Predictika · Simulation software license quotes

An AI sales agent's simulation software license quote, checked before it goes out

An AI sales agent drafts a quote for engineering simulation software: the package, the number of licenses, the term in years, HPC packs, elastic units, premium support and the discount. Before the quote goes out, the agent sends it to Predictika, which checks it against a declarative model of the package limits, the options each package offers and the discount authority, compares the net total the agent states with the one it computes, and reports every problem it finds in one pass.

Scope: Ansys style simulation software license quotes: packages, license counts, term, HPC packs, elastic units, support and discounts. See everything this validator covers

This validator models Ansys style engineering simulation software quotes: four packages (Mechanical, Fluids, Electronics and Multiphysics), the number of licenses, the term in years, HPC packs, elastic units, premium support and discounts. It handles any quote made of these packages and options, not just the scenarios shown below.

  • Packages and license counts — Mechanical Enterprise, Fluids Enterprise, Electronics Enterprise and Multiphysics Premium, each with its own minimum and maximum number of licenses.
  • HPC packs, elastic units and support — HPC packs up to each package maximum, elastic units from 0 to 20,000 on the packages that offer them, and premium support on the packages that offer it, with finance and capacity reviews above set levels.
  • Term and discounts — Terms from 1 to 5 years with finance approval above 3 years, volume and term discounts plus an extra discount, an approval band above 15 percent total, and a limit at 25 percent.
  • Order size — A deal desk review above USD 2,500,000 and a deployment review for large HPC and elastic unit combinations.
  • The stated net total — A check that the net total the agent states matches the contract value the validator computes.

Any simulation software license quote that touches these rules is in scope — not only the scenarios pictured here. Not covered: other Ansys products and services, real list prices, academic or student licensing and partner pricing, tax and multi-currency quoting, or implementation, training and consulting services.

The AI sales agentBuilds the license quote from the conversation and says it is ready.
Predictika validatorChecks every rule at once and returns the verdict, each finding, and the computed figures.

7 scenarios in 3 groups · each group runs from the agent’s first attempt to the outcome · click one to switch

What the agent proposes

The AI sales agent says

Illustrative agent statement. The validator receives the structured request below.

Proposing agent: AI sales agent (scripted)

Before sending, the agent must call Recorded run

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Where rules-based CPQ gets it wrong
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Our assessment of what a typical rules-based CPQ (product rules, price rules and validation rules, as in Salesforce CPQ) does with the same cases. It is a judgment about effort and reliability, not a claim that nothing can be built.

    
What the validator caughtTypical rules-based CPQPredictika
Options by packageOnly with care
Option availability (elastic units, premium support) differs by package, so option rules multiply with every package.		Each package lists the options it offers; the check follows from the choices.
Pack and unit limits per packageOnly with care
Maximum HPC packs and license ranges differ by package and become one validation rule per package.		The limits are properties of the package, checked on every call.
Discount stacking and approval bandsOnly with workarounds
Volume, term and extra discounts add up across rules and approval levels, and the total is rarely checked in one place.		The discounts are added once and compared with both the rep authority and the limit.
Multi-year terms and reviewsOnly with care
Term-based approvals and review triggers sit in separate rules that are easy to miss when a term changes.		Term, commitment and capacity reviews are evaluated together with the price.
The total the agent statesOnly with workarounds
Comparing a stated total with a computed one means a separate rule per quote layout, and price rules rarely run on stated figures.		The stated net total is a field in the request and is checked against the computed total.
Every problem returned in one answerOnly with workarounds
Rules tend to fire as the quote is saved, so a rep often fixes one error and meets the next.		All findings come back together, whatever order the choices arrived in.

  

  

    
What this validator catches: findings from its test cases
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Every rule is checked on every call, in any order the choices arrive; one problem never hides another. Blocking findings stop the quote; approval findings need a person to sign off; everything else is computed.

    
1A term of 4 years is longer than 3 years; finance must approve the price lock.
27 HPC packs are above 6; a compute capacity review is required.
38,000 elastic units are above 5,000; finance must approve the usage commitment.
4Total discount of 17 percent is above the 15 percent a rep can give; sales director must approve.
5More than 4 HPC packs with elastic units for 30 or more licenses need a deployment review.
6Order value of $19,909,000 is above $2,500,000 and needs a deal desk review.
750 licenses are above the 40 licenses the Mechanical Enterprise allows.
8Elastic units are not available on the Mechanical Enterprise.
9Premium support is not available on the Mechanical Enterprise.
106 HPC packs are outside the 0 to 4 the Mechanical Enterprise allows.
111 licenses are below the 2 license minimum of the Electronics Enterprise.
12A term of 6 years is outside the 1 to 5 years allowed.
1325,000 elastic units are outside the 0 to 20,000 allowed.
14Total discount of 29 percent exceeds the 25 percent limit.
15The quoted net total of $280,440 does not match the $311,600 the validator computed.

  

  

    
Scenarios and results
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The recorded result of the validator for each scenario on this page: the request the AI agent sent, the verdict, and every finding, in the order they appear above.

