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# OpenBOM Reviews
**Vendor:** OpenBOM(Newman Cloud Inc)  
**Category:** [Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/product-lifecycle-management-plm)  
**Average Rating:** 4.2/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 798
## About OpenBOM
OpenBOM is a cloud-native Collaborative Workspace for engineering and manufacturing teams that connects design, BOMs, procurement, and production in one real-time platform. It delivers a unified combination of PDM, Digital BOM, PLM, and lightweight ERP capabilities built around a Product Knowledge Graph, enabling teams to manage product data, changes, costs, suppliers, and orders without spreadsheets or disconnected systems. OpenBOM helps engineering and manufacturing organizations: -Streamline CAD data management with built-in multi-CAD add-ins. -Automate EBOM/MBOM/SBOM creation and ensure accurate change control. -Improve procurement and production planning with RFQ, PO, and inventory tools. -Share data instantly with internal teams and external partners. -Transfer accurate data to ERP and maintain full lifecycle traceability. The result: fewer errors, earlier supply-chain visibility, lower operational cost, and a seamless digital thread from design to manufacturing.



## OpenBOM Pros & Cons
**What users like:**

- Users value the **seamless integration with SolidWorks** , enhancing efficiency with real-time updates and effortless data management. (83 reviews)
- Users praise OpenBOM for its **ease of use** , enabling quick adoption and effortless data management without complexity. (82 reviews)
- Users value the **seamless CAD integration** of OpenBOM, enhancing collaboration and functionality across platforms. (49 reviews)
- Users praise OpenBOM for its **ease of use and efficient features** , facilitating seamless project management and collaboration. (35 reviews)
- Users value the **collaboration features** of OpenBOM, facilitating efficient teamwork in managing product data. (33 reviews)
- Real-time Collaboration (23 reviews)
- Speed (23 reviews)
- Easy Implementation (21 reviews)
- Integrations (21 reviews)
- Users value the **intuitive interface** of OpenBOM, appreciating its ease of use and effective organization. (21 reviews)

**What users dislike:**

- Users find the **learning curve steep** , particularly when transitioning from Excel or traditional PLM systems. (31 reviews)
- Users find the **learning difficulty** of OpenBOM challenging, especially for new members needing more guidance and tutorials. (28 reviews)
- Users report **missing features** in OpenBOM, including issues with file exports and challenging CAD integrations. (24 reviews)
- Users face **integration issues** with OpenBOM, finding it lacking in ERP connections and CAD software support. (23 reviews)
- Users find OpenBOM&#39;s **poor interface design** frustrating, citing a slow, clunky experience that hinders navigation and usability. (23 reviews)
- Users find OpenBOM&#39;s **difficult usability** frustrating, especially with data transfer and navigation challenges, needing better guidance. (18 reviews)
- Slow Performance (17 reviews)
- Users report **system freezes** when inserting links, which disrupts functionality and affects usability for serial production. (16 reviews)
- Data Management (14 reviews)
- Slow Loading (13 reviews)

## OpenBOM Reviews
  ### 1. A recommended software for Engineers Worldwide

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Manufacturing | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 26, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

It's user friendly interface and has good features.

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

Consistent requirement to log-in everytime.

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

We are using it to create new BOM List for all our company products. The OpenBom helps us to easily access everything and make quick changes to the BOM when required before finalizing it.

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Hello, thank you for your review! Can you please contact our support about the problems with the login? We would like to get more info. If you provide your email, we can trace for errors and find a problem. It can be internet, network, and also OpenBOM. 

  ### 2. Good Experience

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Automotive | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 24, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

OpenBOM is simple to integrate in Fusion 360. It was simple to utilize. I've used it frequently for small to medium assemblies. The functions available are decent, although there are some that may be improved. In terms of sharing work, it was simple to integrate with cross-platform team members.

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

In some cases, I felt that the tabulation technique for BOM was a little difficult to grasp. As a result, a more user-friendly interface should be built into the system.

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Standard parts data management

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Hello 

Thank you very much for your review and feedback. I wonder if you can provide a more specific feedback and comments about the issues with "tabulation technique".

Please contact our support, we would love to learn more how to improve it. 

Best, Oleg 

  ### 3. Finding the right balance between collaboration and productivity.

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Ryan C. | Electrical Engineer II, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** September 12, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

OpenBOM effort­lessly integ­rates with CAD software, guaran­teeing smooth coordi­nation between design and manufa­cturing proce­sses, while minim­izing any potential complic­ations.

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

In my view, the interface of OpenBOM can appear cluttered at times, which can slow down navig­ation. To enhance the overall exper­ience, simpl­ifying the design and making it more user-f­riendly would be benef­icial.

