Best Engineering Software for Freelancers
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What is Engineering Software for Freelancers?
Engineering software is software used by engineers to design, analyze and manufacture various products. It includes a wide range of applications such as CAD/CAE software, analysis tools, optimization tools, and programming tools. Engineering software can be used for a variety of tasks such as designing mechanical parts, analyzing structural stability, simulating system performance, and optimizing product designs. These applications enable engineers to optimize their designs for cost reduction and increased efficiency. Compare and read user reviews of the best Engineering software for Freelancers currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.
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Newforma
Newforma
Newforma empowers over 4M professionals and 1,500 AECO firms worldwide by revolutionizing Project Information Management. We transform vast amounts of project data into a meticulously organized, easily accessible, and fully searchable resource—all from a single, centralized platform. From pre-construction to years after completion, Newforma ensures you have the critical information you need at every stage of your projects. With over 50 integrations with the industry's most widely used applications and two decades of expertise, Newforma is your trusted partner in elevating project delivery through unparalleled information management. -
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Interfacing Enterprise Process Center (EPC)
Interfacing Technologies
Interfacing’s Digital Twin Organization software provides transparency and Governance to improve Quality, Efficiency, and ensure Regulatory Compliance. Map, analyze, and automate processes, manage regulatory compliance, assess risks within a single platform! Interfacing’s digital twin solution (Enterprise Process Center - EPC) is an enterprise management system that helps companies digitalize processes to streamline operations, increase productivity, and continuously improve. Interfacing’s digital business platform – Rapid Application Development (RAD) Tools, with its Low-Code Development methodology will optimize usage of your technical resources and maximize transparency for ongoing improvement. Discover how our Low-Code Rapid Application Development module provides all the tools to create and deploy Custom, Scalable, Secure, and Mobile ready Applications in Days vs. Months!Starting Price: $10/month/user -
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Epicor Connected Process Control
Epicor Software
Epicor Connected Process Control (CPC), formerly eFlex Systems, provides manufacturers a flexible, no-code/low-code MES solution. No programming or special skills required. Digital work instructions, with multi-media capabilities, along with the ability to integrate virtually any device with communication capabilities, provides 100% historical record of the product and the process. Providing data insight, from production reports, to part history, quality summary and more — address issues quickly, minimize waste and disruptions. Whether you start small in subassembly areas, an entire line, or apply enterprise wide - we work with manufacturers of all sizes and needs. Hosted on prem or in the cloud, you decide what's best for your operations. -
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Clearooms
Clearooms
The way we work has changed and Clearooms puts you in complete control of your hybrid workspace. Both meeting rooms and hot desk booking can be easily managed to ensure flexible and safe working, however big or small your organization. Our pricing model is based on the number of desks and rooms you wish to control, not the number of employees. This simple point of difference means that Clearooms is always great value, and can be scaled up and down as you need. If you need it for one bank of desks or just two meeting rooms - that’s fine. Our price banding gives you lots of options to save. Our simple traffic light system gives you instant information on the state of rooms and desks, and our reports help you gain greater insight into who and how it’s all working. We will help as much as you need to get you going as quickly as possible.Starting Price: $13.50 per month -
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Innoslate
SPEC Innovations
SPEC Innovations’ flagship model-based systems engineering solution can help your team reduce time-to-market, cost, and risk on even some of the most complex systems. This cloud or on-premise application uses a modern web browser, with an intuitive graphical user interface. Innoslate’s full lifecycle capabilities include: • Requirements Management • Documents Management • Modeling • Discrete Event Simulator • Monte Carlo Simulator • DoDAF Models and Views • Database Management • Test Management with full reports, status updates, results, and more. • Real Time Collaboration -
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Pylon
Pylon
Create accurate proposals from anywhere in under 2 minutes using hi-res imagery, energy analysis and 3D shading tools in Pylon's intuitive design studio. Pylon is the only solar design software to give you high-resolution imagery in-app with no monthly fees. Identify dates of concern and track shading impact throughout the year using Pylon's award-winning 3D Solar Shading toolkit. Help your team better understand customer consumption patterns and maximize self-consumption using Pylon's load profile and interval data analysis. Analyze load profiles & interval data. Close more solar proposals with interactive Web & PDF proposals, native eSignatures and a payment processing gateway. Fully integrated solar CRM designed to integrate with your solar design software and convert proposals. Get 2-way SMS and email, communications with your team, lead management, and ready-made deal pipelines with Pylon Solar CRM.Starting Price: $4 per project -
