--- description: Review of ETAP Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: ETAP | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice GB --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Service Dispatch Software](/directory/411/service-dispatch/software) > [ETAP](/software/245576/etap) # ETAP Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/245576/etap Page: 1 / 5\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/245576/etap?page=2) > ETAP is an energy, power and distribution management solution designed to help businesses in manufacturing, mining, fossil fuel generation, transportation and other industries predict system behavior, schedule electrical transactions, manage, control, visualize, optimize and automate utility distribution networks, among other processes. Key features of ETAP include asset management, personnel training, reporting and load forecasting. Administrators can receive alerts or warnings about status changes, operating conditions, network abnormalities, equipment ratings, system failures and other defined categories based on region, zone and area via email and SMS. Additionally, engineers, operators and managers can design, build, operate and maintain power systems across multiple stages of the electrical installation lifecycle. ETAP streamlines several industrial processes related to outage management, energy tracking, asset performance monitoring, what-if analysis and more. Pricing is available on request and support is extended via phone, video tutorials, documentation and other online measures. > > Verdict: Rated **4.5/5** by 82 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.5/5** | 82 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: ETAP - **Location**: Irvine, US - **Founded**: 1986 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$1.00 - **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Please contact ETAP for pricing details. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Windows (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise), Android (Mobile), iPad (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: Brazilian Portuguese, English, French, German, Italian, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Traditional Chinese - **Available Countries**: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium and 210 more ## Features - 2D Drawing - API - Activity Dashboard - Activity Tracking - Asset Tracking - Automatic Formatting - Built-In Database - CAD Tools - Change Management - Collaboration Tools - Compliance Management - Content Library - Customisable Reports - Customizable Fields - Data Analysis Tools - Data Collection - Data Import/Export - Data Mapping - Data Synchronisation - Data Visualisation ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat ## Category - [Service Dispatch Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/411/service-dispatch/software) ## Related Categories - [Electrical Design Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/4281/electrical-design/software) - [Service Dispatch Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/411/service-dispatch/software) - [GIS Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/3501/gis/software) - [Oil and Gas Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/296/energy-software/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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Inaccurate data or metering instruments such as CT, PT, etc. may lead to errors but that is true for other such software also. > > Short terns optimisation to improve Specific Fuel Consumption (SFC). ----- ### "ETAP reviews" — 5.0/5 > **Given** | *19 April 2022* | Accounting | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Comfortable while using the software program and smooth interpretation and attractiveness of results." "It could be very beneficial \& beneficial device for each electric engineer. High degree Calculations may be accomplished very precisely \& with excessive degree of accuracy." "I constantly loved operating with etap due to the high-satisfactory of the software program and correct results. Plus the truth that the reviews do not appear to be from a kind creator the manner SKM looks." "Etap could be very beneficial for an electrical engineer, and is first-rate to version electric systems." > > **Cons**: "Various variations have mistakes that provoke new releases." " Some Problems with distinct faucet changer for parralel application. Its Hard to personalize a TCC curve." "Problems with the installation, the extrade from check model to complete model creates many problems." "It Lacks a few common products (e.g. cable library)." > > Etap may be very beneficial for an electrical engineer, and is remarkable to new version electric systems. It lets you to finish many extraordinary varieties of studies, from load waft to arc flash, grounding, and plenty of more. Certain modules are bought separately, along with the harmonic and motor beginning modules. It can however get high-priced in case you want all of them, however simplest sporadicly. Customer assist has been quite good, they'll help you if you have technical questions about a way to version sure things, or if the library does now no longer have a particular version of breaker, for example ----- ### "Etap user" — 3.0/5 > **Carlos** | *18 June 2020* | Utilities | Recommendation rating: 5.0/10 > > **Pros**: Etap Arc flash capability is great\! Very good > > **Cons**: Not very user friendly. Not very easy to use ----- ### "12 Years of Experience with ETAP Software" — 4.0/5 > **Noor** | *13 September 2019* | Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: There are a few things in ETAP that are actually very attractive. 1. The very attractive thing about ETAP is its user-friendly graphical interface which is very attractive with state of the art graphical symbols having both IEC and ANSI options selectable on simple clicks along with color coding according to voltage levels. This helps visually a lot in classifying one's systems based on voltage levels. 2. Help Desk support is an excellent feature with FTP support area for large file handling. 3. One click report generation with study/scenario wizards saves a lot of time for complex projects. > > **Cons**: There are a few things in ETAP that are actually annoying sometimes. 1. First is the dumpster. Once you delete an element, you can't simply undo to restore it from dumpster. You need to be super smart to get it back. The undo / redo should be smartly management as in many other software. It will save a lot of hassle and time. 2. Backward compatibility is also a major concern. Projects created in newer versions can't be opened in older versions at all which is required sometimes to review the work of contractors. It should have some backward compatibility, say, to 4 previous releases. 3. Static studies such as load flow, short circuit etc do not consider turbine rating to generate alerts as the same is needed in some plants where turbines are under-rated than associated generators. No documentation is also available in this regard. 4. Library updates are also not available until next version is released. Limited models are available for ASD/VFD drives for harmonic studies even for very common drives. One has to create every common model manually which takes a lot of time. > > Overall, I'm a happy customer with ETAP software. Good work team ETAP\! :) ----- ### "Comments for ETAP" — 4.0/5 > **Prawit** | *13 September 2019* | Oil & Energy | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: User friendly and thus easy to use than any other power system analysis softwares. > > **Cons**: Grounding system study is inferior than other competitor such as XGSLab, CDEGS. Main Ground Grid analysis of ETAP is suitable only for a simple soil condition. I experienced very difficult soil condition with resistivity in the range of 800-1500 Ohm-m which ETAP cannot help and Electricity Authority disapproved analysis using ETAP. Thus we have to seek for other software to solve the problem by modeling a customized grid conductor such as using clay covering bare copper conductor and analyze touch and step voltage. Cables sizing calculation still has no capability to calculate according to IEC60287 standard which calculate from heat transfer theory. I have to purchase other software, CYMCAP, to calculate correctly. So ETAP is used for power system analysis only except cables sizing calculation and grounding system study. Another cons is ETAP support. I experienced that sometime I found problem using ETAP in analyzing GCB, I asked ETAP for technical help but unfortunately EATP ignored my request and after several follow up I got a very simple words which is not any useful. I felt very bad with ETAP support team. I hope that ETAP support would be improved. > > Good but something should be improved otherwise customer would seek for other brand. ----- Page: 1 / 5\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/245576/etap?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/245576/etap) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | | fr | | ----- ## Structured Data