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

With OpenBOM's powerful search capabi­lities, I can effort­lessly locate specific parts or assem­blies. This elimi­nates the tedious task of manual searc­hing, saving precious time and accele­rating project timel­ines.

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Ryan, thank you very much for your review and feedback. Would you be open to talk to our product management and discuss how to improve navigation in OpenBOM user interface? Please contact me directly. Best, Oleg 

  ### 4. Easy to use - Highly recommended!

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Elena Y. | Quality Inspector, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 25, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

Pros - Very easy to work and detailed every material you need to put for project and specification you have.

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

No cons for the product, did not found any problems.

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Easy to find nubers of products I need during work on a project.

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Hello Elena, thank you for your feedback and review. Best, Oleg 

  ### 5. Easy use of OpenBOM

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Automotive | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** October 28, 2022

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

Fast material tracking with providers, cost and description. Linkage to other software that we currently use makes it handy to navigate through releases and new changes made by the productrdevelopment team.

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

since it's cloud based sometimes it takes a bit to load all the part numbers and the items. Probably recommending another browser instead of chrome like operaGX would make the RAM allocation better.

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

3D CAD drawings releases. Along with dedicated file system management with release managament. It makes work productive and agile which in turn benefits the whole team when a new product is coming.

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Thanks for your review and feedback! Please contact our support - we would like to check what problem with part loads did you experience. 

  ### 6. Good software, but slightly excessive

**Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** David B. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** August 08, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

For people who need an incredibly thorough BOM, especially in the professional space, I think OpenBOM is a perfect tool. It provides a very strong labeling format as well.

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

As a student, I realized that OpenBOM was a little bit excessive for my goals in terms of providing a BOM for academic projects, it was much more than I needed once I realized Fusion had a basic BOM in place.

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

OpenBOM solved the problem of a simplistic BOM for manufacturing projects by providing a more thorough system for labeling and organizing the BOM for complex assemblies.

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Hello David 

Thank you for your feedback. I wonder if you can elaborate more about what you call "excessive"?  OpenBOM features allows you to get all physical parameters, organize BOM with images, made STEP attachments and access this information via the browser with easy csv/excel/pdf/zip export or insert it to Fusion360 Drawing. As far as I know you cannot do it with Fusion360. Please advise. 

Best, Oleg 

  ### 7. Easy to use and highly scalable

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Information Technology and Services | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** February 20, 2022

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

As a startup, we needed a tool to help us grow organically without being constrained by excessive configuration management and control. As we have progressed, the OpenBOM capability has matched our maturity, and it has been easy to take steps forward.

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

Can't say there is anything specific that I don't like about OpenBOM. As with all tools, there is room for improvement, and that is often based on features that customers have. One of these features would be improvements in exporting. Understandably we all want to avoid using Excel, but I can't see any other way to use OpenBOM for hardware compatibility.

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

OpenBOM remains our single source of truth for our hardware bill of materials. Configuration management can be done without the burden of cumbersome processes but does rely on a solid admin user to make sure changes are made correctly.

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Thank you for your feedback! Change management includes multiple functions. Basic change history capture and revision control are available in all OpenBOM subscriptions. Although Change Order process and approval workflows are only available for company subscription level. I hope it makes sense. Best, Oleg 

  ### 8. Works fine, no problems found

**Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Eoghan P. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 08, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

Being able to keep track of all materials
Helps us reduce costs and waste
Helps us ensure constant supply of materials and never running out

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

Takes some time to learn to navigate properly

**Recommendations to others considering OpenBOM:**

Very helpful

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

More efficient use of material and ordering
Helps ensure materials never run out

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Hello Eoghan 
thank you for your review and feedback, 
We are working continuously to improve the product. 
Please reach out support and tell more about navigation issues your found. We would love to improve them. 
Best, Oleg 

  ### 9. Great for managing Development BOMs!

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Nicolas Z. | Mechanical Engineering Manager, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** May 16, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

The fact that OpenBOM interfaces with Solidworks so seamlessly is a huge benefit!  Its as simple as installing the plug in for Solidworks.  From there you can create or update a BOM in the OpenBOM platform using a Solidworks assembly with just one click of a button.

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

There are some small bugs in the tool that can get kind of annoying.  Also the fact that you can have two different Properties with the exact same name but different Property Tables can cause confusion and problems.

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

It allows for us to NOT have to use a messy Excel table that is bounced around a large group of people (Engineers, Supply Chain, Management, etc.) .  OpenBOM functions as a single source of truth and allows multiple collaborators to work together seamlessly.

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Hi Nick, thank you very much for your review and feedback. Our engineers are working to fix the problems you pointed out related to property tables.  Best, Oleg 

  ### 10. Pretty good catchall software

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Jordan R. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** May 16, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

I like that OpenBoM has the functionality of other data management systems that weren't suitable or sufficient to meet our needs.

