Compare the Top On-Premises PCB Design Software as of December 2025

What is On-Premises PCB Design Software?

PCB design software is software used for designing and laying out circuit boards. It allows users to quickly create and modify electrical components, as well as simulate potential designs. In addition, the software can be used to generate models and images of PCBs that can be shared with colleagues or printed for physical hardware manufacture. PCB design software offers an intuitive graphical user interface which makes it easy to learn even for non-technical users. Some of the features include auto-routers, track editing tools, control over component placement, 3D visualizations, and fabrication output formats. Compare and read user reviews of the best On-Premises PCB Design software currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.

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    Altium Develop
    Altium Develop is a multidisciplinary product creation platform that breaks down silos and empowers teams to design collaboratively without limits. Built on Altium Designer and Altium 365, it unifies electrical, mechanical, software, sourcing, and manufacturing teams in a shared environment. Every comment, change, and decision is captured in real time, giving collaborators visibility without the need for constant check-ins. The platform enhances project outcomes by aligning requirements, supply chain data, and design context in one ecosystem. Manufacturing engineers and suppliers can provide feedback early, avoiding costly rework and delays. By transforming collaboration into true co-creation, Altium Develop helps organizations innovate faster, smarter, and with greater alignment across disciplines.
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    Starting Price: 995/year/author
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    OrCAD X

    OrCAD X

    Cadence Design Systems

    OrCADยฎ X is a unified PCB design software platform that offers significant improvements in ease of use, performance, automation, data management, and collaboration. Our cloud-enabled product suite contains applications for schematic, simulation, and PCB layout. OrCAD X Capture is one of the most widely used schematic design solutions for the creation and documentation of electrical circuits. PSpiceยฎ is our virtual SPICE simulation environment integrated within Capture that allows you to prototype your designs using the industry-leading, native analog, mixed-signal, and advanced analysis engines to deliver a complete circuit simulation and verification solution. Our two PCB layout environments, OrCAD X PCB Editor and OrCAD X Presto, allow designers to easily collaborate between ECAD/MCAD teams and build better PCBs faster. OrCAD X Presto is a new user-friendly option offering a simpler interface for quick-turn PCB design.
    Starting Price: $107 USD/month
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    BQR

    BQR

    BQR Reliability Engineering

    ๐—”๐—œ-๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐—•๐—ค๐—ฅโ€™๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€. ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜†๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€: ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐—ป๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜†๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ง๐— : streamlines PCB design with de-rating & MTBF prediction. ๐—–๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ธ๐—ง๐— : verifies multi-PCB systems for errors & overstress. ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ซ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ยฎ: predicts component lifespan with de-rating, thermal & stress analysis. ๐—–๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜ยฎ: assesses reliability, availability, maintainability & safety. ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ฟยฎ: optimizes maintenance & logistics.
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    Allegro X Design Platform

    Allegro X Design Platform

    Cadence Design Systems

    The Cadence Allegro X Design Platform is the ultimate solution for navigating modern electronic complexities that help support your diverse PCB design needs. As a full-stack engineering platform, it provides a scalable and highly integrated environment for multi-board electronic system design. Allegro X ensures that your global teams can effectively and concurrently collaborate to minimize project risks, lower production costs, and ensure design compliance and standards are met. Electrical engineers and PCB designers can make data-driven decisions with access to constraints and integrated analysis workflows reducing turnaround time while ensuring product reliability, manufacturing, and first pass success.
    Starting Price: Available Upon Request
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