapts to how you approach engineering challenges \* Appealing graphics and reports are easy to export to third-party software \* Easily integrates into chemical engineering computing environment \* Personalized technical support second to none ## What is CHEMCAD used for? [Chemical](https://www.capterra.com/chemical-software/)[Simulation](https://www.capterra.com/simulation-software/)[Engineering CAD](https://www.capterra.com/engineering-cad-software/) Overall rating Based on 19 user reviews Reviews sentiment Positive \- Neutral \- Negative \- Contact vendor for pricing Free trial available Capterra Shortlist charts the highest-rated and most popular products... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... 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[4.6 (181)](https://www.capterra.com/p/175058/Altium-Designer/reviews/) Starting Price Contact vendor Starting Price Contact vendor Free Trial Free Version Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version Ease Of Use 3.9 (19) Ease Of Use 4.3 (181) Value For Money 3.9 (11) Value For Money 4.2 (157) Customer Service 4.1 (10) Customer Service 4.2 (142) ## CHEMCAD alternatives [4.5 (341)](https://www.capterra.com/p/164681/Onshape/reviews/) Starting price $1500.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 94% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars Highest Rated [AutoCAD](https://www.capterra.com/p/265024/AutoCAD/) [4.7 (3,205)](https://www.capterra.com/p/265024/AutoCAD/reviews/) Starting price $250.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 97% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/265024/AutoCAD/) [SolidWorks Premium](https://www.capterra.com/p/93121/SolidWorks-Premium/) [4.6 (755)](https://www.capterra.com/p/93121/SolidWorks-Premium/reviews/) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 97% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/93121/SolidWorks-Premium/) [MATLAB](https://www.capterra.com/p/125813/MATLAB/) [4.6 (2,090)](https://www.capterra.com/p/125813/MATLAB/reviews/) Starting price $203.63 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 96% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/125813/MATLAB/) [View all alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/92290/Chemcad/alternatives/) ## Features Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically. Chemical Process Simulation 5.0 (1) 0.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Process simulation related to chemical engineering and kinetics CAD Tools Computer aided design to create precision drawings or technical illustrations Direct Manipulation Capabilities within graphical user interfaces that allow users to interact directly with objects to perform a task Manufacturing Design Data Access to a library of manufacturing parts, models, and specs Mathematical Modeling Representing and explaining real systems and occurrences using math formulas, descriptions, and approaches Reporting/Analytics View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data CHEMCAD 7 features Computer aided design to create precision drawings or technical illustrations Process simulation related to chemical engineering and kinetics Capabilities within graphical user interfaces that allow users to interact directly with objects to perform a task Access to a library of manufacturing parts, models, and specs Representing and explaining real systems and occurrences using math formulas, descriptions, and approaches Collection, analysis, and representation of numerical data and generation of reports to understand various patterns View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data Get Advice We can help you find the software with the features you need. Features 4.3 (19) 4.3 Based on 19 reviews ## Pricing Value for money 3.9 (11) ### Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Free trial available Value for money 3.9 (11) 3.9 Based on 11 reviews Connect with a Capterra advisor for a free 15-minute consultation Get a personalized software list aligned to your business needs with guidance from our expert advisors. Our team has helped 1 million+ businesses like yours find options that fit their needs. ## Support, customer service and training options Customer Service 4.1 (10) Support - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat Training - In Person - Live Online - Webinars - Documentation - Videos Deployment - Web - Android - iPhone/iPad Typical users - Freelancers - Small businesses - Mid size businesses - Enterprises Customer Service 4.1 (10) 4.1 Based on 10 reviews ## User reviews Overall rating 4.2 Based on 19 reviews Filter by rating 5(6) 4(11) 3(1) 2(1) 1(0) Mentioned topic Sorted by most recent TM Tasneem M. Associate professor Higher Education ### "Excellent simulation software for simple chemical reactions." 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 November 14, 2023 Pros 1\. It can be easily installed. 2. Great user interface. 3. Easy to create new process designs. 4. Extremely adaptable when picking up new chemical interactions. 5. Increases students' ability for learning and drawing reaction mechanisms. 6. Enables to create excellent graphical abstract. Cons 1\. It is quite sensitive, sluggish. 2. It crashes suddenly. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. WS Wolfgang S. Dipl.-Ing. Chemietechnik Chemicals ### "Universell nutzbar in der Verfahrentechnik" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 June 24, 2022 Sehr gut Pros Große Stoffdatenbank, viele Unit Operations, einfache Bedienung, exaktes Ergebnis, kurze Rechenzeiten, kompatibel zu Excel und VBA Cons Irgendwas fehlt immer. In einem solchen Fall hilft die Excel-Unit, deren Algorithmus man leicht selbst erstellen kann. Reasons for choosing CHEMCAD CHEMCAD ist allen anderen ähnlichen Produkten überlegen. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. DY Deniz Yekta D. Student Education Management ### " simulation" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 6/10 October 27, 2021 overall easier to use than similar programs. For this reason, using this program as an exercise will contribute to the general simulation rules. Pros first of all it is very easy to use and find detailed explanations. This is the most important advantage. If you are doing simulation for the first time, it is definitely a very important program for you. Cons In my simulations, the program sometimes gives very illogical errors and this affects the reliability of my result. The database needs to be updated and developed. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor October 28, 2021 Thank you for your review, Deniz. I'd like to learn more about your feedback regarding the database. Will you please share more details with me? Rafael Alberto L. Analyst Global Readi Luxury Goods & Jewelry ### "A great tool for the every day chemist." 