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Altium Develop vs. Siemens PADS

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Altium Develop

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AAltium Develop is a platform that unifies multidisciplinary teams across engineering, sourcing, and manufacturing to support seamless co-creation. It provides real-time visibility into designs, requirements, and supply chain data, enabling contributors to work together concurrently rather than in silos.

    $995

    per year per seat

    Siemens PADS

    N/AN/ASiemens' Cloud Enabled version provides an end-to-end system design solution with integrated design data management, component research, and real-time component sourcing knowledge.

    $2,999

    per year

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    Altium DevelopSiemens PADS
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Altium DevelopSiemens PADS
    Considered Both Products
    Altium
    Chose Altium Develop
    The advantage of KiCAD and EasyEDA versus Altium Designer is that KiCAD and EasyEDA are free. Even so, Altium Designer is more powerful than competitors in terms of integrability, easy of use and powerful tools. For example, in Siemens EDA software there is no tool for …
    Incentivized
    Chose Altium Develop
    Altium Designer combined the functions we were using into a single tool.
    Incentivized
    Chose Altium Develop
    Altium Designer is far easier to use and has a simplified pricing model for use to forecast project costs. Altium Designer also has many value-added features such as Altium 365 and MCAD integration which we can use for no additional costs. Other vendors charge by feature. …
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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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    User Ratings
    Altium DevelopSiemens PADS
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (27 ratings)
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    Likelihood to Renew
    8.4
    (3 ratings)
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    Usability
    7.4
    (25 ratings)
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    Availability
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
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    Performance
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
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    Support Rating
    7.6
    (2 ratings)
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    Online Training
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
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    Implementation Rating
    2.7
    (1 ratings)
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    Product Scalability
    2.7
    (1 ratings)
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