Objective To use Workbench to design plastic pallet structure and analyze its reliability and feasibility. Methods Finite element model was established for the plastic pallets and stress load was applied to simulate the load condition of plastic pallet during experiment, and the deflection values of the pallets under various conditions of stacking, fork lifting, bottom deck bending and bending tests were calculated, and compared with experimental results. Results The results showed that the simulation results were similar with the experimental results, and the relative error between experimental and simulated values was within 10% . Conclusion It was confirmed that it is reliable and feasible to analyze the performance of plastic pallets using Workbench.