Ansys Cloud Direct 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Ansys Cloud Direct

4.1

(14)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About Ansys Cloud Direct

Ansys Cloud Direct is an on-demand virtual desktop and HPC cluster management platform that allows users to manage multiple projects, collaborate with their colleagues, share files and simulation results, monitor job progress, and more. It also provides access to interactive workstations and HPC clusters as needed. With Ansys Cloud Direct, users can easily share their simulation results with other users and collaborators, without compromising security or performance.

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Ansys Cloud Direct Pricing and Plans

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Ansys Cloud Direct Features

Popular features found in 3D CAD
2D Drawing
Animation
Bill of Materials Management
Data Import/Export
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For Architects
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More features of Ansys Cloud Direct
3D Design & Modeling
Access Controls/Permissions
Capacity Analytics
Cloud Computing
Configurable Workflow
Cost Management
Customizable Templates
Data Storage Management
Data Synchronization
Data Visualization
Drag & Drop
Encryption
File Management
File Transfer
Modeling & Simulation
Multi-Cloud Management
Multiple Projects
Performance Analysis
Projections
Real-Time Updates
Reporting/Analytics
Reporting & Statistics
Secure Data Storage
Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management
Workflow Management

Ansys Cloud Direct Integrations

Microsoft Azure

Ansys Cloud Direct User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.1

Ratings Breakdown

43%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

3.8

Value for money

3.8

Customer support

4.2

Functionality

4.3

Verified

Reviewer

Higher Education

501-1000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed February 2022

Future of Simulation

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

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

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.

Vendor Response

Hello Thanks for your feedback ! The Cloud Team

Replied February 2022

Verified

Reviewer

Civil Engineering

11-50 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2022

Ansys cloud experience.

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

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

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.

Vendor Response

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

Replied August 2022

Stuart B.

Verified reviewer

Electrical/ Electronic Manufacturing

11-50 employees

Used daily for free trial

Review source

Reviewed January 2022

Good entry, but could use some work

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

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

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.

Sudipta M.

Verified reviewer

Aviation & Aerospace

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2022

ANSYS Cloud computing

I am happy with ANSYS cloud.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

Flexibility of using multiple cores and memory.

Cons:

File transfer can be nightmare sometime.

Reasons for switching to Ansys Cloud Direct

Because I switched my employer and my current employer has cloud computing.

Vendor Response

Hello Sudipta Thanks a lot for your much appreciated feedback.

Replied January 2022

Alaettin O.

Verified reviewer

Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

501-1000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2022

Valuable

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

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

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.

Vendor Response

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 !

Replied January 2022

Antonio L.

Verified reviewer

Aviation & Aerospace

11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2022

Desired Requirements

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

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

Cons:

The Object Oriented Structure as Simulink or Lanview.

Vendor Response

Hello Antonio; Thanks for your much appreciated feedback !

Replied January 2022

Mohammadreza K.

Verified reviewer

Biotechnology

51-200 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2022

Ansys cloud

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

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

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

Reasons for choosing Ansys Cloud Direct

Easier and cheaper

Reasons for switching to Ansys Cloud Direct

It was expensive to buy and setup

Vendor Response

Hello Mohammadreza, Thanks for your much appreciated feedback.

Replied January 2022

Ashish J.

Verified reviewer

Automotive

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Reviewed February 2022

Ansys Cloud Review

Best experience.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

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.

Reasons for switching to Ansys Cloud Direct

Vast features

Vendor Response

Hello Ashish Thanks for your feedback ! The Cloud Team

Replied February 2022

Julien C.

Verified reviewer

Biotechnology

11-50 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2022

Essential

Good experience.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Versatility, Flexibility. Modern. Excellent Tech Support.

Cons:

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

Vendor Response

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

Replied January 2022

John S.

Verified reviewer

Automotive

201-500 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed March 2022

Beta product not ready for serious use

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

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

Vendor Response

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

Replied August 2022

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