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

Getting set up is pretty challenging.  We definitely want to do things ourselves, and support seems more optimized for an "initial set-up as a service" style.

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

OpenBoM is unifying and centralizing our ad-hoc data and inventory management systems.  The available plugins let us manage that from the various CAD software where most of the work gets done currently.   This centralized data is eliminating manual data entry errors without seriously impacting our establisjed workflows.

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Hi Jordan, thank you for your feedback and review! I'd love to talk more about your comment related to the setup. OpenBOM is self-administrating, in general. We are providing both online support and onboarding training services. Do you mind contacting me directly to discuss this? thank you, Oleg 

  ### 11. Great too for unleashing productivity in design-to-manufacturing processes

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Philip C. | Senior CAD Engineer - Body Structures, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** May 24, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

I like how OpenBOM is great at managing data all in one place. It brings all Bill of Materials (BOM) data together in one platform, so it's easy to access and change. This really boosts our efficiency. Because it's based in the cloud, we can all work together in real time and always have the most recent data.

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

The OpenBOM user interface may be improved. It works, but it sometimes feel too cluttered and isn't always straightforward to use, making navigation sluggish. Also, getting it set up might be difficult and time-consuming.

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

OpenBOM really helps make managing our BOM process easier. It improves communication and reduces mistakes by keeping all BOM data in one place. This has resulted in better teamwork, more accurate BOMs, and faster processes.

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Hello Philip 

Thank you for your feedback and review. Do you mind reaching out to me and providing more information about what was difficult with the OpenBOM user interface? We would be happy to improve it. 

Best, Oleg 

  ### 12. Great experience, big time saver

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 09, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

OpenBOM's specialization in creating and managing bills of materials (BOMs) for computer-aided design (CAD) has significantly improved our workflow. Its focus on CAD integration has simplified our BOM processes and enhanced our overall efficiency in design and manufacturing.

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

Users might find OpenBOM's learning curve steep and wish for more advanced features. Some face challenges with specific integrations and desire better support. Cost could also be a concern for some users.

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Creating a bill of materials for a project design in CAD

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Hello

Thank you very much for your feedback. I'm sorry you experience some issues. 

Please reach out directly to me-I'd like to learn more about where you had issues with support. 

We are also introducing seat-based licensing, which will make it more affordable to engineering users. 

Best, Oleg 

  ### 13. Taming the chaos of manufacturing management

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Vagner J. | Engenheiro de Processo Jr, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** June 06, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

The most impressive aspect of OpenBOM is its integration capabilities. OpenBOM seamlessly blends into our existing systems, which has resulted in a noteworthy improvement in our operational efficiency.

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

We've noticed a slight slowdown in OpenBOM's performance when dealing with larger datasets. It handles routine tasks well, but the system appears to struggle when confronted with larger amounts of data. A speed boost, especially when processing larger datasets, would be highly beneficial, allowing us to complete tasks more efficiently and increase productivity.

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

OpenBOM is super helpful when it comes to handling our production inventory and keeping our supply chain running smoothly. It's cut down the time we spend on tracking inventory and dealing with vendors, which helps us be more productive.

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Hello Vagner, thank you very much for your review and comments. With regards to performance on large datasets, it would be beneficial if you can share more information about your data - it will help us to tune OpenBOM better. Do you mind contacting me directly to discuss it? Thank you, Oleg 

  ### 14. Overall a great software for BOM and prodution management

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Alex L. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 22, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

Has all the features needed to effectively manage inventory and production

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

Not too intuitive at the start of using the program

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Product data management, BOM tracking, costing, as well as inventory management and managing production

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Hello Alex 

Thank you for your review and feedback! Do you mind to contact our support and share more about what was not intuitive for you? We would love to improve the product and make it easier to use. 

Best, Oleg 

  ### 15. OpenBOM - The tool that should have existed 20 years ago

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Ryan  F. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** February 23, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

OpenBOM is the most cost-effective tool for managing design, hands down.  I have used OpenBOM as a team of 1 and grew it for a team of 30.  While it does have its limitations, the ease of use, speed to deploy, and simplicity put it in a class of its own. Excellent job, OpenBOM team!

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

OpenBOM does what it advertises very well, making clear, coherent BOMs.  The addition of revision control is a very nice complement to its core power but is rather clunky, and needs time to improve its UX.

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

OpenBOM solved my need to build basic single-level BOM's & track their revisions along with component-level revisions.  OpenBOM has enabled us to track material & build repeatable subassemblies with a very small team for upwards of 1M/year of product manufacturing.

