Alibre Design
About Alibre Design
Alibre Design Pricing
Licenses are purchased, paid for one time, and can be used indefinitely. Optional yearly update and support packages are available.
Starting price:
$199.00 one time
Free trial:
Available
Free version:
Not Available
Most Helpful Reviews for Alibre Design
1 - 5 of 125 Reviews
Theodore (Ted) K..
Verified reviewer
Industrial Automation, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2020
Excellent CAD Software
Switching a product line for concept to manufacturing was so easy. New designs could not be easier. I can not wait to try Alibre out for Automation Design projects in the near future.
PROSExtremely easy to learn. Other than proprietary snag of Dimension Drawings of other similar CAD software, switching is easy, simply import the 3D object and re-create great dimension drawings for manufacturing and incorporate the changes/dimensions/GD&T with ease. From then on, updates and/or revisions of a part for manufacturing are so simple, it is amazing. I literally had a lot of fun learning Alibre Design Professional.
CONSRecreating the dimensional drawing for manufacturing was the only thing that I could find missing in converting from other similar software's. This is simply a proprietary matter period.
Reason for choosing Alibre Design
After trying out the 30 day trial, the choice was easy, go with Alibre Design Professional.
Reasons for switching to Alibre Design
Client Requirements.
Maurice
Farming, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2023
Alibre Design Used Extensively on our Farm
My overall experience with Alibre Design Expert has been great. We really like the Sheet Metal option. We have a Plasma and Press Brake in our Workshop and when we export DXF files to our shop machines the end products are exactly what we expected. No surprises.
PROSWe were looking for a 3D Modeling program to aid in the development of specialized farm equipment. I had many friends use solidworks and constantly complain about the cost. Solidworks for farmers if a very expensive option. After spending some time researching 3D Model programs we decided on Alibre Design. We have been using Alibre Expert for over 7 years. What I can say is that its a feature packed 3D modeling software that I know can compete with higher priced Solidworks. I have shown my engineering friends Alibre and they are amazed how powerful it is. The thing with Alibre is that its powerful and precise.
CONSComing from AutoDesk 2D to Alibre Design was a challenge. Alibre has developed a 800 plus page workbook that is excellent to learn on. There also is abundant YouTube videos that come available daily. I'm Still learning and improving my design skills. If I used it everyday I probably would have mastered it sooner.
Reason for choosing Alibre Design
Very Good value for the money spent. We also wanted to buy and own the product. We do pay the annual maintenance fee and therefore we keep getting the new in improved versions.
Reasons for switching to Alibre Design
Wanted to switch from 2D to 3D. Looked at many different programs but purchased Alibre Expert
Jason
Machinery, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
3
EASE OF USE
2
VALUE FOR MONEY
2
FUNCTIONALITY
2
Reviewed November 2023
Perhaps it will work for a hobbyists.
The Cons out-weigh the pros. The one pro being low cost. If decision were mine, I would be using Solid Works.
CONSUnder utilization of computer power and graphics cards. For all intents and purposes no ability whatsoever to manage project files, creating an impossible mess on your hard drive that you can't fix because it will break all of your assemblies and require hours of re-locating files in their new locations.
Reason for choosing Alibre Design
Management wanted a low cost product. Alibre is a low cost product.
Vendor Response
Thanks for your feedback, Jason. It sounds like your primary issue is the current lack of PDM for data management. While many businesses are using Alibre Design today without issue, certainly some have higher data management requirements. To that end, we've been busy making a fully native PDM solution set to launch early 2024. That solution will solve each of the data management challenges you list above, and more. It will have Where Used, versioning, roll back, check in / out, locking, easy moving / duplication / renaming of files without breaking anything, really robust searching, and a lot more. We're looking forward to the release since this has been requested a lot, and we're very excited to be able to solve this market need some of our customers are experiencing. We hope that after you are able to use it, you might reconsider your rating if you find it has solved your issue. Cheers, Max Freeman CEO | Alibre, LLC
Replied November 2023
Michel
Design, 1 employee
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed February 2024
An excellent and modern tool for those who care to create with pleasure.
I used Alibre for professionnal tasks to fabricate real products, tools and machines, and for my personnal pleasure to create and illustrate dream fantasies. It is an easy and affordable tool in this era of digital creativity.
PROSI am an old designer who worked on many cad programs like Autocad, Euclid, Applicon, Versacad, Solid Edge and of course Solidwork. I bought a licence for Alibre Expert in 2006 and upgraded to Professionnal in the same year. And I never left since then. I just feel home with Alibre.
CONSMany customers used to ask for Autocad drawings final as-build documents and translating Alibre 2D drawings to Autocad has always been complicated, and I agree that this problem is not easy to solve.
Reasons for switching to Alibre Design
The excellent price and performance ratio.
Martin
Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed September 2022
My experience with Alibre Design Expert
Alibre Design Expert has been very easy to learn. The commands are very intuitive. I can easily and quickly turn an idea into a 2D concept, then extrude or revolve it into a 3D model. The learning curve has been very quick. Any time I've had a technical question, Alibre support has responded quickly. This product is allowing me to design complex assemblies that my customers appreciate. I made a great investment, and strongly recommend maintaining the support option for periodic updates.
PROSThe biggest selling point for me was this was quality 3D CAD software I could own. I have used Solidworks, Creo, OnShape, and AutoCAD all of these packages are subscription. To own and maintain Alibre Design Expert is a fraction of the cost of those rental packages. I use my Alibre Design Expert software daily, I have been able to successfully model everything I used to do with the more expensive rental CAD packages.
CONSI have no complaints. I love the software, it serves me well.
Reason for choosing Alibre Design
For a small start up business, Solidworks, Creo, and AutoCad were completely out of my price range. I strongly considered OnShape, but it was a subscription. Alibre Design Expert allowed me to own this software.
Reasons for switching to Alibre Design
I am a small engineering consulting company. I have used Creo and Solidworks at my previous job. I was planning on purchasing a subscription to OnShape when exploring 3D packages I could actually own, I cam across Alibre. I used Alibre trial and put it through the paces. I was very happy with what I was able to accomplish. So I made a good investment in my business with Alibre Design Expert.
