PTC Creo vs. SOLIDWORKS

PTC Creo

64 Reviews and Ratings

SOLIDWORKS

430 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
PTC Creo	Score5.5 out of 10	N/A	PTC offers Creo, the company's line of computer-aided design (CAD) products that support the product lifecycle management (PLM) process with 2D and 3D design kits (Creo Elements and Creo Direct), an augmented reality module, Creo Illustrate for technical illustrations, Creo Sketch, Creo Schematics and Creo View for diagramming and sharing information, Creo simulate for running simulations, and other modules.	$2,480
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

PTC Creo

SOLIDWORKS

Design Package: $2,480.00

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

Pricing Offerings
PTC Creo	SOLIDWORKS
Free Trial
No	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
	PTC Creo	SOLIDWORKS
Considered Both Products	PTC Verified User Chose PTC Creo Learning curve of SOLIDWORKS is higher compared to Creo, however, stability and more design control is provided by Creo. Creo also have more robust and stable interfaces. For larger assemblies, Creo works better than SOLIDWORKS. New upgrades of Creo has given liberty to open … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose PTC Creo In my career, I’ve used a few different CAD packages. I started using Pro Engineer Wildfire 4, a predecessor to Creo which had all of the same problems as Creo, plus more. Creo has changed some things since then, but it seems to be built on the same base, so some things that … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose PTC Creo Less cost Best user interface Large user community Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose PTC Creo Due to its simple interface & it is versatile. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose PTC Creo It is very easy for a person to learn the software if the person just started to create 3d product. It create a fluid product design. Design of product can be complex but this doesn't concern when I use creo. Incentivized Helpful? Isaac Cogdill Manufacturing Engineer (Forging) in Manufacturing at Federal-Mogul Powertrain (Global Valvetrain) (Automotive, 5001-10,000 employees) Chose PTC Creo PTC Creo is much better than other software at allowing collaboration across multiple users, even multiple plants/locations. We went from an older non-parametric industry standard software to PTC Creo because we could save massive amounts of time by using the parametric … Incentivized Helpful? Aravind Dirisipo Design Engineer in Engineering at Cyient (Information Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees) Chose PTC Creo CATIA is another design software we had used before PTC Creo. The user interface of both PTC Crea and CATIA are very different. Part modeling is very user-friendly in PTC Creo, whereas drafting and sheet metal operations are easy in CATIA. PTC Creo has seamless flows while on … Incentivized Helpful? Vinod Kumar Lead Engineer in Engineering at VEGAZVA ENGINEERING (Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, 51-200 employees) Chose PTC Creo As a service provider, we provide our services on many platforms. My client is using this software for manufacturing their products and this software helps them a lot. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose PTC Creo PTC Creo has two main advantages. First, large assemblies with lots of different parts files, and its file structure that can handle these large assemblies without bogging the software done. Second, its ability to do advanced simulations without having to export the files to do … Incentivized Helpful?	Dassault Systemes Verified User Chose SOLIDWORKS The main alternative that I have heard of to SOLIDWORKS is PTC Creo or ProE (which is what I have heard it called). I have very little experience with the use of ProE, but in the opportunities that I have had to try it, I have found the user interface to be much less … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose SOLIDWORKS Creo is basically focusing on pure solid 3D modeling, while on the other hand the SOLIDWORKS' modeling approach is more parametric type and it is suiting for my purpose of use. Easy to use interface of SOLIDWORKS as compared to Creo. Features are easy to use. Just one click … Incentivized Helpful? Konstantinos Aggelis Mechanical Design Engineer in Engineering at Raycap (Construction, 1001-5000 employees) Chose SOLIDWORKS I have previously worked with Autodesk Inventor for designing very complex door mechanisms and large assemblies of drilling machines. I did not face any stability or performance issues Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose SOLIDWORKS Creo offers easier design for surface modeling. Inventor is simpler to use, however, it is much more limited in modeling. Overall, I find SOLIDWORKS has a good balance of simplicity and completeness at the same time. 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? Verified User Chose SOLIDWORKS SOLIDWORKS has been around much longer than Fusion 360...and in many realms they aren't even comparable. Fusion 360 is great for small product development projects... but really can't handle large files like SOLIDWORKS can. SOLIDWORKS overall has better and more simulation … Incentivized Helpful? Jonathan Kweder, Ph.D. Aerospace Product Manager, Technical Product Expert in Research & Development at Technetics Group (Mechanical or Industrial Engineering, 501-1000 employees) Chose SOLIDWORKS We chose SOLIDWORKS based on previous experience and relationship with the authorized vendor, as well as internal experience in SOLIDWORKS already existing with some of the engineering base. Cost, value and ease of implementation also were factors that led us to make the … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Chose SOLIDWORKS I use CREO as well as SOLIDWORKS. CREO is a more powerful program in terms of functionality. It allows users to create features that can be controlled in every aspect, which can be confusing at times. SOLIDWORKS gives some pre-proscribed functions in the features it creates, … Incentivized Helpful?
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Features

PTC Creo

SOLIDWORKS

Comparison of Computer-Aided Design Software features of PTC Creo and SOLIDWORKS
Feature	PTC Creo 4.0 1 Ratings	SOLIDWORKS 7.6 2 Ratings
3D Modeling	4.01 Ratings	9.22 Ratings
2D Drafting	1.01 Ratings	7.72 Ratings
Rendering and Visualization	6.01 Ratings	7.52 Ratings
Parametric Design	8.01 Ratings	6.01 Ratings
Collaboration and Sharing	6.01 Ratings	8.01 Ratings
Compatibility with other software and formats	2.01 Ratings	9.22 Ratings
Assembly Design	3.01 Ratings	6.92 Ratings
Documentation and Annotation	2.01 Ratings	7.01 Ratings
Simulation and Analysis	00 Ratings	7.01 Ratings
Customization and Extensions	00 Ratings	7.72 Ratings

User Ratings
	PTC Creo	SOLIDWORKS
Likelihood to Recommend	2.2 (14 ratings)	9.1 (57 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (2 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	8.5 (4 ratings)
Support Rating	8.0 (1 ratings)	5.2 (16 ratings)
In-Person Training	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)
Online Training	- (0 ratings)	9.0 (1 ratings)