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Ryan, thank you very much for your kind words about OpenBOM. I'd love to have an opportunity to discuss revision mechanism improvements with you. Please contact our support -we would love to discuss how to improve it. Best, Oleg 

  ### 16. Good Experience

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Hitesh J. | PCB Design Engineer , Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 23, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

Price updates and the availability of the compoents

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

Like Kicad there is no such thing as manual assembly for the BOM

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Easy components procurements and the replacement of the alternative parts of the components

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Hello Hitesh 

Thank you very much for your review and feedback. We are considering KiCAD integration development. Please contact our sales. We would love to learn more about what you need and how much would you be ready to pay for it. 

Thank you, Oleg 

  ### 17. Great product for woodworking

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Furniture | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** February 29, 2024

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

Its ease of use to create list of pieces

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

Learning curve is difficult for new users

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Creating parts list from cad figures

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Hello and thank you for your review and feedback. Appreciate for sharing your experience. We would love to be able to simplify the learning curve. Would you be able to reach out and discuss more what was hard for you in OpenBOM learning process. Please contact me directly via oleg @ openbom dot com. 

  ### 18. Good tool for controlling manufacturing chaos

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Mathew B. |  Project Delivery Manager, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** June 17, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

OpenBOM helps by giving us really clear views of our materials lists that we can change however we need to. Being able to keep track of what we have in stock makes sure we use our resources the best way.

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

I don’t like that OpenBOM can be confusing with all its buttons and options. Sometimes when there’s a lot of info, it’s slow to show it or change it. I think there is easy way to improve it.

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

With OpenBOM, because everyone can see and share the same materials info, we make fewer mistakes because of misunderstandings or old info. This makes working together easier and helps get things done quicker.

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Hello Mathew, do you mind contacting us and talking more about your comment with "buttons and options"? Flexibility is one of the things that is important, but it comes with a price. I really want to understand better your POV. Thanks, Oleg 

  ### 19. Once you master Openbom, it's invaluable

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Omar G. | Advance manufacturing engineering, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** August 05, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

I must commend OpenBOM's efficient centralization of BOM management. Its collaborative features, operable in real-time, enable multifunctional teams to preserve uniformity across all documents and developmental stages.

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

However, OpenBOM's plethora of features and functionalities might be a bit overwhelming initially. The user interface, although comprehensive, requires some time and practice to fully harness.

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Overall, my experience with OpenBOM has been positive. It has transformed how we manage BOMs, although the steep learning curve to get used to its many features and functionalities was a minor hurdle.

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Omar, thank you for your review. We are investing in additional training and online materials to help customers to get up to speed fast with OpenBOM. Best, Oleg 

  ### 20. Good opportunity but difficult user experience

**Rating:** 2.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Connor M. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** August 08, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

For fully integrated workflows, OpenBOM is good for tracking BOMs in a controlled and planned setting.

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

It is less useful for small scale, low coordination/planning integrations or simply for simpler projects

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Generally helps with product development coordination and tracking, especially as integrated into OnShape

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Hello Connor, thank you for the feedback and review. Do you mind elaborating on your comment on "less useful for simpler projects"? Please feel free to contact me directly to discuss, Best, Oleg 

  ### 21. essencial tool

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** mirella s. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 22, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

practical tool, which helps in creating projects, making student life easier

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

So far I haven't had any frustrations with OpenBOM

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

OpenBOM helped me create academic and personal projects

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Hello Mirela, Thank you very much for your feedback and review. Best, Oleg 

  ### 22. Great Plugin and breaks things down for my students

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Ediz A. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** July 19, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

Really helps breaking down components into lists and bringing it into the foray of my student. I love this feature and makes my work easier.

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

Interface could be improved. it isn't very intuitive to begin with.

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

It allows for me to create cut lists and teach students from concept to physical product.

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Thank you for your review! Would you be open to sharing more about what you would like to be improved in the interface? 

  ### 23. A refreshingly simple way to introduce a single source of truth.

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Robert F. | Mechanical Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** March 17, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

openBOM's ability to generate bills of material is/will be helping us immensely. The catalog provides a single living space for all parts and assemblies and links individual categorical information, promoting an organized and searchable database. The automatic drawing-to-PDF feature is convenient and saves us a ton of time. And the ability to track revisions across drawings truly makes openBOM iron man of the avengers.

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

While I'm aware of the benefits constructive criticism can have, I haven't found anything in openBOM thus far that's been frustrating or lacking. The training videos mixed with youtube demonstrations have gotten me through any hiccups I've encountered, and Steve Hess has been super helpful with onboarding.

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

We lack software that generates a bill of material. It's usually manually input by someone in engineering. In addition, we have the same components used in different assemblies and have no way of tracking which assemblies use those components. If one of those components should be updated, we need to know what assemblies need to be updated as well.

