Bentley WaterGEMS

subscription (Virtuosity/SELECT) or perpetual with annual maintenance Engineer & Analyze

Water distribution system modeling and simulation software for hydraulic analysis, water quality modeling, fire flow analysis, energy management, and pipe network calibration -- part of Bentley's OpenFlows portfolio, serving municipal water utilities and engineering consultants.

Made by Bentley Systems, public (BSY, $10.1B)

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2.8 /5 composite score
C1 4/5 reflects published Essentials-through-Ultimate pricing, C2 3/5 reflects the WaterGEMS .NET API and iTwin Platform API, C4 2/5 reflects the proprietary WHM native format, and C5 3/5 reflects Bentley OpenFlows, iTwin, ProjectWise, and ArcGIS integrations.
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Rubric Scorecard

How we grade →

Criterion Score Evidence
Value for the price 4/5 subscription (Virtuosity/SELECT) or perpetual with annual maintenance Source →
Agent Friendliness 3/5 API: iTwin Platform REST API (via OpenFlows integration); WaterGEMS desktop .NET API
Ease of adoption 2/5 --
Portability & lock-in 2/5 4 file formats
Interoperability 3/5 4 integrations

Pricing

Modelsubscription (Virtuosity/SELECT) or perpetual with annual maintenance
Free tierno
Free viewerno
TiersEssentials ($1021), Standard, Advanced, Ultimate
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Evidence

File formats

FormatDirectionSupport
WHM native full
DGN import full
GIS import full
CSV both full

Integrations

Bentley OpenFlows Bentley iTwin Platform ProjectWise ArcGIS

Sources

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