DIgSILENT PowerFactory is a gold-standard suite — and often priced for large utilities. Electrisim delivers core load flow, short circuit, OPF, harmonics, and dynamics studies on open engines (pandapower, OpenDSS, and ANDES), from $10/month.
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Electrisim’s pandapower engine is continuously tested against DIgSILENT PowerFactory and PSS Sincal. We also publish dual-solver and independent university validation work.
pandapower power flow and short-circuit results are validated against PowerFactory with strict tolerances on voltage, angles, and loading — continuous CI on every change.
pandapower validation →Our benchmark article walks through how open-source power flow tools compare with PowerFactory on real cases.
Read the benchmark →Master’s thesis work at the University of Palermo compared Electrisim with Neplan across load flow and short circuit.
Read the study →| Feature | Electrisim | Typical commercial suites (e.g. PowerFactory) |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | $10/month Personal $40/user/month Company |
Enterprise license pricing (often $500+/month equivalent) |
| Load flow | pandapower + OpenDSS + ANDES | |
| Short circuit (IEC 60909) | ||
| Geographic map editor | Varies / add-on | |
| Browser-based cloud | Typically desktop install | |
| Open source / inspectable code | ||
| Cancel anytime | Multi-year contracts common |
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For load flow, short circuit, dynamics, and many planning studies — yes as a lower-cost option. Electrisim runs pandapower, OpenDSS, and ANDES in the browser. It is not a full clone of every PowerFactory module, but it covers the core workflows many engineers need daily.
Electrisim Personal is $10/month, Company $40/user/month, plus a free open-source Community Edition. PowerFactory is typically licensed as enterprise software.
The pandapower engine is continuously validated against commercial tools. See our comparison tutorial and benchmark article.
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