# PCB Design Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra

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 PCB Design Software Review 2026: Features, Reviews, Integrations, Pros & Cons

Last updated on August 24, 2025

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PCB Design

## What is PCB Design?

PCB Design is a schematic and PCB design software solution. It features schematic capture, PCB layout modules, and more.

## What is PCB Design used for?

[Engineering CAD](https://www.capterra.com/engineering-cad-software/)

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## Compare with a popular alternative

Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status.

### PCB Design

4.7 (3)

VS.

[4.6 (181)](https://www.capterra.com/p/175058/Altium-Designer/reviews/)

Starting Price

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Starting Price

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Free Trial

Free Version

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

Ease Of Use

4.0 (3)

Ease Of Use

4.3 (181)

Value For Money

4.5 (2)

Value For Money

4.2 (157)

Customer Service

4.5 (2)

Customer Service

4.2 (142)

## PCB Design alternatives

[4.5 (341)](https://www.capterra.com/p/164681/Onshape/reviews/)

Starting price

$1500.00

Per User, Per Month

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

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/265024/AutoCAD/)

[SolidWorks Premium](https://www.capterra.com/p/93121/SolidWorks-Premium/)

[4.6 (755)](https://www.capterra.com/p/93121/SolidWorks-Premium/reviews/)

Starting price

Contact vendor for pricing

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/93121/SolidWorks-Premium/)

[Alibre Design](https://www.capterra.com/p/172312/Alibre-Design/)

[4.7 (181)](https://www.capterra.com/p/172312/Alibre-Design/reviews/)

Starting price

$10.00

Per User, Per Month

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/172312/Alibre-Design/)

## Features

Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically.

2D Drawing

5.0 (2)

50.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Drawing and modeling designs within 2D flat dimensions

CAD Tools

4.0 (2)

50.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Computer aided design to create precision drawings or technical illustrations

Content Library

4.5 (2)

50.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Centralized repository to store content and assets

Manufacturing Design Data

4.5 (2)

50.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Access to a library of manufacturing parts, models, and specs

Reporting/Analytics

4.5 (2)

50.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data

Configurable Workflow

5.0 (1)

0.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Configure existing workflows to meet your organization's needs

PCB Design 12 features

Drawing and modeling designs within 2D flat dimensions

Computer aided design to create precision drawings or technical illustrations

Configure existing workflows to meet your organization's needs

Identify component attributes like servers, hardware, software, and manage relationships across all services

Centralized repository to store content and assets

Graphical representation of data

Collaborate on creating a product by sharing and adjusting designs through a shared portal

For electrical engineering

Access to a library of manufacturing parts, models, and specs

Integration of electrical and mechanical engineering to create hybrid systems

View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data

Interact with data visualization elements, such as charts and graphs, to drill down into data

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Features

4.3 (3)

4.3

Based on 3 reviews

## Pricing

Value for money

4.5 (2)

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Value for money

4.5 (2)

4.5

Based on 2 reviews

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## Support, customer service and training options

Customer Service

4.5 (2)

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

4.5 (2)

4.5

Based on 2 reviews

## User reviews

Overall rating

4.7

Based on 3 reviews

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5(2)

4(1)

3(0)

2(0)

1(0)

Mentioned topic

Sorted by most recent

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Armin N.

Hardware Design Manager

Broadcast Media

### "Hardware Design Engineer"

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

10/10

March 17, 2023

Pros

I like to design high speed and mixed signal multi layer PCBs.

Cons

I designed many Xilinx FPGA's PCBs up to 28 layers.

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Vasilis A.

team manager

Higher Education

### "pcb design is another design program"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

3.0

3.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

7/10

December 11, 2022

Pros

this software has vey good wire connection and very good simulation of the final design

Cons

i think for amateur users is little hard to learn it. the program enviroment can confused you someimes

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Panagiotis A.

electrical engineer

Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing

### "One of the best pcb design tool with simplified user interface.Perfect to design electrical circuits"

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

10/10

December 9, 2022

I m Electrical and Electronic Engineer and one of my jobs is to design pcb so the PCB design is a really useful tool for me . make everything easier really

Pros

As an Electrical and Electronic Engineer the pcb design(proteus) make my job easier, it's an essential part to design electronic design.The library is really huge, you can find so many components and you can connect the wires quickly and easy

Cons

the app is really good and friendly for the user,the one thing that need a little improvement is the interface because look older

Switched from

[SimScale](https://www.capterra.com/p/145960/SimScale/)

the PCB design is a game changer with the connection of the wires. all the other apps like simscale you must check if the connections are correct

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