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At a Glance
Inventor
Inventor
Star Rating
(437)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (42.5% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$2085 1 year
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progeCAD
progeCAD
Star Rating
(11)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (45.5% of reviews)
Information
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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Inventor vs progeCAD

  • Inventor and progeCAD both meet the requirements of our reviewers at a comparable rate.
  • When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that progeCAD is the preferred option.
  • For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of progeCAD over Inventor.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Inventor
1 Year
$2085
1 year
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progeCAD
No pricing available
Free Trial
Inventor
Free Trial is available
progeCAD
No trial information available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
373
8.8
10
Ease of Use
8.4
374
8.8
10
Ease of Setup
7.9
104
Not enough data
Ease of Admin
7.7
99
Not enough data
Quality of Support
8.1
342
8.2
10
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.2
94
Not enough data
Product Direction (% positive)
8.3
368
10.0
10
Features by Category
8.1
37
7.6
7
Design
8.6
37
8.1
7
8.9
37
7.4
7
8.4
37
7.6
7
7.5
34
6.9
7
Edit
8.1
36
8.1
7
7.3
35
7.4
7
8.0
36
7.9
7
7.7
36
8.1
7
Collaboration
8.1
36
7.9
7
8.6
35
7.9
7
8.2
36
5.8
6
7.5
20
Not enough data
Design
9.0
20
Not enough data
8.6
20
Not enough data
8.7
20
Not enough data
7.6
19
Not enough data
Tools
5.6
16
Not enough data
7.5
19
Not enough data
7.1
17
Not enough data
Work
6.9
15
Not enough data
6.8
15
Not enough data
7.2
16
Not enough data
7.6
14
Not enough data
7.6
16
Not enough data
Environment
7.7
17
Not enough data
7.7
18
Not enough data
6.9
18
Not enough data
8.1
19
Not enough data
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File Options - Mechanical Computer-aided Design (MCAD)
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Customization - Mechanical Computer-aided Design (MCAD)
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Environment - Mechanical Computer-aided Design (MCAD)
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Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Inventor
Inventor
progeCAD
progeCAD
Inventor and progeCAD are categorized as General-Purpose CAD
Unique Categories
progeCAD
progeCAD has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Inventor
Inventor
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
35.0%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
42.5%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
22.5%
progeCAD
progeCAD
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
45.5%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
36.4%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
18.2%
Reviewers' Industry
Inventor
Inventor
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
24.8%
Machinery
7.9%
Design
7.2%
Construction
5.0%
Utilities
3.8%
Other
51.3%
progeCAD
progeCAD
Education Management
18.2%
Telecommunications
9.1%
Retail
9.1%
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
9.1%
Law Practice
9.1%
Other
45.5%
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Discussions
Inventor
Inventor Discussions
How do you handle the data creation problem?
2 Comments
SG
You basically need to create each model from scratch in Inventor. You can copy your AutoCAD in Inventor and extrude the models but the models won't be...Read more
there is a form to get more realistic renders from inventor?
2 Comments
Kenny C.
KC
Max can load Inventor files natively, so that's certainly one option. The render engine in Inventor is pretty good, though. There is a great deal of ...Read more
Is integration with other Autodesk products being considered?
2 Comments
MG
Autodesk published a video on how to export Inventor parts to Revit here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ue7-WtyiUtIRead more
progeCAD
progeCAD Discussions
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