Comsol Network Concurrent Licensing for Research
There is a cost associated with the use of Comsol Research license seats. Please read on for approximate license cost information.
Comsol research licenses are centrally hosted by ECE ITS for the exclusive use of the participating pool of subscribers. Costs are shared among the subscribers based on utilization.
Renewed annually in March. For information about Comsol ClassKit licenses, visit this page.
Inquiries can be sent to ECE ITS at help@ece.cmu.edu .
License Cost
per User - 1 yr subscription, one license seat, paid annually in March
Standard Usage (Q1) < 5000 min / yr | Moderate Usage (Q2) < 25000 min / yr | High Usage (>Q2) > 25000 min / yr |
---|---|---|
$400.00 | $750.00 | $950.00 |
Feature additions can be requested. Reservation groups can be created for exclusive use of a subset of users.
NOTE: The initial price of a feature from Comsol is higher than annual renewal. Please inquire about new feature pricing by submitting a ticket to ECE IT Services.
License Server and Software
port@license_server_fqdn | 1718@comsol-lic.ece.cmu.edu |
Software Repository |
*NOTE: The client login username is matched (case-insensitive) against the license server options file. See this knowledgebase article for troubleshooting.
ECE AFS Path (ECE users only) /afs/ece/support/comsol/release/share
Feature Availability
Module Name | Type | Quantity |
COMSOL Multiphysics | Base | 25 |
AC/DC Module | Platform | 10 |
CAD Import Module | Platform | 10 |
Chemical Reaction Eng. Module | Platform | 10 |
ECAD Import Module | Platform | 10 |
Heat Transfer Module | Platform | 10 |
LiveLink for MatLab | Platform | 10 |
MEMS Module | Platform | 10 |
Microfluidics Module | Platform | 10 |
Nonlinear Structural Materials Module | Platform | 10 |
Particle Tracing Module | Platform | 10 |
RF Module | Platform | 10 |
Semiconductor Module | Platform | 10 |
Structural Mechanics Module | Platform | 10 |
Acoustic Module | Premium | 2 |
Battery Design Module | Premium | 2 |
CFD Module | Premium | 2 |
Composite Materials Module | Premium | 2 |
Corrosion Module | Premium | 2 |
Design Module | Premium | 2 |
Electrochemistry Module | Premium | 2 |
Electrodeposition Module | Premium | 2 |
Fatigue Module | Premium | 2 |
Fuel Cell & Electrolyzer Module | Premium | 2 |
Geomechanics Module | Premium | 2 |
Liquid & Gas Properties Module | Premium | 2 |
LiveLink for AutoCad | Premium | 2 |
LiveLink for Excel | Premium | 2 |
LiveLink for Inventor | Premium | 2 |
LiveLink for PTC Creo Parametric | Premium | 2 |
LiveLink for Pro/E | Premium | 2 |
LiveLink for Revit | Premium | 2 |
LiveLink for Simulink | Premium | 2 |
LiveLink for SolidEdge | Premium | 2 |
LiveLink for SolidWorks | Premium | 2 |
Material Library | Premium | 2 |
Metal Processing Module | Premium | 2 |
Mixer Module | Premium | 2 |
Molecular Flow Module | Premium | 2 |
Multibody Dynamics Module | Premium | 2 |
Optimization Module | Premium | 2 |
Pipe Flow Module | Premium | 2 |
Plasma Module | Premium | 2 |
Polymer Flow Module | Premium | 2 |
Porous Media Flow Module | Premium | 2 |
Ray Optics Module | Premium | 2 |
RotorDynamics Module | Premium | 2 |
Subsurface Flow Module | Premium | 2 |
Wave Optics Module | Premium | 2 |