# Electra E7 Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra > With the help of Capterra, learn about Electra E7 Software - reviews, pricing plans, popular comparisons to other Electrical Design products and more. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/145009/Electra-E7 --- # Electra E7 Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons Last updated on March 13, 2026 Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. Independent research methodology Capterra’s researchers use a mix of verified reviews, independent research and objective methodologies to bring you selection and ranking information you can trust. While we may earn a referral fee when you visit a provider through our links or speak to an advisor, this has no influence on our research or methodology. 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[Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/resources/how-we-ensure-transparency/) [Description](#description)[Use cases](#use-cases)[Alternatives](#alternatives)[Features](#features)[Pricing](#pricing)[Support](#support)[Reviews](#reviews) Electra E7 ## What is Electra E7? Electra E8: The Easiest to use Electrical CAD Software on the planet. Create circuits 300-500% faster, generate terminals and bills of materials in a blink! ## What is Electra E7 used for? [Electrical Design](https://www.capterra.com/electrical-design-software/) Top alternative Featured Overall rating Based on 18 user reviews Reviews sentiment Positive \- Neutral \- Negative \- Starting price $79 Flat Rate, Per Month Free trial available Capterra Shortlist charts the highest-rated and most popular products... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... 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[4.5 (82)](https://www.capterra.com/p/87535/ETAP-Software/reviews/) Starting Price $79 Flat Rate, Per Month Starting Price $1 Flat Rate, Per Year Free Trial Free Version Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version Ease Of Use 4.5 (18) Ease Of Use 4.2 (96) Value For Money 4.2 (15) Value For Money 4.2 (77) Customer Service 4.6 (12) Customer Service 4.3 (77) ## Electra E7 alternatives [AutoCAD Electrical](https://www.capterra.com/p/179916/AutoCAD-Electrical/) [4.6 (96)](https://www.capterra.com/p/179916/AutoCAD-Electrical/reviews/) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 95% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/179916/AutoCAD-Electrical/) Highest Rated [AutoCAD](https://www.capterra.com/p/265024/AutoCAD/) [4.7 (3,205)](https://www.capterra.com/p/265024/AutoCAD/reviews/) Starting price $250.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 97% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/265024/AutoCAD/) [Ansys HFSS](https://www.capterra.com/p/252572/Ansys-HFSS/) [4.7 (12)](https://www.capterra.com/p/252572/Ansys-HFSS/reviews/) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 100% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/252572/Ansys-HFSS/) [SolidWorks Electrical Schematics](https://www.capterra.com/p/179919/SolidWorks-Electrical-Schematics/) [4.4 (26)](https://www.capterra.com/p/179919/SolidWorks-Electrical-Schematics/reviews/) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 85% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/179919/SolidWorks-Electrical-Schematics/) [View all alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/145009/Electra-E7/alternatives/) ## Features Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically. CAD Tools Computer aided design to create precision drawings or technical illustrations Compliance Management Track and manage adherence to policies for any service, product, process, or supplier Document Generation Custom forms to streamline repetitious aspects of a document Drag & Drop Assemble applications and processes by dragging over and arranging pre-built components Functions/Calculations Perform various mathematical calculations using the data One Line Diagram A simplified notation for representing a power system Electra E7 10 features Computer aided design to create precision drawings or technical illustrations Track and manage adherence to policies for any service, product, process, or supplier Custom forms to streamline repetitious aspects of a document Assemble applications and processes by dragging over and arranging pre-built components Perform various mathematical calculations using the data A simplified notation for representing a power system Track parts inventory levels and manage re-stocking An industrial computer control system that monitors the state of input devices and controls the state of output devices System layout that could be created once and saved for future use A repository of symbols commonly used in respective industry Features 4.2 (18) 4.2 Based on 18 reviews ## Pricing Value for money 4.2 (15) Free Trial Basic $79.00 Flat Rate,Per Month Value for money 4.2 (15) 4.2 Based on 15 reviews ## Support, customer service and training options Customer Service 4.6 (12) Support - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat Training - In Person - Live Online - Webinars - Documentation - Videos Deployment - Web - Android - iPhone/iPad Typical users - Freelancers - Small businesses - Mid size businesses - Enterprises Customer Service 4.6 (12) 4.6 Based on 12 reviews ## User reviews Overall rating 4.5 Based on 18 reviews Filter by rating 5(10) 4(7) 3(1) 2(0) 1(0) Mentioned topic Sorted by most recent evez h. Engineering Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing ### "This program amazing- The best CAD" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 February 7, 2020 i get expreinced with software my university years, because advertising to me by teacher. Also i am working now with working. Pros i think this software is very very simple and working speedly. First time i have used free trial and after immediately i am purchasing. Cons I think before time some times bugs, maybe price a little a high and nothing, because this software interesting Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. SJ scott j. Technical Design & Support Manager Mining & Metals ### "An easy to learn CAD replacement for eletrical designs" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 January 15, 2020 Overall we are happy with the product. The Visio interface has made it easier for staff to use the product, without having to learn a hole new user interface. The advance features and reports will help us save time and money with our purchasing in the future. Pros It was fast and easy to learn. They have a good library of how to videos, to get you started. Customer service was able to help fix issues within 24hrs. Being able to use Visio to export PDF and CAD files from my drawings saved time and effort. Cons It's a set of scripts that are embedded in your Visio document. So you have to deal with any Visio bugs plus any Electra bugs. Alternatives considered [TurboCad](https://www.capterra.com/p/32368/TurboCAD-Professional/) [AutoCAD](https://www.capterra.com/p/265024/AutoCAD/) Reasons for choosing Electra E7 It was fast and easy to learn. The overall product and price point make this a great starter product for a small company. