3DEXPERIENCE Platform On The Cloud Frequently Asked Questions

It is a unified cloud environment for businesses–from startups to large enterprises, to innovate, produce and trade in entirely new ways. It securely connects people, ideas, data and solutions to transform ideas into innovative products, services and experiences.

• 3D Design & Engineering: Create and edit complex models right in your browser.
• Simulation & Analysis: Run stress, flow, and motion studies without exporting files.
• Data & Document Management: Track versions, set permissions, and manage approvals.
• Project & Task Planning: Assign tasks, track progress, and view live dashboards.
• Manufacturing Operations: Efficiently plan, manage and optimize manufacturing operations
• Social Collaboration: Share comments, markups, and dashboards with stakeholders.

Traditional CAD software sits on your desktop and PLM lives on a separate server—often requiring IT overhead and integration. The 3DEXPERIENCE platform combines both in the cloud, removing installations, upgrades, and costly infrastructure.

Yes, you can seamlessly move between roles and applications without the need to switch environments or re-import data. This ensures a smooth and efficient workflow, allowing you to stay focused without interruptions or manual data handling.

It’s built to scale with any organization—from startups to small-medium businesses and global enterprises. Industries like aerospace and defense, ­consumer packaged goods, infrastructure, energy and materials, industrial equipment, transportation and mobility all use it to accelerate innovation and keep everyone aligned.

Yes. Our 3DEXPERIENCE for startups offer gives early-stage companies access to the same capabilities large enterprises use—at a budget-friendly price. You can scale up as your team grows.
The 3DEXPERIENCE for Startups FAQ can be found here. 

Yes. The 3DEXPERIENCE platform on the cloud provides a single version of the truth for your entire ecosystem by capturing all activities in one place. Individuals, teams, and departments work together to produce innovative products, services and experiences. You can invite external stakeholders like partners and suppliers to securely collaborate on an entire project or a specific task.

Every day leading companies like Asics, L’OCCITANE, Harbinger and Yukata Electronics  turn industry challenges into business opportunities using the 3DEXPERIENCE platform on the cloud. Discover how the 3DEXPERIENCE platform on the cloud has helped companies in your industry to improve their products, increase their productivity and reduce their costs:

• Aerospace and Defense
• Architecture, Engineering and Construction
• Business Services
• Cities and Public Services
• Consumer Packaged Goods and Retail
• Home and Lifestyle
• Industrial Equipment
• Infrastructure, Energy and Materials
• Life Sciences and Healthcare
• Marine and Offshore
• Transportation and Mobility

Many teams struggle with fragmented toolsets, version-control headaches, slow feedback loops, and disconnected data. The 3DEXPERIENCE platform puts design, simulation, manufacturing, and data management under one cloud roof, so you eliminate silos, reduce rework, and get innovative products out the door faster. Some of the main benefits are:

• Shorter Time-to-Market – Achieve rapid product development with a fully integrated cloud platform
• Lower Upfront Costs – Eliminate costly IT investment and maintenance
• Instant Scalability – Easily expand your solutions as your needs grow – in the number of users or in capabilities
• Streamlined Collaboration – Effortlessly connect your enterprise with real-time collaboration
• Trusted and Secured Operations – Benefit from proactive, multi-faceted measures based on leading practices to protect your data and intellectual property

• Greater Traceability
  The platform provides better visibility into processes and projects with traceability of changes and decisions. By combining design, engineering, manufacturing and project management, the 3DEXPERIENCE platform offers a single integrated view to manage projects and processes in real time. This single digital representation allows anyone to visualize the status of a project at any given time and quickly access all project information.
• Faster Experimentation
  The platform provides the ability to create virtual twin experiences that add knowledge and know-how in one continuous cycle while eliminating the gap between experimentation and learning. The 3DEXPERIENCE platform allows for realistic test scenarios in a fraction of the time it would take in the physical world and delivers the best combinations given the desired outcome. Stakeholders continuously experiment, derive knowledge by exploring all possibilities and scenarios.
• Know-how Sharing
  A unified environment shared with all stakeholders encourages them to pool their expertise and share ideas more freely. Gathering and making available information on past projects such as design libraries, project templates and quality profiles promote the development of best practices. This leads to better products and services. It helps young designers, engineers and professionals entering the workforce accelerate the acquisition of industry knowledge

Very secure. Security is at the heart of the 3DEXPERIENCE platform on the cloud. We follow industry standards and best practices with a particular emphasis on: ISO 27001 standards (Implementation Guide ISO 27002) • NIST 800 best practices• OWASP methodologies. To learn more about cloud security, visit the 3DEXPERIENCE Trust Center.

All roles and apps run in modern web browsers (for example Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge). 

1. Discuss your project with our product experts.
2. If you are a startup, head over to www.3ds.com/startups and apply today.

We offer flexible, subscription-based pricing by role. Each role—Designer, Simulation Analyst, Collaborative Business Innovator, etc.—bundles the apps and storage you need.