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 May 28, 2021 Is the best option for analytical chemistry out there Pros Without a doubt is one of the most practical softwares in analytical chemistry, it has a lot a features, and you can handle your equipment and do the interpretation all in the same software. Also it's easy to write macros and change the features you find complicated. Cons It takes a great time to master the software, there in a lot of the versions the manage of the signal is very hard and the help assume you know very practical things in the equipment and the software it self. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. GP Giuseppe P. Professor Research ### "Great way to understand chemical dynamics " 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 April 6, 2021 Great chemical engineering software that allows studying chemical processes at a wide range of levels. Pros Use of this software is very intuitive. Simpler chemical reactions are readily set up and the dynamics and thermodynamics of those reactions accessible right away for study. Cons For the moment, the level of this software is too advanced for my needs. I am confident that I will eventually take advantage of many more of its capabilities, but for now the advanced capabilities confuse my analyses sometimes. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. TU Teodora U. Scientist Renewables & Environment ### "Simple and Easy to Learn Software" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 7/10 October 17, 2020 Overall, very happy with using Chemcad at my small company, allowing us to simulate chemical engineering processes easily. Pros I love how easy it was to learn how to use this software -- modeling the chemical reactions/components we need took very little time. Cons The license was fairly expensive, but it seems to be worth it -- it speeds up our modeling time significantly. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Eli S. Founder Consumer Goods ### "Very easy process designing; includes all the tools needed" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 July 21, 2020 Pros I was able to apply my chemical engineering education with this software. Most of the components I learned about were there to apply to my designs and I was able to map out the plant design for my colleagues without much training. Cons The user interface seems a little outdated, but I noticed that with pretty much all software I have used in this sector. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor July 23, 2020 Thank you for the positive feedback, Eli. We are actually updating the user interface for the next CHEMCAD version. So stay tuned! YH Yossi H. Software Engineer Computer & Network Security ### "Chemcad Improves My Efficiency" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 7/10 July 20, 2020 Overall, my switch to using Chemcad has allowed me to work much more quickly through similar projects, all while automating much of the calculations I previously had to do by hand. Pros The Process Flow Diagram editor is a life saver, and is the most useful part of the software for me. It saves tons of time compared to similar software packages. Cons There was some learning curve to moving from manual to software based diagrams, but the time to learn was definitely worth it. Automatic calculations save lots of time and brain power. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor July 31, 2020 Thank you for the positive feedback, Yossi! Please contact us at support@chemstations.com if you ever have any questions. Aayush A. Chemical Engineer Food & Beverages ### "CHEMCAD: Might take some time but is Versatile" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 3.0 3.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 April 9, 2020 It is very useful software and being a chemical engineer I have used it frequently throughout my bachelors in plant design projects and with no doubt I would recommend Chemcad for the process simulation. Pros Chemcad is software specially dedicated to the chemical engineers for the process simulation. While it might be difficult for the beginners to understand the interface, once you get soaked in you can make a really good use of it. Chemcad comes up with numbers of features like equipment sizing, equipment design and process economics as well. Also it includes thermophysical calculations. With all those features, it definitely helps engineers from designing a equipment to designing the whole plant as well as performing other calculations too. One might say that other application are better than this, I would definitely argue with that for the fact that it is great value for money Cons As mentioned earlier, this software might be quite difficult at the beginning because the interface is confusing but there are lots of tutorials and webinars held that will help you to learn. Furthermore, in case of any errors or unexpected results, you have to sort out for the problems manually as the program won’t do itself. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor April 16, 2020 Thank you for your review, Aayush. Please contact us at support@chemstations.com if you ever have any questions about how to use the software. There is no cost for support as long as you have a current lease. AU Anonymous User Student Higher Education ### "Powerful software for chemical process design but has its limitations" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 2.0 2.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 November 21, 2019 Used to determine and verify design requirements for chemical reactor equipment. Pros Reactor design functions. Can choose from a catalog of reactants, choose the features that you want and it will give a required reactor size that you would need to achieve your desired results. Can also design heat exchangers, distillation columns, adsorption columns, pumps, ect. Cons Does not screen for feasibility. This software can only work with the inputs that you give it. So you will have to screen for unreasonable and unexpected results. This only really should be a tool for getting a general idea of plans and should not be the exact plans for any piece of equipment. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. [View all Reviews](https://www.capterra.com/p/92290/Chemcad/reviews/) Independent research methodology Capterra's researchers use a mix of verified reviews, independent research and objective methodologies to bring you selection and ranking information you can trust. While we may earn a referral fee when you visit a provider through our links or speak to an advisor, this has no influence on our research or methodology. 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