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Amadeus Altea vs Prepar3D Professional

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Amadeus Altea

Software

Complete airline passenger service and reservation system

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Prepar3D Professional logo

Prepar3D Professional

Software

Professional flight simulation platform

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Prepar3D Professional has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Amadeus Altea pricing is not published and is negotiated with airlines; Prepar3D Professional the Personal licence at $59.95 is restricted to home use, personal training and K-12 classrooms, so any business, military or university use requires the Professional licence at $350.00
  • They diverge on capability: Amadeus Altea covers Reservation management, Prepar3D Professional covers Flight physics.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Amadeus Altea and Prepar3D Professional actually diverge.

Attributes where Amadeus Altea and Prepar3D Professional differ
AttributeAmadeus AlteaPrepar3D Professional
Starting priceOn requestFree
Pricing modelusage-basedsubscription
Free tierNoYes
PlatformsWeb, Windows, Ios, AndroidWindows
Founded19872008

Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Amadeus Altea

  • Reservation management
  • Inventory control
  • Departure control
  • Revenue management
  • Customer profiles
  • GDS systems
  • Payment gateways
  • Loyalty programs

Only in Prepar3D Professional

  • Flight physics
  • Aircraft systems
  • Scenery
  • ATC
  • Training
  • Add-ons
  • VR
  • Hardware

Both cover

  • Windows support

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Amadeus Altea

  • Passenger service system covering reservations, inventory and departure controlnot Prepar3D Professional
  • Airline distribution and retailingnot Prepar3D Professional
  • Check-in and boarding operationsnot Prepar3D Professional
  • Fare and ancillary merchandising for full-service carriersnot Prepar3D Professional

Prepar3D Professional

  • Running procedural and flight training in a commercial or military simulation facilitynot Amadeus Altea
  • Building multi-channel visual systems across several synchronised displaysnot Amadeus Altea
  • Developing custom aircraft, scenery and scenarios against the Prepar3D SDKnot Amadeus Altea
  • Delivering STEM and K-12 classroom flight simulation on the Personal licencenot Amadeus Altea

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Amadeus Altea

  • Pricing is not published and is negotiated with airlines
  • Altea is aimed at full-service carriers; low-cost and hybrid airlines are pointed at Navitaire New Skies instead
  • Amadeus is steering new work toward Nevio, its cloud-native retailing suite, so Altea sits alongside a newer platform

Prepar3D Professional

  • The Personal licence at $59.95 is restricted to home use, personal training and K-12 classrooms, so any business, military or university use requires the Professional licence at $350.00
  • Weapons and sensors, AI behaviors in scenarios, DIS and CIGI packet support, the SimOperator instructor station and multi-channel concurrent operation are confined to Professional Plus at $2,750.00
  • The Personal licence requires an internet connection during use, while only Professional and above run in disconnected environments
  • Developer subscriptions at $9.95 and $50.00 per month watermark the image and are forbidden from delivering training

Pricing, plan by plan

Amadeus Altea

On request
  • Altea PSSFree
    • Per-passenger pricing
    • Full PSS functionality
    • Global distribution

Prepar3D Professional

Free
  • EnthusiastFree
    • Basic simulator
    • Limited aircraft
    • Scenery
  • Professional$199/month
    • Full platform
    • All aircraft
    • Training tools

Which should you pick?

Choose Amadeus Altea if

  • You need reservation management.
  • You work on Web, Windows, Ios, Android.
  • You also want inventory control.
Amadeus Altea review

Choose Prepar3D Professional if

  • You need flight physics.
  • You want to start without paying.
  • You work on Windows.
  • You also want aircraft systems.
Prepar3D Professional review

Questions people ask

Is Amadeus Altea or Prepar3D Professional better?
Neither clearly leads. Amadeus Altea starts at On request and Prepar3D Professional at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Amadeus Altea or Prepar3D Professional?
Prepar3D Professional has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Amadeus Altea and Free for Prepar3D Professional.
Does Amadeus Altea or Prepar3D Professional run on more platforms?
Amadeus Altea runs on Web, Windows, Ios, Android. Prepar3D Professional runs on Windows.
Can I use Prepar3D Professional for free?
Yes. Prepar3D Professional has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Amadeus Altea starts at On request.
What is Amadeus Altea best used for?
Amadeus Altea is most often used for passenger service system covering reservations, inventory and departure control, airline distribution and retailing, check-in and boarding operations, fare and ancillary merchandising for full-service carriers. Of those, passenger service system covering reservations, inventory and departure control and airline distribution and retailing are not what Prepar3D Professional is typically brought in for.
What can Amadeus Altea do that Prepar3D Professional cannot?
Amadeus Altea covers Reservation management, Inventory control, Departure control, Revenue management. Prepar3D Professional covers Flight physics, Aircraft systems, Scenery, ATC. Both handle Windows support.
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