Adept review
Engineering document control with CAD revisions, workflows, and six named integrations.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
Adept is product data management and engineering document management software for teams governing CAD models, drawings, and related records. It supports engineering, manufacturing, quality, operations, and maintenance groups that need controlled access, revision history, metadata, approvals, and search. Deployment options include cloud and self-hosted environments, with web, Windows, iOS, and Android access. Synergis Software positions it for product manufacturers and asset-intensive organizations.
The published plans use named or concurrent monthly licenses. Explorer costs $12 per named user or $104 per concurrent user and covers read-only web access, search, browsing, and markup for CAD, Office, PDF, and other files. Reviewer costs $25 named or $131 concurrent, adding workflow participation and metadata editing. Creator costs $68 named or $164 concurrent, adding check-in/check-out and personal and shared work areas. Desktop costs $82 named or $208 concurrent, adding CAD integrations plus transmittal automation and administration. Higher cloud tiers require contacting sales.
Adept’s strongest fit is governed CAD control: major and minor versions, revisions, file locking, relationships, references, where-used tracking, metadata extraction, two-way property linking, workflow routing, notifications, and audit trails. Desktop connects with AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, SOLIDWORKS, MicroStation, AutoCAD Electrical, and Navisworks. Access controls, SSO, and multi-factor authentication support controlled environments, while email, phone, documentation, and 24/7 support provide service channels. Choose Adept when engineering records and CAD relationships are central; teams seeking a lightweight general file repository may find its tier structure and specialized controls more than they need.
Adept pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Tracks CAD revisions, relationships, references, and where-used links
- Views and marks up CAD files without a CAD license
- Supports approvals, audit trails, SSO, and multi-factor authentication
- Where it doesn't
- No free plan; every tier is paid monthly
- CAD integrations are listed in Desktop tiers, not Explorer or Reviewer
- Professional and Enterprise cloud pricing requires contacting sales
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