--- title: Altium Develop Reviews meta\_title: 'Altium Develop Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 1050 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how Altium Develop works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.5 review\_count: 1050 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-09' parent\_category: name: CAD url: https://www.g2.com/categories/cad --- # Altium Develop Reviews & Product Details Visit Website Altium Develop is a collaborative platform for electronic product development that connects requirements management (via Requirements Portal), ECAD design, supply chain, and manufacturing into a single, unified environment. Built on Altium Designer® and Altium 365®, it enables real-time collaboration across engineering, design, and operations teams, reducing delays caused by disconnected tools and file-based workflows. Designed for electronics teams and organizations managing complex PCB and hardware development, Altium Develop supports cross-functional collaboration throughout the entire product lifecycle. Through Requirements Portal, stakeholders can contribute to and review requirements in a centralized workspace, helping ensure alignment from definition through design and delivery. Key capabilities include: • Real-time collaboration: Shared workspace for ECAD design, reviews, and project coordination • Component and supply chain visibility: Access to live component data, pricing, and availability • Requirements management (Requirements Portal): Capture, review, and link product requirements to design decisions for end-to-end traceability • BOM and workflow management: Manage bill of materials, sourcing, and change processes in one platform • ECAD-MCAD co-design: Enable collaboration between electrical and mechanical teams By centralizing design data, workflows, and collaboration, Altium Develop improves visibility, reduces rework, and helps teams bring electronic products to market faster. The platform is particularly well suited for organizations looking to streamline PCB design processes, enhance collaboration, and scale development across distributed teams. Altium Develop is used by teams evaluating alternatives to tools like Autodesk Fusion, KiCad, Cadence OrCAD, and SOLIDWORKS for PCB design and collaborative electronics development, including requirements management for hardware and electronics systems. * * * Product Website Altium Develop Seller [Altium](https://www.g2.com/sellers/altium-caf10713-ff96-44ab-90af-cc9c6c9ef346) Discussions [Altium Develop Community](https://www.g2.com/products/altium-develop/discuss) Languages Supported English Solution Type All-in-One Overview by Alanna Jordan Show More ## Pricing Pricing provided by Altium Develop. ### Altium Develop Pricing Starting at $1,990.00 Per Year [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/altium-develop/pricing) Altium Solutions (1) See how Altium products can work together to solve real problems. [ ![Solution Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Solution Avatar Image") End-to-End Electronic Product Creation SolutionBy Altium ](/sellers/altium-caf10713-ff96-44ab-90af-cc9c6c9ef346/solutions/end-to-end-electronic-product-creation) Show More ## Altium Develop Integrations (10) What do users say about integrations? 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JG Joshua G. Your Mom Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 6/17/2026 "Unhappy with these idiots wasting my time" 0/5 What do you like best about Altium Develop? Nothing helpful, this company is a waste of time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Altium Develop? How much they will waste your time making worthless youtube ads Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Altium Develop solving and how is that benefiting you? Nothing, they only waste time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Response from Alanna Jordan of Altium Develop [Editedit](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/altium-develop-review-12969693/official_response/edit) Hi Joshua. We apologize for your negative experience and we strive to provide valuable content and solutions. Please reach out to our customer service team so we can address your concerns https://www.altium.com/support. Thank you. Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing") AE Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 4/29/2025 "No longer recommend Altium Designer" 1/5 What do you like best about Altium Develop? Been a professional user of AD for 15+ years having also used Allegro, PADS, KiCAD, EAGLE, etc. UI Design is the best in the industry for ease of use. Particularly the "properties panel" and "Design Rules" graphical interfaces. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Altium Develop? New subscription model and price gouging by 4x is disrespectful and bad value. My org already left SolidWorks for similar mis-behavior. AD hasn't added ANY practical "features" and continues to ignored bugs 6+ years old one of which is a CAM output error that causes A LOT of headache. New tools they've added like wire harness design are VERY far from feature complete compared to competitors like Enterprise Harness which my org uses. Overall Altium has lost touch with their userbase and their executives are clearly going for the short term cash grab and willing to let Altium slide slowly into irrelevance. Seen it so many time before. I've been using KiCAD lately after it made HUGE strides in features and anticipate being able to migrate my organization to KiKAD in the near future after just a few key features are added. So Altium better get their act together because open source is GOING to take their lunch. