Model building demand
Define floors, entrances, basements, population, traffic patterns, and demand assumptions before comparing alternatives.
Elevator Traffic Analysis Software
Elevator traffic planning and simulation software.
VT Planner helps consultants, manufacturers, developers, and technical teams run elevator traffic analysis and simulation, model building demand, compare elevator configurations, and export traceable elevator traffic reports.
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Traffic Analysis
Elevator traffic analysis software for technical studies.
Keep building assumptions, elevator group inputs, analytical calculations, simulation runs, alternatives, and reports in one project workflow. Review RTT, interval, and handling capacity beside waiting time, journey time, queues, and percentiles.
Analyze elevator groups
Review car count, capacity, speed, door timing, dispatch assumptions, RTT, interval, and handling capacity in the same study context.
Compare passenger outcomes
Inspect waiting time, journey time, queues, percentiles, and run-to-run variation when capacity metrics are not enough.
Export traceable reports
Keep assumptions, alternatives, run history, charts, and summary metrics tied to report-ready traffic studies.
One Technical Workspace
Replace scattered elevator traffic study files with a connected project record.
Elevator planning decisions often move between spreadsheets, local notes, screenshots, PDFs, and isolated simulation runs. VT Planner keeps the scenario, assumptions, alternatives, runs, and reports together so each recommendation is easier to compare and revisit. The workspace keeps elevator capacity planning metrics and passenger service metrics visible in the same record.
Elevator RTT calculationElevator interval calculationElevator handling capacityElevator waiting time analysisElevator journey timeQueue lengthp90 / p95 percentilesConfidence intervals
Capabilities
Built for elevator traffic analysis, not generic project notes.
Analytical traffic calculation
Use elevator traffic analysis software workflows to review RTT, interval calculation, handling capacity, waiting time analysis, journey time, and criteria checks.
Discrete-event simulation
Model passengers, calls, boarding, queues, car movement, traffic patterns, and elevator dispatch behavior when averages are not enough.
Statistical validation
Use multiple simulation runs to review confidence intervals, percentiles, convergence, and run-to-run variability.
Project memory
Keep buildings, service zones, elevator alternatives, run history, assumptions, and report outputs tied to the same study record.
Alternative comparison
Compare car count, capacity, speed, dispatch strategy, and elevator configuration alternatives under the same building assumptions.
Report-ready outputs
Export calculation, simulation, statistical validation, and batch comparison reports with traceable inputs, metrics, charts, and summaries.
Workflow
From building inputs to defensible outputs.
Use analytical calculation when speed matters. Move into simulation and statistical validation when passenger behavior, dispatch strategy, or variability changes the decision.
Model the building
Define floor heights, entrances, basements, population, service zones, and traffic patterns for the project context.
Configure elevator groups
Set cars, capacity, speed, acceleration, door timing, effective capacity, and dispatch assumptions for elevator capacity planning.
Run studies
Use analytical calculation for early sizing, then simulation and statistical validation when the decision needs deeper confidence.
Compare and report
Review metrics, compare elevator alternatives, keep run history, and export a technical report tied to the exact assumptions used.
Reports
Technical reports that preserve assumptions and results.
Export report-ready material for calculation, simulation, statistical validation, and batch comparison workflows. Reports can include building context, elevator group assumptions, service zones, executive summaries, metric tables, percentiles, charts, and run history.
- PDF exports for technical review and client communication
- Metric and imperial units
- Traceable runs tied to project assumptions
Typical comparison inputs
4 vs 5 cars Capacity Speed Dispatch strategy
Use Cases
For decisions where elevator alternatives need a technical basis.
Early design sizing
Compare elevator count, capacity, and speed before the vertical core is locked, using elevator capacity planning metrics alongside simulation results.
Technical traffic studies
Prepare structured studies for offices, residential buildings, hotels, hospitals, and mixed-use projects.
Modernization review
Evaluate whether a proposed configuration changes service quality before committing to a modernization path.
Dispatch strategy evaluation
Compare hall-call and destination-based elevator dispatch strategies by scenario, not as a blanket assumption.
Complex building models
Review entrances, basements, uneven populations, service zones, and mixed traffic demand in the same project record.
Technical Note
Why use vertical traffic simulation software?
A short technical note on when analytical calculation is enough, when simulation adds value, and why multiple simulation runs can make close elevator alternatives easier to compare.
Read Elevator Simulation NotePricing
Simple plans for professional traffic studies.
Start with a 30-day trial, then choose the plan that matches your study volume and support needs.
Free Trial
30 days
Create an account and start a 30-day trial. No credit card required.
- Projects, calculations, and simulations
- Statistical validation
- Report generation
- Run history
- No card required
- Upgrade when ready
Pro
$50 / month
For professionals and teams running recurring elevator traffic studies.
- Unlimited projects
- Calculation and simulation runs
- Statistical validation
- Configuration batches
- PDF reports
- Metric and imperial units
Max
Custom
For teams with large study volume, onboarding needs, or custom commercial terms.
- Unlimited projects
- No predefined commercial run limit
- Onboarding support
- Custom commercial terms
- Advanced support planning
- Team purchasing workflow
Annual Pro pricing is USD 500/year. Max plans are quoted for teams with larger commercial or onboarding requirements. Paid subscriptions are processed by Paddle. See the Refund Policy.
FAQ
Questions teams ask when evaluating elevator traffic software.
What is VT Planner?
VT Planner is a web-based software product for elevator traffic analysis, simulation, and project-based comparison of elevator alternatives.
Does it support both calculation and simulation?
Yes. VT Planner is built around both analytical traffic studies and deeper simulation workflows so teams can match the level of rigor to the decision in front of them.
What is elevator traffic analysis?
Elevator traffic analysis is the process of evaluating how well an elevator system can serve building demand. It typically involves metrics such as interval, handling capacity, waiting time, journey time, and overall service quality under defined traffic patterns.
What is the difference between analytical calculation and simulation?
Analytical calculation is useful for fast early-stage evaluation and sizing. Simulation is used when teams need a more dynamic view of performance under realistic operating conditions, passenger flows, and dispatch behavior.
When should simulation be used instead of a quick calculation?
Simulation is especially useful when a project needs deeper validation, more complex traffic patterns, or greater confidence in how an elevator group may perform over time rather than through simplified assumptions alone.
Who is the product for?
The product is aimed at vertical transportation consultants, elevator manufacturers and contractors, developers, design teams, and modernization teams that need a more structured basis for traffic decisions.
What kind of outputs can teams review?
Depending on the workflow, teams can review service KPIs, waiting-time distributions, scenario comparisons, and report-oriented outputs tied to the exact run behind them.
Why not just use spreadsheets?
Spreadsheets can still help with isolated calculations, but they are weaker when teams need project memory, comparable alternatives, traceable run history, and cleaner reporting.
Can VT Planner compare multiple elevator alternatives?
Yes. VT Planner is structured around projects that can store multiple elevator configurations under the same building context, making comparison more consistent and easier to review.
Is VT Planner suitable for modernization studies?
Yes. VT Planner can support modernization workflows by helping teams compare different elevator configurations and assess how performance may change before moving forward with a recommendation.
Is VT Planner browser-based?
Yes. VT Planner is a web-based platform, which makes it easier to access structured study workflows and project records without depending on a desktop-only setup.
Is this also relevant to lift traffic analysis?
Yes. In many markets, elevator traffic analysis is described as lift traffic analysis, lift traffic simulation, or lift traffic simulation and analysis. VT Planner uses elevator in most product copy, but the workflow applies to vertical transportation planning for lift and elevator groups under explicit assumptions.
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