PTC Mathcad 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

PTC Mathcad

4.4

(11)

Pricing

Starting at $818.00 per year

About PTC Mathcad

PTC Mathcad is an on-premise solution that enables engineers to solve, edit, analyze and record mathematical calculations via a unified portal. The platform allows users to perform accurate calculations and handle intellectual property rights and traceability.

PTC Mathcad offers a host of features such as trigonometric/algebraic functions and operators, spell check, worksheet converter, document management and more. Additionally, teams can manage standard engineering operations using predefined templates and export worksheets into PDF.

PTC Mathcad is available on annual subscriptions and support is provided via email and chat.

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PTC Mathcad Pricing and Plans

Starting price: $818.00 per year

Free Trial

Free Version

Mathcad Prime Professional (Locked License)

$818.00

per user, per year

No plan information available

Mathcad Prime Professional (Floating License)

$2,400.00

per year

No plan information available

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PTC Mathcad 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 PTC Mathcad
Annotations
API
Civil
Configuration Management
Customizable Fields
Customizable Templates
Data Capture and Transfer
Document Generation
Drag & Drop
Electrical
Mechanical
Multivariate Analysis
Projections
Project Templates
Regression Analysis
Statistical Analysis
Statistical Simulation
Third-Party Integrations
Time Series Analysis

PTC Mathcad Integrations

Microsoft Excel

Windchill

Creo

Microsoft Word

PTC Mathcad User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.4

Ratings Breakdown

64%

27%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.3

Value for money

4.1

Customer support

4.2

Functionality

4.1

Muhammad K.

Verified reviewer

Civil Engineering

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2022

PTC Mathcad A program for every engineer

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

PTC Mathcad is extremely simple and easy to use. Everyone can learn Mathcad without any extensive training or courses. The layout is simple and effective. The program is fast and reliable. Everyone should use this program for daily engineering calculations to save time and avoid errors.

Cons:

PTC Mathcad lack in customised units. The software works well only when units are matching with the units that are stored in Mathcad library. There should an option added in the program to add customised units.

Vendor Response

Hi Muhammad! Thank you for the positive review! We're happy that you love using PTC Mathcad! Regarding custom units, you can define your own custom units (documented https://support.ptc.com/help/mathcad/r8.0/en/index.html#page/PTC_Mathcad_Help/defining_units_and_unit_functions.html#wwID0ESSIGB or here in video form https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnOhPdu-NKQ ); if you would like to make units based off a unit system not in the product, please submit a feature request.

Replied June 2022

Verified

Reviewer

Civil Engineering

51-200 employees

Used monthly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed December 2022

Nice for formatting but I still prefer excel

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

The format in which the calculations come are consistent

Cons:

It lacks a lot of functionalities that excel gives like linking cells

Reasons for switching to PTC Mathcad

My manager wanted me to learn Mathcad but I am not a fan

Vendor Response

Thank you for your review. We are sorry to hear that you still prefer Excel to Mathcad for engineering calculations. With regards to linking cells (and most other relevant calculation areas), Mathcad Prime absolutely has Excel-esque capabilities, if not better. You can use the Definition operator to define variables or functions, and you can then use that definition across your worksheet, much like a linked cell in Excel. When you change the value of a definition, that change propagates to everywhere else the definition is used. In addition, you can reference other worksheets' definitions by using Mathcad's Include Worksheet feature, which is akin to how to link cells between different Excel worksheets. With regards to other lacking functionality, please request that missing functionality on the PTC Community Mathcad Ideas board so our team can document it and implement it to make Mathcad Prime a better product to serve your needs. Again, thank you for your review.

Replied December 2022

Jan R.

Verified reviewer

Electrical/ Electronic Manufacturing

201-500 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed January 2022

PTC - The Ruination of Mathcad

PTC has ruined one of the best programs ever. There was a substitute of sorts, the Svientific Notebook program. However, that company went out of business in 2021.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Mathcad under Mathsoft was the engineers friend.

Cons:

Since PTC acquired Mathsoft, users have endured forced upgrades, incompatible legacy worksheets, and outrageous price hikes.

Dhaval M.