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Altium Develop solving and how is that benefiting you? Board design Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing") UE Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 3/13/2024 "complicated and expensive PCB Layout Software" 0/5 What do you like best about Altium Develop? - many companies are using it, so it is very common - some features are implemented like you expect it (e. g. STR´G +C, ...) - Ease of use is missing - if you use Altium very frequent, you will know a lot of shortcuts and some function will be really fats - maybe a good solution for large development teams (some person for library, some for routing and some for developing the schematic) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Altium Develop? - no user manual and help in native language are available - not possible to print what you see on the screen - libraries are not organized and the footprints are not the best, so you should modify them manually - help is not very helpful, so you better search in google- not easy to integrate - customer support cannot help if you have problems (e.g. import schematics from eagle without errors) so it ois not possible to integrate your existing designs - to use Altium - auto placement of components is missing - autorouter is difficult to use - Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Altium Develop solving and how is that benefiting you? help function usually gives no usefull result, so you have to use google instad updated functions very often, it needs a lot of youtr time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Response from Alanna Jordan of Altium Develop [Editedit](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/altium-develop-review-9418126/official_response/edit) Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback on Altium Designer. We hear your concerns and value your input. We will pass your feedback to our team to help us improve the user experience and support for our customers. Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Richard V.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Richard V.") RV Richard V. Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 1/5/2024 "Altium Hates Their Users" 0/5 What do you like best about Altium Develop? Good question! I do not have an answer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Altium Develop? It's expensive. It's always CHANGING so you can't rely on your PREVIOUS experience using it. That STUPID Integrated Component Library is not MANDATORY to use. I can't find any of the OLD library parts anymore! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Altium Develop solving and how is that benefiting you? Their stupid Integrated Component Library makes the job 10x harder. I find it impossible to use at all. I'm going to QUIT my job to get away from this CRAPPY tool my company INSISTS on using; let THEM deal with Altium's crappy attitude. Altium must HATE its customers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Response from Alanna Jordan of Altium Develop [Editedit](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/altium-develop-review-9088338/official_response/edit) Hi Richard, thank you for sharing your honest feedback. We take customer input seriously and are committed to improving our user experience. Please contact our support team to discuss your current challenges, and we'll do our best to assist you https://www.altium.com/support. Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ML matt l. Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 1/14/2024 "Doesn't work like it should😔." 0/5 What do you like best about Altium Develop? It has lots of good features and is an all in one program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Altium Develop? It is slow, clunky, and sometimes it doesn't even run. Most of all it is buggy and the developers don't appear to want to fix them. The developers spend all of their time creating features for the pro users while taking away features from the standard users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Altium Develop solving and how is that benefiting you? They have fixed minor bugs like the compnents refresh shortcut (F5). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Response from Alanna Jordan of Altium Develop [Editedit](https://www.g2.com/survey_responses/altium-develop-review-9111112/official_response/edit) Thank you for sharing your feedback. We understand the importance of reliable and user-friendly software and are committed to enhancing the overall performance and addressing any issues that may impact your experience. Your input helps us prioritize improvements and deliver a better product for all users. You may already utilize this, but many users find our BugCrunch forum useful for flagging any technical or performance issues that our team can look into further https://bugcrunch.live.altium.com/#/bugs/new. Thank you again for your input. Validated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Verified User in Automotive](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Automotive") AA Verified User in Automotive Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 5/27/2021 "I've been using PCB CAD since 1989. Altium is the worst for bugs." 0/5 What do you like best about Altium Develop? Moving around, switching from 2D to 3D instantly. Great net classes implementation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Altium Develop? Convoluted parts creation, inconsistences of using the cloud, unintuitive interface, poor support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Altium Develop solving and how is that benefiting you? Over other PCB packages, nothing. It just adds problems and slows me down. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerSource: Organic ![Ludwig C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ludwig C.") LC Ludwig C. Owner Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 8/8/2019 "Very, very disappointing" 0/5 What do you like best about Altium Develop? Nice graphical userinterface. Old versions from years ago were very productive, recent versions are crap. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about Altium Develop? Lots of new functionality that does not work, is very buggy and breaks the functions that used to work in older versions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering Altium Develop: Look elsewhere, Altium will not be able to solve the chaos that was created by software designers that did not understand the inner data structures. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is Altium Develop solving and how is that benefiting you? Mostly fighting with the tool, instead of doing productive work with the tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ## Questions about Altium Develop? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. 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