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Evocon
Evocon
Trusted by manufacturers worldwide, Evocon is a simple and easy-to-use OEE software that helps manufacturing companies improve their production efficiency and reduce waste. The system enables automated data collection, real-time data visualization, downtime tracking, bottleneck identification, and performance monitoring. With Evocon, you get all the tools you need to improve OEE and understand what is actually going on in your production processes.Starting Price: €159/month, per machine -
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AvPro Software
Decision Software Systems
AvPro Software is comprehensive and easy-to-use. It's perfect for Aircraft MRO, Certified Repair Station (CRS), Aircraft Operators, and parts brokers. You can track Aircraft Parts I(nventory, Work Orders, and much more. Modular in nature and specifically designed for aircraft maintenance professionals and all types of repair stations. Key modules include barcoded inventory, component maintenance/inspection/SB/AD tracking, parts sales and flexible customer invoicing, work orders, and full GAAP accounting. AvPro allows for custom forms to match your forms manual and also features popular FAA/EASA forms (8130/377, etc.).Starting Price: $89/month/user -
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ActCAD Software
Jytra Technology Solutions
ActCAD is a native dwg/dxf cad software suitable for professional 2D drafting and 3D modeling projects. ActCAD is trusted by over 30000 users in over 103 countries for more than 10 years. The interface, commands, icons, dialogs, shortcuts etc. are very much similar to other popular cad software tools available in market. Flexible license types available even for single license. There is no learning for existing cad users while saving 80% of the costs. ActCAD offers free email technical support without any limitations. ActCAD can be fully customized and programs can be developed using our free API toolkit. It supports popular programming languages like , lisp dcl, .net, C++ etc. Apart from all regular commands, ActCAD offers many productive tools like pdf to cad converter, Block libraries, Image to Cad converter, handling point sets between Cad and Excel and many more. ActCAD is suitable for any high end professional projects in the domains of Architecture, Civil, Mechanical,AutomotiveStarting Price: $249.00/one-time/user -
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CADhobby
CAD-MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS INC.
CADhobby Student - free version for Academic use only. CADhobby IntelliCAD is a powerful and affordable computer-aided design (CAD) software application that is perfect for both hobbyists and professionals. It offers a wide range of features, including 2D and 3D modeling, rendering, and animation. CADhobby IntelliCAD is also compatible with a variety of file formats, including DWG, DXF, DGN, and STL. CADhobby IntelliCAD is a great choice for anyone who wants to create high-quality CAD designs without breaking the bank. It is easy to learn and use, and it has a large and active community of users who can provide support and help.Starting Price: $0.00/one-time/user -
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SkyCiv Structural 3D
SkyCiv Engineering
SkyCiv Structural 3D is a cloud-based Structural Analysis software that allows users to model, analyze and design complex 3D structures. It is completely online; requiring no installation to use. SkyCiv Structural 3D offers the very best in online structural analysis. It includes the following: - Powerful Analysis: Linear, P-Delta, Cables, Buckling, Plates, Frequency, RS - Integrated Design checks for steel, wood, connections, foundations, wind (AISC, NSD, AISI, EN, AS, CSA, BS plus more...)Starting Price: $79/month/user -
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FLOORFY
FLOORFY
FLOORFY will automatically generate the 3D virtual tour, property scaled floor plan, commercial HD photographs, videos and more! Allowing you to focus your time on what matters most: your customers. With our app you will virtualize your listings and become a super real estate agent visiting properties from anywhere. Imagine sharing a video-call link and being able to interact live with your clients into the property, taking meassures to check if the forniture fits, showing the neighberhood through Gmoogle maps and Streetview... All through our app! You can even teletransport from one property to another, your clients will love how much time you make them save. Try us for free! ✅ Developing technology for real estate professionals since 2016. ✅ 10.000+ active real estate professionals worldwide. ✅ 3.000.000+ virtual visits every month. 🏠 150.000+ virtualized properties. 📞 International support teamStarting Price: €29 per month -
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SprutCAM X
SprutCAM Tech