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Robert, thank you very much for your feedback and review! 

  ### 24. Vary useful

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Jorge Victor  L. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 16, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

Pratical to created a materials bills and intuitive

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

At the time of this review, i have nothing to criticize

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

OpenBOM helped me with college projects and simplifying their development

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Thank you for your review Jorge! 

  ### 25. OpenBom review

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Hussin S. | IT Analyst, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** May 30, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

It is one of our essential software to manage and keep track of business workflows, such as suppliers. All our business information is handled on this platform for qucik access.

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

Some issues with the dashboard design and structure. Finding the tool that I need is not straightforward.

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Managing our projects' inventory, bills, and cost is always reliable when using OpenBOM. It is better to handle all the information on this platform then using a spreadsheet.

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Hello Hussain, 

Thank you for your view and feedback. OpenBOM will be adding an improved dashboard and additional graph navigation tools to simplify product relationships and structures.

Best, Oleg 

  ### 26. Solution to BOM for F360

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Will J. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 03, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

OpenBOM does deliver on complete management of parts when using F360

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

For a non profit, start up organisation we can't cover the costs of running OpenBOM.

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

It would be our solution to parts data management.

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Hello Will J. Please contact our sales. We have a startup price and discount. 

  ### 27. Smoother collaboration between our departments

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Kim Z. | Senior Director of Product Marketing & Culinary, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** May 10, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

OpenBOM is great at keeping track of parts and assemblies for many projects at once. Its main database helps us stay organized, avoid expensive errors, and shorten the time it takes to finish projects. The live collaboration tools also make sure everyone stays on the same page.

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

OpenBOM has lots of great features, but it can have problems when it comes to big, complicated projects. It might load slowly or even crash sometimes, which is annoying if you're working with complex assemblies.

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

OpenBOM has significantly improved our bill of materials management, enabling better coordination between departments and increased transparency. By centralizing data and offering real-time updates, it helps us identify and resolve discrepancies quickly, leading to reduced errors and more efficient workflows.

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Hello Kim, thank you for your review and kind words about OpenBOM. I'm very interested in your note about crashes. How did it happen? Have you ever contacted our support about it? Do you mind contacting me directly and giving me more information -I'd like to check it with our engineers. Thank you, Oleg 

  ### 28. How a single platform changed our manufacturing processes

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Brigette M. | Vice President, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** May 25, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

I'm impressed by OpenBOM's comprehensive features for inventory management and cost estimation. Its capabilities to track parts, materials, and costs throughout the product lifecycle streamline our production planning and budgeting processes, enhancing our operational efficiency.

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

Even though OpenBOM is strong, it can sometimes have trouble with complicated assemblies because of how it's structured. It would help if it could handle these complex assembly structures better, to make managing the Bill of Materials even simpler.

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

OpenBOM is good at fixing problems with managing inventory and tracking costs during product development. Its ability to watch and manage resources well makes our budgeting and planning better, which adds to the overall productivity and profit of our operations.

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Hello Brigette 

Thank you very much for your review and feedback. 

We are working on more powerful capabilities to manage complex structures. As such, we are going to introduce graph and three navigation features to allow to customers to navigate complex data easier. 

Check this out (link)

Best, Oleg 

  ### 29. This has been a good experience.

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Industrial Automation | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** August 11, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

BOM has helped us to manage our stock of products for the construction of our machines, easy management

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

So far I have nothing to point out.
We still have little time left

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Assembly management and stock management

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Thank you for your review and feedback!  Please contact our support if you have questions. 

  ### 30. Excellent.

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Billy M. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** June 29, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

It has an easy-to-use User interface. It is highly optimised and seamlessly integrates with CAD software making it easy to generate BOM data. It is an all-in-one-stop shop for all your PLM needs.

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

The training is too branched out, making it tiresome to go through everything.

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

It helped me easily manage my product data which was usually overwhelming.

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Hello Billy 

Thank you for your feedback. What would you recommend to improve in the training? Please share with our support. Best, Oleg 

  ### 31. Definitely one of the best to manage purchase, bill or material

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Retail | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 23, 2020

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

Being an ecommerce vendor, we prefer when multiple members from our team are able to manage the purchases, BOMs etc. This is one of the best feature they have. Plus good number of integrations. You can also manage distributed repository of all BOM parts.

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

I think more integrations will definitely help. We do use our main ecommerce inventory management platform ZapERP along with the OpenBOM to manage the work.

**Recommendations to others considering OpenBOM:**

They recently introduced custom formula mechanism which I think is everyone should check. Not many software has the similar feature. Definitely helpful whether you are a retailer, or a manufacturer.

