Altium Designer Alternatives

Altium Designer is described as 'Unified environment enables schematic capture, PCB layout, mixed-signal simulation, signal integrity analysis, real-time 3D editing, and ECAD-MCAD collaboration' and is a CAD software in the education & reference category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Altium Designer for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Flathub apps. The best Altium Designer alternative is KiCad, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Altium Designer are Fritzing, Square Sketch, Autodesk EAGLE and QUCS.

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  1. Upverter icon
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    We build the pickaxes of hardware engineering. Ideation tools, schematic capture, PCB layout, design hosting, parts library management, and affordable prototyping.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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    Is very similar, and its free

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    • Upverter is Paid and ProprietaryAltium Designer is also Paid and Proprietary
  2. TinyCAD icon
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    TinyCAD is an open source schematic capture program for MS Windows. Use TinyCAD to produce professional circuit diagrams and export net list information to PCB applications.

    33 TinyCAD alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  3. PCB Elegance icon
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    PCB Elegance is a suite of circuit board design tools for Windows. Including schematic capture, board layout, and manufacturing file generation. First released in 1998, it was proprietary software until 2012, when it was released as open source software under the GPL.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Educational virtual 3D laboratory simulator helps students, teachers, and tutors conduct electrical circuit experiments by providing realistic equipment access anywhere, avoiding availability issues and safety hazards, and enhancing learning with immediate feedback and...

    87 Experimenters Circuits alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. VisCircuit icon
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    VisCircuit is a note-taking tool that contains an easy circuit diagram drawer and a beautiful note editor, designed to help you learn about electronics and circuits more easily.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • VisCircuit is the most popular SaaS alternative to Altium Designer.

    • VisCircuit is Free and ProprietaryAltium Designer is Paid and Proprietary
  6. DipTrace icon
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    DipTrace - Professional Schematic Capture and PCB Design Software

    Are you looking for a professional and easy-to-use PCB Design software with powerful autorouter and reasonable price? Try DipTrace and you will be surprised! DipTrace is a complete state-of-the-art PCB Design Syst.

    36 DipTrace alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
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  7. Oregano icon
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    oregano - An electrical engineering tool for GNOME

    oregano is an application for schematic capture and simulation of electronic circuits. The actual simulation is performed by Berkeley Spice, or GNUcap or the new generation ngspice which is required for simulation, but not neces.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. CometCAD icon
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    Circuit schematic and layout editor program for Windows 2k, XP, Vista and 7.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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