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 13 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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  1. 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.

    50 Proteus PCB design alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. EasyEDA icon
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    Schematic capture, Ngspice based simulation, PCB layout, custom PCB manufacturing, for electronic engineers, educators, students and hobbyists.

    56 EasyEDA alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  3. The industry-leading, high-productivity, PCB-centric design solution for independent engineers.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. eSim icon
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    eSim (previously known as Oscad / FreeEDA) is an open source EDA tool for circuit design, simulation, analysis and PCB design.

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. Flux.ai icon
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    Flux 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.

    13 Flux.ai alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  6. 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

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
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  7. CometCAD icon
     2 likes

    Circuit schematic and layout editor program for Windows 2k, XP, Vista and 7.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  8. Circuit Tree icon
     5 likes

    Automated schematic generation application.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
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  9. VisCircuit icon
     1 like

    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)
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  10. Micro-Cap icon
     5 likes

    Integrated 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.

    48 Micro-Cap alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. VBB4Arduino icon
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    Virtual 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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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