Onshape Reviews & Product Details

Onshape by PTC is a cloud-native CAD & PDM platform with AI-powered customization for professional product development, granting you the ability to build engineering capabilities tailored to your company's products and processes. Onshape is for product development companies who are fed up with the limitations of installed-based CAD and recognize the advantages of scalable AI-driven design. Only Onshape: - Offers AI-powered customization for tailored design and engineering workflows - Runs on any device, anywhere, requiring zero IT - Eliminates crashes and never loses data - Enables secure, real-time collaboration - Tracks all activity and provides infinite restore - Has built-in PDM with branching and merging

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PTC

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Onshape Community

Languages Supported

German, English, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)

Solution Type

All-in-One

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Pricing

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Onshape Standard

$1,500.00

1 User Per Year

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Onshape Reviews FAQs

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Last updated: Nov 04, 2026

What is Onshape, and what problem is it built to solve?

Onshape is a cloud-based mechanical CAD tool used to create and manage 3D designs. Its collaborative workflow and built-in version history help teams work on shared designs and keep track of changes.

What languages does Onshape support?

Onshape supports 9 languages: Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, French, German, and others.

What company sizes and industries is Onshape the best fit for?

Onshape is especially relevant to smaller businesses and engineering-focused teams, with users also coming from mid-market and enterprise organizations. The strongest reviewer-reported clusters include these company sizes and industries:

Small businesses: The most prominent company-size segment.
Mid-market organizations: Also represented across teams using Onshape for product and mechanical design.
Mechanical and industrial engineering: A prominent industry group.
Manufacturing and industrial automation: Common settings for design and engineering work.
Design: Another visible group, including product and industrial design work.

How long does it take to implement Onshape across a team?

Teams report a range of implementation timelines, but getting started in less than a month is the clearest pattern. Some teams are up and running in under a day, while broader rollouts can take longer.

Time to go live	Relative frequency
Under 1 month	Most common
Under 1 day	Common
1–6 months	Also reported
6 months or longer	Less common

What customer support options does Onshape provide, and how do users find the overall support experience?

Onshape provides support through email/help desk, chat, and self-service resources such as its FAQs, forums, and knowledge base. The support experience is often described as responsive, helpful, and knowledgeable, though some users find replies slower or less complete for specialized questions.

What is the experience like for teams switching to Onshape from another tool?

Switching to Onshape is often driven by a need for better collaboration, simpler version and file management, and less dependence on local hardware or IT maintenance. Teams moving from desktop CAD and PDM tools—including SolidWorks and other established CAD systems—describe gaining shared, current design data and easier remote access. The new workflow can take some adjustment, particularly around unfamiliar modeling and assembly methods, and transferring legacy design history may require extra work.

What features or capabilities could make Onshape even more useful?

Onshape could be more useful for teams whose work depends on detailed drawings or specialized modeling and manufacturing workflows. The recurring improvement areas include:

Expand drawing tools, including editing, annotation, dimensioning, and templates.
Strengthen advanced modeling, especially surfacing and 3D sketching.
Develop more capable integrated CAM and simulation workflows.
Add offline or limited-access functionality for times when an internet connection is unavailable.

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Verified User in Medical Devices

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/26/2025

"Great software and easy to get up and running"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Onshape?

no software to install, it's software as a service Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Onshape?

It might not be easy to move your drawing to another platform Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sayak D.

Mechanical Design Engineer

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/14/2024

"Convenient in the initial design process but flawed in some later stages"

4/5

What do you like best about Onshape?

The accessibility of Onshape is remarkable. And it becomes more useful when you want a feedback from your senior as quickly as possible. In terms of part design, it is simply too convenient to have all the parts to be glanced in a single 3D environment other than the assembly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Onshape?

That being said, it still has a long way to go, for example drawing environment is not up to the standard set by its peers. Drawing environment is simply too inconsistent for a long session. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jordan M.

Owner (Consulting and Intellectual-Property Holding LLC)

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/6/2025

"Excellent Tool"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Onshape?

- Full intuitive configuration management built in

- Runs in a web browser (allowing support for Linux) with option to have a local server

- Natural and intuitive modelling interface

- Team member management

- Responsive customer support Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Onshape?

- Minor bugs compared to other CAD tools (e.g. from Siemens) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Eric P.

Equipment Engineering Technician

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/9/2024

"Easy to use CAD"

5/5

What do you like best about Onshape?

One of the best things is that you are always using the most up-to-date version. You never need to install a new version. Everyone is using the same version globally.

Being able to collaborate over distance is a major plus as I work remotely but can still work on things that the people in the shop are looking at and referencing.

Customer support is A+! I have used other CAD systems that wanted to charge me hourly tech support to solve issues with the program. Onshape is very quick to respond to any emails sent and either show what I've missed or offer a solution to the problem. Also, several of the things that I have mentioned as 'nice to have' features have been implemented in updates so it is very encouraging to have the product growing in response to user feedback. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Onshape?

There are still some things that Onshape doesn't have that other CAD programs have had but every program seems to have something that others don't and it appears to just be a matter of time before Onshape will have added all the shortcuts that I was used to in other programs.

The Android version of Onshape is a bit underwhelming but the fact that I can show things on my phone is pretty great! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Alan H.

Crossword Compiler

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/9/2024

"An extremely capable, easy to use, affordable cloud based CAD platform."

5/5

What do you like best about Onshape?

The intuitive functionality is supported by a comprehensive library of courses which allowed me to teach myself CAD from scratch and design complex prototype parts ready for 3D printing and injection moulding. This is truely a program suitable for experts without the barriers for non-experts to develop their skills and produce fantastic results. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Onshape?

Occasionally I have had to go back into the training courses a couple of times to get my head round a couple of the more complex functions - but I think that is to be expected when you have such a broad and complex software package. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Onshape solving and how is that benefiting you?

It allowed me to access a high quality CAD package from my Chromebook - with which most packages are not compatible. I could design highly complex parts, without much experience of CAD and no formal training and was also able to generate patent drawings using the system. It has been crucial for both designing parts and communicating designs to manufacturers and industrial partners. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pierre R.

Ingénieur conception mécanique Hardware

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

Originally submitted 7/10/2024

"Perfect tool for team work in CAD design"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Onshape?

Versioning: history of all the changes and possibilities to go back on previous versions of a part are keys for a clean product design Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Onshape?

Drawings are sometimes awful to work with. The drawing module is really late in terms of performance compared to other CAD software Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Consumer Electronics

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/20/2025

"Excellent, flexible CAD software"

5/5

What do you like best about Onshape?

Constant updates, great online documentation and tutorials Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Onshape?

Lacks the refinement of larger CAD packages in some areas. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Hardware

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/6/2025

"So easy to learn compared to solidworks"

5/5

What do you like best about Onshape?

It was very intuitive to learn and with no need to download an app it is more convenient. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Onshape?

You do need an internet connection to use it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Joe F.

Senior Mechanical Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5/6/2025

"Exciting new take on CAD and PDM"

5/5

What do you like best about Onshape?

I love the git control built into onshape. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Onshape?

I don't enjoy moving current drawing templates into onshape. It is a very cumbersome process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Industrial Automation

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/6/2025

"OnShape is Revolutionary"

5/5

What do you like best about Onshape?

The file management that allows for version control and collaboration. A close second is the cloud processing so I can open large assemblies on any computer including my phone. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Onshape?

The support for 2D drawings is limited and laggy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.