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. BL Brad L. Facilities Manager Defense & Space ### "Decent software for a decent price" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 October 16, 2019 Much easier than hand drawing simple schematics and panel layouts. It is great for in-house panel builds and equipment modifications. I would not want to use it on a large scale project, but it would be a definite go-to for any smaller project. Pros Affordable, generic and user friendly. Easy to use symbol list and drag/drop symbols make it nice to place anywhere on the drawing. Wiring and connections are fairly straightforward to make on each object. Cons Lack of symbols/ need to substitute shapes for common objects (drives, communication devices, etc.). Maybe have different symbol packages for different applications? Terminal blocks are a little cumbersome to use at first, but can be managed. Switched from [E3.series](https://www.capterra.com/p/179966/E3-series/) #1 reason- cost..... for the amount of drawings we do, it does not make sense to make that large of investment. Electra E8 works great for what we need and is affordable. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Jose Antonio D. Engineer Industrial Automation ### "Very VERY specialized" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 3.0 3.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 5/10 August 10, 2019 This kind of CAD is used for making the electric diagrams in LARGE projects and you usually only make a lot of CADS at the beginning and end of the project . Since my company can only make one of this large-year-long projects at a time we only used it one or two months in the whole year. When in comes to billing I never trust automatic systems and I wouldn't recommend anyone to do so, making that function useless to me. Pros Since most tags are made automatically or with drop down selector lost lines/devices are rare. Since is a CAD software designed ONLY for electric wiring it doesn't have tools for other functions, making it very easy to learn and fast to use. Cons You can use it for wiring diagrams and that's it. To my knowledge, it has no simulation functions. Switched from [AutoCAD Electrical](https://www.capterra.com/p/179916/AutoCAD-Electrical/) At the time it was a cheaper option and since AutoCAD Electrical is still AutoCAD it has a lot of functions that we didn't really needed and just got in the way. Had a lot of lost elements because of typos Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. JS Jim S. Automation Specialist Mechanical or Industrial Engineering ### "Electra is a cost effective way to have an Electrical CAD package" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 May 27, 2019 We are able to produce professional electrical drawings. We are able to also produce hydraulic, pneumatic and process drawings. This allows us to produce these drawings without spending a lot of money or time. Pros This is the easiest software to learn on the market. Running on top of Visio mean Radica focused on their portion and not the back end, Visio is easy to use, Electra has that same ease of use feel. Cons Malaysia support. It take a day, at minimum, to get support. I tested the software locally but we purchased the Enterprise Floating license option. We went through some issues getting that going which I didn't experience with the trial version. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. AU Anonymous User Controls Engineer Industrial Automation ### "Great product, still issues" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 May 17, 2019 Great solution for panel electrical. Pros Very easy to use. Takes some learning to develop your own symbols Cons I still have issues where the drawing freezes and the software menus disappear. Have had tech support fix drawings several times. Not sure of the cause. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. AM Aaron M. Mechanical Engineer Medical Devices ### "Good Software" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 February 23, 2019 Pros Allows me to make the detailed electrical schematics that I need while keeping things organized Cons Sometimes getting wires to line up properly can be a little challenging. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. DT dave t. director Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing ### "electra e8" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 February 16, 2019 Time to produce drawings and better drawings has reduced.....says it all. Pros Easy, quick drawings. lots of great symbols pre made circuits are good. snaps work well. great addition to visio. Cons more 3d layout items it dose not to the drawings while i sleep its not free Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. AU Anonymous User President Industrial Automation ### "Fantastic Software!!" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 February 15, 2019 We have saved thousands in engineering time by using this product Pros I use Electra E8 as a replacement for AutoCADe and absolutely love it. The ease of use and productivity tools make creating drawings fast and efficient. I dread going back to AutoCADe whenever one of our customer's requests it, and do everything that I can to get them to switch! Cons Requires Microsoft Visio. While I enjoy the familiarity of Microsoft Products, occasionally I run into compatibility issues that cause a crash. Luckily, I save frequently! I do not, however, choose to recover a crashed project. For some reason, it corrupts important pieces of Electra and does not function properly. Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Mark D. Senior Instrumentation Specalist @ Astellas FESP Construction ### "Does exactly what it says on the tin" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 January 15, 2019 I’ve found Electra8 to be a very simple to use tool with lots of powerful features a availiable for every task I needed Currently I’m back at college with 20years industry experience and I found Electra perfect for any projects we were given Some of my college class mates have noted I was using Electra and remarked on its ease of use and elegant features and it compared favourably with packages they were using such as Bluebeam and Autodesk I’ll be sticking with Electra8 when I move back to industry, just hope any new employers see it that way too Pros Easy of use Very intuitive A learning curve that’s very easy Cons I can’t say I found any real cons to the package, it delivered anything it promised Review source Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Response from Vendor February 19, 2019 Thank you so much for the kind words, Mark. We really appreciate you for taking the time out to share your experience with us. We're happy to hear that you will stick with us when you move back to the industry. We hope that Electra will always increase your productivity in your work. Cheers! [View all Reviews](https://www.capterra.com/p/145009/Electra-E7/reviews/) Independent research methodology Capterra's researchers use a mix of verified reviews, independent research and objective methodologies to bring you selection and ranking information you can trust. While we may earn a referral fee when you visit a provider through our links or speak to an advisor, this has no influence on our research or methodology. 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