CHEMCAD 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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User Reviews

Overview

CHEMCAD

4.2

(19)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About CHEMCAD

CHEMCAD is an intuitive suite of chemical process simulation software that broadens an engineer's capabilities and increases productivity.

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

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CHEMCAD Pricing and Plans

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CHEMCAD Features

Popular features found in Engineering CAD
2D Drawing
3D Imaging
Collaboration Tools
Data Import/Export
Data Visualization
Design Analysis
Design Management
Document Management
Presentation Tools
Version Control
More features of CHEMCAD
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Chemical Process Simulation
Direct Manipulation
Manufacturing Design Data
Mathematical Modeling
Reporting/Analytics
Reporting & Statistics

CHEMCAD User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.2

Ratings Breakdown

32%

58%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

3.9

Value for money

3.9

Customer support

4.1

Functionality

4.3

Aayush A.

Verified reviewer

Food & Beverages

11-50 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2020

CHEMCAD: Might take some time but is Versatile

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.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

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.

Vendor Response

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.

Replied April 2020

Rafael Alberto L.

Verified reviewer

Luxury Goods & Jewelry

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2021

A great tool for the every day chemist.

Is the best option for analytical chemistry out there

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

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.

Elisabeth M.

Verified reviewer

Chemicals

10000+ employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2018

While Chemcad is a great simulation tool, it is slow, crashes easily, and is extremely sensitive.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

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.

Verified

Reviewer

Defense & Space

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed January 2018

Great engineering software for use in teaching chemical process design (and for use in design)

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.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

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.

Verified

Reviewer

Higher Education

10000+ employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2019

Powerful software for chemical process design but has its limitations

Used to determine and verify design requirements for chemical reactor equipment.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

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.

Giuseppe P.

Verified reviewer

Research

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2021

Great way to understand chemical dynamics

Great chemical engineering software that allows studying chemical processes at a wide range of levels.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

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.

Reasons for switching to CHEMCAD

I actually still using ChemOffice for my drawing needs, but use ChemCAD for all other needs.

Yleana C.

Verified reviewer

Chemicals

51-200 employees

Used daily for free trial

Review source

Reviewed August 2018

Chemcad's Analisys

I was excellent, I managed to perform the necessary simulation, however, understanding the graphical interface some time is lost

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

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.

Deniz Yekta D.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

10000+ employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2021

simulation

overall easier to use than similar programs. For this reason, using this program as an exercise will contribute to the general simulation rules.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

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.

Vendor Response

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?

Replied October 2021

Tasneem M.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

1001-5000 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2023

Excellent simulation software for simple chemical reactions.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

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.