Leaving a simulation cloud
Simulation cloud data export after cancellation: the windows
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A results archive held in a simulation cloud has a clock on it once the subscription ends. Here is the window each vendor on our board writes down, and the two that write none.
Thirty days is the common window
Rescale lets a customer export its data during the agreement and for 30 days afterwards. Luminary Cloud gives 30 days for a SaaS deployment, after which it deletes the data in the ordinary course, and Siemens' Simcenter X page says the customer must be able to reach its data for at least 30 days.
Source: Simulation software data terms
Ansys may delete content, results and trained models within thirty days of a SimAI subscription ending, and SimScale gives sixty days to make backup copies of professional content.
Source: Simulation software data terms
No window at all
2 of 8 vendors promise no export. Onshape puts the export on the customer before cancelling, and Autodesk may delete content without notice.
Source: Simulation software data terms
Who owns what you take out is covered at who owns CFD results.