Onshape vs. SOLIDWORKS

Onshape

76 Reviews and Ratings

SOLIDWORKS

430 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Onshape	Score10 out of 10	N/A	Onshape is a cloud-native product development platform with integrated CAD, data management and analytics. Onshape aims to accelerate time to market and improve innovation by: 1) Access: Unlike file-based CAD which is on-premise only, Onshape enables remote access for designers and engineers from anywhere, and on any internet-connected device -including tablets and smart phones. 2) Collaboration: Onshape aims to eliminate the version control problems and blocking of file-based…	$1,500 per year per user
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

Onshape

SOLIDWORKS

Standard: 1,500
per year per user
Professional: 2,500
per year per user
Enterprise: Contact sales team
per year per user

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

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

No setup fee

No setup fee

No dedicated hardware is required. Works on all web-connected devices including tablet, Chromebook, iPhone, Android.

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Community Pulse
Key User Insights
	Onshape	SOLIDWORKS
Considered Both Products	PTC Glendon Kuhns General Manager in Manufacturing at Kuhns Mfg LLC (Farming, 11-50 employees) Chose Onshape Onshape does not have complete feature parity with SOLIDWORKS. But neither does SOLIDWORKS have all the features Onshape has. The reasons we went with Onshape was the ability to collaborate and the lack of need for file management. There is also no need for an initial purchase. … Incentivized Helpful? Aubrey Cousin Metal Manufacture Engineer, CNC Programmer in Engineering at Metal Moulding Corporation (Design, 51-200 employees) Chose Onshape Onshape is quickly becoming the CAD software I recommend over any other. SOLIDWORKS and Inventor are feature rich and leaders in the industry, however, Onshape is beginning to match them with constant updates and is already as feature rich as the two mentioned. Incentivized Helpful? Phil Brace design leader in Engineering at phil&teds (Consumer Goods, 51-200 employees) Chose Onshape For us, we made the permanent switch from SOLIDWORKS to Onshape. SOLIDWORKS is a great product that we used for many years, but the file management and the transfer of large files were often hampering our progress. Onshape is just a little more agile for us! Incentivized Helpful? Bob Householder Director of Engineering in Engineering at Zemax, LLC (Design, 1-10 employees) Chose Onshape Onshape is better than SOLIDWORKS for online / collaboration. SOLIDWORKS is better for the feature set and integration with other tools. Rhino3D is better at surfacing and workflow with my optical design programs. I have not used Fusion360 except for evaluating in general so I … Incentivized Helpful? Kevin Eppers Lead Mechanical Engineer in Engineering at Inline Design (Medical Devices, 51-200 employees) Chose Onshape I have used SOLIDWORKS for over four years, and the vault system is time intensive for control of design history, and revision management. I have used Pro-E for over four years, and this has the capability but is not user-friendly. Not needing high-end computers is another … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose Onshape OnShape was lower cost, with a reasonably comparable set of tools to Inventor and SOLIDWORKS. The cost and ease of assimilation (ability to change mouse and keyboard shortcuts to SOLIDWORKS or Inventor controls) made the choice easier. Incentivized Helpful? Matthew Bush Co-Founder and COO in Engineering at Hirebotics, LLC (Machinery, 1-10 employees) Chose Onshape When we started the business we knew we wanted to use Macs for our day to day computer as we do a lot of programming both robot software as well as mobile apps and embedded firmware. This choice limited the number of selections we could look at as companies such as SOLIDWORKS … Incentivized Helpful? Majd Sukkarieh CAD/CAM Specialist in Manufacturing at ngen squared (Design, 1-10 employees) Chose Onshape Onshape currently has more value for our size of business. Incentivized Helpful? Christopher Schaefer Product Development Engineer in Engineering at Gardner Denver (Machinery, 5001-10,000 employees) Chose Onshape While a fair likeness in features and use, OnShape has stronger cloud options and baked-in PDM. Incentivized Helpful? Sam Holland Product Design Engineer in Engineering at informal (Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering, 1-10 employees) Chose Onshape Better: Similar user interface and control scheme. Much better multi-body modeling. Real-time flattened sheet metal views. Faster to create robust models due to features like mate connectors and allowing fillets to work on multiple bodies. Doesn't need an expensive … Incentivized Helpful? Brian Falther Founder, Systems Engineering in Engineering at Bowery Farming (Food & Beverages, 51-200 employees) Chose Onshape We chose Onshape for a couple of reasons - the first is pricing. We were looking for a light-weight program that packs a heavyweight punch. The ability to access from any computer (Mac or PC) from anywhere is ultimately what sealed the deal for us. For our needs, there wasn't … Incentivized Helpful?	Dassault Systemes Verified User Chose SOLIDWORKS Onshape is a direct competitor. It has great entry level pricing and it is easy to access with no installation required. Being a web based app there is sometime some lag being based in NZ. Management also have concerns over where the data is stored on the cloud. With SW we can … Incentivized Helpful? Chris Bartch Product Development Lead in Engineering at Rockmore International (Mining & Metals, 51-200 employees) Chose SOLIDWORKS In many scenarios, SolidWorks and Inventor actually compare fairly evenly to each other. However, I believe that where SolidWorks really stands out is the fact that it was designed from the start as a 3D parametric solid modeling application whereas Inventor comes from a … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose SOLIDWORKS Originally my company was using Onshape for CAD but many of our engineers were not familiar with the program and found it more difficult and less intuitive to use. SOLIDWORKS PDM vault works well so the cloud-based aspect of Onshape wasn't that unique. Incentivized Helpful? Benjamin Reilly Project Engineer in Engineering at SageGlass (Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, 51-200 employees) Chose SOLIDWORKS Solidworks is easier to use than Creo, but not as usable as Inventor. It is superior to Onshape and Fusion, however, Onshape is better for collaboration. Incentivized Helpful? Christopher Schaefer Product Development Engineer in Engineering at Gardner Denver (Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, 501-1000 employees) Chose SOLIDWORKS Let's face it: SOLIDWORKS has shaped the direction and look of CAD for more than two decades. Even well-established 3D brands such as PTC and Siemens have, over the course of the years, modified their products to behave and look more like SOLIDWORKS. And newer entries in to the … Incentivized Helpful? Bob Householder Mechanical Engineer in Engineering at Zemax, LLC (Design, 11-50 employees) Chose SOLIDWORKS SOLIDWORKS has all of the features and functionality needed for nearly any engineering and design task. Onshape is catching up and will work for many tasks, but SOLIDWORKS still has the edge. SOLIDWORKS is easy to pick up and use and, with a wide reach and large install base, … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose SOLIDWORKS AutoCAD is great for 2D detailing, but I like having the additional features of SOLIDWORKS. 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Features

Onshape

SOLIDWORKS

Comparison of Computer-Aided Design Software features of Onshape and SOLIDWORKS
Feature	Onshape - 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
	Onshape	SOLIDWORKS
Likelihood to Recommend	9.3 (61 ratings)	9.1 (57 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	9.0 (2 ratings)	10.0 (2 ratings)
Usability	9.0 (4 ratings)	8.5 (4 ratings)
Support Rating	8.6 (38 ratings)	5.2 (16 ratings)
In-Person Training	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Online Training	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Implementation Rating	9.3 (34 ratings)	- (0 ratings)