AutoCAD LT 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

AutoCAD LT

4.6

(225)

Pricing

Starting at $60.00 per month

About AutoCAD LT

AutoCAD LT is a 2D drafting and drawing software. It allows personalization, one-on-one phone support and remote desk assistance. It includes specialized tools such as an AutoCAD web app and an AutoCAD mobile app.

AutoCAD LT's key features include DWG compare, save-to-web and mobile, 2D graphics, shared view, visual user interface and PDF import. Features related to user interaction include ribbon tabs and panels, tool palettes, command lines, dynamic blocks and multi-functional grips. AutoCAD LT’s 2D drafting, drawing and annotation features include text, smart dimensions, leaders, layouts, data linking, fields, revision clouds, layout viewpoints and more.

Additionally, it also offers collaboration, installation and customization. AutoCAD LT is available for iOS, Android and Windows phones. Subscription for Windows and Mac is available on a monthly subscription basis, and support is extended via phone and online help desk.

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AutoCAD LT Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $60.00 per month

Free Trial

Free Version

Subscription

$60.00

flat rate, per month

Plan includes:

Blocks Palette
Cloud Storage Connectivity
Count; Trace; Share; Push to Autodesk Docs
Drawing History
Floating Windows
Performance Enhancements
Quick Measure
User Interface
Xref Compare

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AutoCAD LT Features

Popular features found in Engineering CAD
2D Drawing
3D Imaging
Collaboration Tools
Data Import/Export
Data Visualization
Design Analysis
Design Management
Document Management
Presentation Tools
Version Control
More features of AutoCAD LT
Annotations
CAD Tools
Change Management
Design Modeling
Drafting
Electrical
Manufacturing Design Data
Reporting/Analytics
Scheduling

AutoCAD LT User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.6

Ratings Breakdown

64%

30%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.2

Value for money

4.1

Customer support

4.2

Functionality

4.5

Guellord I.

Verified reviewer

Graphic Design

2-10 employees

Used monthly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2023

My sketch

I've saved a lot of time working with autocad, since I've been using this tool there's a lot more precision in my drawing work, down to the smallest detail.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

it's a powerful and highly recommended tool, thanks to its intuitive workspace and time-saving precision controls.

Cons:

it's a scary tool to use for the first time, because it contains a lot of commands and buttons, and when you're a beginner you need a lot of practice to understand its automation principle.

Reasons for choosing AutoCAD LT

this tool features many more functionalities dedicated to 2D and 3D drawing, and its drawings are precise.

Jack P.

Verified reviewer

Food Production

501-1000 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2026

Perfect for Site Maps

Overall this software is very powerful and great for managing site drawings at a very detailed level. Even for potential project work, less detailed drawings can be taken and formed as proof of concept with minimal dimensions which can be very handy for project feasability studies.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Layers feature - on complex site drawings, having the ability the add drawings onto seperate layers means you can individually edit/turn then off to shoe exactly what is needed at the time. For example you can show just the 'Drainage' layer of required.

Cons:

There is a raft of line settings such as colour/weight which can be locked with global/local settings or imported from previous drawings which can easily get muddled and complicated - many times I have been trying to change a line weighting only to find it is locked via a layer setting.

Reasons for choosing AutoCAD LT

SketchUp does not have the level of detail available and is more for 3D general modelling.

Mike D.

Verified reviewer

Construction

51-200 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2021

Great Option for lower budgets

Previously 4

I use AutoCAD LT to quickly assess floorplans and to do test fits of new tenant spaces to confirm that we can meet their needs

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Previously 5

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Previously 4

Pros:

AutoCAD LT offers many of the features of AutoCAD, but at a fraction of the price. The Autodesk Desktop App makes managing installs and deployment easy across our organization.

Cons:

AutoCAD LT sacrifices a few features around BIM and 3D that you would find in AutoCAD

Verified

Reviewer

Information Technology and Services

2-10 employees

Used monthly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2025

Good Software with Precision and Accuracy

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Really great application for architectural drawings and visualizing objects in 3D view, Accuracy is on point, we can draw precise drawings are true to scale as well

Cons:

Very very costly, and functions are quite complex to understand as a beginner. Rendering takes time depending on system capability. Maybe AI could be implemented in further versions for better functionality

Reasons for switching to AutoCAD LT

Better suited to the work that i did for my engineering

Orlando L.

