Compare Octave BricsCAD and Shapr3D 
Featured Products
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (72.1% of reviews)
Small-Business (84.8% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
€314.00 1 User Per Year
Free
Octave BricsCAD
Star Rating
(135)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (72.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
€314.00 1 User Per Year
Browse all 5 pricing plansShapr3D
Star Rating
(170)4.8 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (84.8% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free
Browse all 3 pricing plansOctave BricsCAD vs Shapr3D
When assessing the two solutions, reviewers found Shapr3D easier to use, set up, and administer. Reviewers also preferred doing business with Shapr3D overall.
- Octave BricsCAD and Shapr3D both meet the requirements of our reviewers at a comparable rate.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that Shapr3D is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Shapr3D over Octave BricsCAD.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Octave BricsCAD
BricsCAD® Lite
€314.00
1 User Per Year
Familiar CAD drafting functionality
- All familiar CAD functions in .dwg
- Full LISP support (vl, vlr, vla and vlax)
- 2D Constraint Management
Shapr3D
Free
Free
Try Shapr3D for free for an unlimited period
- 2 designs
- Access Shapr3D on iPad, Mac, and Windows
- Import - X_T, X_B, IGES, STEP, STL, SLDPRT, SLDASM, SHAPR, DXF, DWG, Image
Free Trial
Octave BricsCAD
Free Trial is available
Shapr3D
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.0
105
9.0
117
Ease of Use
8.8
107
9.4
118
Ease of Setup
8.9
34
9.1
37
Ease of Admin
8.8
27
9.9
13
Quality of Support
9.0
87
9.2
82
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.0
25
9.7
13
Product Direction (% positive)
8.8
99
9.0
96
Features by Category
Design
9.3
78
9.5
85
8.8
55
9.4
86
8.8
55
9.3
85
7.8
38
8.4
72
Edit
8.5
75
8.4
79
8.6
53
9.2
75
8.6
66
9.3
81
8.5
67
8.7
69
Collaboration
8.8
61
7.5
49
8.3
53
8.2
56
8.2
44
7.7
50
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Octave BricsCAD and Shapr3D are categorized as General-Purpose CAD
Unique Categories
Octave BricsCAD has no unique categories
Shapr3D has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Octave BricsCAD
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Shapr3D
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Construction
20.0%
Architecture & Planning
16.2%
Civil Engineering
16.2%
Design
6.9%
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
6.9%
Other
33.8%
Design
15.2%
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
8.5%
Furniture
6.7%
Architecture & Planning
5.5%
Higher Education
5.5%
Other
58.5%
Discussions
What is BricsCAD used for?
2 Comments
JD
BricsCad replaces the drawing board and does every aspect of design process from an Architect's viewpoint using your computer.Read more
Is BricsCAD free?
2 Comments
JC
for the working version it is better to use a licensed versionRead more
BricsCAD seems to loose edges when taking flat shots. Is there a setting that needs to be adjusted to clean up the flat shot block?
1 Comment
KG
Hi there,
Thank you for your question!
We would advise creating a ticket on this matter. Be sure to add a scenario and sample file in order for our...Read more
What can you do with Shapr3D?
9 Comments
SR
Due to the short learning curve and ability to create quick and dimension-accurate designs, Shapr3D becomes an extension of your imagination.Read more
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