A LIST OF ALL PCB DESIGN SOFTWARES AVAILABLE IN THE MARKET

In the vast market of PCB Design software, numerous options are available to choose from. 

However, gathering a comprehensive list of these software along with their pricing details in one convenient place can be quite challenging. 

Nonetheless, I have taken the initiative to conduct thorough online research, compiling all the relevant information into a single, easy-to-reference location for your convenience.

Commercial Softwares

Altium	~7000$
Altium Student	~99$
Circuit Studio	~495$
Cadence Orcad	~1500
Cadence Allegro	N/A
Mentor Pads PowerPCB	~9000$
Mentor Xpedition	N/A
Autodesk Eagle	100$ / 520$
Diptrace	75-995$
Zuken CR3000/8000	N/A
Proteus	~200-6000$
Pulsonix	N/A
EasyEDA	4.9-9.9$ pm
Easy-PC	300-500P
Ultiboard	~2500
SolidWorks	N/A
Circuit Wizard	69-89$
ED WinXP	N/A
Pantheon PCB (RF)	N/A

Free Softwares

KiCad

Autodesk Eagle Free Version

Altium Circuit Maker

EasyEDA

ExpressPCB

DesignSparkPCB

PCB Web

ZenitPCB

OsmondPCB

Fritzing

gplEDA

Bsch3V

PCB123

FreePCB

Pad2Pad

PCBArtist

PCB Creator

Design Software on Cloud

ORCAD

Upverter

Eyrie

EasyEDA

• Which PCB Design Software is the best?

Now the big question, when you have so many choices which one to choose. My advice is if you can afford, go for Altium Designer otherwise KiCad or Autodesk Eagle are the next best options.

One of the biggest reason I propose Altium is, it is very easy to use and it will improve your productivity significantly.

I can guarantee, you can compare it with other available softwares in the market. Also, if you see their last 3 year updates, all are focused on to improve the productivity and to empower engineers be more productive. Altium Designer allows engineers to focus on their design not to figure out how to implement design aspect using the tool. Just see their draftsman feature, interactive routing, etc. to start with.

Actually, you must try Altium to realize this fact.

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