SprutCAM X is CAD/CAM software featuring a streamlined workflow and comprehensive functionality. Compatible with any CNC machine: 3/4 and 5 axis Mill, Lathe, Mill-turn, Swiss, MTM, EDM. Toolpath calculation is performed taking into account full machine kinematics and limitations including collision avoidance and axis limits control. A single environment for the offline programming (OLP) of industrial robots. An efficient robot machining solution for the rapid creation of complex collision-free 3D movements in native 6 or more axes code (5 to 6 axis transformations are not required). The SprutCAM team has been working on CAM software development since 1987. During this long period we have gained extensive experience and expertise in computer-aided manufacturing. Our team consists of experts and practitioners in the technologies required to power the tools to make CNC programming easier, faster, and more effective for our customers. -
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3SL Cradle
3SL
Manage needs, epics, user stories, features and the product backlog through a series of sprints, each using your choice of requirements management, model based systems engineering (MBSE) and test management with your preferred level of change tracking, configuration management and formal change control. Cradle® is our requirements management and systems engineering software tool that integrates your entire project lifecycle in one, massively scalable, integrated, multi-user product. Whether your projects are small and local, large and distributed, or anywhere in between, Cradle can solve all your agile, requirements management, model driven development, defect tracking and test management needs in one place. With its unrivaled feature set, incredible flexibility, simple configuration and low cost, Cradle is the ideal choice if you are new to agile methods, requirements management or systems engineering.Starting Price: $449.00/one-time/user -
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FactoryTalk Optix
Rockwell Automation
FactoryTalk® Optix™ is a new visualization platform that accelerates value delivery with modern technologies, innovative designs and scalable deployment options. FactoryTalk Optix can help improve your process, efficiency and deliverables – in one easy to access tool. Take advantage of new levels of collaboration, scalability and interoperability to achieve your HMI vision. New SaaS-enabled workflows will enable your team to collaborate any time, from anywhere, thanks to built-in change tracking and versioning that automatically keeps track of who did what and when. Harness the cloud and become more agile by deploying quickly and scaling based on demand. Use the increased efficiency to beat competitors to market, get to profit faster and improve return on investment. Transform the way you collaborate! The cloud makes it easier for suppliers, employees and customers to collaborate from anywhere in the world.Starting Price: $650 -
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CAD6industrie
Malz++Kassner GmbH
CAD6industrie is the comprehensive 2D/3D CAD/CAM solution for industrial use. In addition to to the full range of functions of CAD6studio, including SMART2D Technology, it also contains a CAM plug-in and a universal, script-based post-processor for the flexible and efficient generation of CNC data for machine controllers. The CAM plug-in supports the following machining procedures: milling, drilling, turning, water jet cutting, laser cutting, as well as cutting, plotting, and positioning. Commands like milling cutter compensation, pocket milling, milling order control, milling time calculation and a graphical 3D preview let you create drawings that are directly milled later. Extensive tool and machine settings, plus output of custom commands (such as cycles or sub-programs) by means of symbols, give you the complete control over what the post-processors finally output to the machine. All programs of the CAD6 series are 100% data-compatible.Starting Price: 74.17 EUR per month -
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CAD6studio
Malz++Kassner GmbH
CAD6studio is the professional 2D/3D CAD program of the CAD6 series with all functions for planning, construction, and visualization. Apart from a 2D drawing area, the program provides 3D spaces to create and edit 3D components. Supported file formats: MKD, DWG, DXF, HP-GL/2, SHP, SVG, STL, WMF, EMF, PNG, JPEG, TIFF, GIF, BMP, TVG, T2G, T3G, T4G, VEK, BLD Contains SMART2D Technology plus many highly effective functions for the comfortable creation of drawing objects, working with curves and surfaces, as well as automatic trimming commands, equidistants, clippings, mappings, multiple lines, archiving of drawings, automatic saving, parts lists creation, etc. Use DirectPDF to create professional, ultra-high-resolution PDF files with Unicode texts, layers, transparencies, hyperlinks, and RGB/CMYK/CIElab colors. On demand, you can directly create PDF/A-1b and PDF/A-2b files. All programs of the CAD6 series are 100% data-compatible.Starting Price: 55 EUR per month -
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AeroDataBox
AeroDataBox
Cost-effective aviation and flight API tailored for small and medium businesses, individual developers, researchers, and students. API offers a wide range of data, including flight status, schedules, aircraft information, airport details, statistics, historical data, and more. Designed for seamless integration using REST and webhooks and available through major API marketplaces, it enables users to incorporate aviation information effortlessly into their projects, enhancing functionality and user experience. Available APIs: - Flight API. FIDS, Schedules, Flight Status, History, Search by number, tail number, Mode-S 24-bit ICAO address, callsign. - Airport API. Airports DB, Search by Location, Auto-Complete Search - Aircraft API. Aircraft, Registration History, Airline Fleet. - Industry API. FAA LADD Aircraft Status . - Miscellaneous API. Weather, Realistic Flight Times, Time-zones. - Statistical API. Airport Delays, Global Delays, Flight Delays, RouteStarting Price: $5 per month -