Verified reviewer

Defense & Space

10000+ employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed March 2025

Mathcad is a very convenient calculator and workspace.

Overall, I love using Mathcad for my basic calculation tasks at work, as well as at home. This calculator is very convenient with its easy to use screen. The layout is clear, and I can also use the help menu to learn more features.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I love how easy to use Mathcad is. I'm able to enter in a problem very quickly using the tools given, and it outputs the results very fast. I like how I can organize my math equations how I want. The program is convenient for laying out the expressions I need for work tasks.

Cons:

I don't like how for longer and more complex expressions, it takes a while to output the result. And for some equations, it does not output the right answer I need. However, this event does not occur too often, and I like that I can still get the results quickly for simpler equations.

Vendor Response

Thank you for the review!

Replied March 2025

Abdullah A.

Verified reviewer

Civil Engineering

1001-5000 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed May 2025

PTC Mathcad Review

I use Mathcad in all of my design work. I even save templetes for future projects which save me a lot of time!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Very usefull program in engineering industry. I use Mathcad as calc orginizer for structural projects. It helps me to be effecient and fast with calculation.

Cons:

N/A. I realy like using Mathcad. it's so helpful with complicated design calculation. I realy recomment it!

Vendor Response

Thank you for your review!

Replied June 2025

Daniel M.

Verified reviewer

Electrical/ Electronic Manufacturing

1001-5000 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2023

The replacement to spreadsheets, PTC Mathcad

I used it to present several papers, and I liked the way the worksheet is customizable, and it looked like a real checkered sheets, besides, you didn't have to have a calculator or an Excel sheet next to you, since all the calculations were done by the program. However, I never found an option to place formulas in a presentation way, so I had to do it in external software and add them in image format.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Presentation and order is the main strength of PTC Mathcad, as it is the perfect combination of Word and Excel. On a sheet (of set sizes), you can place Titles, Subtitles, text in general; and most importantly, mathematical formulas. That, the same software performs the calculations to solve different engineering problems. And in the same way these data can be represented in tables or graphs that are elaborated with tools integrated with the program.

Cons:

It is very difficult to present an unresolved formula in Mathcad, that is to say, when placing a formula without declared variables, they are painted red, indicating that this formula is an error, and this error when passing it to a PDF document, continues to be visible, being annoying.

Vendor Response

Thanks for enjoying PTC Mathcad! One trick to present formulas in a presentation way without evaluating them is to use the "Equal To" operator. (Ctrl + =)

Replied August 2023

Cloency C.

Verified reviewer

Airlines/ Aviation

201-500 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2021

A Must-Have for Engineering Students

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Functionality

Pros:

Mathcad is a great engineering analysis tool that is can be handily used with its partner software PTC CREO (formerly Pro/E). This integration is key to understanding the fundamentals of basic engineering like stress analysis and thermal analysis.

Cons:

Mathcad can be a bit taxing when working with Creo or other engineering software. It is amazing software nevertheless.

Vendor Response

Thank you for your review!

Replied February 2022

Verified

Reviewer

Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

501-1000 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed May 2021

One of my favourite mathematical software

I love it. Totally recommended. You can use it for almost everything!!

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

This software is so easy to use. You do not need to learn any programming language, it has several options. I still get surprised when I find a new feature. I love it.

Cons:

I have used the Mathcad 15 and sometimes I found that version simplier. Recently, I tried to make a 3D surface plot and was hard to customize it compared to Mathcad 15

Vendor Response

Thank you!

Replied May 2021

Verified

Reviewer

Automotive

501-1000 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2023

Review: PTC Mathcad

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

1. Comparatively easy to write detailed engineering worksheets.2. Complex mathematical expressions can be written in an expanded form which facilitates the verification.

Cons:

Picture add-in feature can be improved.Overlapping of pictures over texts should be prevented automatically.

Antonio L.

Verified reviewer

Aviation & Aerospace

11-50 employees

Used monthly for free trial

Review source

Reviewed February 2022

Mathcad experience

I met this SW at University and I still love it.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Like an hand worksheet with the innovative feature of showing variable dimensions i.e.: metre, lb, N and so on so you don't need to check for analytical model consistency.

Cons:

It's an amazing and effecient tools for any engineer.

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