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Altium Develop is built for developers, IT teams, and enterprises needing to integrate, customize, and extend product design and collaboration workflows. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.6/5** | 181 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support Software | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Altium - **Founded**: 1985 ## Commercial Context - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Windows (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Falkland Islands and 51 more ## Features - 2D Drawing - 3D Imaging - CAD Tools - Collaboration Tools - Data Import/Export - Design Analysis - Design Management - Document Management Software - Manufacturing Design Data ## Integrations (1 total) - Altium Develop ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base Software - Phone Support - Chat ## Category - [Engineering CAD Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/30556/engineering-cad/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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For projects that don't have strict validation and supply chains, this forces a lot of up front decisions that aren't really necessary, like choosing which of 15 (or more) completely suitable capacitors you're going to commit to, and hope doesn't have supply issues or you get to choose again. The inconsistent mouse and keyboard shortcuts between the application and the Altium 365 web interface are occasionally infuriating. Make it the same please. > > Once over the learning curve, it's not bad. Everyone will have their opinions but at the end of the schematic and PCB tools are straightforward (usually) and nothing out of the ordinary from other tools out there. ----- ### "Altium 365, a must to use tool" — 4.0/5 > **Abdi** | *July 21, 2024* | Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: I like its cloud based collaboration and its support for import and export of documents in various formats. Its automatic generation of Bill of Material is also a great feature of Altium 365. > > **Cons**: For beginners some of its features might not be user friendly, it is hard to start with as there are not much online resources to learn the tool. It would be great if more documentations and online videos made available. > > I am happy about my overall experience using Altium 365.It made my academic and professional journey quite easy. It helped me a lot and I recommend everyone in the field of electronics to use Altium 365. ----- ### "Altium 365: A tool every hardware designer should know" — 5.0/5 > **Fatih** | *June 5, 2025* | Aviation & Aerospace | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: What I liked the most is that its feature of being able to share design files instantly with team members, view changes live, and comment on specific parts of the PCB layout saved us a lot of time and eliminated version control issues. It brought true cloud-based hardware design to our workflow. > > **Cons**: What I liked the least about Altium 365 is that it is hard to learn the full functionalities. While the platform is powerful, setting up permissions and navigating between design, BOM, and documentation tools could feel overwhelming at first without proper training. > > Overall Altium 365 is a great tool and everyone in the field of hardware design should use it. It helped me starting from my academics projects and now for professional projects. ----- ### "If they can solve tech support responsiveness issues, this is a great tool" — 3.0/5 > **Doug** | *December 10, 2024* | Industrial Automation | Recommendation rating: 4.0/10 > > **Pros**: Industry acceptance, good integration, active BOM feature > > **Cons**: Tech support responsiveness has been abysmal > > All good except tech support is slower than I've ever experienced. ----- ### "What a great design tool: Altium 365" — 5.0/5 > **Mahmut** | *June 15, 2025* | Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: The thing I liked the most about Altium 365 is that its feature of online accessibility of designs and design collaboration features. > > **Cons**: The thing I liked the least is that availability of free resources to learn the tool is not abundant > > Overall Altium 365 is a greate cloud based collaborative design platform and it helped me throughout my career. 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