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EMQX
EMQ Technologies
EMQX is the world's most scalable and reliable MQTT messaging platform designed by EMQ. It supports 100M concurrent IoT device connections per cluster while maintaining extremely high throughput and sub-millisecond latency. EMQX boasts more than 20,000 global users from over 50 countries, connecting more than 100M IoT devices worldwide, and is trusted by over 300 customers in mission-critical IoT scenarios, including well-known brands like HPE, VMware, Verifone, SAIC Volkswagen, and Ericsson. Our edge-to-cloud IoT connectivity solutions are flexible to meet the demands of various industries towards digital transformation, including connected vehicles, Industrial IoT, oil & gas, carrier, finance, smart energy, and smart cities.Starting Price: $0.18 per hour -
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Momentum IoT
Momentum IoT
Momentum makes service businesses more profitable. Our cloud-based software platform, powered by a connected network of GPS hardware devices, gives you complete financial control and deep operational insight into your business. With Momentum, you never worry about time-consuming data entry or human error. Data collection is always accurate and automatic. That's why Momentum excels where other software fails. Drive more revenue and profit. All you have to do is get connected, Momentum will do the rest. The Connected Network of Momentum Devices: Vehicles, Equipment & Crews - The Eagle One: One GPS device for vehicles, trailers and heavy equipment. It's available with an OBD-II harness or 12V battery harness. - The Momentum Toolie: Bluetooth enabled location and activity tracker for light equipment and tools. - The CrewID: Privacy-first labor cost tracker that automatically captures and calculates all labor costs from the field without data entry.Starting Price: $20 per device per month, -
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Coohom
Coohom
Coohom is a leading global cloud-based, 3D design platform that provides all-in-one software and services to empower designers and businesses to design a professional project in minutes, and get photo-realistic 3D visualizations in seconds. With a presence spanning the United States, China, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia, Coohom's innovative solutions have garnered the trust of over 10 million customers from 200 countries. With the aim of facilitating the digital transformation of customers in the interior design, furniture & home decor, and Kitchen & Bath industry, Coohom provides a comprehensive suit of software encompassing design, rendering, marketing, production, and construction, helping to streamline their workflows and achieve success.Starting Price: $0 per month -
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WSCAD
WSCAD
At WSCAD, we have been developing electrical CAD solutions for over 30 years. Customers include small to medium-sized companies, international corporations, and engineering service providers in the machine-building, panel manufacturing, and building automation industries. WSCAD software is used by over 40,000 electrical engineers as their electrical CAD solution. WSCAD ELECTRIX – our most powerful electrical CAD – is our brand-new offering. No matter if you are designing piping & instrumentation diagrams, fluid power or electrical schematics, cabinet engineering, building automation or electrical installation – WSCAD is the right tool for you. The new ELECTRIX comes with a completely new design engine (editor) and embedded compatibility to standard formats like DXF/DWG and uses modern technologies such as augmented reality, multi-threading and automation.Starting Price: $84/month -
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Partly
Partly Group
Partly PIM is a dedicated Product Information Management tool for auto parts. Category managers use Partly to structure their parts and compatibility data using the Partly Data Standard, and export data to their website, marketplaces and other standards. Partly is able to support: - Taxonomy and classification - Vehicle fitment - Product ingestion and transformation - Data standard conversion - Digital asset management (DAM) - Localization and multilingual support - Data governance and quality assurance -
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SketchUp
Trimble
Design delightfully, collaborate clearly, and build better buildings. The joy of drawing by hand. The ease of super-smart 3D modeling software. Make sustainable buildings. Change the world, hundreds of professionally-developed extensions at your fingertips. Design in 3D. Document in 2D. Make work easier, bring efficiency to your team and the 3D community. A great idea can be its best with the right technology. Draw in 3D, analyze and improve your building’s performance, and creatively document and share your ideas with your class. Integrated with Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive. Works on Chromebooks or any Internet-connected computer. Students have access to free and intuitive 3D modeling tools. Positioning-centric information is changing the way people, businesses and governments work throughout the world. By applying Trimble's advanced positioning solutions, productivity increases and safety improvements are being realized.Starting Price: $119 per year -
