SimScale

SimScale is a cloud-based computer-aided engineering (CAE) platform offering computational fluid dynamics (CFD), finite element analysis (FEA), and thermal simulation capabilities. The SimScale REST API enables programmatic project management, geometry upload, mesh generation, simulation setup and execution, and results extraction for engineering automation workflows.

SimScale publishes 7 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Geometry API, Mesh Operations API, Projects API, and 4 more. Tagged areas include CAE, CFD, FEA, Simulation, and Engineering.

The SimScale catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

SimScale’s developer surface includes authentication, engineering blog, documentation, pricing, and 9 more developer resources.

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56.4/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

7 APIs

CAECFDFEASimulationEngineering

Kin Score

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scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1

Composite quality — 56.4/100 · strong

Contract Quality 16.9 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 6.1 / 20

Commercial Clarity 14.2 / 20

Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13

Governance 7.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 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 7

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

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Simscale Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

PythonSDK

PythonSDK

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Blog

Blog

LinkedIn

Source (apis.yml)

name: SimScale
description: SimScale is a cloud-based computer-aided engineering (CAE) platform offering computational fluid dynamics (CFD),
  finite element analysis (FEA), and thermal simulation capabilities. The SimScale REST API enables programmatic project management,
  geometry upload, mesh generation, simulation setup and execution, and results extraction for engineering automation workflows.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/simscale.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/simscale/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-02'
modified: '2026-05-02'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- CAE
- CFD
- FEA
- Simulation
- Engineering
apis:
- aid: simscale:simscale-geometry-api
  name: SimScale Geometry API
  description: CAD geometry upload and import
  humanURL: https://www.simscale.com/docs/platform/api-and-sdk-documentation/
  baseURL: https://api.simscale.com
  tags:
  - Geometry
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/simscale-geometry-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.simscale.com/docs/platform/api-and-sdk-documentation/
  - type: SwaggerUI
    url: https://api.simscale.com/apidoc/swagger/index.html
  - type: PythonSDK
    url: https://github.com/SimScaleGmbH/simscale-python-sdk
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/SimScaleGmbH
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.simscale.com/docs/platform/api-and-sdk-documentation/
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/simscale/refs/heads/main/rules/simscale-rules.yml
- aid: simscale:simscale-mesh-operations-api
  name: SimScale Mesh Operations API
  description: Mesh generation and configuration
  humanURL: https://www.simscale.com/docs/platform/api-and-sdk-documentation/
  baseURL: https://api.simscale.com
  tags:
  - Mesh Operations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/simscale-mesh-operations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.simscale.com/docs/platform/api-and-sdk-documentation/
  - type: SwaggerUI
    url: https://api.simscale.com/apidoc/swagger/index.html
  - type: PythonSDK
    url: https://github.com/SimScaleGmbH/simscale-python-sdk
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/SimScaleGmbH
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.simscale.com/docs/platform/api-and-sdk-documentation/
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/simscale/refs/heads/main/rules/simscale-rules.yml
- aid: simscale:simscale-projects-api
  name: SimScale Projects API
  description: Simulation project management
  humanURL: https://www.simscale.com/docs/platform/api-and-sdk-documentation/
  baseURL: https://api.simscale.com
  tags:
  - Projects
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/simscale-projects-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.simscale.com/docs/platform/api-and-sdk-documentation/
  - type: SwaggerUI
    url: https://api.simscale.com/apidoc/swagger/index.html
  - type: PythonSDK
    url: https://github.com/SimScaleGmbH/simscale-python-sdk
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/SimScaleGmbH
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.simscale.com/docs/platform/api-and-sdk-documentation/
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/simscale/refs/heads/main/rules/simscale-rules.yml
- aid: simscale:simscale-reports-api
  name: SimScale Reports API
  description: Post-processing and results reporting
  humanURL: https://www.simscale.com/docs/platform/api-and-sdk-documentation/
  baseURL: https://api.simscale.com
  tags:
  - Reports
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/simscale-reports-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.simscale.com/docs/platform/api-and-sdk-documentation/
  - type: SwaggerUI
    url: https://api.simscale.com/apidoc/swagger/index.html
  - type: PythonSDK
    url: https://github.com/SimScaleGmbH/simscale-python-sdk
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/SimScaleGmbH
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.simscale.com/docs/platform/api-and-sdk-documentation/
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/simscale/refs/heads/main/rules/simscale-rules.yml
- aid: simscale:simscale-simulation-runs-api
  name: SimScale Simulation Runs API
  description: Simulation execution and status
  humanURL: https://www.simscale.com/docs/platform/api-and-sdk-documentation/
  baseURL: https://api.simscale.com
  tags:
  - Simulation Runs
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/simscale-simulation-runs-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.simscale.com/docs/platform/api-and-sdk-documentation/
  - type: SwaggerUI
    url: https://api.simscale.com/apidoc/swagger/index.html
  - type: PythonSDK
    url: https://github.com/SimScaleGmbH/simscale-python-sdk
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/SimScaleGmbH
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.simscale.com/docs/platform/api-and-sdk-documentation/
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/simscale/refs/heads/main/rules/simscale-rules.yml
- aid: simscale:simscale-simulations-api
  name: SimScale Simulations API
  description: Simulation setup and configuration
  humanURL: https://www.simscale.com/docs/platform/api-and-sdk-documentation/
  baseURL: https://api.simscale.com
  tags:
  - Simulations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/simscale-simulations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.simscale.com/docs/platform/api-and-sdk-documentation/
  - type: SwaggerUI
    url: https://api.simscale.com/apidoc/swagger/index.html
  - type: PythonSDK
    url: https://github.com/SimScaleGmbH/simscale-python-sdk
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/SimScaleGmbH
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.simscale.com/docs/platform/api-and-sdk-documentation/
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/simscale/refs/heads/main/rules/simscale-rules.yml
- aid: simscale:simscale-storage-api
  name: SimScale Storage API
  description: File storage management
  humanURL: https://www.simscale.com/docs/platform/api-and-sdk-documentation/
  baseURL: https://api.simscale.com
  tags:
  - Storage
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/simscale-storage-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.simscale.com/docs/platform/api-and-sdk-documentation/
  - type: SwaggerUI
    url: https://api.simscale.com/apidoc/swagger/index.html
  - type: PythonSDK
    url: https://github.com/SimScaleGmbH/simscale-python-sdk
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/SimScaleGmbH
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.simscale.com/docs/platform/api-and-sdk-documentation/
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/simscale/refs/heads/main/rules/simscale-rules.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/simscale-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/simscale-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/simscale-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/simscale-authentication.yml
- url: https://www.simscale.com/blog/feed/
  type: Blog
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/simscale
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/SimScaleGmbH
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://www.simscale.com/product/api/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.simscale.com/docs/
- type: PythonSDK
  url: https://github.com/SimScaleGmbH/simscale-python-sdk
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.simscale.com/pricing/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.simscale.com/terms-of-service/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.simscale.com/privacy-policy/
maintainers:
- FN: API Evangelist
  url: https://apievangelist.com
  email: info@apievangelist.com

SimScale

APIs 7

Open Collections 1

Pricing Plans 1