Altium Designer comparisons
Altium Designer is compared head-to-head with ETAP, Trimble Electrical Designer and EPLAN Electric P8 and more: 7 head-to-heads in Electrical Design Software, each with the specs and prices we checked.
Altium Designer head-to-head
- Altium Designer vs ETAP
- Altium Designer vs Trimble Electrical Designer
- Altium Designer vs EPLAN Electric P8
- Altium Designer vs KiCad
- Altium Designer vs OrCAD X
- Altium Designer vs CYME
- Altium Designer vs Simscape Electrical
Altium Designer vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | Schematic capture | Electrical simulation | Standards libraries | MCAD integration | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Altium Designer | No | Yes | Basic | Yes | Yes | 8.4 | |
| 1 | ETAP | No | Yes | Advanced | Yes | Yes | 8.9 | |
| 2 | Trimble Electrical Designer | Yes | Advanced | Yes | 8.8 | |||
| 3 | EPLAN Electric P8 | Yes | None | Yes | Yes | 8.7 | ||
| 4 | KiCad | Yes | Free | Yes | Advanced | Yes | Yes | 8.6 |
| 5 | OrCAD X | No | Yes | Advanced | Yes | Yes | 8.5 | |
| 7 | CYME | Yes | Advanced | Yes | 8.2 | |||
| 8 | Simscape Electrical | No | Yes | Advanced | Yes | 8.1 |
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