Altium Designer
Professional PCB design software covering schematic capture, PCB layout, and component and data management for electronics products.
What it does and how it connects
Altium Designer is professional PCB design software covering schematic capture, PCB layout, and component and data management. The product page presents it as the engine powering three platform solutions: Altium Develop, Altium Agile Teams, and Altium Agile Enterprise.
The page states Altium Designer has powered PCB design innovation for over 40 years, with 30,000 plus businesses, 60,000 plus subscribers, and 100,000 plus professional engineers. It also notes certification pathways in partnership with IPC by Global Electronics Association, and community support through the Altium forum.
Altium positions Designer as the tool of choice for PCB designers worldwide, and links review profiles on G2, Capterra, and GetApp, though no individual review was read for this page.
Alternatives
Compare side by side- KiCad
KiCad is a free, open-source electronics design suite with a schematic editor, PCB layout editor, integrated SPICE simulation, and a 3D viewer.
- Cadence OrCAD/Allegro
OrCAD X is a comprehensive, AI-enabled PCB design platform from Cadence for small to medium-sized businesses, with Allegro X for complex boards.
- EasyEDA
EasyEDA is a web-based EDA platform with schematic capture, PCB design, circuit simulation, large free component libraries, and one-click PCB ordering.
- Autodesk Eagle
EAGLE was a PCB design tool for schematic capture and board layout; Autodesk ended its sale and support on June 7, 2026, and its page now routes to Fusion.
- eda-agent
eda-agent is an MCP server that lets AI agents read and modify a live Altium Designer session through a DelphiScript bridge, rather than the CAD software itself.
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Last verified November 6, 2026. Listings are informational. The evidence score measures public, verifiable evidence and is not an endorsement or a compatibility claim.