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Record keeping, auditing and tracking. OpenBOM help us to follow required process more efficiently and effectively.

  ### 32. A quick and fuss free setup

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Dexter  C. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** February 18, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

I think the integration with Onshape. It makes it easy to name my parts and quickly generate a BOM list. The BOM is also quite flexible. It allows accommodation of components beyond 3D models like adhesive/fasteners etc, that I could add later in the OpenBOM application.

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

Initially, there was this learning curve on how automatic naming works. The differences in capabilities between the free and the paid version are pretty unclear some function looks like it can be done with free but eventually realized that the missing functions are because it's a free version.

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

OpenBOM is supplementing the capabilities of Onshape, much like PLM and Siemens NX integrations. It makes it easy for us to do versioning control and project management.

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Dexter, thank you very much for the review. I appreciate your kind words and feedback. I will discuss with the team how to improve it. Best, Oleg 

  ### 33. Can't believe this functionality isn't built in!

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Retail | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 08, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

This is a must have.  I can't believe it's not a part of Fusion360 already.  It made it so easy for us to export our BOMs, and even included images of each part automatically!

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

It takes a little bit of getting used to if you don't use many fusion360 add ons

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Our primary purpose of OpenBOM is to get BOM data and images quickly from Fusion360

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Hello and thank you for your review. Let us know what can be improved. Best, Oleg 

  ### 34. We are happy to use Open BOM tool

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Sathyananda B. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** July 18, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

Catelog template and BOM template where so useful and easy to export from solidworks tool.

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

Some time teh flat BOM qty display where wrong, not syncing with solidworks BOM for top level assy

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Easy to track the chnages b/w revision. Configuration management, export and attributes addition/deletion

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Sathyananda, thank you very much for your review! Please note, quantity calculations are dependent on part number settings. There is a high probability configuration part numbers are set wrong in Solidworks, and as a result, you have wrong calculations. If you have questions, please contact our support. Best, Oleg 

  ### 35. Promising platform which sometimes het things wrong

**Rating:** 3.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Mechanical or Industrial Engineering | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** August 02, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

Clear and promising features. Quick reactions from OpenBOMs support team.

Helpful plugins available for Windows and other software we use.  Web interface also helpful.

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

Well sometimes the software can be quite buggy. However tech support is answering swiftly I took in my opinion more time than was reasonable to realise the mistake was not on our side.

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Version management of our technical side of the product development. Cooperation without too much compromise on personal development speed.

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Hello, thank you for your feedback and review. Have you had a chance to talk to our support about the bugs you found? Please contact me directly -I'd like to understand what made you feel the software is buggy. Best, Oleg 

  ### 36. Ready to roll out Open BOM for company

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Alec D. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** February 21, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

There are many useful things about Open BOM, namely:
Training Courses
SolidWorks Integration
Price
Each of these has made Open BOM an easy tool to implement for a small company with <5 CAD users.

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

Some of the training courses are with outdated versions of Open BOM. While not a huge issue, some of the features are either removed, updated or in a different place requiring some knowledge.

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Creating a Bill of Materials in SW is somewhat user intensive and prone to errors. The automation of defining part numbers in catalogs and saving to the cloud as separate or multi-level BOMs in Open BOM streamlines this process. Especially for some of our instruments with thousands of individual parts.

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Hello Alec, Thank you very much for your review and feedback. We are continuously improving our training materials and documentation. But it is hard. We just made a next steps in improvements of our training and user experience by introducing the OpenBOM User Community website. Check this out. Best, Oleg 

  ### 37. Great product

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Yulian J. | Manufacturing Engineer, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** November 04, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

Intuitive interface, flexibility, and ability to work within a defined structure.

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

I have no dislike with OpenBOM except pricing plans.

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Tools and holders management for the workshop.

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Hello Yulian 
Thank you very much for your review and feedback. 
Please note- OpenBOM is moving to seat based subscriptions. 
Check out for more - https://www.openbom.com/blog/introducing-seat-based-subscription-a-new-era-for-openbom-customers
Please contact our sales- we would be happy to discuss your specific pricing use case. 
Best, Oleg 

  ### 38. It is an excellent complement to our CAD - PDM system

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Saul M. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** August 09, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

Is easy and agile tool that give us a product structure

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

To syncronize information between Onshape and OpenBOM is only in one way

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

To have an accurate preliminar quotation of new products

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Hello Saul, thank you very much for your review. I'm curious why you think that synchronizing information between Onshape and OpenBOM is only in one way. OpenBOM allows you bi-directional sync between Onshape and OpenBOM. You can check in OpenBOM for Onshape documentation. Let me know if you have questions. Best, Oleg 


  ### 39. Feature rich and many helpful tool

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Aminah H. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** May 10, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

OpenBOM is excellent since it's so easy to look up a specific part and see all its utilised places. By centralising all of the subsystem components in a single, searchable location, OpenBOM has simplified my work.

