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Altium Develop vs SolidWorks Premium Comparison (2026)

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Altium Develop

SolidWorks Premium

Overview

Engineering CAD software for electronics product development, enabling teams to manage PCB design data, schematics, layouts, component libraries, design reviews, and revision control in a connected cloud environment.

SolidWorks Premium is the leading 3D design solution in the industry. It seamlessly integrates powerful design tools-including industry-leading part, assembly, and drawing capabilities with built-in simulation, rendering, animation, product data management, and cost estimation. SolidWorks will help you get work done faster and easier than before, using innovative phases of product creation to achieve a more productive 3D design experience.

Platforms supported

Web-based
iPhone app
Android app
Windows Phone app

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Customer support

Phone
Online
Knowledge base
Video tutorials

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Platforms supported

Web-based
iPhone app
Android app
Windows Phone app

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Customer support

Phone
Online
Knowledge base
Video tutorials

view more detailsview details

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Pricing

Starting from

1990

/user

Per year

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

Starting from

Free

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

User reviews

4.6

182

118

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

87%

would recommend this app

4.6

760

518

215

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

82%

would recommend this app

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.”

Fatih N.

Embedded hardware engineer

“Unlike traditional design environments that rely on file-based sharing and manual version control, Altium 365 allows real-time access and editing of PCB projects from anywhere.”

Bethlehem D.

Electronic Engineer

“I like Altium 365 feature of automatic Bill of Materials (BOM) generation, I also liked the interactive web based design viewing and storage capability of Altium 365”

Binyam H.

Electromechanical Engineer

Pros

“The software feels stuck in the classic Innovator's Dilemma—protecting its installed base and steadily raising prices while delivering minimal new value. If re-learning was not such a massive barrier, I would actively switch to a more progressive CAD platform that includes PDM for free.”

Mark M.

Automation Engineer

“This is a very intuitive software that allows for suppressing components within the assembly FEA that you want to exclude from analysis, change remote loadings, and much more!”

Vincent M.

Project Engineer, Team Lead

“SolidWorks Premium is THE best software for creating manufacturing/process blue-prints efficiently and it is also a great tool to extract GD&T and PMI data from a 3D model.”

Cody C.

Executive Director of Operations

Cons

“The thing I liked the least is that availability of free resources to learn the tool is not abundant”

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Mahmut Ç.

Senior electronic hardware design engineer

“I feel that it is sometimes unclear how the projects in the cloud are connected to the local copy of the project. And because of that, I feel discouraged to use the functionality, being afraid to mess up the project structure or the project files either in the cloud or on the local machine.”

Saulius S.

Electronics engineer

“Furthermore, its dependence on a reliable internet connection for cloud access can lead to performance issues if the connection is unstable.”

Abrham D.

Electrical and computer Engineer

Cons

“Its cost is high,especially for small business, students, or startups.large or complex assemblies can sometime lead to performance issues.”

Deepak C.

Mechanical Design Engineer

“Maybe when they make the next release even worse -- more unreliable, or when I lose more files, I will make the switch.”

Mark M.

Automation Engineer

“The average laptop with 8-16GB RAM does underperform, and the experience is noticeably degraded when even a browser tab or text document was open, a task I feel it should not struggle with.”

Thomas B.

Media team lead