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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    AutoCAD

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AAutoCAD is a CAD product from Autodesk. It allows designers to work in 2D and 3D, and is available on Windows and Mac, but with extensive online collaboration tools.

    $245

    per month

    BricsCAD

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ABricsCAD is a computer-aided design (CAD) toolkit, supporting 2D drawing, 3D modeling and visualizations, and is customizable as well as compatible with many 3rd party applications, developed by Belgian company Bricsys, a Hexagon company since late 2018.

    $314

    per year

    Pricing
    AutoCADBricsCAD
    Editions & Modules
    Monthly Subscription
    $245
    per month per user
    Yearly Subscription
    $1975
    per year per user
    3-Year Subscription
    $5925
    3 years per user
    BricsCAD Lite
    $590
    one-time fee
    BricsCAD Pro
    $1,265
    one-time fee
    BricsCAD Mechanical
    $1,780
    one-time fee
    BricsCAD BIM
    $1,890
    one-time fee
    BricsCAD Ultimate
    $2,100
    one-time fee
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AutoCADBricsCAD
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    AutoCADBricsCAD
    Considered Both Products
    Autodesk
    Chose AutoCAD
    AutoCAD has a more user-friendly approach to drawing, and the interface is easy to use and is understandable. BricsCAD is an exact replica of AutoCAD in terms of user commands, however, it is cheaper to license. The industry that we work in, though, expects a certain file type …
    Incentivized
    Chose AutoCAD
    AutoCAD has been around for over 30 years. AutoCAD was one of the first CAD programs that ran on a PC.
    Intergraph ran off a mainframe until MicroStation came in a PC version at a later date. By this time, AutoCAD had a market on smaller companies because of the cost and colleges …
    Incentivized
    Chose AutoCAD
    AutoCAD is the industry best and is well integrated with regular updates and fixes if required. Being very developer friendly and having a huge community of enthusiasts behind takes it miles ahead of the competition. Some might get an edge over price but due to this being an …
    Incentivized
    Hexagon AB
    Chose BricsCAD
    Very cost-effective solution, it even supports pointclouds natively and is something we will investigate further as time goes on and may in fact utilise it to replace AutoCAD with 3rd party add-ins at some point in the future, and we hope it can further reduce costs in the …
    Incentivized
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Features
    AutoCADBricsCAD
    Computer-Aided Design Software
    Comparison of Computer-Aided Design Software features of AutoCAD and BricsCAD
    Feature
    AutoCAD
    6.1
    3 Ratings
    BricsCAD
    8.4
    1 Ratings
    3D Modeling6.03 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    2D Drafting9.23 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Rendering and Visualization5.13 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Parametric Design4.83 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Collaboration and Sharing5.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compatibility with other software and formats8.33 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Assembly Design5.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Simulation and Analysis1.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Documentation and Annotation7.83 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Customization and Extensions8.23 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    User Ratings
    AutoCADBricsCAD
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.3
    (84 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.9
    (13 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)