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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Evangelos L.

PhD Candidate at KTH Electrical Engineering and Computer Science School

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

3/31/2020

"Very user friendly tool and with a big community to support. Free software as well!"

5/5

What do you like best about KiCad EDA?

It's free and there are many capabilities. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KiCad EDA?

It has a decent 3D tool. It needs improvements there. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Tushar D.

Customer Service Officer

Telecommunications

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/4/2019

"Best freeware software with no limitation"

5/5

What do you like best about KiCad EDA?

In the current market, all PCB layout software is payable but this software is freeware available and also there is no limitation at all. I can design as many components as I want. also it provides a calculator for calculating impedance, power tracks, also I design antenna on board with this calculator. These features are best compared to other payable software. As this is free but still get new update regularly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KiCad EDA?

Can you provide some update like move forward, backward key in keyboard like adobe pdf reader has that improves the speed of work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UC

Verified User in Consumer Electronics

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/16/2019

"Best experience when in low budget"

5/5

What do you like best about KiCad EDA?

Because it's an open source tool I like to use it for my projects and also for some small project for work. It's very easy to use and online there are a lot of tutorials and guide. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KiCad EDA?

There isn't a 3d develop tool. It's just a 3d review. You have to work on liberties because the open source is good but not enough for work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering KiCad EDA:

It's free. It's light. It's easy to use. if you want to start developing elections projects I suggest you to use this Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I used it for selling projects and because it's free to use my work can be well payed. I can use it on any pc I want in the same time. It very light. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Evan T.

Senior Video Producer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/23/2019

"KiCad - Open Source Schematics and PCB Design Made Easy"

5/5

What do you like best about KiCad EDA?

KiCad is a full-featured electronic schematic and PCB design package that contains a variety of applications. All the programs in the package integrate closely making it easy to create a design beginning with custom component schematics all the way to manufacturing-ready PCB files. Project files make organization simple and automatically link data between every part of the package. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KiCad EDA?

The auto-routing tool for PCB tracks is somewhat complicated to use and may require multiple passes and cleanup to produce a functional design. Manual routing, however, is straightforward. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering KiCad EDA:

I would recommend KiCad to anyone who needs a comprehensive electronics design package, especially for independent engineers and small to medium companies. It lacks some of the advanced simulation and automation features of other high-end packages, but it is open-source and available free instead of the expensive proprietary competitors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

KiCad helps design circuits and custom PCBs more quickly and easily than other software packages. My development and prototyping process has been simplified and accelerated by switching to KiCad from my previous electronics design platform. The project-based file management and cross-platform support solves problems with collaboration among multiple users on a team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

CJ

Chathuri J.

University Undergaduate

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/19/2019

"An easy-to-use, resourceful tool for Electronic Design Automation (EDA)"

4.5/5

What do you like best about KiCad EDA?

It is very difficult to find an open source software for EDA with almost all the useful features available in an enterprise software suite. KiCad can be considered as one of such tools that gives the users a wide range of functionalities. The EasyEDA site provides lot of component libraries that can be used with KiCad and it makes the EDA process consistence and less time consuming. And also, compared to other EDA softwares, KiCad uses less resources. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KiCad EDA?

In order to generate the 3D model of the pcb from the brd file, we need to install separate add-ons which is somewhat annoying. It would be better if the software had that feature included within it instead of having to install a separate software for that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering KiCad EDA:

If you are looking for an open source EDA software with a rich set of libraries, KiCad is worthy to be among your choices. It gives the functionalities of an enterprise software with easy- to-use interface. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

I used KiCad for PCB and Schematic designing and for 3D model automation. KiCad provides support for customized footprint designing and we can add them as well. Also, it provides support for hierarchical designing of schematics as well. Therefore, KiCad can be considered as a very useful and easy-to-use tool that made my works fast and easier. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Andrea S.

Coordinador de desarrollo de proyectos

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

3/15/2019

"Wonderful, powerful and secure free software package for efficient electronic design automation"

4.5/5

What do you like best about KiCad EDA?

I like KiCad because it is an efficient and complete multi-platform program, which allows to use an integrated environment for all stages of the design process, schematic capture, PCB design, generation, Gerber file visualization and editing of component libraries, which becomes an important program of great utility Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KiCad EDA?

I firmly believe that I have an innovative and creative program for the solution for the automation of a true and useful electronic design, for this strong reason I do not have a negative criterion against it, on the contrary, I only regret that this excellent program is available in several languages, it should expand the options to other languages a little more in order to obtain greater coverage in other latitudes and to be able to recommend its great utility as a safe solution alternative Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering KiCad EDA:

It really is a solution alternative to create and design the best customized operating system and the best with the freedom that is so needed, that's why it becomes a strong reason to recommend its full and important use Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

It has helped us to obtain good results, especially as it is a powerful cost-free free software package which are available in several component libraries, thus allowing the addition of customized components. The custom components can be available by project or installed for use in any project, as well as its powerful task guide contributes to a complete and efficient way to adapt, customize and power a true tool with full freedom Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.