G2 Vendor Directory

Inventor vs. Onshape

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

MetricInventor

by Autodesk

Onshape

by PTC

Overall rating4.44.7
Review count440724
Ease of use8.69.1
Ease of setup8.29.4
Quality of support8.49.4
Meets requirements9.08.7
NPS59.10165582.278481
Small Business35.5%78.4%
Mid-Market43.1%17.4%
Enterprise21.4%4.1%
Total page views7341,578
Total LLM citations8,63924,077

Inventor

Autodesk® Inventor® 2021 software provides engineers and designers professional grade design and engineering solution for 3D mechanical design, simulation, visualization, and documentation. With Inventor software, engineers can integrate 2D and 3D data into a single design environment, creating a virtual representation of the final product that enables them to validate the form, fit, and function of the product before it is ever built.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Features
  • Efficiency
  • Interface Ease-of-Use
  • Integrations
  • Mechanical Engineering

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 Onshape is for product design companies who are fed up with the errors, time waste, and hidden costs of outdated file-based CAD & PDM.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