Question: is abaqus better than ansys?
Answer: ANSYS APDL interface is outdated by 20 years (ABAQUS CAE is way better and more intuitive). The ANSYS Parametric Design Language is still useful though, but you can get the same results using Python with ABAQUS. ... People prefer to develop UMATs in ABAQUS rather than ANSYS as far as I am aware.