New academic version of the software… New academic version of the software has severe limitations in terms of number of allowable inputs for optimization and simulation models. Several students, who had paid for the software, complained that the Analytic Solver Menu would spontaneously disappear from the menu bar.

Great for optimizations In overall, we are satisfied with the product. We had few frictions due to: - license validation in big infrastructures (with proxies,...) - Instability of the plugin that gets desactivated in Excel - After calculations, the sheets get blinkering (switch betwen sheets, mouse cursor changing state,...) so we have to wait 1-3 seconds before the application stabilizes with some bigger excel files

Simply the best Frontine's products are simply the best analytics tools available for spreadsheets. And if spreadsheets aren't your modeling platform of choice, their SDK gives you access to everything they've got to use in any way you want. They have been the leading innovator in this space for decades and their customer support is second to none.

I use the product regularly because I find the Excel-based transparency and convenience a nice complement to working in Matlab. I use the product regularly because I believe it is best in class. I think some of the upgrades are too expensive but I have no issue with the quality of the product. I find the frequent requests to confirm the license annoying. I travel internationally and have been locked out of the product when I was having internet connectivity issues. There has to be a moratorium on this (e.g. allow a week, a month before disabling the application). Also, Frontline has been the most difficult vendor for my IT folks to work with when it comes to using my license on multiple machines that only I operate. Again, there must be an easier way. Finally, I did try the consulting service and my experience was positive - worth the money.

Frontline tools exactly suit our needs Frontline tools exactly suit our needs. In fact, thanks to Frontline, we have developed a huge competitve advantage over our comptetitors. A pretty good part of our business development is based upon our tools bieng connected to Frontline's.