Verified reviewer

Renewables & Environment

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed September 2020

It's the standard because it's better

We have saved a lot of time with AutoCAD LT with the constant use of library functions. The speed of the program is great, it's faster than all the other programs we've used in the past.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

AutoCAD LT offers features that other similar alternatives does not offer. It permits to have an extensive library of already drawn items. Instead of copying and pasting from previous drawings, we can draw it once, save it in the library and call on it whenever we like.

Cons:

With all great things there is usually a cons list, but for now the only con we've seen is the unfortunate trend of companies "forcing" to purchase an annual subscription to the product. Don't get me wrong, Autodesk offers a permanent licence but at a pretty steep cost. It may eventually be cost-effective, but with all the new features, bug fixes and incompatibility issues that arise with every new release, we are "forced" or lured to take the path of an annual subscription. But we are living in 2020, and like in The Mandalorian: "This is the way!".

Reasons for choosing AutoCAD LT

While testing AutoCAD LT it proved to us why it was best, it's faster, easier to use and modern-looking.

Reasons for switching to AutoCAD LT

We needed to find a program that helped us work faster.

Verified

Reviewer

Civil Engineering

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2021

Drawing program

It is an application that I can quickly model an easy 2 dimensional object. I can access this model I designed on the web and mobile.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Provides the opportunity to create 2D drawings with easy-to-use drawing tools; It is software that supports desktop, web and mobile applications. It gives the user the chance to make 2D drawings very quickly.

Cons:

It cannot perform 3D modeling and visualization processes. It cannot perform the creation of images (render output) with lighting, materials and visual styles.

Reasons for switching to AutoCAD LT

Because the models we have made are no longer sufficient in 2D.

Carlos C.

Verified reviewer

Civil Engineering

51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2021

It is worth the price and can be used for low level of detail drawings

We had one new employee and we purchased this software for him to help us with basic detail drawings and corrections.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

That it can be implemented rapidly and it has just the basic features, enough to do the job.

Cons:

I consider that 3D models could at least be opened and be viewed.

Reasons for choosing AutoCAD LT

Because of the price and the 1 year version that can be bought.

Reasons for switching to AutoCAD LT

Because the whole package we were already using was from Autodesk.

Ben M.

Verified reviewer

Construction

10000+ employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2021

Free to use read only CAD software

This has been a huge cost saving item for our company. For years we were battling with users opening AutoCAD just to view a CAD drawing (read only) for a few minutes, then closing it. that used up a licence token, which costs us money. Following quite a large scale roll out of AutoCAD LT, now only the users who need to edit the drawings have access to the AutoCAD - the rest have AutoCAD LT.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

To be frank, the best feature of AutoCAD LT is that we can use it for free. Unlike AutoCAD itself, AutoCAD LT (for us at least) does not use up tokens on our flex licencing model. This has been a huge cost saving feature for our company, as many users only required read only access to CAD drawings and files.

Cons:

The only down side to AutoCAD LT for us is that it still needs to be packaged and rolled out to our users with the licence server details included, even though it does not use any of our licence tokens. This does mean a little extra work for our software packaging team, as if we could just send the users a link to download themselves, that would be easier.

Reasons for switching to AutoCAD LT

This version is free to use for read only viewing of CAD drawings

Verified

Reviewer

Civil Engineering

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed August 2019

Great way to improve your drafting process!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The software is easy to use, works very well with multiple open windows.

Cons:

I use it daily and I don't have any problem. Totally worth its price.

Reasons for switching to AutoCAD LT

Autocad files are most compatible with other apps.

Josh H.

Verified reviewer

Design

201-500 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed April 2025

One line is all you need.

I use it almost daily and I don't really know of any other product or competitor that can compete at the Autodesk level unless you are looking for like pretty pictures. CAD will get the job done and very easy to use.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Doesn't have really any differences from the 2D other AutoCAD software.

Cons:

Not a knock on this, but AutoCAD does run into issues when the new year software comes out. I have used CAD in some format for close to 15yrs.

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