Altium 365 vs. OrCAD

Altium 365

1 Reviews and Ratings

OrCAD

2 Reviews and Ratings

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Altium 365	Score 8.0 out of 10	N/A	Altium 365 is an agile electronics development platform that brings together all aspects of electronics development. Altium 365 is designed to remove silos and inefficiencies in the hardware development process. Engineers can connect to the platform directly from their familiar design tools without changing how they work.	N/A
OrCAD	Score 7.0 out of 10	N/A	OrCAD is an electrical design automation (EDA) CAD suite, now owned and supported by Cadence Design Systems.	N/A

Pricing

Altium 365

OrCAD

Editions & Modules

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Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Altium 365	OrCAD
Free Trial
Yes	No
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

No setup fee

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User Ratings
	Altium 365	OrCAD
Likelihood to Recommend	8.0 (1 ratings)	- (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Altium 365	OrCAD
Likelihood to Recommend	Altium It is expensive, so if some of the more advanced features are not needed then there are better alternatives. Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Cadence Design Systems, Inc No answers on this topic
Pros	Altium Complete lifecycle of PCB design Integration of library management Cloud sharing of designs Repository Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Cadence Design Systems, Inc No answers on this topic
Cons	Altium Can slow down tremendously when several designs are opened at once Better integration of PDN tools into the native Altium Designer Some of the additional features like Draftsman are very clunky and slow, and seem like an after thought or perhaps an acquired solution that isn't well integrated. Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Cadence Design Systems, Inc No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered	Altium More complete solution Would also require recreating all libraries to utilize. Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Cadence Design Systems, Inc No answers on this topic
Return on Investment	Altium All of the tools necessary are provide, so one design engineer can own the entire lifecycle of a PCBA Must save constantly as you never know when the software may crash Verified User Anonymous Read full review	Cadence Design Systems, Inc No answers on this topic
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