FEATool Multiphysics vs. LiveLink for MATLAB vs. Python vs. VSim Comparison Chart

Seamlessly integrate COMSOL Multiphysics® with MATLAB® to extend your modeling with scripting programming in the MATLAB environment. LiveLink™ for MATLAB® allows you to utilize the full power of MATLAB and its toolboxes in preprocessing, model manipulation, and postprocessing. Enhance your in-house MATLAB code with powerful multiphysics simulations. Base your geometry modeling on probabilistic or image data. Use multiphysics models together with Monte Carlo simulations and genetic algorithms. Export COMSOL models on state-space matrix format for incorporating into control systems. Interface in the COMSOL Desktop® environment enables the use of MATLAB® functions while modeling. Manipulate your models from the command line or script to parameterize the geometry, physics, or the solution scheme.

VSim is the Multiphysics Simulation Software used by design engineers and research scientists who require precise solutions for challenging problems. VSim’s unique combination of Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD), Particle-in-Cell (PIC), and Charged Fluid (Finite Volume) methods deliver accurate results for a variety of situations, including plasma modeling. As a parallel software application, VSim can efficiently handle problems at scale, and simulations run quickly using algorithms designed for high-performance computing systems. Trusted by researchers in 30 countries, and used by engineers in industries from aerospace to semiconductor manufacturing, With documented accuracy, VSim provides results that users can trust. Created by a team of computational scientists, Tech-X’s code has been cited thousands of times in the scientific literature, and VSim can be found at many of the world’s top research institutions.