G2 Vendor Directory

Altium CircuitMaker vs. Onshape

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

MetricAltium CircuitMaker

by Altium

Onshape

by PTC

Overall rating4.34.7
Review count110724
Ease of use8.59.1
Ease of setup8.99.4
Quality of support8.09.4
Meets requirements8.78.7
NPS56.36363682.278481
Small Business68.2%78.4%
Mid-Market15.5%17.4%
Enterprise16.4%4.1%
Total page views3311,578
Total LLM citations2,24024,077

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

Onshape

Onshape by PTC is the leading cloud-native CAD & PDM platform that runs on any device, anywhere-requiring zero IT. Onshape is for product design companies who are fed up with the errors, time waste, and hidden costs of outdated file-based CAD & PDM. Only Onshape: - Eliminates CAD 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

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Collaboration
  • Online Accessibility
  • Features
  • Sharing
  • Cloud Services