--- description: Discover the benefits and disadvantages of Altium Develop. Learn the software price, see the description, and read the most helpful reviews for UK business users. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: Altium Develop Pricing, Cost & Reviews - Capterra UK 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [Engineering CAD Software](/directory/30556/engineering-cad/software) > [Altium Develop](/software/175058/altium-designer) # Altium Develop Canonical: https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/175058/altium-designer Page: 1 / 9\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/175058/altium-designer?page=2) > Altium Develop unifies teams across design and manufacturing, enabling real-time collaboration and faster innovation. > > Verdict: Rated **4.6/5** by 181 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses Altium Develop? Altium Develop is built for developers, IT teams, and enterprises needing to integrate, customize, and extend product design and collaboration workflows. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.6/5** | 181 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Altium - **Founded**: 1985 ## Commercial Context - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Windows (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise) - **Supported Languages**: English - **Available Countries**: Albania, Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Ecuador, Estonia, Falkland Islands and 51 more ## Features - 2D Drawing - 3D Imaging - CAD Tools - Collaboration Tools - Data Import/Export - Design Analysis - Design Management - Document Management - Manufacturing Design Data ## Integrations (1 total) - Altium Develop ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - Chat ## Category - [Engineering CAD Software](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/30556/engineering-cad/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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[CATIA](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/100453/catia) — 4.6/5 (223 reviews) ## Reviews ### "Altium Designer - ATaggart Review" — 5.0/5 > **Andrew** | *11 December 2024* | Medical Devices | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Ease of design process Project management > > **Cons**: Takes a long time to load the program from startup ----- ### "Features of Altium 365" — 5.0/5 > **Amanuel** | *3 August 2024* | Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: I like Altium 365 as it creates Bill of materials automatically and it support various foramats for import and export of files. Also its cloud based collaboration is great feature. > > **Cons**: The features are somehow hard to learn as a beginner and it would be great if there are more online resources. > > I'm grateful using Altium 365. It gas been about more than a year since I started using it and it helped me a lot. ----- ### "Altium 365, a must to use tool" — 4.0/5 > **Abdi** | *21 July 2024* | Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: I like its cloud based collaboration and its support for import and export of documents in various formats. Its automatic generation of Bill of Material is also a great feature of Altium 365. > > **Cons**: For beginners some of its features might not be user friendly, it is hard to start with as there are not much online resources to learn the tool. It would be great if more documentations and online videos made available. > > I am happy about my overall experience using Altium 365.It made my academic and professional journey quite easy. It helped me a lot and I recommend everyone in the field of electronics to use Altium 365. ----- ### "Altium 365: A tool every hardware designer should know" — 5.0/5 > **Fatih** | *5 June 2025* | Aviation & Aerospace | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **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. It brought true cloud-based hardware design to our workflow. > > **Cons**: What I liked the least about Altium 365 is that it is hard to learn the full functionalities. While the platform is powerful, setting up permissions and navigating between design, BOM, and documentation tools could feel overwhelming at first without proper training. > > Overall Altium 365 is a great tool and everyone in the field of hardware design should use it. It helped me starting from my academics projects and now for professional projects. ----- ### "If they can solve tech support responsiveness issues, this is a great tool" — 3.0/5 > **Doug** | *10 December 2024* | Industrial Automation | Recommendation rating: 4.0/10 > > **Pros**: Industry acceptance, good integration, active BOM feature > > **Cons**: Tech support responsiveness has been abysmal > > All good except tech support is slower than I've ever experienced. ----- Page: 1 / 9\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/175058/altium-designer?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/175058/altium-designer) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-AR | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-CR | | | es-DO | | | es-EC | | | es-MX | | | es-PA | | | es-PE | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | | it | | | ja | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | | pt | | | pt-PT | | | sv | | ----- ## Structured Data