aPriori 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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aPriori

4.4

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About aPriori

aPriori is a platform with embedded product design and manufacturing intelligence that assists with manufacturing’s digital transformation. The tool connects, virtually, every aspect of the manufacturing process. aPriori gives users the critical insights they need to meet and exceed business objectives.

aPriori's aP Professional helps design and manufacturing teams around the globe create products and get actionable insights to improve manufacturability at every stage of the product lifecycle. Users can simply upload the CAD files into aP Pro and the digital factories will run a detailed simulation of the manufacturing process in a fraction of the time it takes with manual calculation methods. It helps develop innovative new products that meet or exceed customer requirements while at the same time improving the product profitability. aP Design allows designers to upload and evaluate design variants and different material, process and sourcing options. Users can build comparisons and publish the best options for review with the broader team. The design engineer can access the application which connects to a scalable and cloud-based set of costing, visualization, reporting and admin...

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aPriori Features

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Workflow Management
More features of aPriori
Ad hoc Analysis
API
Automated Quoting
Bills of Material
Cost Tracking
Customization
Design Analysis
Design Management
Estimating
Inventory Management
Pricing and Cost Calculations
Product Data Management
Production Management
Product Lifecycle Management
Project Management
Quality Control
Reporting/Analytics
Rules-Based Workflow
Sourcing Management
Supply Chain Management
Sustainability Management
Template Management
Traceability

aPriori User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.4

Ratings Breakdown

52%

41%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.2

Value for money

4.0

Customer support

4.4

Functionality

4.4

David R.

Verified reviewer

Electrical/ Electronic Manufacturing

1001-5000 employees

Used monthly for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed November 2023

A great product

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Best at calculating environmental impact

Cons:

Lacks some integration but was able to find a work around

Mani G.

Verified reviewer

Consumer Goods

10000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed August 2022

Few observation , as we are inducted into CLOUD environments

Good cost structures and new capabilities added . ( but not sufficient for Consumer durable and FMCG companies driving cost pressure through your tools )

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Very good features on cost analysis , ready to use Good to use for our costing purpose , but more process capabilities need to be build in system

Cons:

Need more focused approach required on your library management for every region specific , cannot same for all . Also frequent MHR updates and RM price updates from renown company with different price structure to consider based on the spend analysis of the company.

Reasons for choosing aPriori

Data management, ease of tools and user friendly

Narendran D.

Verified reviewer

Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

10000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed March 2019

Costing suits to every Organization

Simple , Agile, On the Fly Costing

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Previously 4

Functionality

Previously 5

Pros:

1. Software helps to link all the platform available i.e ERP, CFD, SAP system 2. Mode FRONTIER is another that helps to do costing for various parameters thereby helping in achieving the best optimize cost for the required parameter 3. Target Costing/ Value Tracking report helps in the New Product Development 4. Cost Insight design/reporting is another positivity for aPriori which helps to visualize for the business meeting and cost outlier analysis etc..

Cons:

Required good server for the Speed in the costing the parts but aPriori has solution where they are bringing in the Web-Based Costing in near future

Alejandro L.

Automotive

10000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed November 2021

A good software with potential but if their focus are the designers they must improve.

It is a great software but with a lot of details to be polished. One of the main CONS has been to be moved from the desktop version which worked really well to the current cloud version... the change was extremely painful mainly for someone like (design engineer focusing on DFM & DTC) me who are used to work with several simulation tools. The cloud version works slower and you can have only one session running at the same time (before I was used to have 2-3 sessions in parallel working on different projects) and good look when you need to work with heavy weight parts like perforated parts or parts with repetitive patterns. Before those parts were possible to be quoted running during some hours but now after some hours you will be disconnected by from the amazon server...

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

In general the possibility to work with a lot of different of manufacturing process for sheet metal (although being honest there are some that are missing...).

Cons:

As an advanced user of aPriori Professional in my organization I can say that a lot of feature are not fully clear at all.

Praveera T.

