Autodesk InfoWater Pro

subscription (quote-only) Design the Building

Water distribution system modeling and management software built on ArcGIS Pro -- provides hydraulic analysis, criticality analysis, pressure transient modeling, leakage detection, fire flow analysis, and what-if scenario simulation for water utilities and engineering firms planning, designing, and operating water distribution networks with spatial analysis and GIS integration.

Made by Autodesk, public (ADSK, $43.8B)

Hidden Pricing
2.4 /5 composite score
Situational -- industry-standard water distribution modeling with deep ArcGIS Pro integration, fire flow and criticality analysis, and Ruby scripting for automation; quote-only pricing (no public price tier, RF1) and desktop-only delivery with no standalone REST API limit value for teams not already on Autodesk/ArcGIS infrastructure.
Situational

Rubric Scorecard

How we grade →

Criterion Score Evidence
Value for the price 2/5 subscription (quote-only) Source →
Agent Friendliness 2/5 API: Ruby scripting API (InfoWater Pro Technical Hub); cloud simulation REST endpoints via Autodesk Platform Services Source →
Ease of adoption 2/5 --
Portability & lock-in 3/5 4 file formats
Interoperability 3/5 4 integrations
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How we verified this: we checked Autodesk InfoWater Pro against its live site and an independent source — wateronline.com. Nothing on this page is listed from memory. See how we grade. Verified 2026-07-05.

Evidence

File formats

FormatDirectionSupport
GIS import full
CSV both full
SHP import full
INP export full -- EPANET .inp format

Integrations

ArcGIS Pro (native) ArcGIS Online Autodesk Water Infrastructure AutoCAD

Sources

PricingAPI docs

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