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Altium CircuitMaker vs. ExpressPCB Plus

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricAltium CircuitMaker

by Altium

ExpressPCB Plus

by ExpressPCB

Overall rating4.34.4
Review count11029
Ease of use8.59.5
Ease of setup8.910.0
Quality of support8.08.9
Meets requirements8.78.7
NPS56.36363662.962963
Small Business68.2%51.7%
Mid-Market15.5%27.6%
Enterprise16.4%20.7%
Total page views33133
Total LLM citations2,24045

Altium CircuitMaker

Altium CircuitMaker is the best free-to-use schematic and PCB design tool for the Open Source Hardware community of designers, makers, hobbyists, students and professionals. CircuitMaker delivers powerful autorouting capabilities, hierarchical schematic entry, and Native 3D™ technology that's easily accessible and free to use.

Pros

  • PCB Design
  • Features
  • Ease of Learning
  • Library Management
  • Ease of Use
  • Collaboration

ExpressPCB Plus

ExpressPCB circuit board layout program is a snap to learn and use. Laying out PCBs is easy, even for the first time user. ExpressPCB Plus is the next generation PCB Layout software. ExpressPCB Plus is still a snap to learn, plus it provides many features not available in ExpressPCB Classic software and manufacturing services.

Pros