KiCad EDA Reviews & Product Details

It is very easy to learn and understand even for beginners. I also love that it is free. It is very easy to integrate and design your own footprint. The overall performance of Kicad is also quite good, I never ran into any problems until the newest update where you had to have the newest version if someone had already made a Project with V10. Other than that it is a very nice design software and its easy to get ai to help if you dont know something very well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It can be very difficult to convert other types of projects to KiCad projects. For example, if I had an Altium project, I find it difficult to do that and vice versa. It is also not intuitive to create a STL file, and you have to be very precise; otherwise, it will mess up the file, and you will have to redo it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The absolute best thing is the low price and the support. Since it is free there are many tutorials online which makes it easy to learn. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The features and tools are not as refined and powerful as a paid software like Altium Designer. This makes it okay for smaller projects but not for massive ones. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

For beginners this is a god tool. You can design any type prototype, And also very easy to learn Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not for bigger project also no cloud sync. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

VEry easy to launch a prototype or a small pilot run Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Library management when a design is shared among differnt stakeholders Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

easy to use,Free of cost ,Basic understanding,Cross-Platform Support, File Format Transparency, Powerful Design Tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Lacks Advanced Features of High-End Tools,Less Integrated Manufacturing Support,Limited Commercial Support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Fast Updates and vast number of libraries and support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

No Auto Routing methods.

Many small bugs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kicad is probably the best toll out there for hobbyist and those that cannot afford the exhorbitant prices of the likes of Altium, PADS or ORCAD. It's free, keeps being updated with features, has a huge community that uses it. It is quite easy to use and get accustomed to. For an everyday Altium and PADs use, I did not need to go through a single tutorial to figure out what I need to do. It is pretty well made and implemented. Most hobbyists have chose it as their every day CAD software of choice. It is something i would run to to quickly design a pretty good quality prototype. I can easily integrate it in my day to day activities. I like that their 3D view is so responsive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The interface needs a bit of work. Something that Altium does better than anyone. Also, I could not figure out why I do not have a separate window for the schematic and everytime I double clicked on the schematic to open it, the software complains that it is already open when it clearly is not open. It wasnn't obvious right away what was the problem Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The great thing I like about kicad is it's user friendly and easy to use feature. also the price of subscription is fair for beginner designers, especially for students ans other academicians. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

When compared to other softwares, such as Altium Designer, it is not that much industry level design tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I think that best adventage of this program is it's free licensing, lot of guides and resources (like components databases, example of schematic etc.) online.

It is easy to install and integrate, in comparision to other PCB desing utilities, it works on MacOS and Linux. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

GUI is not soo fresh, there is a lot of submenus. I would like to see refresh of the user interface. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Able design fastly for IOT products & user friedly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Need to ugrade routing technology , Auto routing ,Component selectin Method. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.