Ansys

Ansys is a global engineering simulation company (now part of Synopsys) with a deep portfolio spanning structures (Mechanical, LS-DYNA, Motion), fluids (Fluent, CFX, Rocky), electronics (HFSS, Maxwell, SIwave, Icepak), semiconductors (RedHawk, Totem), optics, photonics, materials (Granta), 3D design (Discovery, SpaceClaim), embedded software (SCADE), and systems (optiSLang, Twin Builder). Ansys also runs Ansys Cloud for burst HPC and offers Ansys Apps in the Cloud. The primary public developer surface is PyAnsys — an open-source family of 45+ Python packages on GitHub (ansys/pyansys metapackage) that wrap individual Ansys products as Pythonic interfaces. There is no public web REST API portal; programmatic access is licensed per product and driven through PyAnsys, ACT (Ansys Customization Toolkit), product scripting (MAPDL, Fluent TUI/Scheme), and Ansys Cloud.

Ansys publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Simulation, Engineering, CAE, CFD, and FEA.

Ansys’ developer surface includes documentation, GitHub presence, engineering blog, YouTube channel, support, pricing, and 14 more developer resources.

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24.5/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

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2 APIs

SimulationEngineeringCAECFDFEAElectromagneticsMultiphysicsCloudPythonSDK

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Composite quality — 24.5/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 4.8 / 20

Commercial Clarity 9.5 / 20

Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.9 / 10

Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 2

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Ansys Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub

GitHub

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

TrustCenter

TrustCenter

Learn 2

Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance

AnsysLearningHub

AnsysLearningHub

YouTube

YouTube

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

ReleaseHighlights

ReleaseHighlights

Support

Support

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

LinkedIn

Other 7

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Products

AllProducts

PyAnsys

AnsysCloud

AnsysInnovationSpace

AnsysInnovationSpace

Academic

Academic

AppStore

AppStore

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Source (apis.yml)

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name: Ansys
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accessModel:
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  public: false
  label: Free
  confidence: medium
  source:
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  generated: '2026-07-22'
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tags:
- Simulation
- Engineering
- CAE
- CFD
- FEA
- Electromagnetics
- Multiphysics
- Cloud
- Python
- SDK
created: '2026-05-23'
modified: '2026-05-23'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
description: Ansys is a global engineering simulation company (now part of Synopsys) with a deep portfolio spanning structures
  (Mechanical, LS-DYNA, Motion), fluids (Fluent, CFX, Rocky), electronics (HFSS, Maxwell, SIwave, Icepak), semiconductors
  (RedHawk, Totem), optics, photonics, materials (Granta), 3D design (Discovery, SpaceClaim), embedded software (SCADE), and
  systems (optiSLang, Twin Builder). Ansys also runs Ansys Cloud for burst HPC and offers Ansys Apps in the Cloud. The primary
  public developer surface is PyAnsys — an open-source family of 45+ Python packages on GitHub (ansys/pyansys metapackage)
  that wrap individual Ansys products as Pythonic interfaces. There is no public web REST API portal; programmatic access
  is licensed per product and driven through PyAnsys, ACT (Ansys Customization Toolkit), product scripting (MAPDL, Fluent
  TUI/Scheme), and Ansys Cloud.
apis:
- aid: ansys:pyansys
  name: PyAnsys
  description: Open-source Python ecosystem for Ansys products. The pyansys metapackage bundles 45+ libraries including PyMAPDL
    (Mechanical APDL), PyFluent (Fluent CFD), PyAEDT (Electronics Desktop / HFSS / Maxwell / Icepak), PyMechanical (Mechanical),
    PyDPF (Data Processing Framework, with PyDPF-Core and PyDPF-Post), PyPrimeMesh (meshing), PyOptislang (optiSLang), PyAdditive,
    PyDyna (LS-DYNA), PyEDB, PyGranta, PySystemCoupling, and visualization helpers. Each library wraps a licensed Ansys product
    over gRPC or COM as a Pythonic interface — not a public REST API.
  humanURL: https://docs.pyansys.com
  baseURL: https://github.com/ansys/pyansys
  tags:
  - Python
  - SDK
  - Open Source
  - gRPC
  - Scripting
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.pyansys.com
  - type: Repository
    url: https://github.com/ansys/pyansys
  - type: GitHubOrg
    url: https://github.com/ansys
  - type: Package
    url: https://pypi.org/project/pyansys/
- aid: ansys:cloud
  name: Ansys Cloud
  description: Ansys Cloud delivers on-demand HPC and Ansys product instances on Microsoft Azure for burst simulation workloads.
    Cloud access is gated through commercial entitlement and the Ansys Cloud portal; no public REST API or self-serve developer
    documentation is published.
  humanURL: https://www.ansys.com/it-solutions/ansys-cloud
  baseURL: https://www.ansys.com/it-solutions/ansys-cloud
  tags:
  - Cloud
  - HPC
  - Azure
  - Bursting
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.ansys.com/it-solutions/ansys-cloud
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/ansys-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.ansys.com
- type: Products
  url: https://www.ansys.com/products
- type: AllProducts
  url: https://www.ansys.com/products/all-products
- type: ReleaseHighlights
  url: https://www.ansys.com/products/release-highlights
- type: Documentation
  url: https://ansyshelp.ansys.com
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.ansys.com
- type: PyAnsys
  url: https://docs.pyansys.com
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/ansys
- type: AnsysCloud
  url: https://www.ansys.com/it-solutions/ansys-cloud
- type: AnsysLearningHub
  url: https://www.ansys.com/training-center/ansys-learning-hub
- type: AnsysInnovationSpace
  url: https://innovationspace.ansys.com
- type: Academic
  url: https://www.ansys.com/academic
- type: AppStore
  url: https://catalog.ansys.com
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.ansys.com/blog
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ansys-inc
- type: YouTube
  url: https://www.youtube.com/user/ansysinc
- type: Support
  url: https://www.ansys.com/support
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.ansys.com/contact-us
- type: TrustCenter
  url: https://www.ansys.com/legal/trust-center
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com