ChemDoodle Alternatives

ChemDoodle is described as 'If you are looking for a chemical sketcher or an alternative to your current chemical drawing application, there is no better choice than ChemDoodle. ChemDoodle works on all operating systems (both 32 and 64 bit), has one of the largest feature sets in the industry, has the most' and is an app in the education & reference category. There are eight alternatives to ChemDoodle for Windows, Mac, Linux and Wine. The best ChemDoodle alternative is Chemaxon Marvin, which is free. Other great apps like ChemDoodle are ACD/ChemSketch, ChemDraw, BKchem and JChemPaint.

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ChemDoodle alternatives page was last updated Sep 9, 2022
  1. Chemaxon Marvin icon
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    Marvin suite is a chemically intelligent desktop toolkit built to help you draw, edit, publish, render, import and export your chemical structures and as well as allowing you to convert between various chemical and graphical file formats.

    17 Chemaxon Marvin alternatives
    The co-factor NAD in 2D format in Marvin.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Chemaxon Marvin Features

    1.  Drag and Drop
    Chemaxon Marvin iconChemDoodle Icon

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    Comments about Chemaxon Marvin as an Alternative to ChemDoodle
     
    Guest

    Because it has a wide toolbox to manipulate chemical structures, it's free and it's easy of use.

    Positive commentMay 4, 2017
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    Chemaxon Marvin icon
    • Chemaxon Marvin is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to ChemDoodle.

    • Chemaxon Marvin is the most popular free alternative to ChemDoodle.

    • Chemaxon Marvin is Free and ProprietaryChemDoodle is Paid and Proprietary
  2. ACD/ChemSketch icon
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    ACD/ChemSketch is a chemically intelligent drawing interface that allows you to draw almost any chemical structure including organics, organometallics, polymers, and Markush structures. Use it to produce professional looking structures and diagrams for reports and publications.

    15 ACD/ChemSketch alternatives
    ACD/ChemSketch screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free PersonalProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Wine
    ACD/ChemSketch iconChemDoodle Icon

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  3. ChemDraw icon
     6 likes

    ChemDraw is a communication suite for managing, reporting and presenting Chemistry research. Produce precise chemical structures with our premier chemical drawing solution.

    16 ChemDraw alternatives
    ChemDraw screenshot 1

    License model

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    ChemDraw Features

    1.  Export to PowerPoint
    ChemDraw iconChemDoodle Icon

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    • ChemDraw is the most popular commercial alternative to ChemDoodle.

    • ChemDraw is Paid and ProprietaryChemDoodle is also Paid and Proprietary
  4. BKchem icon
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    BKChem is a free (as in free software :o) chemical drawing program. It was conceived and written by Beda Kosata and is currently maintained by Reinis Danne.

    14 BKchem alternatives
    BKchem screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    BKchem Features

    1.  2D and 3D physics
    Discontinued

    The last release was in 2010.

    BKchem iconChemDoodle Icon

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    • BKchem is the most popular Open Source alternative to ChemDoodle.

    • BKchem is Free and Open SourceChemDoodle is Paid and Proprietary
  5. JChemPaint icon
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    JChemPaint is an editor and viewer for chemical structures in 2D. It is free and open source software, written in Java and so it runs on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Unix systems. There is a standalone application (editor), and two varieties of applet (editor and viewer) that...

    7 JChemPaint alternatives
    JChemPaint screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    JChemPaint Features

    1.  Impact mapping
    JChemPaint iconChemDoodle Icon

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  6. XDrawChem icon
     1 like

    XDrawChem is a free software program for drawing chemical structural formulas, available for Unix and Mac OS. It is distributed under the GNU GPL. In Microsoft Windows this program is called WinDrawChem.

    10 XDrawChem alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Last release (1.10.2-1) was in January 2017.

    XDrawChem iconChemDoodle Icon

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  7. speciolab icon
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    speciolab is a modern yet easy-to-use chemical drawing software that is aimed at helping students, companies and other users to draw clean and orderly chemical structures for reports, theses and presentations.

    4 speciolab alternatives
    speciolab screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    speciolab iconChemDoodle Icon

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  8. MedChem Designer icon
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    "MedChem Designer 3.0 is a free chemical structure drawing program. MedChem Designer can open SMILES, SDF, MOL, CSK, and RXN file types. Up to 32 compounds can be displayed in one window. Images can be exported in SMILES, SD, MOL, CQF, bitmap, JPG, or PNG formats.

    4 MedChem Designer alternatives
    MedChem Designer screenshot 1

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    MedChem Designer iconChemDoodle Icon

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