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Siddharth M.

Design Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/12/2019

"KiCad integrated environment for schematic to structural design conversion"

4/5

What do you like best about KiCad EDA?

The open source environment makes it an attractive option for multiple OS partitions in a computer. Component import option from other CAD tools like EAGLE help in switching between different design environments.

The most formidable feature is that of pcbnew layout component which includes a separate OpenGL based rendering engine.

Recent versions include scripting support mechanisms for Python too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KiCad EDA?

Even though the autoroute uses a topological routing algorithm, it's handling of initial partitions is still rusty. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Aruna J.

Research Assistant

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/20/2019

"KiCad is very easy to use, has lot of features"

4.5/5

What do you like best about KiCad EDA?

It is very easy to use. The best thing id that it is open source. and the next thing is online library of EasyEDA has lot of component files. And it also support custom creating of footprints and adding them. The project manager is easy to use. Hierarchical design is supported in the schematics. All the important features are packed inside. and also it uses less resources compared to other PCB design tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KiCad EDA?

When the brd file editing. I feel it is difficulty to select the required layer. it usually changes back to the default layer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Stephen G. L.

Chief Dogcatcher

Information Technology and Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/8/2019

"Professional grade design automation for printed circuit boards. "

5/5

What do you like best about KiCad EDA?

It is professional grade. Constantly updated, quite comprehensive. Free. Runs under Linux. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KiCad EDA?

Nothing, really. It's great software. Free. Runs on Linux. Exhaustive coverage of all aspects of PCB design. Nothing is left out or inferior. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UI

Verified User in Information Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/22/2018

"The best PCB design software, on par with other software that costs thousands of dollars."

5/5

What do you like best about KiCad EDA?

KiCad is fast, responsive, and pretty lightweight compared to some of the competition. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KiCad EDA?

KiCad's library management is an absolute nightmare. Serious work needs to be done to centralize the library management tools. My company uses GitHub for collaboration, and our libraries are constantly having to be remapped. It is a nightmare. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering KiCad EDA:

Figure out your parts libraries prior to starting use of KiCad. You need centralized libraries, or it will be a complete nightmare. My company has had some nightmares from KiCad library issues, but other than that, it is important to realize that you are (generally) comparing free software to multi-thousand-dollar software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

As a small startup, KiCad allows us to do things that other solutions could provide, but we just can't afford. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UC

Verified User in Computer Hardware

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

3/12/2019

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

"Key cad review "

4/5

What do you like best about KiCad EDA?

Creating schematics for electronic circuits is not that easy to do on its own. Working with different metrics is a plus and you can customize components, which is handy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KiCad EDA?

Sometimes it tends to be glitchy. I have never lost my progress, but it maybe annoying once in a while Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UC

Verified User in Consumer Electronics

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

3/15/2019

"KiCAD Experience "

5/5

What do you like best about KiCad EDA?

Graphical User Interface, ease of access Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KiCad EDA?

Unavailability of inbuilt libraries for some devices Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UE

Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/12/2018

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

"Great User experience, good inbuilt calculator"

4.5/5

What do you like best about KiCad EDA?

I like the inbuilt calculator, its simple enough but very useful Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KiCad EDA?

Going from other PCB software, to kicad might be a little harder Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UP

Verified User in Professional Training & Coaching

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/14/2017

"The best open-source, cross-platform EDA suite out there"

5/5

What do you like best about KiCad EDA?

KiCAD is very easy to use, and is free (with no size limit like EAGLE), making it a great option, when you have limited PCB design needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KiCad EDA?

It is very difficult to find many pre-built components for KiCAD - when working with newer, or less common parts like Relays, you usually need to either convert an EAGLE part or make your own which can be very time-consuming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering KiCad EDA:

It's worth a try, considering it's the best free option available. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

KiCAD EDA is our go-to tool for quickly building one-off PCBs as needed for our client projects. Compared to other EDAs which can cost upwards of $20,000, KiCAD does all the basics well, and we haven't really run into any limitations yet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Jack-Benny P.

Owner

Information Technology and Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/11/2016

"An excellent open-source CAD software for electonics design"

5/5

What do you like best about KiCad EDA?

There are three things that really makes me love this CAD program. First of all it's open-source, which means it's totally free! Second, it was easy to start drawing, even advanced schematics. Withing an hour from installing the software I had added my own components to the component library and was half-way my project. Third, the results are great. Not only for printing, but there's the ability to save your blueprints/schematics in various formats like SVG, PDF, PNG etc. The SVG (vector graphics) option is great if you want to tweak something afterward. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about KiCad EDA?

So far it's not much that I don't like from this totally free CAD software. But I can imagine that people who are switching from one of the bigger CAD vendors to KiCAD will have some troubles getting used to it since it doesn't look like most CAD software. But for me that's only a plus, since I can never get the hang of the other CAD programs on the market. KiCAD was for me much easier to get started with. For example there are no icons the for components, instead you type the name of the component and are given a list of matching components to choose from. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering KiCad EDA:

Don't get put off by their unfamiliar look. I learned how to use it under 15 minutes and I'm in no way a CAD expert. Watch a few Youtube videos about it (I did) and you'll soon got the hang of it. It's really easy to add your own components, which can be a difficult task in other CAD applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Before I found KiCAD I didn't really have a good CAD program. I've been using others, but none of which I liked. I have subscribed to an online schematics program for a couple of years, but since I have a newly started business I have to cut down on the cost, and hence I started looking for open-source alternatives. Since I am a huge open-source advocate (I'm a developer myself) I was very glad when I found KiCAD. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.