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From SMBs, startups, labs, educational institutions, and machine shops all the way to Sandia National Laboratories. Organizations of 1 to 1000 choose Alibre for economical, powerful 3D engineering. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.7/5** | 182 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support Software | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Alibre - **Founded**: 1997 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: $10.00 - **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free Trial) - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Windows (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise) - **Supported Languages**: Czech, Danish, English, French, German, Greek, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish - **Available Countries**: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium and 208 more ## Features - 2D Drawing - 3D Design & Modeling - 3D Imaging - Animation Software - Annotations - CAD Tools - Component Library - Data Import/Export - Design Analysis - Design Management - Manufacturing Design Data - Sketching and Annotation Tools - Third-Party Integrations ## Integrations (4 total) - KeyShot - SimLab - SimWise 4D - SprutCAM ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base Software - Phone Support - Chat ## Category - [Engineering CAD Software](https://www.capterra.in/directory/30556/engineering-cad/software) ## Related Categories - [Engineering CAD Software](https://www.capterra.in/directory/30556/engineering-cad/software) - [3D CAD Software](https://www.capterra.in/directory/31236/3d-cad/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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I'd love to have an integrated CAM plugin live Visualmill in Alibre. > > Overall it's a rocksolid design tool you can count on. Everything you need to get the job done and make it a joy while doing it. ----- ### "Alibre Design Expert - 3D CAD, CAM and PDM" — 5.0/5 > **Reg** | *28 January 2026* | Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Alibre Design Expert provides great features in a competitive value for money package. The addition of PDM has provided a central location for the storage of all design files and part libraries. The continuous development and release of new features (as well as bug fixes) again offered in a value for money annual maintenance package. Meshcam Pro for Alibre provides an entry level CAM capability which is suitable for my hobbyist workshop without costing a fortune. The Import of PCB step files form my PCB Design Package allows verification of fitment and interfaces well with mechanical design. the ability to colour components now makes this even more realistic. The ability to produce 2D Drawings for system assembly which can be included together in the PDM with the 3D Design files. > > **Cons**: On occasion integrated packages get dropped or no-longer work with new versions (This happened with the integrated CAM Package). The made me nervous about purchasing the Meshcam Pro for Alibre, however it continues to work with the latest releases. > > My overall experience has been very good, I especially look forward to new releases which offer new features. The provision of the PDM to Design Expert Users (on Maintenance) also helps to justify continuing to pay annual maintenance. ----- ### "Many frustrating issues." — 3.0/5 > **Ron** | *26 June 2025* | Consumer Goods | Recommendation rating: 4.0/10 > > **Pros**: Being able to make changes early in the chain and they update through. Being able to color. Mutiple view options. > > **Cons**: Many crashes that shut down the program. Unable to define a radius size in a sketch before picking the lines. Unable to intersect a line to a curve or two curves. difficulty getting the program to accept fillets - I spend more time trying to get the fillets to work than drawing the parts. The program says the sketch has no errors, but then refuses to extrude the sketch and does not give an indication of what the problem is. Frequent errors introduced extra lines when mirroring a sketch - hard to clean up. When doing a "save as," it defaults to the last saved file rather than the file it came from, so many drawings end up in unrelated projects/files rather than the project file. I find trying to do 3D sketchin almost imposible. > > The support has generally been good. If I did not have so many files saved in Alibre, on a major project that I need to finalize and then have molds built, I would be seriously looking at other CAD options. The issues make things take 2-3 times longer than they should. ----- ### "Simply the Best for Anyone Who Respects Their Money and Their Data" — 5.0/5 > **Adam** | *23 January 2026* | Broadcast Media | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Alibre Design Pro/Expert is software that respects its users. With pricing options for every budget, friendly upgrade options, and nearly every tool the other guys have, Alibre is a no-brainer. It's easy to use, doesn't send your data to the cloud, and doesn't send your data to AI for machine learning. In a world where we're all getting sick of subscriptions, online-only software, forced cloud storage, and AI learning, Alibre is a huge breath of fresh air. > > **Cons**: Windows only right now, but they're working on fixing that\! With v29, Alibre intends to remove their Windows dependencies and consider other operating systems in the future\! ----- ### "Life After AutoDesk" — 5.0/5 > **Dave** | *28 February 2026* | Industrial Automation | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Well I was an AutoCad and Inventor user for 30 years, and watched the price go up every year, some updates did not really change too much to justify the price increase. Then came the subscription license, that was the last straw. I immediately began looking for a perpetual license software. I found Alibre Experrt Design and decided to try, and after a short learning curve I am now comfortable with the software. Tech support is one of the best\! They reply quickly and always are able to solve the problem. They have replied even on holiday weekends\! You will never get that kind of service from Autodesk\! Another bonus is the PDM document manager, it works very well\! > > **Cons**: I do miss the parts library that Autodesk Inventor came with out of the box. I do sometimes have trouble figuring out why a constraint will not work, but that is always a user caused problem. I don't really have a Con list. > > Alibre Design Expert is definitely a professional software, and is intuitive enough that most users will be onboard in a pretty short time. The software is not a memory hog, it runs very fast. I have gotten to the point now that I don't even miss Autodesk Inventor any more for 3D modeling. ----- Page: 1 / 9\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.in/software/172312/alibre-design?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.in/software/172312/alibre-design) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-AR | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-CR | | | es-DO | | | es-EC | | | es-MX | | | es-PA | | | es-PE | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | | ko | | ----- ## Structured Data