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KiCad EDA Reviews & Product Details

KiCad is an open source software suite for Electronic Design Automation (EDA). KiCad handles schematic capture, symbol and footprint library management, PCB Layout with Gerber output and 3d model generation. KiCad runs on Windows, Linux and macOS. KiCad is the most used EDA tool in the world.

Seller

KiCad Project

Discussions

KiCad EDA Community

Languages Supported

German, Greek, English, Finnish, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)

Product Description

A Cross Platform and Open Source Electronics Design Automation Suite

Overview by

Seth Hillbrand

Pricing

Pricing provided by KiCad EDA.

OSS Edition

Free

Custom Feature Design

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DEVAJI P.

Graduate Engineering Trainee

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/19/2021

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"KiCAD EDA review"

4.5/5

What do you like best about KiCad EDA?

The interface is quite understandable and compared to other simulation tools, processing time is less. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KiCad EDA?

Drag and drop option at time is troublesome. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Xuber I.

Research Associate

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

6/20/2020

"KiCAD pcb design software smart and effective"

5/5

What do you like best about KiCad EDA?

The easy to use interface and the comprehensive component library made it a very effective one. All the components can be find online so no need to create a customized. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KiCad EDA?

The thing that to autoroute we have to integrate it with other software makes it difficult to import and export every time you make a simple change. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering KiCad EDA:

KiCAD is a powerful software and can provide a variety of design upto different level of pcb design. You donot need to worry about the library of the components because you can find it very easily online. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is KiCad EDA solving and how is that benefiting you?

PCB design related to effective control of actuators and sensors Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kashif M.

Hardware Design Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/13/2021

"Easy to use free PCB design tool and its 3D rendering is impressive"

4/5

What do you like best about KiCad EDA?

3D rendering , easy to use nature of the tool , free Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KiCad EDA?

I did not properly understood custom library management Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Grigor G.

A&MS Layout Design Engr, II

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/14/2021

"2-4 layer boards"

3.5/5

What do you like best about KiCad EDA?

fast load and easy to use on old comp, and my favorite its a calc Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KiCad EDA?

how to create and place 3d models, in Altium, for example, it's much easier Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/17/2021

"It's user interface is very friendly and easy to use."

5/5

What do you like best about KiCad EDA?

It's light weight as compared to other available softwares. Easy to learn. 3d visualization of PCB layout is my favorite part in this software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KiCad EDA?

Need some optimization in assigning footprints for pcb layout. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Automotive

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/15/2021

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"Kicad Review"

4/5

What do you like best about KiCad EDA?

The user interface, Easy Key binding, Free and open source Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KiCad EDA?

Absence of 3D interface like Altium, Menu Items in a separate pan Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Dhruven D.

Sr.PCB Layout Engineer at Teksun.inc

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/23/2019

"Best freeware software for PCB layout"

5/5

What do you like best about KiCad EDA?

There is too many Software available in the market, but we have to pay for using that software. This software is freely available in the market and almost all PCB design features provide to do PCB layout. software provide via current calculation, impedance calculator that might be missing in other payable software. As of free software this also regularly provide updates for new features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KiCad EDA?

We have to add all type of via size, track width and other details for select perfect line width. But it's not a big problem as per this is freely available in the market. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering KiCad EDA:

Doing a great job to make a freeware software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is KiCad EDA solving and how is that benefiting you?

We do schematic design, schematic library, PCB library and PCB layout with DRC checking and provide Gerber output for PCB manufacturer to make physical PCB. We also review Gerber and PCB layout as per standard. checking impedance and all other things related to PCB design and manufacturing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Giuseppe B.

oranges producer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/10/2020

"A free software to design electronics circuits for professionals and hobbyists"

5/5

What do you like best about KiCad EDA?

It is a complete free software to design electronics circuits, including the schematics, the PCB and the 3D view.

There is a very large components library and it is able to export into the common industry gerber files.

The program is available in the most used computer OS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KiCad EDA?

There is nothing I dislike about this software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rahul S.

PCB layout Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/2/2019

"KiCad EDA is the best freeware software for CAD and PCB layouts"

4.5/5

What do you like best about KiCad EDA?

Lot of tools are available for CAD designing but KiCad stands different from that, which is the best thing to explore your designing skils. compare to other software this comes with lots of designing compatibility features like DRC settings, impedance calculation, easy setup for layer stackup and many more with free of cost. While working on high speed routing this is much compatible with low computer requirements.. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KiCad EDA?

there are some glitches which makes annoying sometimes while working, the library creation is quite messy unlike other software like EAGLE. We need to install seperate add on for 3D models. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering KiCad EDA:

As this is the best freeware tool, I strongly recommend this tool for those who wants to learn PCB as a beginner like students and also for startups companies. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is KiCad EDA solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have been working this software from last 2 years with different routing signals like impedance, RF signals. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.