Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows




Multisim is described as 'Is industry-standard SPICE simulation and circuit design software for analog, digital, and power electronics in education and research' and is a circuit simulator in the education & reference category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Multisim for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and iPhone apps. The best Multisim alternative is Circuit JS, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Multisim are QUCS, LTspice, Altium Designer and Proteus PCB design.




Livewire is a sophisticated software package for designing and simulating electronic circuits.

Printed Circuit Board Design Made Easy: Professional-Grade PCB Design Software with Free Live Technical Support. PCB Artist Includes Features Such as Multi-Page Schematics and Netlist Import.



Yenka is a new generation of educational modelling tools from Crocodile Clips.
Equally at home on whiteboards or when used by individual students, they let you experiment with the topics you're teaching in a safe, accurate virtual world. Their modelling products include: Yen.
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.

CRUMB is an immersive interactive 3D Circuit Simulator that can be used as a learning educational tool or a prototype workspace for electronic development.



CRUMB Circuit Simulator is the most popular Android alternative to Multisim.
PCB Wizard 3 is a powerful package for designing single-sided and double-sided PCBs.
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.