# CHEMCAD Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is CHEMCAD the right Simulation solution for you? Explore 19 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/92290/Chemcad/reviews --- CHEMCAD 4.2 (19) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/92290/Chemcad/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated April 22nd, 2026 # Reviews of CHEMCAD Ease of use 3.9 Customer Service 4.1 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-19 of 19 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Aayush A. Chemical Engineer Food & Beverages Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "CHEMCAD: Might take some time but is Versatile" April 9, 2020 4.0 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 Response from Datacor 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. Rafael Alberto L. Analyst Global Readi Luxury Goods & Jewelry Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A great tool for the every day chemist." May 28, 2021 4.0 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 EM Elisabeth M. Engineer Chemicals Used the software for: 2+ years ### "While Chemcad is a great simulation tool, it is slow, crashes easily, and is extremely sensitive." November 10, 2018 2.0 Pros For processes that are not too complex, this software is easy to pick up on. Cons Process design with multiple unit operations is extremely difficult and Chemcad rarely converges. Little to no troubleshooting available. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer R&D Summer Intern Defense & Space Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Great engineering software for use in teaching chemical process design (and for use in design)" January 19, 2018 4.0 This taught me and my classmates a lot about process design engineering and was a great tool to take many chemical engineering skills and apply them to real life. The online help was also very helpful for topics that may not have been covered in class. Pros This software works well for chemical process modeling, and was used at my university to teach design to senior design. It had many features that worked well for the course, and basically had everything necessary for us to complete our design project and learn what we needed to. I can definitely see uses in industry as this project gave us a good background on what we could expect with process engineering or process design roles. Cons It can be difficult to learn, and some people fell behind throughout the semester. Unfortunately, there may not be much that can be done about this. In fact, there are a lot of tutorials and helpful advice on the website, and even some workshops. The toughness just comes from the rigor from chemical engineering in the first place. Some may argue that alternative chemical process design software may be better, but it really is not much better than this in my opinion. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Student Higher Education Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Powerful software for chemical process design but has its limitations" November 21, 2019 5.0 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 GP Giuseppe P. Professor Research Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great way to understand chemical dynamics " April 6, 2021 5.0 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 Yleana C. Operador de logística Chemicals Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Chemcad's Analisys" August 6, 2018 4.0 I was excellent, I managed to perform the necessary simulation, however, understanding the graphical interface some time is lost Pros It is excellent for the simulation of food industry processes, such as multireaction petrochemical processes, since it allows the inclusion of the performance and selectivity data Cons I did not like graphic interdaz, it's unfriendly for a beginner. It should be more didactic, additional there is not much availability of information about the simulator. Review Source DYD Deniz Yekta D. Student Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### " simulation" October 27, 2021 4.0 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 Response from Datacor 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? TM Tasneem M. Associate professor Higher Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Excellent simulation software for simple chemical reactions." November 14, 2023 5.0 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 Mariedglys R. Responsable de logística Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Very useful for chemical engineers and process teaching" July 7, 2018 5.0 Pros Easy to use and very useful for the learning of chemical processes, especially for students of chemical engineering and professionals in the area Cons Many students fell behind in the semester because they did not understand their application despite being simple Review Source WS Wolfgang S. Dipl.-Ing. Chemietechnik Chemicals Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Universell nutzbar in der Verfahrentechnik" June 24, 2022 5.0 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. Reason for choosing CHEMCAD CHEMCAD ist allen anderen ähnlichen Produkten überlegen. Review Source Eli S. Founder Consumer Goods Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Very easy process designing; includes all the tools needed" July 21, 2020 5.0 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 Response from Datacor 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! TU Teodora U. Scientist Renewables & Environment Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Simple and Easy to Learn Software" October 17, 2020 4.0 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 Brandon L. Process Engineer Environmental Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Great software for calculating everything you need for your process" April 5, 2018 4.0 Pros Very simple with many different unit ops. Thermodynamic models seem to be accurate and effective. Easy to use Cons Appearance is old looking compared to other flowsheeting software. There needs to be more cost calculating functionality Review Source YH Yossi H. Software Engineer Computer & Network Security Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Chemcad Improves My Efficiency" July 20, 2020 4.0 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 Response from Datacor July 31, 2020 Thank you for the positive feedback, Yossi! Please contact us at support@chemstations.com if you ever have any questions. Karina R. Estagiária em Engenharia de Materiais Chemicals Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Good use for simpler chemical processes" May 1, 2019 4.0 Pros Interesting software for chemical process design. Good use for simpler chemical processes Cons What I least like is the fact that it takes to converge in multiple processes Review Source Greysi N. M. Profesional de Proyectos de Investigación Chemicals Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "A very customizable tool" January 3, 2019 4.0 Pros Chemcad has the great advantage of having varied and full-function modules for different types of processes and industries. This, in addition to allowing the customization of the software with independent modules that work together according to the needs of each client. Cons Being a chemical software with so many functionalities makes Chemcad a complex management software for apprentices. However, there are tutorials and examples on the web that can help with this aspect. Review Source PA Pratham A. Post doctoral fellow Renewables & Environment Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Chemcad review" October 23, 2018 3.0 The software can be used for modelling referigerative cycles Pros Provides a nice environment for steady state simulations . Cons Converging of flowsheets with recycling is a bit difficult. Review Source NG Nelson G. Mentor Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Simulation and design software useful to chemical engineers" January 20, 2018 4.0 Learned the basics and was able to do a few projects. Would be worth learning more advanced features. Pros Very helpful for chemical process design. Getting up to speed is simple and more advanced simulation features. Cons Other software for simulation that seemed more valuable to learn. Once we learned basics in ChemCad we were using other process software. Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Related categories [Chemical](https://www.capterra.com/chemical-software/)[Simulation](https://www.capterra.com/simulation-software/) ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.