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SolidWorks pricing
SolidWorks 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
- $3300/year
- Model
- Not recorded
- Tiers
- 3
- Free tier
- Not on record
SolidWorks 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | $846/year | 3 | Entry tier |
| Professional | $4995/year (approx) | 3 | +$4149/year (approx), 3 more features |
| Premium | $7100/year (approx) | 3 | +$2105/year (approx), 3 more features |
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.
Standard
$846/yearThe entry tier. It covers parametric modeling, assemblies and drawings, basic analysis.
Professional
$4995/year (approx)Over Standard, this tier adds:
- Advanced simulation
- Surfacing tools
- Sheet metal design
Premium
$7100/year (approx)Over Professional, this tier adds:
- All Professional features
- Reverse engineering
- Advanced analysis
What the product covers
The full SolidWorks 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
- 3D solid modeling
- Assembly design
- Technical drawings
- Simulation
- Rendering
Integrations
- PDM systems
- ERP systems
- CAM software
- PLM platforms
Security
- Enterprise security
- Data vault
- Access controls
- Audit trails
Collaboration
- PDM integration
- Design reviews
- Markup tools
- Version control
Platform
- Windows support
People bring SolidWorks in for product design, engineering analysis, manufacturing documentation, prototyping, quality control. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to SolidWorks are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
Before you pay for SolidWorks
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 $846/year and $7100/year (approx), with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare SolidWorks against the tools that do have one before committing.
SolidWorks runs on windows, and is published by Dassault Systèmes of Vélizy-Villacoublay, France. The full record is on the SolidWorks review.
SolidWorks pricing questions
- How much does SolidWorks cost?
- SolidWorks publishes 3 tiers, from $846/year for Standard up to $7100/year (approx) for Premium. The cheapest paid tier is $846/year.
- Does SolidWorks 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 is the difference between Standard and Professional on SolidWorks?
- Professional costs $4995/year (approx) against $846/year, and adds advanced simulation, surfacing tools, sheet metal design.
- Is the Premium plan on SolidWorks worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is all professional features, reverse engineering, advanced analysis. It costs $7100/year (approx) against $846/year for Standard. 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 SolidWorks?
- The record lists 18 features across 5 areas: core, integrations, security, collaboration, platform. In practice it is brought in for product design, engineering analysis, manufacturing documentation.
- Does SolidWorks 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 SolidWorks 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 SolidWorks against before paying?
- Nothing else in this directory is filed close enough to SolidWorks to make a useful price comparison.