Proteus PCB design combines the schematic capture and ARES PCB layout programs to provide a powerful, integrated and easy to use suite of tools for professional PCB Design.
Cost / License
- Pay once
- Proprietary
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- Windows
KiCad AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Circuit Designers
The best Circuit Designer alternative to KiCad is Proteus PCB design. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try EasyEDA or eSim. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to KiCad and 12 are Circuit Designers so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Circuit Designer alternatives to KiCad are PADS PCB Design, Flux.ai, Circuit Diagram and CometCAD.
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- 50 Proteus PCB design alternatives
54 EasyEDA alternativesSchematic capture, Ngspice based simulation, PCB layout, custom PCB manufacturing, for electronic engineers, educators, students and hobbyists.
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- Free
- Proprietary
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Flathub
- Flatpak
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EasyEDA is the most popular Web-based alternative to KiCad.
- EasyEDA is Free and Proprietary
The industry-leading, high-productivity, PCB-centric design solution for independent engineers.
eSim (previously known as Oscad / FreeEDA) is an open source EDA tool for circuit design, simulation, analysis and PCB design.
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- Free
- Open Source
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- Windows
- Linux
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12 Flux.ai alternativesFlux is where engineers shape the future of hardware, together. Contribute to the open source community, manage your projects, review schematics like a pro, track issues and features, power your workflows, and secure work before you commit it.
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- Free Personal
- Proprietary
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- Online
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
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Flux.ai is the most popular SaaS alternative to KiCad.
- Flux.ai is Free Personal and Proprietary
Circuit Diagram is a free application for making electronic circuit diagrams and exporting them as images. Design circuits online in your browser or using the desktop application.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Windows
- Online
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
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)
Cost / License
- Free Personal
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Online
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47 Micro-Cap alternativesIntegrated schematic editor and simulator. Dynamic analysis updates waveforms and curves as you edit Native digital simulator Worst Case analysis to find the statistical and extreme limits of performance Smoke Analysis to assess how close the circuit is to violating maximum opera.
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47 VBB4Arduino alternativesVirtual Breadboard for Arduino is a learning 'app' version of VBB designed to help you take the first steps in the exciting world of physical computing with the Arduino microcontroller and ‘Breadboard’ based electronic circuit models.
Cost / License
- Pay once
- Proprietary
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
Circuit Canvas is a modern, browser-based electronics circuit diagram tool designed for speed and clarity—no installs, no file management, just clean schematics you can draw, save, and share instantly.
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