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AutoCAD pricing
No tier breakdown is published on the record we hold for AutoCAD. Below is what is on record, and how it compares with the software tools listed alongside it.
- Entry price
- $2095/year
- Model
- Not recorded
- Tiers
- -
- Free tier
- Not on record
What is on record
The AutoCAD catalogue entry carries a starting price of $2095/year, but no tier breakdown. The category comparison below is still useful, and the AutoCAD review carries the full feature record.
What the product covers
The full AutoCAD 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
- 2D and 3D CAD
- Technical drawing
- Precision modeling
- Documentation tools
Integrations
- Autodesk ecosystem
- Microsoft Office
- Revit
- 3ds Max
Security
- Enterprise security
- Data encryption
- Access controls
Platform
- Windows support
- Macos support
- Web support
- Ios support
- Android support
People bring AutoCAD in for architectural drawings, engineering design, technical documentation, construction plans. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to AutoCAD are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
Before you pay for AutoCAD
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: not published on the record we hold. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare AutoCAD against the tools that do have one before committing.
AutoCAD runs on windows, macos, web, and is published by Autodesk Inc of San Rafael, CA. The full record is on the AutoCAD review.
AutoCAD pricing questions
- How much does AutoCAD cost?
- AutoCAD starts at $2095/year. No tier-by-tier breakdown is published on the record we hold.
- Does AutoCAD have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What am I actually paying for with AutoCAD?
- The record lists 16 features across 4 areas: core, integrations, security, platform. In practice it is brought in for architectural drawings, engineering design, technical documentation.
- Does AutoCAD charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period, 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 AutoCAD 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 AutoCAD against before paying?
- Nothing else in this directory is filed close enough to AutoCAD to make a useful price comparison.