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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    FreeCAD

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AFreeCAD is an open-source CAD software that specialized in 3D design. New features are added to FreeCAD by an active community of developers.N/A
    Pricing
    DraftSightFreeCAD
    Editions & Modules
    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
    DraftSightFreeCAD
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDraftSight 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
    DraftSightFreeCAD
    Considered Both Products
    Dassault Systemes
    Chose DraftSight
    Comparisons done with AutoCAD, FreeCAD & LibreCAD. Until DraftSight sales & support address a query raised on more than occasion, I am not willing to recommend full replacement of AutoCAD with DraftSight Pro.
    Incentivized
    Chose DraftSight
    DraftSight is very similar to AutoCAD, so any knowledge or experience will easily transfer between the two. Free programs like FreeCAD are very different from DraftSight and AutoCAD, so any experience you have with those two will not be easily applied to the free software.
    Incentivized
    Chose DraftSight
    Easy to use.
    Incentivized
    Chose DraftSight
    Most free CAD alternatives had serious drawbacks. We used some of them for some time before we ended up choosing DraftSight. DraftSight is surprisingly more intuitive than other well known and used applications.

    As a designer I've used more expensive and complex CAD applications …
    Incentivized
    Chose DraftSight
    Being a user for almost 10 years of DraftSight, the ease of use, the distribution of functions, etc. make switching to another program a bit painful and in need of a learning period.
    Incentivized
    Chose DraftSight
    DS is much easier to use.
    Incentivized
    Chose DraftSight
    DraftSight attracted me for being the best free alternative when I've started using. More robust tools like AutoCAD, Vectorworks, SOLIDWORKS have more features, but since I'm not a hardcore user anymore, DraftSight definitely fulfills my needs. Now that it is paid, it is still …
    Incentivized
    Chose DraftSight
    DraftSight is the most competitive solution for 2D CAD drawing, with reasonable pricing and a complete list of features for many applications.
    Incentivized
    Chose DraftSight
    On Linux PC, we have replaced DraftSight with ARES, which works fine. We have also tried BrisCAD. It's great software, multi-platform, but according to the users, more difficult to learn for those who already had AutoCAD/DraftSight knowledge.
    Incentivized
    FreeCAD
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    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
    DraftSightFreeCAD
    Computer-Aided Design Software
    Comparison of Computer-Aided Design Software features of DraftSight and FreeCAD
    Feature
    DraftSight
    6.9
    4 Ratings
    FreeCAD
    7.4
    1 Ratings
    3D Modeling7.92 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    2D Drafting8.84 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Rendering and Visualization6.62 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Collaboration and Sharing7.13 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Compatibility with other software and formats8.24 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Assembly Design6.32 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Simulation and Analysis4.01 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Documentation and Annotation6.54 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Customization and Extensions7.14 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Parametric Design00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    User Ratings
    DraftSightFreeCAD
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (416 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (23 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.8
    (22 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    8.2
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    4.8
    (15 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (16 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.3
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    7.4
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)