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Compare Inventor and ZW3D 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (42.5% of reviews)
Small-Business (47.1% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$2085 1 year
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Inventor
Star Rating
(437)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (42.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$2085 1 year
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Star Rating
(18)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (47.1% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial 1 license With One-Time Purchase
Browse all 3 pricing plansInventor vs ZW3D
- Inventor and ZW3D both meet the requirements of our reviewers at a comparable rate.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that ZW3D is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of ZW3D over Inventor.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Inventor
1 Year
$2085
1 year
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ZW3D
ZW3D Lite
Free Trial
1 license With One-Time Purchase
For product design
- Basic CAD features
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Inventor
Free Trial is available
ZW3D
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
373
8.8
17
Ease of Use
8.4
374
8.3
17
Ease of Setup
7.9
104
8.9
12
Ease of Admin
7.7
99
Not enough data
Quality of Support
8.1
342
8.5
17
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.2
94
Not enough data
Product Direction (% positive)
8.3
368
9.3
17
Features by Category
Design
8.6
37
9.0
16
8.9
37
9.1
16
8.4
37
8.3
16
7.5
34
8.6
14
Edit
8.1
36
8.8
16
7.3
35
8.8
16
8.0
36
9.0
16
7.7
36
8.4
16
Collaboration
8.1
36
7.2
15
8.6
35
8.5
16
8.2
36
8.3
15
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
Mechanical Computer-aided Design (MCAD)Hide 18 FeaturesShow 18 Features
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Tools - Mechanical Computer-aided Design (MCAD)
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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 and ZW3D are categorized as General-Purpose CAD
Unique Categories
Inventor is categorized as Mechanical Computer-aided Design (MCAD) and Simulation & CAE
ZW3D has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Inventor
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
ZW3D
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
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
24.8%
Machinery
7.9%
Design
7.2%
Construction
5.0%
Utilities
3.8%
Other
51.3%
Design
17.6%
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
11.8%
Higher Education
11.8%
Environmental Services
11.8%
Manufacturing
5.9%
Other
41.2%
Alternatives
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
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
ZW3D has no discussions with answers
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