# ESPRIT Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra > With the help of Capterra, learn about ESPRIT Software - reviews, pricing plans, popular comparisons to other Engineering CAD products and more. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/9492/ESPRIT --- # ESPRIT Software Review 2026: Features, Reviews, 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) ESPRIT ## What is ESPRIT? On-premise CAM system developed for manufacturing businesses that helps with CNC programming, optimization, simulation, and more. ## What is ESPRIT used for? [Engineering CAD](https://www.capterra.com/engineering-cad-software/) Top alternative Featured Overall rating Based on 6 user reviews Reviews sentiment Positive \- Neutral \- Negative \- Starting price $5500 Flat Rate, One Time Free trial not 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... Do you work for ESPRIT?[Manage this product listing](https://digitalmarkets.gartner.com/get-listed/claim-bx?url=http://www.dptechnology.com/&name=ESPRIT) ## 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. ### ESPRIT 3.7 (6) VS. [4.5 (342)](https://www.capterra.com/p/164681/Onshape/reviews/) Starting Price $5500 Flat Rate, One Time Starting Price $1500 Per User, Per Year Free Trial Free Version Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version Ease Of Use 3.5 (6) Ease Of Use 4.5 (341) Value For Money 3.2 (5) Value For Money 4.5 (323) Customer Service 3.8 (5) Customer Service 4.7 (318) ## ESPRIT alternatives [4.6 (181)](https://www.capterra.com/p/175058/Altium-Designer/reviews/) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 94% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars Highest Rated [AutoCAD](https://www.capterra.com/p/265024/AutoCAD/) [4.7 (3,207)](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/) [SolidWorks Premium](https://www.capterra.com/p/93121/SolidWorks-Premium/) [4.6 (756)](https://www.capterra.com/p/93121/SolidWorks-Premium/reviews/) Starting price Contact vendor for pricing Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 97% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/93121/SolidWorks-Premium/) [Alibre Design](https://www.capterra.com/p/172312/Alibre-Design/) [4.7 (182)](https://www.capterra.com/p/172312/Alibre-Design/reviews/) Starting price $10.00 Per User, Per Month Pricing Options Free Trial Free Version User Rating 96% of reviewers rated it above 4 stars [Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/172312/Alibre-Design/) [View all alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/9492/ESPRIT/alternatives/) ## Features Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically. 2D Drawing Drawing and modeling designs within 2D flat dimensions 3D Imaging Representation of any object in 3D CAD Tools Computer aided design to create precision drawings or technical illustrations Collaboration Tools Provides a channel for team members to share media files, communicate, and work together Design Analysis Simulate physical behavior for a design or structure Electrical For electrical engineering ESPRIT 10 features Drawing and modeling designs within 2D flat dimensions Representation of any object in 3D Computer aided design to create precision drawings or technical illustrations Provides a channel for team members to share media files, communicate, and work together Simulate physical behavior for a design or structure For electrical engineering Access to a library of manufacturing parts, models, and specs For mechanical engineering Plan and coordinate all the resources, costs and time needed to execute assignments View and track pertinent metrics to find patterns and gain insights from data Get Advice We can help you find the software with the features you need. Features 4.2 (6) 4.2 Based on 6 reviews ## Pricing Value for money 3.2 (5) Basic $5,500 Flat Rate,One Time Value for money 3.2 (5) 3.2 Based on 5 reviews Connect with a Capterra advisor for a free 15-minute consultation Get a personalized software list aligned to your business needs with guidance from our expert advisors. Our team has helped 1 million+ businesses like yours find options that fit their needs. ## Support, customer service and training options Customer Service 3.8 (5) 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 3.8 (5) 3.8 Based on 5 reviews ## User reviews Overall rating 3.7 Based on 6 reviews Filter by rating 5(2) 4(2) 3(1) 2(0) 1(1) Mentioned topic Sorted by most recent AU Anonymous User Engineering Manager Mechanical or Industrial Engineering ### "CAM para mecanizado" 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 7/10 February 8, 2023 Pros Buen CAM para integrar con CMZ. Los técnicos lo tienen de mano y adaptado entre los tornos CMZ y el CAM. Cubre todas las necesidades de sobra. Cons Es complejo de usar tiene demasiadas opciones y aunque es más sencillo que picar código a mano tienes que tener destreza en el software para usarlo bien. Switched from [Mastercam](https://www.capterra.com/p/230166/MasterCam/) Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. JP Joao Paulo S. CEO Computer Software ### "Excelente, Realmente o melhor CAM" 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 22, 2021 Retorno muito rápido do produto, competitividade em peças complexas, precisão nos tempos de maquinação. O ProfitMilling e ProfitTurning permite diminuir em 75% o tempo de maquinação, e reduzir em 5 vezes o desgasto das ferramentas. Pros Fácil de usar, intuitivo, poderoso, permite controlar fio e fresa até 6 eixos, tornos até 22 eixos, multi- buchas e multi torretas tudo sincronizado, os pós processadores são certificados pelas marcas das CNC´s e são gratuitos, o trabalho e a simulação é feita num gémeo digital (cnc digital). Cons Sem resposta Reasons for choosing ESPRIT Foi possível avaliar o Esprit, sem nenhum custo, a formação foi dada, e os pós-processadores colocados a disposição durante 1 mes, sem qualquer compromisso da parte da empresa. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. Chris W. Customer Service Computer Technician Information Technology and Services ### "3D Model Viewer" 3.0 Overall Rating 3.0 3.0 Ease of Use 3.0 3.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 0.0 0.0 Likelihood to Recommend 7/10 December 11, 2019 Required for use by engineers at my company. No simple fix from customer support when Esprit would fail to run properly, resulting in a full reimage of the users system, on multiple occasions. Customer support solution was to install the latest version of the software. Pros Esprit is used at my work for CAM files. It allows the engineers to make modifications to items on the production line. On the administrator side of things, the software is easy to install. Cons Esprit currently requires the use of SQL. Depending on the version, this leaves the system open to any SQL vulnerabilities that have not been protected against. 