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Alibre Design pricing
Alibre Design publishes 3 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
- Entry price
- $29/month
- Model
- One-time
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Not on record
Alibre Design plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atom3D | $199/month | 1 | Entry tier |
| Design | $999/month | 1 | +$800/month, 1 more feature |
| Expert | $1999/month | 1 | +$1000/month, 1 more feature |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Atom3D
$199/monthThe entry tier. It covers basic modeling.
Design
$999/monthOver Atom3D, this tier adds:
- Professional CAD
Expert
$1999/monthOver Design, this tier adds:
- Full features
What the product covers
The full Alibre Design feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Core
- Parametric modeling
- Assemblies
- Sheet metal
- 2D drawings
- BOM
- Rendering
Integrations
- CAM software
- PDM
Security
- License key
Platform
- Windows support
People bring Alibre Design in for parametric 3d solid modelling for mechanical parts, producing 2d manufacturing drawings from 3d models, designing parts for 3d printing and small shop machining. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Alibre Design are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
Before you pay for Alibre Design
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 3 tiers between $199/month and $1999/month, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Alibre Design against the tools that do have one before committing.
Alibre Design runs on windows, and is published by Alibre LLC of Richardson, TX. The full record is on the Alibre Design review.
Alibre Design pricing questions
- How much does Alibre Design cost?
- Alibre Design publishes 3 tiers, from $199/month for Atom3D up to $1999/month for Expert. The cheapest paid tier is $199/month.
- Does Alibre Design have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Alibre Design is listed as one-time. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Atom3D and Design on Alibre Design?
- Design costs $999/month against $199/month, and adds professional cad.
- Is the Expert plan on Alibre Design worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is full features. It costs $1999/month against $199/month for Atom3D. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- What am I actually paying for with Alibre Design?
- The record lists 10 features across 4 areas: core, integrations, security, platform. In practice it is brought in for parametric 3d solid modelling for mechanical parts, producing 2d manufacturing drawings from 3d models, designing parts for 3d printing and small shop machining.
- Does Alibre Design charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 3 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Alibre Design prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Alibre Design against before paying?
- Nothing else in this directory is filed close enough to Alibre Design to make a useful price comparison.