Simulator Pricing

PowerWorld Simulator and Add-On Pricing

PowerWorld Simulator solves fully functional power flows, including area transactions, for systems of up to 250,000 buses.  Pricing starts at $11,000 for the base package.

Several optional product add-ons are available for use with Simulator:

Whether you choose to purchase a single-user license, multiple single licenses, or a site license, you will be entitled to one year of free upgrades and support. At the end of that year, commercial users may renew the maintenance agreement at 25% of the corresponding license’s price at that time. This would again entitle you to upgrades and support for the following year. Pricing below applies to commercial licenses.

Simulator Pricing with no Add-ons
First License US$11,000
Additional Licenses (Each) Each US$5,500
Site License*see below US$33,000
Corporate License*see below US$66,000
Simulator Add-on First License Additional Licenses
(Each)
Site License
* see below
Corporate License
* see below
ATC US$5,500 US$2,750 US$16,500 US$33,000
PVQV US$5,500 US$2,750 US$16,500 US$33,000
OPF US$8,800 US$4,400 US$26,400 US$52,800
SCOPF** US$3,300 US$1,650 US$9,900 US$19,800
Reserves** US$5,500 US$2,750 US$16,500 US$33,000
SimAuto US$5,500 US$2,750 US$16,500 US$33,000
ITP US$11,000 US$5,500 US$33,000 US$66,000
Transient Stability US$11,000 US$5,500 US$33,000 US$66,000
GIC US$11,000 US$5,500 US$33,000 US$66,000
Scheduled Actions US$5,500 US$2,750 US$16,500 US$33,000
TransLineCalc US$2,200 US$1,100 US$6,600 US$13,200
Distributed Contingency *** No Cost No Cost
Distributed ATC **** US$16,500 US$33,000
Distributed Transient Stability **** US$33,000 US$66,000

*A site license allows for an unlimited number of installations or concurrent instances utilized by users working at one geographic location (within 1,000 meters of one another), and a corporate license allows for an unlimited number of installations or concurrent instances utilized by users throughout an organization (without geographic constraint). For more information on what constitutes a site, please contact PowerWorld Corporation at sales@powerworld.com or by phone at (217) 384-6330.

** The SCOPF and Reserves add-ons can only be purchased after purchasing the OPF add-on

*** The Distributed Contingency add-on is only available after purchasing a site-license to the SimAuto add-on.  After purchasing a site-license to Simulator with the SimAuto add-on, the Distributed Contingency add-on is available at no cost.

**** The Distributed ATC or Distributed Transient Stability add-on can only be purchased after purchasing a site-license to the ATC or Transient Stability add-on, respectively, and a site-license to the SimAuto add-on.

Pricing Examples:

  1. 3 licenses to Simulator Base Package
    Price = US$11,000 + 2*US$5,500 = US$22,000
  2. Site* License of Simulator with the OPF and SCOPF add-ons:
Product Sub-Total
Simulator Site License US$33,000
OPF Add-on for Site US$26,400
SCOPF Add-on for Site US$9,900
Site License US$69,300
  • Site* License of Simulator with all add-ons:
Product Sub-Total
Simulator Site License US$33,000
ATC Add-on for Site US$16,500
PVQV Add-on for Site US$16,500
OPF Add-on for Site US$26,400
SCOPF Add-on for Site US$9,900
OPF Reserves Add-on for Site US$16,500
SimAuto Add-on for Site US$16,500
ITP Add-on for Site US$33,000
Transient Stability Add-on for Site US$33,000
GIC Add-on for Site US$33,000
Scheduled Actions Add-on for Site US$16,500
TransLineCalc Add-on for Site US$6,600
Distributed Contingency Add-on for Site No Cost
Distributed ATC Add-on for Site US$16,500
Distributed Transient Stability Add-on for Site US$33,000
Site License US$306,900

*A site license allows for an unlimited number of installations or concurrent instances utilized by users working at one geographic location (within 1,000 meters of one another), and a corporate license allows for an unlimited number of installations or concurrent instances utilized by users throughout an organization (without geographic constraint). For more information on what constitutes a site, please contact PowerWorld Corporation at sales@powerworld.com or by phone at (217) 384-6330.

Educational Version

Educational versions of all products are available for use at universities by faculty, staff, and students for teaching and academic research.  Contact PowerWorld Corporation at sales@powerworld.com or by phone at (217) 384-6330 for more information.

Free 13 Bus Evaluation Version

A free download of a 13-bus version of the software with ATC, PVQV, OPF/SCOPF/Reserves, Transient Stability, and GIC add-ons is available here.

Free PowerWorld Viewer

Viewer is a freeware program designed to make it easy to exchange power flow cases. You can view a solved power flow case graphically using animated one-lines. Viewer (and Simulator) can handle cases up to 250,000 buses. Download it for Free!

All PowerWorld products have on-line help files! See our Help Files to download.