Altium Develop vs. SOLIDWORKS

Altium Develop

73 Reviews and Ratings

SOLIDWORKS

430 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Altium Develop	Score9.1 out of 10	N/A	Altium Develop is a platform that unifies multidisciplinary teams across engineering, sourcing, and manufacturing to support seamless co-creation. It provides real-time visibility into designs, requirements, and supply chain data, enabling contributors to work together concurrently rather than in silos.	$995 per year per seat
SOLIDWORKS	Score8.3 out of 10	N/A	Dassault Systemes offers SOLIDWORKS, a computer-aided design (CAD) system for education and manufacturing supporting 2D or 3D design, electrical design, simulations, and product development with collaboration tools.	$1,295 per year

Pricing

Altium Develop

SOLIDWORKS

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Solidworks Annual Subscription: 1,295
per year
Solidworks Standard: 3,996
per standalone license

Pricing Offerings
Altium Develop	SOLIDWORKS
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

No setup fee

No setup fee

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Altium Develop	SOLIDWORKS
Considered Both Products	Altium Verified User Chose Altium Develop OrCAD was used at our company for years before we switched over to Altium Designer. Usually, moving all projects from one software can be a pain and time-consuming. Altium Designer made it very streamline to move all projects over, including all component libraries. In … Incentivized Helpful? Jeff Judit Sr. Hardware Engineer in Engineering at Lectronix, Inc. (Automotive, 11-50 employees) Chose Altium Develop Altium Designer combined the functions we were using into a single tool. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Altium Develop For some reason Autodesk Eagle wasn't showing up, but personally the cross team aspect of Altium Designer is much better, as well as the schematic editing and PCB editing, especially on a board level with placing constraints and editing layers. Fusion360 with its new schematic … Incentivized Helpful? Jesse Lackey Design Engineer in Engineering at Celestial Audio (Electrical & Electronic Manufacturing, 1-10 employees) Chose Altium Develop I used Eagle for a long time, then switched to Altium Designer around 2014. Eagle was rather basic comparatively, but also comparatively dirt cheap and capable for modestly complex designs. But the future was clear - Altium Designer was required for stepping up my design game. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Altium Develop Altium Designer is a CAD tool like the others. In comparison, Altium is chosen for its ability to make electrical circuits, its wide capacity, and its shared mode, which facilitates configuration and improves work time on projects. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Altium Develop Overall Altium Designer is in another league compared to KiCad, especially the older versions. The whole design process works better in Altium Designer. The only thing I miss from KiCad is the disjointedness between symbols and footprints. Whilst less appropriate for … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Altium Develop It is certainly easier to get designs up and running with great support and constant software updates. The ability to work with or without the cloud is a great feature. The only downside to Altium Designer is that it does have a cost to it that is not cheap. Overall I think it … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Altium Develop Altium Designer is the industry standard for a reason. While KiCad can be used for complex and capable designs the software will fight you along the way. Further, the constantly breaking backward compatibility makes KiCad hard to maintain current versions and up to date with. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Altium Develop Altium Designer is far easier to use and has a simplified pricing model for use to forecast project costs. Altium Designer also has many value-added features such as Altium 365 and MCAD integration which we can use for no additional costs. Other vendors charge by feature. … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Altium Develop I prefer Altium Designer because it makes collaboration easy, and I have had a more enjoyable time using it. Altium Designer runs better on my computer than other software, and I have never run into a problem while using it. It allows me to really get into my work and focus on … Incentivized Helpful?	Dassault Systemes Verified User Chose SOLIDWORKS We originally used Autodesk, but we switched to SOLIDWORKS a few years ago primarily because of the slightly better ease of use, more readily available support and training from 3rd party resellers local to us, and what seemed to be more engineers with experience using … Incentivized Helpful?
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Features

Altium Develop

SOLIDWORKS

Comparison of Computer-Aided Design Software features of Altium Develop and SOLIDWORKS
Feature	Altium Develop - Ratings	SOLIDWORKS 7.6 2 Ratings
3D Modeling	00 Ratings	9.22 Ratings
2D Drafting	00 Ratings	7.72 Ratings
Rendering and Visualization	00 Ratings	7.52 Ratings
Parametric Design	00 Ratings	6.01 Ratings
Collaboration and Sharing	00 Ratings	8.01 Ratings
Compatibility with other software and formats	00 Ratings	9.22 Ratings
Assembly Design	00 Ratings	6.92 Ratings
Simulation and Analysis	00 Ratings	7.01 Ratings
Documentation and Annotation	00 Ratings	7.01 Ratings
Customization and Extensions	00 Ratings	7.72 Ratings

User Ratings
	Altium Develop	SOLIDWORKS
Likelihood to Recommend	8.0 (27 ratings)	9.1 (57 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	8.4 (3 ratings)	10.0 (2 ratings)
Usability	7.4 (25 ratings)	8.5 (4 ratings)
Availability	6.4 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Performance	7.3 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Support Rating	7.6 (2 ratings)	5.2 (16 ratings)
In-Person Training	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Online Training	9.1 (1 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Implementation Rating	2.7 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	2.7 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)