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

Previsualization of components, however, might need to be faster to load or load altogether.

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Covid's arrival made it challenging to locate pieces in isolation. Simple bills of materials (BOMs) allow businesses to instantly tell you where to obtain necessary components.

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Aminah, thank you so much for your review and feedback. Do you mind telling me more about what previsualization issue you've experienced? Feel free to contact our support directly via email. Best, Oleg 

  ### 40. Nice parts list management for Fusion 360

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Brandon W. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** August 09, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

It helps me set up cutlists for woodworking projects

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

The learning curve to get meaningful cut lists out of it can take a bit

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Generating cut lists for woodworking

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Hello Brandon, thank you very much for your feedback and review. Do you mind contacting me directly and elaborating on the learning curve? We would love to improve it. 

  ### 41. Essential Tool for Companies

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Artur S. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** February 27, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

The OpenBOM has an intuitive and User-Friendly Interface and a good tool for integrating Solid Works with OpenBOM that makes the workflow even faster and easier.

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

Especially with a long session, there is some issue with updating the changes to the server, so I always need to double-check if the changes are saved to the server.

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

OpenBOM tackles a number of concerns related to product lifecycle management, including BOM management difficulties, a lack of consolidated data, and ineffective teamwork. Using the fantastic OpenBOM/Solid Works integration tool, we can create and update BOMs rapidly, keep track of modifications, and cooperate in real time with team members all around the world.

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Hello Artur 

Thank you for your review and feedback. 

May I ask you to reach out to our support with regard to your comment about saving data to servers? We would like to investigate and check what is the problem. 

Best, Oleg 

  ### 42. Feature-Rich Tool with a Low Barrier to Entry

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** August 09, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

- Intuitive interface
- Many external integrations
- CAD-centric

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

- Look and feel is simple - could be seen as primative
- Learning curve

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

OpenBOM solves bill of material (BOM) management while giving access to everyone in the company without having to purchase a license for every person. The external integrations with CAD software (and more) make syncing data in different pools quick and easy!

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Thank you very much for your review and feedback. I'm curious if we can connect and discuss your comments about the OpenBOM learning curve and the simple look and feel of OpenBOM. We would be interested to learn how to simplify the adoption and decrease the learning curve. Please connect me directly. Best, Oleg 

  ### 43. Very useful for parts lists

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Consumer Goods | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** July 27, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

From the start it s easy to understand and use its features. Great adittion to my workflow.

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

Sometimes it takes a while to load its features and give you results.

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

It's getting the parts list done without a hussle. Really useful for my industry which involves a lot of cutting wood beams, with angles too. It turns out comprehensive instructions and the images reduces the mistakes made in the factory

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Thank you very much for your review and feedback. If you can reproduce the slow load with a specific model, it would be great to connect and learn more about the problem. Please contact our support. Best, Oleg 

  ### 44. Great resource and integration with CAD for manufacturing

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Amer H. | Managing Director, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** February 20, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

Perfectly integrates with several existing programs in our manufacturing workflow. We use it with fusion360 for quick outputs in our process, and OpenBOM allows us to get accurate estimates for our furniture products.

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

The costing structure could be rethought. An annual subscription is expensive for small teams, so an outright license purchase would be more affordable, however the free tier is also great for testing. 

Integration with other programs like sketchup and rhino3d would also be great!

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Quick estimates of product consumption and wastage. We use it for furniture manufacturing so it gives a clear picture of where our resources are going and how to fine-tune for more efficiency.

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Hello Amer 

Thank you for your feedback and review. We can integrate OpenBOM with Rhino and Sketch up. We've got Rhino requests and have a partner who might do it for you. Nothing (yet) for Sketch up, but I'm interested in what would you be interested to capture. Would you be open to share more details with our support? thanks, Oleg 

  ### 45. Great software to collaboratively manage your Hardware BOMs

**Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Amith K. | Software Engineer (SDE2) - Innovation, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** February 17, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

Integration with tooling like Fusion360. Did not have support for Eagle, but now seems to have support for Fusion360 Electronics. Lots of content on youtube to get up to speed

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

Integration with KiCad does not seem to be a thing. Fusion 360 integration seems lacking in some areas (compared to integrations with other CAD software)

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Supply chain BOM management. Product Lifecycle Management. Easy sharing of BOMs

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Hello Amith, thanks for your feedback and review. With regards to your comment - OpenBOM does have support for Eagle. We do plan to introduce support for Fusion 360 Electronic very soon. Best, Oleg 

  ### 46. From the idea to the production

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Giorgio S. | CEO, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** February 21, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

It's amazing and very simple to use OpenBoM in order to compare and create different scenarios. In our company usually we use OpenBoM for each new project from the beginning to the production.