Verified reviewer

Consumer Goods

10000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed November 2021

Powerful

The tool gives an edge to over other tools in the Product Cost Management. Helps to reduce the cost, optimize the design and bring down the time to RFQ process

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The Product is easy to use. The UI is very crisp. The out of the box software covers all the major commodity manufacturing processes. The team in aPriori constantly enhances the capability through version upgrades. The database is also very vast, Covering more than 75 regional libraries for Labor, Material and Machine data. The best part is the ability to customize the process logic and data. aPriori comes with its own scripting language where one can modify/add logic or rules in the backend which can replicate the particular methodology of manufacturing a component. Similarly adding labor, machine and material data. Other features like Design to Cost(DtC) to optimize the design , Cost Insight Reports to get the different analytical reports to costed part, CAD plugins to start the tool directly from any CAD tools make this tool right pick for OEMs to effectively cut down their product cost.

Cons:

The tool sometimes takes longer time to cost a component, lags while connecting to server. This will get worse as the complexity increases.But this can be resolved by moving to Cloud. Some of the other things are logics & data are generic and based on the type of industry you may need to customize the tool.

Gimble X.

Verified reviewer

Consumer Electronics

5001-10000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed November 2020

Powerful cost tool for physical parts cost analysis

It helps us deliver product leadership. For the NPI project, we have high confidence when negotiating with the supplier for the low-cost delivery. For existing products, we use this costing tool for apple_to_apple comparison between our product and competitor and then generate cost-saving ideas from a design perspective.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

This software is an excellent cost tool with the cost evaluation capability for not only CAD models but also physical parts. Based on five_year end-user experience, the user guide costing function module has sufficient flexibility and allow the users to develop and customize the process routing in term of specific products. Also, the bulk costing function does help us to proceed with the batch part costing analysis in high efficiency. We always need to conduct the costing for the condenser, evaporator, motor that is fabricated with many stamping and tube parts with complicated assembly operation inclusion. For these components, there is no standard template in the cost tool. So we develop the cost models with user-guided costing methodology and integrated with bulk cost function to conduct these assemblies cost, following this approach, we deliver very high-quality cost data with significant time_consumtion eventually.

Cons:

From my practice, I think a simple GUI is needed to have the filter capability to quickly select or pick secondary processes based on process group and material selected.

Syed s.

Verified reviewer

Oil & Energy

10000+ employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2023

Best software for Cost estimation/Should costing

Overall, i'm happy using the aPriori for our should cost analysis which has helped me and my team extensively in negotiation with suppliers

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The features with respect to process routings and region wise data (MHR, labor rates etc.,)

Cons:

Data refresh time needs to altered per market analysis trends (Not more than 4 months)

Anabel C.

Verified reviewer

Oil & Energy

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed November 2021

aPriori Software Review

- I've been using the tool for almost 3 years and I've learned a lot about metal-mechanic manufacturing. - The aPriori support team is always open for help. - The regional database is accurate and receives up-to-date information.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

We've been using the software aPriori in my department for 3+ years helping the supply chain in cost reduction projects. It is a reliable tool and accurate at process groups such as stock machining, sheet metal, and 2-Model Machining. We have accomplished some successful cases with products ending in cost reduction negotiation. It is primordial to work together in order to get beneficial results.

Cons:

The learning curve can be slow at the beginning but once you get familiar with the modules and know how to move around you'll get better and will get optimal input from the software. What I like least: the welding tool selection, the measurement tool, and secondary process availability.

Tonni R.

Verified reviewer

Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

10000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Reviewed November 2020

aPriori, a major cost saving contributor within Sorucing and Design to Cost

aPriori is a great tool in our company and supports our Product Management Process in a great way, within our Engineering organization with the Design to Cost capabilities, where it creates transparence and identifies cost savings and cost avoidance. And for Sourcing it provides strong arguments for fact-based negotiations, and challenge suppliers with price increase requests

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

The level of details, that is possible to drill down to. Showing exactly the impact on the full price when simulating with specific cost elements in the cost break down Furthermore a highly transparent and very easy to use interface, and a very quick cost guide with input of only a few mandatory and vital informations - which leads to a first price indication within just a few minutes. Very strong convincing tool for fact-based negotiations with suppliers, being able also to establish an open book, along the discussions of individual cost drivers

Cons:

Generally I du not have any. But in some cases for advanced users, a broader tool selection within machining cost models could be nice

David A.

Verified reviewer

Maritime

51-200 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed September 2023

Product engineer

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Being able to compare the design against industry standards and correct the design.

Cons:

The difficulty of using the 2-model machining, and understanding parting lines the program chooses. The lack of machining tooling with optional machines.

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