SimEvents
SimEvents is a desktop product for modeling message-based communication and other event-driven processes.
What SimEvents is
SimEvents is a desktop product for modeling message-based communication and other event-driven processes. Its discrete-event engine and component library work with Simulink, allowing event-based and time-based models to represent hybrid systems. Blocks model entity creation and destruction, queues, service times, routing, attributes, event responses, and resource allocation. Resource Pool, Resource Acquirer, and Resource Releaser blocks represent resource use, while repeated simulations support optimization. SimEvents can analyze latency, throughput, packet loss, queue lengths, delays, and average service times. Users can simulate and debug models, inspect queues, visualize entity activity, and create custom visualizations. Output statistics aggregate measures, and Sequence Viewer displays messages, events, and entities. Custom behavior uses MATLAB Discrete Event System and Discrete Event Chart blocks. Listed applications include software and hardware architectures, communication networks, forecasting, capacity planning, and supply chain management. It supports Windows, Mac, and Linux but requires MATLAB and Simulink.
Good
- Discrete-event simulation engine
- Simulink integration
- Resource allocation blocks
- Performance statistics and visualization
- Windows, Mac, and Linux support
Watch out
- Requires MATLAB
- Requires Simulink
- No free plan
- Not eligible for MATLAB Compiler
Who it suits
It suits engineers and analysts modeling communications, software or hardware architectures, and operational systems. Users need MATLAB and Simulink alongside SimEvents.
Verdict
SimEvents provides detailed event, queue, resource, and performance modeling within the MATLAB and Simulink environment. Its platform support is broad, but the required products and compiler limitations affect deployment planning.
Plans and prices
From SimEvents's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| SimEvents | Priced on request | Requires MATLAB · Requires Simulink · Contact sales for pricing; price depends on license and intended use. |
The facts
Each one read from SimEvents's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- 3D visuals
- Nochecked 21 Sep 2026
- Analysis and visualization
- Output statistics can include measures such as average service times, queue lengths, delays, and throughput, and the sequence viewer visualizes messages, events, and entities.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Assessment tools
- Nochecked 21 Sep 2026
- Authoring tools
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Custom behavior
- Custom behavior can be created with MATLAB Discrete Event System and Discrete Event Chart blocks.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Delivery mode
- desktopchecked 21 Sep 2026
- Lesson library
- Nochecked 21 Sep 2026
- Parallel computing
- SimEvents is eligible for use with Parallel Computing Toolbox and MATLAB Parallel Server, but not MATLAB Compiler or Simulink Compiler.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Performance analysis
- It supports analysis and optimization of latency, throughput, and packet loss.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- SimEvents models message based communication in Simulink and other event driven processes using a discrete event simulation engine and component library.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Queue and routing blocks
- Its blocks can generate and destroy entities, store them in queues or service-time blocks, route them, attach attributes, and manage event responses.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Queue and routing models
- Blocks model entity generation and destruction, queues, service times, routing, attributes, and event responses.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Requirements and limits
- SimEvents requires MATLAB and Simulink, is not eligible for use with MATLAB Compiler or Simulink Compiler, and is eligible for use with Parallel Computing Toolbox and MATLAB Parallel Server.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Resource allocation
- Resource Pool, Resource Acquirer, and Resource Releaser blocks support resource allocation modeling, and models can be optimized by running multiple simulations.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security documentation
- MathWorks' Trust Center lists information security practices and SOC 3 certification, and says SOC 2 and other documents are available upon request through Customer Support.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security resources
- MathWorks' Trust Center lists information security practices, a SOC 3 security certification, data storage locations, and a vulnerability disclosure policy.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Simulink integration
- SimEvents combines event based models with Simulink time based models to simulate large scale hybrid systems.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Statistics
- Output statistics can monitor and aggregate measures such as average service times, while Sequence Viewer visualizes messages, events, and entities.checked 11 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Applications
- The product page describes applications including software and hardware architectures, communication networks, and operations research for forecasting, capacity planning, and supply chain management.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Platform requirements
- SimEvents supports Windows, Mac, and Linux and requires MATLAB and Simulink.checked 11 Oct 2026
The company
- Company history
- MathWorks says it was founded in 1984 by Jack Little and Cleve Moler.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 1984checked 12 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Natick, Massachusetts, USAchecked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 21 Sep 2026
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