Altium Designer
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Plans and prices
From Altium Designer's own pricing page, checked 9 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Altium Designer 25 | $460 a month | Price shown as a starting rate; plan details not stated on the opened page · Starting at USD 460/month |
The facts
Each one read from Altium Designer's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Collaboration
- Paired with Altium 365 applications, Altium Designer supports collaboration and simultaneous work on different parts of one PCB.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Data management
- Altium Designer with Altium 365 provides version-controlled project history and visual comparisons of schematics, layouts, BOMs, and Gerbers.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The product page presents Altium Designer for professional PCB projects ranging from basic circuits to complex systems, including avionics.checked 9 Oct 2026
- License requirement
- On-Demand licensing requires signing in to an Altium Account and internet access to the Altium Portal; a roamed seat can be used offline for its specified period.checked 9 Oct 2026
- MCAD integration
- Altium says its ECAD-MCAD integrations include SOLIDWORKS, PTC Creo, Autodesk Inventor, Fusion 360, and Siemens NX.checked 9 Oct 2026
- PLM integration
- Altium 365 Workspace supports configurable PLM integration with Windchill, Arena, Oracle Agile, Aras Innovator, and Siemens Teamcenter, with additional setup for Teamcenter.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Altium Designer is an integrated electronics design tool covering schematic capture, PCB layout, simulation, and analysis.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Routing and complexity
- Features include interactive routing, constraint management, HDI, rigid-flex, multi-board, and harness design.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Security and trust
- Altium's Trust Center provides information on security, reliability, privacy, compliance, and its vulnerability disclosure program.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Simulation
- The product supports SPICE simulation, power issue resolution, and signal integrity analysis.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Supply chain
- The product provides real-time component pricing, availability, and risk information from supply chain data providers.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Support
- Altium lists documentation, a knowledge base, ticketed support cases, training, and community forums as support resources.checked 9 Oct 2026
- Unified workflow
- The unified design environment supports electronic designs from schematic capture through design documentation and manufacturing files.checked 9 Oct 2026
Money
- Free trial
- The product page offers a free trial with immediate full-feature access.checked 9 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Platform
- An Altium comparison page lists Windows 10 and newer as supported and says macOS and Linux are not supported.checked 9 Oct 2026
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