# Electra E7 Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is Electra E7 the right Electrical Design solution for you? Explore 18 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/145009/Electra-E7/reviews --- Electra E7 4.5 (18) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/145009/Electra-E7/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Reviews of Electra E7 Ease of use 4.5 Customer Service 4.6 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-18 of 18 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Mark D. Senior Instrumentation Specalist @ Astellas FESP Construction Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Does exactly what it says on the tin" January 15, 2019 5.0 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 Response from Radica Software 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! Jose Antonio D. Engineer Industrial Automation Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Very VERY specialized" August 10, 2019 5.0 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 JS John S. Team Leader Test equipment Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Electra Review" December 17, 2018 3.0 Drawing a electric diagramm is only a fraction of the work we do and therefore I appreciate the simplicity and easy-to-use-ness of Electra E8: No annual education and an affordable price. The best thing is the automatic update of wire links between the pages and the automatic location of contacts. Pros That it's integrated in Visio, a very powerful tool and drawings are beside Electra's abilities highly customisable. Cons The incountable connections behind which may also fail, especially if you try "UNDO" functions. Review Source sJ scott J. Technical Design & Support Manager Mining & Metals Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "An easy to learn CAD replacement for eletrical designs" January 15, 2020 4.0 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/) Reason 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 BL Brad L. Facilities Manager Defense & Space Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Decent software for a decent price" October 16, 2019 5.0 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 VR Verified Reviewer President Industrial Automation Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Fantastic Software!!" February 15, 2019 5.0 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 Drew B. Applications & Support Engineer Oil & Energy Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Perfect for small bussiness " December 16, 2018 4.0 Overall good expierance. Very good for creating standard drawings where only a few small changes will be requred between different customers. The software will become even more beneficial as we develop the component database, and learn new features. Pros Ability to update Title blocks togeter, automatic wire referencing and terminal layouts. Ability to export BOMs and cable schedules. Can export .dgw files. Cons Not easy to space things out as you need to rely on grid, can not copy from a base point like in autocad. Somtimes the program crashes and need to restart Viso. The process of creating components is not very intuitive. Review Source EP Erika P. Project Engineer Research Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "E8 Review" January 13, 2019 4.0 The experience has been great, if those bugs are fixed this software would be perfect Pros easy to use, easy to connect devices, great result Cons There are some bugs. The software suddenly stops, sometime It does no take the changes that you implement Review Source Response from Radica Software February 19, 2019 Thank you for the review Erika, we're sorry that you encountered some problem while using Electra. This is definitely not what we want our users to experience. Please share more information with us and send us an email at support@radicasoftware.com as we hope to prevent this issue from repeating and improve user experience. NS Nick S. Electrical Manager Industrial Automation Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Electra Is worth the money" December 20, 2018 5.0 I began at the beginning of the year working on updating, and making electronic copies of our plants original 'blue' prints. In the year, I have made over 100 different prints, updated originals with pencil changes and even added new prints for new control systems via the electra software. Easy to use once the basics are learned. I have still only scratched the surface on what this program can actually do. Looking forward to much more use! Pros Ease of use once basics are leaned, all of the prebuilt symbols, ability to make custom symbols, the software Cons Kind of a steep learning curve to get the prints perfect Review Source Response from Radica Software February 18, 2019 Nick, thanks for the review! We appreciate your time to share your experience on Electra with us. Please shoot us an email if you face any problem in exploring Electra. MA Mark A. Electrical Engineer Industrial Automation Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Electra E8 New User" December 19, 2018 4.0 I can quickly sketch up electrical design drawing over initial hand drawings. Being able to quickly bring over an existing layout from another project is a big time saver. Pros The ease of making quick electrical prints using visio. Good set of templates and predefined objects Cons Would prefer if you could set a preference setting on hiding / showing pin names on devices. Review Source Response from Radica Software February 18, 2019 Thanks Mark for the review. We're glad and proud that you can quickly get your design done. Happy that you save a big time as well. We've take note on your suggestion on hide and show pin names and will bring it to the team. Thanks again for the support! JS Jim S. Automation Specialist Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Electra is a cost effective way to have an Electrical CAD package" May 27, 2019 4.0 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 evez H. Engineering Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "This program amazing- The best CAD" February 7, 2020 5.0 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 JM Jorge M. Electrical Engineer Glass, Ceramics & Concrete Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Electra Review" January 8, 2019 4.0 it is being rich. I have done quite some projects nicely. Pros Very fast learning curve. I was able to create layouts right away. Cons I have problem with the Title block because I couldn't create a common control diagram where the reference number are on the left side of the sheet. I had to do my costume format but I can't use the automatic numbering for the cable. I did it manually. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Controls Engineer Industrial Automation Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Great product, still issues" May 17, 2019 5.0 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 dH dean H. director Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Electra 8" December 17, 2018 5.0 Pros Nice and easy to drag and drop pre made symbols Cons nothing at the moment still trying to learning all the functions Review Source Response from Radica Software February 18, 2019 Thanks for the awesome review, Dean! We're glad that Electra is easy for you to work on. For more information on tutorials and tips, you may refer https://radicasoftware.com/electrical-drawing-support.php Hope it helps and thanks again for the support. dT dave T. director Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "electra e8" February 16, 2019 4.0 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 AM Aaron M. Mechanical Engineer Medical Devices Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Good Software" February 23, 2019 5.0 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 TB Tom B. Electrician Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Electra’s for electricians " December 14, 2018 5.0 Cost effective and quick solutions for ascon installations and job explaining Pros Simplicity to draw quick schematics on the fly Cons Big files seemed to lag and crash and fail to re open Review Source Similar Products Featured