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 Manufacturing Engineer - CNC Programmer Aviation & Aerospace ### "A Difficult Marriage" 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 1.0 1.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 September 2, 2018 Esprit is my primary programming platform, the lathe and 5-axis milling options will do some really wild geometry. I worked with it for a few years in the job shop environment and never thought anything special about it, but when I was able to drive these MULTUS machines with it and do variable lead compression rotors I was impressed. Pros Esprit will drive any axis you throw at it. You simply need one of two things, 1. someone to instruct your programmers on how to configure and utilize the software, or, 2. sufficient common sense, and experience with Esprit to do this yourself. The curve is steep absent the OSP300 controller, when you throw OKUMAS latest offering into the mix it presents as the most difficult and complex interface that I ever imagined encountering, but, I have utilized Esprit successfully, repeatedly, and confidently to drive the MULTUS at two different companies. Cons It is an obtuse and non-intuitive application. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. JC Jason C. Manufacturing Process Technician Oil & Energy ### "Tons of features, Great customer service and support!" 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 8/10 November 14, 2017 Programming of complex parts for our CNC multiple axis machines. Pros You can program just about anything with the right licenses and plugins. Tons of features, and the customer service and support is great!!!. They have excellent response time, and I have never had an issue they could get me past. Cons It can be rather complex, especially doing some 5 axis stuff. Tons of features, equals tons of buttons. Can be overwhelming for the beginner, but the help files and support are great. 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. JD James D. Owner Consumer Goods ### "Spent over 7 months with ESPRIT CAM not making a successful part. Unproven post for the MULTUS." 1.0 Overall Rating 1.0 1.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 3.0 3.0 Customer Service 1.0 1.0 Likelihood to Recommend 0/10 June 29, 2016 CMS purchased a new 2015 OKUMA MULTUS B300 and CMS also purchased Esprit CAM software and (5) days on site training from DP Technology in July 2015. To date CMS has been unable to utilize the software as promised and advertised by DP. With DP's software producing faulty and unusable NC code, CMS has made numerous requests to correct the problem. Quickly we realized that DP / ESPRIT software was not a proven post and CMS refused to pay for more training until they fixed their post. DP / ESPRIT mantra is to constantly get the user to pay for more training ($7,300 a pop) so they can show up and fix a bad post. DP sent a technician on February 25th 2016 to only confirm that the software was creating NC code improperly with CMS's machine and making no solution available to the customer/CMS. Customer service offered by DP is shocking and very disappointing after the amount of money spent. ESPRIT constantly says its a training issue when we (CMS) have proved countless times its a bad post issue. We went to the expense of creating our own server to send video's and code for their tech's. If you call in every day with issues that need fixing as we did. We noticed that the problems that were fixed Monday and Tuesday came back when the Thursday and Friday fixes where complete. What does this mean? It means that you are not getting your post updated, what they are doing is always grabbing a basic post and making changes to it and not fixing yours and then handing your original post back to you. Your constantly getting a new post without the previous fixes that you submitted that you have already suffered through. So over 9 months of this CMS went to ESPRIT's main COMPETITOR, and purchased their CAM software with the same training and we purchased all the bells and whistles like before. In 72 HOURS CMS was making sell-able parts. Now remember CMS personal was constantly told by ESPRIT that we don't know what we are doing or talking about and that we need more training. Yet 72 HOURS later with the competition's CAM software CMS was making successful tool paths and successful parts. No more broken tools. No more over cuts from what we called (wild nc code) crazy maneuvers that did not show in the simulator in the office but showed on the MULTUS simulator. No more scanning thousands of lines of nc code ensuring that what is being sent to the MULTUS is not going to crash us. No more running the MULTUS at 2% not trusting what is going to happen next. Pros The software is good in the office at the desk. Looks good. Good options, but nothing super special like they hype it up to be. Cons Do not send ESPRIT nc code to the OKUMA MULTUS: We stopped the turret from quickly moving backwards into the sub spindle because ESPRIT had a default number as a starting point that was outside the number range of our Z travel. The turret was trying to backup over 120 inches in a cabinet that has less than 50 inches. Lathe direction spinning the wrong way per lathe tool need. Our favorite, watching the ESPRIT simulator run just fine in the office on the desktop and then sending it to the MULTUS only to watch a completely different outcome, (like moving from a action movie to a horror movie). Pulling out tons of lines of what we called (junk code) that ESPRIT puts in, spend 30 to 45mins pulling code out, that if left in throws errors. It wants to start working on the sub spindle when the raw stock is on the main spindle, yet in ESPRIT simulator it ran fine on the main spindle, (and in the software we verified that we selected main spindle). Being told that it is INDUSTRY STANDARD to spend 6 to 12 months aligning a post to a cnc machine, (Now that we switched to ESPRIT's competitor and in 72 hours had successful parts coming out of our machine that we could sell, that line is really funny) until I remember the costs, almost $50,000 shot out the window. Not to mention the damage with our clients and huge down time that ESPRIT is not concerned with. Review source Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication. ## Top-rated software of 2026 ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox. 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