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

It is very difficult to make orders, comparisons, download data sheets, or similar with the UX / UI proposed. We think it should be very useful to add this type of features to the web app.

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Let's start from the beginning of the project finding a tool that can be really helpful from the project phase to the production. Let's use it during all the phases to make a project.

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Hi Giorgio, thank you very much for your feedback and review. Do you mind contacting our support and talking more about the difficulties you're experiencing with making orders? We would like to improve it and your feedback can be very useful. Best, Oleg 

  ### 47. How Openbom is redefining the future of our product development efforts

**Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Eric P. | Retired, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** June 02, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

OpenBOM is really good at dealing with complicated bill of materials (BOM) structures. It's got advanced features like different levels and detailed views that really help when you're dealing with complex product assemblies.

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

The performance of OpenBOM could be improved, especially when handling large BOMs. The system may occasionally run slowly when it is processing a lot of data.

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

OpenBOM was making our manufacturing processes easier by handling and organizing complicated BOMs. It's improved how transparent the product development process is, making working together and keeping everyone informed much easier.

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Hello Eric, thank you for your feedback and review. Could you please contact us directly and share more information about your large datasets? We would like to check it on our side. Thank you, Oleg 

  ### 48. Usefull for all your projects

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** CALIN O. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** July 18, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

It's great for all your projects, from small birdhouses to bigger projects, once you learn the ropes, it's very intuitive

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

The tool to make a list of the dimensions of the parts of your project can be tricky and hard to work with, but the tool still works OK.

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

OpenBOM has saved me from making a big list of parts manually

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Thank you for your review! I'm glad to hear, OpenBOM is useful. 

  ### 49. It's been a good experience

**Rating:** 3.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Verified User in Manufacturing | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** August 14, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

OpenBom has helped a lot in the assembly of products. The images associated with each product help a lot

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

The downside is if you run out of internet, we don't have a system because it's all in the cloud

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

Solved the list of materials and the simplification of communication between work teams

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Thank you for your review and feedback. More and more companies are adopting cloud systems these days and the cloud is getting more secure. Do you mind explaining what prevents you from using the system with internet access?  

  ### 50. Nice package for BOMs and inventory management.

**Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Matthew R. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** August 08, 2023

**What do you like best about OpenBOM?**

Open Bom is an easy to use platform that helps organize BOMs and inventory.

**What do you dislike about OpenBOM?**

The only hold back with OpenBOM for our team was its lack of ability to integrate with Altium.

**What problems is OpenBOM solving and how is that benefiting you?**

You solved a problem we had with easy management of inventory based on the components we needed by developing BOMs.

**Official Response from Oleg Shilovitsky:**

> Hello Matthew, thank you for your feedback and review. OpenBOM provides out-of-the-box integration with Altium. It is included in all subscriptions (Non-commercial, Team, Company, etc.) . Check the link. Thank you, Oleg 


## OpenBOM Discussions
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  - [Revit](https://www.g2.com/products/revit/reviews)
  - [Slack](https://www.g2.com/products/slack/reviews)
  - [SOLIDWORKS](https://www.g2.com/products/solidworks/reviews)
  - [SolidWorks PDM](https://www.g2.com/products/solidworks-pdm/reviews)
  - [Teamcenter](https://www.g2.com/products/teamcenter/reviews)
  - [Windchill+](https://www.g2.com/products/windchill/reviews)
  - [Xero](https://www.g2.com/products/xero/reviews)

## OpenBOM Features
**Metadata**
- Repository
- Taxonomy
- Types

**New Product Introduction**
- Ideation
- Time-to-market
- Cost estimating
- Product approval

**Data Management**
- Version Control
- Alignment
- Workflows
- Lifecycle

**CAD**
- CAD Models
- CAD Options
- Conversion

**Collaboration**
- Supplier alignment
- Communication
- Development
- Document Management

**Generative AI**
- AI Text Summarization
- AI Image-to-Text

**Product Data Management**
- Product Metadata
- Data Quality
- Version Control

**Bill of Materials**
- BOM management
- Multi-level BOM
- BOM Types
- BOM visualization

**Engineering Change Management**
- ECR Workflows
- Change Management
- ECO Management

**Simulation**
- Virtual Testing
- Analysis
- Optimization

**Analytics**
- Reporting
- Costing
- Product Intelligence

**Quality management**
- Quality planning
- Traceability
- Compliance

**Integration**
- ERP
- MES
- PIM
- Maintenance

**Generative AI**
- AI Text Summarization
- AI Image-to-Text

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