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CiRROX
Airline Cloud Services
CiRROX is a leading provider of cloud services for airlines, specializing in facilitating and hosting software for flight operations (opts), flight planning, and maintenance systems at independent data centers in Europe. Our platform interfaces seamlessly with software from other suppliers to provide a comprehensive and integrated solution for our customers. CiRROX distinguishes itself from other cloud platforms by having 10 years of operational aviation experience, which allows us to offer greater agility when atomizing data and integrating aviation solutions. We are proud to serve the diverse needs of flag carriers, low-cost and start-up airlines, as well as midsized airlines, including Airbus, Lauda Air, MistralAir and many more. At CiRROX, we are committed to delivering reliable and efficient services that help airlines operate at their best. For an unsolicited Consultation, contact us Tel: +372 668 244 2 | +49 511 450 318 21 -
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ARES Commander
Graebert
2D & 3D CAD software to create & modify technical drawings in DWG format with choice between Perpetual, Network or Annual licenses. Experience the agility of the n°1 alternative to AutoCAD. Cost-effective, ARES Commander offers a full replacement and an easy switch, at a fraction of the cost. With Graebert's ARES CAD software you will enjoy a 3-in-1 license, including ARES Commander (for Windows, macOS and Linux computers) + ARES Kudo (Cloud) + ARES Touch (iOS + Android). These 3 products work in synergy to synchronize the work across users and devices. Create and modify DWG drawings locally, with files stored on your computer, or in sync with Google Drive, Box, OneDrive, Dropbox, Onshape, Trimble Connect. Alternatively, you can also store files in a private Cloud server (via WebDAV). Some our advanced CAD features include the support for Dynamic blocks, PDF to DWG conversion, Drawing comparison, IFC & Revit import, 3D solid modeling, satellite images and street maps.Starting Price: $350.00/year -
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AiHouse
AiHouse
Discover the game-changing potential of our cloud-based, AI-infused 3D design software. From crafting 2D/3D floor plans to automating home furnishing, and effortlessly managing your entire project. You'll have access to a vast library of over 80 million 3D models and templates, along with a robust rendering engine. Elevate your presentations with breathtaking visuals, and simplify your workflow by generating CAD drawings, material lists and quotations in a single click.Starting Price: $0/month -
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Aerotrac
Tracware Ltd.
Aerotrac is the premier Aircraft Management & MRO software in the market. The software provides a comprehensive solution for any business operation and eliminates the need to have multiple programs. Aerotrac is designed around key principles of discipline, regimentation and control. The software helps to maximize business success by providing tools to control business processes, create efficiencies, and enhance the disciplines required to stay in compliance with regulating agencies.Starting Price: $25000.00/one-time -
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Canvas
Occipital
The new power tool for home improvement. Fast, easy, mobile 3D scanning for home service pros and DIY warriors. Powered by the world’s first mobile depth sensor, the Structure Sensor, Canvas makes capturing a 3D model of a room delightfully easy. Simply tap scan, walk around the room, and watch as a scale-accurate model is built in real-time, right on your iPad. No more busting out the measuring tape and converting scribbles into floor plans later – Canvas captures tens of thousands of measurements all at once, and then pieces it together into an interactive 3D model. Your 3D model is saved on your iPad, so you can go back and revisit any space, at any time. Whether you just need to refresh your memory of a given viewpoint or capture a forgotten measurement, you're never more than a few taps away. Save hours with professional-grade CAD output. With our Scan To CAD service, we’ll convert your scan into an editable, professional-grade, CAD file.Starting Price: $10 -
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EasyEDA
EasyEDA
More than 1 million real-time updated components have been created, letting you focus on the design, and you can create or import your own common libraries. Benefit from China’s leading electronic components distributor - LCSC , EasyEDA supports direct links to more than 200,000 real-time, in-stock components at LCSC . Designers can refer to stocks, prices, and order at any time during design. It has the same features as the online version, and has more design areas, we have made a lot of improvements, recommended. Easy to use. If you have used other PCB tools then you can use it even more quickly. Light weight, less resource hungry, smoother experience, speed up your design. No activation, just register and login to use, no licensing required. Local backup automatically with document recovery at any time. Your files will also be saved on the cloud server, giving you double backup for you data security.Starting Price: $4.9 per month
