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Alternatives to Duro PLM
23 manufacturing tools sit alongside Duro PLM in this directory. Below is what separates each from Duro PLM on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 23
- With a free tier
- 3
- Cheaper to start
- -
- Duro PLM starts at
- On request
Why people look past Duro PLM
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Duro PLM entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
There is no free tier
The record for Duro PLM carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 3 of the 23 alternatives below can be used without paying.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Full-cloud 3D CAD platform
- Can be used without paying; Duro PLM cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $29/month, where Duro PLM does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than quote.
Cloud-based 3D CAD, CAM, and CAE platform
- Can be used without paying; Duro PLM cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of $70/month, where Duro PLM does not.
- Sold on a freemium model rather than quote.
- 2 tiers to Duro PLM's 3.
Open-source ERP and CRM suite for all business needs
- Can be used without paying; Duro PLM cannot.
- Publishes an entry price of Free, where Duro PLM does not.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than quote.
Industrial edge platform that collects, normalises and forwards OT data to cloud and enterprise systems
- Publishes an entry price of $1500/month, where Duro PLM does not.
- Sold on a Per site by data point count model rather than quote.
Enterprise asset management suite licensed by a shared pool of AppPoints rather than by named user
- Publishes an entry price of $3150/month, where Duro PLM does not.
- Sold on a Per year by AppPoint pool model rather than quote.
- 4 tiers to Duro PLM's 3.
Industrial connectivity server translating 150-plus PLC protocols into OPC UA, formerly KEPServerEX
- 1 tier to Duro PLM's 3.
Every Duro PLM alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duro PLM (this page) | On request | Quote | 3 | |
| OnShapeIf CAD and data management in one cloud tool is preferable to a separate PLM | Free, then $29/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Duro PLM |
| Fusion 360Autodesk data management alongside CAD and CAM for teams already on Fusion | Free, then $70/month | Freemium | 2 | vs Duro PLM |
| OdooIf BOM and change control inside a broader ERP suits better than a standalone PLM | Free | Subscription | 3 | vs Duro PLM |
| Litmus Edge | $1500/month | Per site by data point count | 3 | vs Duro PLM |
| IBM Maximo Application Suite | $3150/month | Per year by AppPoint pool | 4 | vs Duro PLM |
| Kepware Server | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Duro PLM |
| Petasense | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Duro PLM |
| COPA-DATA zenon | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Duro PLM |
| Nanoprecise Sci Corp | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Duro PLM |
| KCF Technologies | $199/one-time | Per monitoring point, quoted | 2 | vs Duro PLM |
| Samotics | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Duro PLM |
| Erbessd Instruments | $999/one-time | One-time purchase | 2 | vs Duro PLM |
| Flow Software | $11390/one-time | One-time purchase | 3 | vs Duro PLM |
| Poseidon Systems | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Duro PLM |
| Augury | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Duro PLM |
| PROGNOST Systems | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Duro PLM |
| MOVUS | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Duro PLM |
| Rockwell FactoryTalk | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Duro PLM |
| Sensemore | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Duro PLM |
| Seeq | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Duro PLM |
| GENESIS Version 11 | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Duro PLM |
| AVEVA System Platform | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Duro PLM |
| ABB 800xA | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Duro PLM |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Duro PLM badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (3)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- OnShape , Free, then $29/month
- Fusion 360 , Free, then $70/month
- Odoo , Free
What you would be giving up
Duro PLM is most often brought in for a robotics startup imposing change control on a design before releasing it to a contract manufacturer, a consumer electronics team tracking supplier part numbers and costs against every item in the bom, a hardware company whose engineers keep overwriting each other's bom spreadsheet versions, a venture-funded startup that needs a defensible change history before a first production build. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Duro PLM is broadly right and the question is cost, the Duro PLM pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Manufacturing category lists everything the directory holds, and best manufacturing tools ranks them.
Duro PLM runs on web. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Duro PLM alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Duro PLM?
- 23 other manufacturing tools are listed in this directory, led by OnShape, Fusion 360, Odoo, Litmus Edge. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Duro PLM?
- 3 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: OnShape, Fusion 360, Odoo.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Duro PLM?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Duro PLM?
- Duro PLM is most often brought in for a robotics startup imposing change control on a design before releasing it to a contract manufacturer, a consumer electronics team tracking supplier part numbers and costs against every item in the bom, a hardware company whose engineers keep overwriting each other's bom spreadsheet versions, a venture-funded startup that needs a defensible change history before a first production build. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Duro PLM?
- None of the manufacturing tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Duro PLM alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Manufacturing, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Duro PLM against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Duro PLM covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every manufacturing tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Manufacturing category, 23 tools beside Duro PLM. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.