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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    DraftSight

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/ADraftSight is a 2D and 3D CAD solution for architects, engineers and construction service providers, as well as professional CAD users, designers, educators and hobbyists. DraftSight lets users create, edit, view, and markup any kind of 2D and 3D DWG file with greater ease, speed, and efficiency. Its familiar user interface helps to facilitate a quick transition from other CAD applications. DraftSight Offerings: DraftSight Professional: the advanced 2D CAD drafting…

    $249

    per year

    Pricing
    BricsCADDraftSight
    Editions & Modules
    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
    DraftSight Professional
    $249
    per year
    DraftSight Premium (3D)
    $549
    per year
    DraftSight Enterprise
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    DraftSight Enterprise Plus
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    BricsCADDraftSight
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—DraftSight Professional, and Premium are available to purchase online directly. DraftSight Enterprise and Enterprise Plus are available to purchase through local resellers.
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    Community Pulse
    BricsCADDraftSight
    Considered Both Products
    Hexagon AB
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    Dassault Systemes
    Chose DraftSight
    AutoCAD is the best 2D software but costs significantly more.
    Better than free 2D products.
    Good value for money compared to other paid products we have tried.
    Incentivized
    Chose DraftSight
    We use Draftsight because of it's lower cost and interoperability with other CAD systems. Prior to Draftsight we have used IntelliCAD variants, namely from Autodsys.
    Incentivized
    Chose DraftSight
    DraftSight is limited to important basics, but we were convinced by their better price-performance ratio.
    Incentivized
    Chose DraftSight
    DraftSight stands up against those apps since it’s a collaborative platform and their way of sending outstanding improvements in every single release, also reducing flaws and patching bugs. They're always put their competitors out of the fence with their support and …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    BricsCADDraftSight
    Computer-Aided Design Software
    Comparison of Computer-Aided Design Software features of BricsCAD and DraftSight
    Feature
    BricsCAD
    8.4
    1 Ratings
    DraftSight
    6.9
    4 Ratings
    3D Modeling9.01 Ratings7.92 Ratings
    2D Drafting10.01 Ratings8.84 Ratings
    Rendering and Visualization8.01 Ratings6.62 Ratings
    Parametric Design7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Compatibility with other software and formats9.01 Ratings8.24 Ratings
    Documentation and Annotation9.01 Ratings6.54 Ratings
    Customization and Extensions7.01 Ratings7.14 Ratings
    Collaboration and Sharing00 Ratings7.13 Ratings
    Assembly Design00 Ratings6.32 Ratings
    Simulation and Analysis00 Ratings4.01 Ratings
    User Ratings
    BricsCADDraftSight
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.3
    (416 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (23 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.8
    (22 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (7 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.8
    (15 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (16 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.3
    (6 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.4
    (7 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (5 ratings)