Top 10 KiCad EDA Alternatives & Competitors

Top 10 Alternatives to KiCad EDA Recently Reviewed By G2 Community

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Altium Develop
By Altium
4.5/5
(954)
Product Description
Altium Develop empowers teams to streamline and accelerate product development by connecting design, engineering, and collaboration tools in one unified platform — keeping every stage of innovation aligned and accessible.
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Reviewers say compared to KiCad EDA, Altium Develop is:
More expensive
Better at meeting requirements
Better at support
Categories in common with KiCad EDA:
PCB Design

Autodesk Fusion
By Autodesk
4.5/5
(503)
Product Description
Autodesk Fusion is a comprehensive cloud software platform that integrates various tools for 3D design, manufacturing, electronics, simulation, and generative design. It serves as a collaborative, cloud-enabled CAD (Computer-Aided Design), CAM (Computer-Aided Manufacturing), CAE (Computer-Aided Engineering), and PCB (Printed Circuit Board) software.
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Reviewers say compared to KiCad EDA, Autodesk Fusion is:
More expensive
Better at support
Better at meeting requirements
Categories in common with KiCad EDA:
PCB Design

Altium CircuitMaker
By Altium
4.3/5
(110)
Product Description
CircuitMaker is a free PCB design tool powered by Altium
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Reviewers say compared to KiCad EDA, Altium CircuitMaker is:
More expensive
Categories in common with KiCad EDA:
PCB Design
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DipTrace
By DipTrace
4.3/5
(45)
Product Description
PCB Layout is a high-level engineering tool for board design featuring smart manual routing of high-speed and differential signals, shape-based autorouter, advanced verification, and wide import/export capabilities. Design requirements are defined by net classes, class-to-class rules, and detailed settings by object types for each class or layer. DipTrace features design process with real-time DRC, which reports errors on the fly before actually making them. The board can be previewed in 3D and exported for mechanical CAD modeling. Design Rule Check with in-depth detailing, Net Connectivity verification, and comparing to source schematic ensure maximum quality of the final product.
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Reviewers say compared to KiCad EDA, DipTrace is:
More expensive
Better at support
More usable
Categories in common with KiCad EDA:
PCB Design

NI Multisim
By NI
4.3/5
(41)
Product Description
NI Multisim is an electronic schematic capture and simulation program.
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Reviewers say compared to KiCad EDA, NI Multisim is:
More expensive
Better at support
Better at meeting requirements
Categories in common with KiCad EDA:
PCB Design

OrCAD Capture
By OrCAD
4.2/5
(34)
Product Description
OrCAD Capture is one of the most widely used schematic design solutions for the creation and documentation of electrical circuits
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Reviewers say compared to KiCad EDA, OrCAD Capture is:
More expensive
Better at meeting requirements
Categories in common with KiCad EDA:
PCB Design

EasyEDA
By EasyEDA
4.4/5
(19)
Product Description
EasyEDA supports direct links to more than 200,000 real-time, in-stock components at LCSC. Designers can refer to stocks, prices, and order at any time during design. A massive collection of open source projects helps you find more interesting projects and speeds up your design.
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Reviewers say compared to KiCad EDA, EasyEDA is:
More expensive
Better at meeting requirements
More usable
Categories in common with KiCad EDA:
PCB Design

SolidWorks PCB
By Solidworks
3.8/5
(14)
Product Description
SOLIDWORKS PCB enables the productivity you need to design Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) quickly along with unique, collaboration between electrical and 3D mechanical design teams. It offers a clear advantage where ECAD-MCAD collaboration is critical for overall success of electronic product design
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Reviewers say compared to KiCad EDA, SolidWorks PCB is:
More expensive
Better at support
Better at meeting requirements
Categories in common with KiCad EDA:
PCB Design

ExpressPCB Plus
By ExpressPCB
4.4/5
(29)
Product Description
ExpressPCB circuit board layout program is a snap to learn and use. Laying out PCBs is easy, even for the first time user. ExpressPCB Plus is the next generation PCB Layout software. ExpressPCB Plus is still a snap to learn, plus it provides many features not available in ExpressPCB Classic software and manufacturing services.
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Reviewers say compared to KiCad EDA, ExpressPCB Plus is:
More expensive
More usable
Better at support
Categories in common with KiCad EDA:
PCB Design

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