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SolidWorks pricing
SolidWorks publishes 5 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 1 September 2026, SolidWorks pricing is $2820/year across 5 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- $2820/year
- Model
- Per user per year
- Tiers
- 5
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS for Makers | $48/year | 5 | Entry tier |
| SOLIDWORKS xDesign | $2580/year | 4 | +$2532/year, 4 more features |
| 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS Standard | $2820/year | 6 | +$240/year, 6 more features |
| 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS Professional | $3456/year | 6 | +$636/year, 6 more features |
| 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS Premium | $4716/year | 6 | +$1260/year, 6 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.
3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS for Makers
$48/yearThe entry tier. It covers 15 usd per month as an alternative to the yearly price, personal and non-commercial use only, sales from your projects capped at 2,000 usd a year, files are watermarked and open only on maker licences, desktop or cloud xdesign package, both include learning content.
SOLIDWORKS xDesign
$2580/yearOver 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS for Makers, this tier adds:
- 810 USD per quarter
- Browser-based cloud modelling, no local install
- Runs on Mac, Chromebook and tablets as well as Windows
- Cloud storage and collaboration included
3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS Standard
$2820/yearOver SOLIDWORKS xDesign, this tier adds:
- 235 USD per month billed annually, or 846 USD per quarter
- Per named user, excluding local tax
- Part and assembly modelling and 2D drawings
- Sheet metal, weldment and mould tools
- Cloud file storage, versioning and mark-up
- Augmented and virtual reality viewing
3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS Professional
$3456/yearOver 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS Standard, this tier adds:
- 288 USD per month billed annually, or 1,038 USD per quarter
- Everything in Standard
- Intelligent CAD libraries of standard fasteners
- Photorealistic rendering and animation
- Automatic manufacturing cost analysis
- CAD standards and drawing checking
3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS Premium
$4716/yearOver 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS Professional, this tier adds:
- 393 USD per month billed annually, or 1,416 USD per quarter
- Everything in Professional
- Linear static analysis for parts and assemblies
- Time-based motion analysis
- Electrical harness, piping, tubing and duct routing
- Surface flattening
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.
Other
- 3D solid modeling
- Assembly design
- Technical drawings
- Simulation
- Rendering
- Parametric part modelling
- 2D drawing generation
- Sheet metal
- Weldments
- Mould and surfacing tools
- Photorealistic rendering
- CAD standards checking
- Cost estimation
- Electrical and routing
- 3DEXPERIENCE cloud services
- SOLIDWORKS xDesign
- Part supplier libraries
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.
How that compares in Manufacturing
Too few manufacturing tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SolidWorks (this page) | $2820/year | Per user per year | - | |
| Poseidon Systems | On request | quote | - | vs SolidWorks |
| IBM Maximo Application Suite | $3150/month | Per year by AppPoint pool | - | vs SolidWorks |
| Kepware Server | On request | quote | - | vs SolidWorks |
| Samotics | On request | quote | - | vs SolidWorks |
| COPA-DATA zenon | On request | quote | - | vs SolidWorks |
| Rockwell FactoryTalk | On request | quote | - | vs SolidWorks |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the SolidWorks badges page.
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: 5 tiers between $48/year and $4716/year, 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, and the rest of the category is under best manufacturing tools.
SolidWorks pricing questions
- How much does SolidWorks cost?
- SolidWorks publishes 5 tiers, from $48/year for 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS for Makers up to $4716/year for 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS Premium. The cheapest paid tier is $48/year.
- Does SolidWorks have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: SolidWorks is listed as Per user per year. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS for Makers and SOLIDWORKS xDesign on SolidWorks?
- SOLIDWORKS xDesign costs $2580/year against $48/year, and adds 810 usd per quarter, browser-based cloud modelling, no local install, runs on mac, chromebook and tablets as well as windows, cloud storage and collaboration included.
- Is the 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS Premium plan on SolidWorks worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is 393 usd per month billed annually, or 1,416 usd per quarter, everything in professional, linear static analysis for parts and assemblies, time-based motion analysis. It costs $4716/year against $48/year for 3DEXPERIENCE SOLIDWORKS for Makers. 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 30 features across 5 areas: other, 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 5 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?
- The closest manufacturing tools in this directory are Poseidon Systems, IBM Maximo Application Suite, Kepware Server, Samotics. Each has a side-by-side comparison with SolidWorks covering price, platforms and features.