Software maker Altium rejects $3.9B takeover bid from Autodesk

Re:Software maker Altium rejects $3.9B takeover bid from Aut... by krapht on Monday June 07, 2021 @05:53PM (#27427579)

Altium is mid-range. Like Solidworks for mechanical enginieering.

There's another tier of PCB design tools above Altium with matching cost per seat, e.g. Mentor Graphics Expedition. Unigraphics, for mech Es.

Both of the above owned by Siemens! They certainly know how to charge large sums of money!

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Re:Software maker Altium rejects $3.9B takeover bid from Aut... by IshKebab on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @04:31AM (#27431916)

I wouldn't say Solidworks is mid range. I have used Solidworks and NX extensively and they're very very similar. I haven't used Altium but the companies I've heard using it aren't "mid range" companies and everyone describes Altium and Mentor as basically the two "pro" options.

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Re:Software maker Altium rejects $3.9B takeover bid from Aut... by madengr on Tuesday June 08, 2021 @09:22AM (#27434800)

Altium is definitely mid-range on the price point. Mentor and Cadence are 10x.

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