    
1. Discounts and approval: The discounts add up past the limit

    
The agent's request. This is for a manufacturer that has asked for a deep discount on a three-year agreement. The Fluids Enterprise package for 30 licenses on a 3 year term with 2 HPC packs and standard support, with an extra 15 percent discount. Net total $2,019,240. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Total Discount Limit. Total discount of 29 percent exceeds the 25 percent limit.
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2. Discounts and approval: Within the limit, but not final without a person

    
The agent's request. This is for a manufacturer that has asked for a deep discount on a three-year agreement. The Fluids Enterprise package for 30 licenses on a 3 year term with 2 HPC packs and standard support, with an extra 5 percent discount. Net total $2,303,640. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Needs approval.

    
    
      
  • Discount Approval. Total discount of 19 percent is above the 15 percent a rep can give; sales director must approve.
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  • Price summary. Estimated price: $2,303,640 total for 30 licenses over 3 years; $948,000 annual list; $2,844,000 before discount; 19 percent total discount.
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3. Discounts and approval: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. This is for a manufacturer that has asked for a deep discount on a three-year agreement. The Fluids Enterprise package for 30 licenses on a 3 year term with 2 HPC packs and standard support. Net total $2,445,840. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

    
    
      
  • Price summary. Estimated price: $2,445,840 total for 30 licenses over 3 years; $948,000 annual list; $2,844,000 before discount; 14 percent total discount.
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4. Options by package: The total is right; the package does not offer the option

    
The agent's request. This is for a research lab that wants elastic units for peak simulation runs. The Mechanical Enterprise package for 5 licenses on a 1 year term with 1 HPC pack and 1,000 elastic units, standard support. Net total $141,000. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Elastic Units Option. Elastic units are not available on the Mechanical Enterprise.
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5. Options by package: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. This is for a research lab that wants elastic units for peak simulation runs. The Fluids Enterprise package for 5 licenses on a 1 year term with 1 HPC pack and 1,000 elastic units, standard support. Net total $176,000. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

    
    
      
  • Price summary. Estimated price: $176,000 total for 5 licenses over 1 years; $176,000 annual list; $176,000 before discount; 0 percent total discount.
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6. The total the agent states: The agent's own total is checked too

    
The agent's request. This is for an automotive supplier that is licensing simulation software for its engineering team. The Fluids Enterprise package for 10 licenses on a 1 year term with 2 HPC packs and standard support. Net total $280,440. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Quoted Net Total. The quoted net total of $280,440 does not match the $311,600 the validator computed.
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7. The total the agent states: The agent resubmits after fixing the errors

    
The agent's request. This is for an automotive supplier that is licensing simulation software for its engineering team. The Fluids Enterprise package for 10 licenses on a 1 year term with 2 HPC packs and standard support. Net total $311,600. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

    
    
      
  • Price summary. Estimated price: $311,600 total for 10 licenses over 1 years; $328,000 annual list; $328,000 before discount; 5 percent total discount.
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Narration transcript
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The text of the narrated walkthrough, step by step.

    
    
      
  1. Welcome to a demo of Predictika's Validator. An AI sales agent drafts a quote for engineering simulation software: the package, the number of licenses, the term in years, and more. Before the quote goes out, the agent sends it to Predictika, which checks it against a declarative model of the package limits, the options each package offers and the discount authority, compares the net total the agent states with the one it computes, and reports every problem it finds in one pass.
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  2. I will start with the first request by the agent.
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  3. The agent says. This is for a manufacturer that has asked for a deep discount on a three-year agreement. The Fluids Enterprise package for 30 licenses on a 3 year term with 2 HPC packs and standard support, with an extra 15 percent discount. The rest of the request is on screen. Net total $2,019,240.
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  4. Before it goes out, the agent calls the validator.
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  5. Blocked, with one finding, all in one answer. Total discount of 29 percent exceeds the 25 percent limit.
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  6. The validator returned one blocking finding in one answer. A check that reads one field at a time would pass most of this; it shows only when the choices in the quote are checked against each other.
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  7. What this shows: for discount stacking and approval bands, a rules-based CPQ can do this only with workarounds.
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  8. Now the agent resubmits.
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  9. The corrected request. It changes the extra discount requested to 5 percent and the net total stated on the quote to $2,303,640.
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  10. It calls the validator again.
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  11. Not blocked, but held for a person.
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  12. The validator also returns the line-item quote, on screen.
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  13. The one blocking finding is cleared; one approval remains for a person: discount Approval.
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  14. The agent resubmits once more.
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  15. The revised request. It changes the net total stated on the quote to $2,445,840. It removes the extra discount requested.
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  16. It calls the validator once more.
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  17. This time the validator clears it.
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  18. The validator also returns the line-item quote, on screen.
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  19. The earlier finding is cleared, and the validator's total, $2,445,840, matches the quote.
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  20. One problem caught in one call, fixed in two passes, and a clean $2,445,840 quote. That is the value of Predictika's validator: catching mistakes before they reach the customer. Now you can try the other scenarios yourself.
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