Inventor vs Onshape
User Ratings & Reviews
Reviews are generated by real users. When reviewing a product, users are asked to assess the product’s overall quality, which includes assigning specific ratings for ease of use, value for money, customer support, and functionality.
Ease-of-Use
4.2 / 5
4.5 / 5
Value for Money
4 / 5
4.5 / 5
Customer Support
4.1 / 5
4.6 / 5
Functionality
4.5 / 5
4.1 / 5
Last Review Written
August 30, 2024
April 27, 2024
Pros/Cons
Pros
- The price, for education, is great. Also, I am very impressed with the user interface and the ease of use.
- It has a great ability to adapt to the tastes of people as you can customize the interface as well as its tools having the ability to customize the packages.
- ILogic is amazing, it's like having a programming language built into Inventor, a powerful way to automate some parts of design and fabrication.
Cons
- Premade projects are difficult to introduce to beginner students. Having to send all part files with assembly makes sharing assemblies between teacher and students very difficult.
- Too many features, some of them are hard to find. With everything that this program can do I understand making every function noticable is impossible but I did google a few "How-Tos.
- So if you insert 100 Identical components, it’s gonna take you forever to constrain them in your assembly. Also there is no assembly mirror that associative.
Pros
- Great alternative to more expensive platforms and it is rewarding to be a part of a growing and responsive new software that shakes up the industry.
- 3 week feature updates are great the the community support/ customer service is also excellent. Very impressive product.
- The ability to design and produce complex 3D printed objects that fit together perfectly. Also the ability to visualize assemblies and make modifications before they are produced.
Cons
- Also the downside to it being a cloud CAD product is the lack of offline caching which means models need to constantly be reloaded when experiencing poor connectivity issues.
- These tools are very common in other industrial CAD softwares and I was very disappointed that Onshape did not provide these services.
- The lack of private projects with free accounts is also a bummer, but not a major issue by any means.
Pricing
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Product Demo & Screenshots
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Additional Info
Ideal Customer Size
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Medium
Large
Small
Medium
Large
Deployments
Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
Desktop - Mac
Desktop - Windows
Desktop - Linux
Desktop - Chromebook
On-Premise - Windows
On-Premise - Linux
Mobile - Android
Mobile - iPhone
Mobile - iPad
Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
Desktop - Mac
Desktop - Windows
Desktop - Linux
Desktop - Chromebook
On-Premise - Windows
On-Premise - Linux
Mobile - Android
Mobile - iPhone
Mobile - iPad
Support and Training
Support
Email/Help Desk
FAQs/Forum
Knowledge Base
Phone Support
24/7 (Live Rep)
Chat
Email/Help Desk
FAQs/Forum
Knowledge Base
Phone Support
24/7 (Live Rep)
Chat
Training
In Person
Live Online
Webinars
Documentation
Videos
In Person
Live Online
Webinars
Documentation
Videos
