CYME International

Name

CYME International

Legal name

CYME International (entity details not explicitly stated in source)

Website

https://cyme.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CYME International provides power engineering software for load flow studies, cable ampacity, protection coordination, and substation grounding analysis. Now operating as a product line within Eaton's Brightlayer Utilities suite, it serves electric utilities, transmission operators, and industrial organizations globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Power Engineering Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (51321)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Choice Aggregators with Distribution Operations (CCA + Wires, where applicable) (EUADABAK)

Keywords

• Power engineering software
• Grid modeling
• Load flow analysis
• Distribution planning
• Utility software

Headquarters

HQ city

Quebec

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses and Subscriptions: Enterprise-level software solutions offered with licensing and subscription models for power engineering software applications including CYME, CYMCAP, CYMTCC, CYMGRD, and related modules.
2. Engineering Services: Comprehensive engineering services to help customers leverage CYME software capabilities, ensuring optimal performance and efficiency for electrical systems.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

CYME International develops and sells power engineering software that performs load flow studies and complex analyses on distribution, transmission, and industrial electrical networks. The software platform is complemented by specialized modules for cable ampacity, protection coordination, substation grounding design, enterprise grid risk visibility, and integration with utility data systems (GIS, OMS, AMI, SCADA). Engineering services are also provided to help customers leverage CYME's analytical capabilities.

Product overview

CYME power engineering software is a platform-plus-modules architecture developed from more than 35 years of partnering with customers. The core CYME platform performs load flow studies and complex analyses on distribution, transmission, and industrial networks. This platform is complemented by specialized analysis modules including ADPS (enterprise grid risk visibility), CYME Gateway and Data Plugins (for integrating GIS, OMS, AMI, and SCADA data), LVDAT (web-based analysis interface), CYMCAP (cable ampacity studies), CYMTCC (protection coordination studies), and CYMGRD (substation grounding design). CYME is part of Eaton's Brightlayer Utilities Suite, which provides end-to-end grid management capabilities from capacity planning through substation operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ADPS: Provides enterprise-wide visibility on future grid risks across all corporate functions to help utilities make smart decisions on capital investments and work more efficiently.
• CYME (core software)
• CYME Gateway and Data Plugins
• LVDAT
• CYMCAP
• CYMTCC
• CYMGRD
• Brightlayer Utilities Suite

Products and services

• CYME Power Engineering Software Core power engineering software platform that performs load flow studies and complex analyses on distribution networks, also supporting transmission and industrial network studies. For electric utilities and industrial organizations.
• ADPS (Asset Deployment Planning System) Provides enterprise-wide visibility on future grid risks across all corporate functions to help utilities make smart decisions on capital investments and work more efficiently. For electric utility decision-makers.
• CYMCAP Cable ampacity analysis software that performs cable ampacity studies to determine the ampacity of a cable when installed in certain conditions. For power system engineers.
• CYMTCC Protection coordination study software that performs coordination studies of protection equipment. For power system engineers and protection specialists.
• CYMGRD Substation grounding design software used for designing substation grounding systems. For power system and substation engineers.
• Brightlayer Utilities Suite Eaton's comprehensive software suite that includes CYME power engineering software alongside other utilities for capacity planning with renewable power and storage simulations, substation operations, grid efficiency measurement, fault identification, and load sharing support. For electric utilities.

Quantifiable outcome

• Grid risk visibility across all corporate functions
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability1 record

Feature7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• EatoncoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing PartnerEaton acquired CYME International and integrated it into their Brightlayer Utilities suite. CYME operates as a product line within Eaton's digital/utility software portfolio, with CYME software solutions branded as part of the Brightlayer Utilities suite. All customer support, sales, and operations are managed under the Eaton corporate structure.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Siemens PTI: Siemens Power Technologies International offers PSS®E, PSS®SINCAL, and PSS®ODMS, which are direct competitors to CYME for transmission and distribution power system analysis, load flow, and protection studies at electric utilities globally.
• DIgSILENT: DIgSILENT's PowerFactory is a direct competitor to CYME for power system analysis across generation, transmission, distribution, and industrial networks, serving the same utility and industrial customer base.
• ETAP (Operation Technology, Inc.): ETAP provides power system modeling, simulation, and analysis software (load flow, short circuit, protection coordination, arc flash) that competes head-to-head with CYME for utility and industrial planning customers.
• Aspen Technology: AspenTech's utility grid solutions, including Aspen OneLiner and Aspen Power Flow, compete with CYME on transmission and distribution planning, protection, and grid analytics workflows for utility customers.
• Manitoba Hydro International (PSCAD): PSCAD/EMTDC provides electromagnetic transient simulation for power systems and is a peer to CYME's analytical modules, particularly for detailed studies on transmission and industrial networks.

Emerging players

• EPRI (OpenDSS): EPRI's open-source OpenDSS distribution system simulator competes with CYME on distribution planning and analysis, particularly for cost-sensitive and academic/research utility users, putting pricing pressure on commercial tools.
• MathWorks (Simscape Electrical): MathWorks' Simscape Electrical and MATLAB/Simulink provide power system modeling and simulation used by utility and industrial engineering teams, representing an alternative to CYME for organizations that prefer general-purpose simulation environments.

Broad incumbents

• Hitachi Energy: Hitachi Energy (formerly Hitachi ABB Power Grids) offers a broad portfolio of grid planning, asset management, and network management software that overlaps with CYME's distribution and transmission planning use cases within a much larger product suite.
• Schneider Electric: Schneider Electric's EcoStruxure Grid Operation and related ADMS offerings include power system analysis capabilities that overlap with CYME's distribution planning and asset deployment planning for utility customers.
• Bentley Systems (OpenUtilities): Bentley Systems' OpenUtilities portfolio addresses electric and water utility network modeling and asset management, with adjacent capabilities to CYME's grid modeling and GIS-integrated analysis for distribution utilities.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/Cyme-International-1597685620549377
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/eaton
• Instagraminstagram.com/eaton_corp

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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