--- description: Learn more about KiCad EDA price, benefits, and disadvantages for businesses in Ireland. Read verified software reviews and discover tools that fit your business needs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: KiCad EDA Pricing, Cost & Reviews - Capterra Ireland 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [3D CAD Software](/directory/31236/3d-cad/software) > [KiCad EDA](/software/1045560/kicad-eda) # KiCad EDA Canonical: https://www.capterra.ie/software/1045560/kicad-eda Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.ie/software/1045560/kicad-eda?page=2) > Cross platform and open source electronics design solution that offers Schematic Capture, and PCB Layout with Gerber output. > > Verdict: Rated **4.4/5** by 17 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.4/5** | 17 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.9/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: KiCad ## Commercial Context - **Pricing model**: (Free version available) - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop) - **Supported Languages**: Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, European Portuguese, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Ukrainian - **Available Countries**: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium and 208 more ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Chat ## Category - [3D CAD Software](https://www.capterra.ie/directory/31236/3d-cad/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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[SketchList 3D](https://www.capterra.ie/software/204375/sketchlist-3d) — 4.3/5 (13 reviews) ## Reviews ### "Kicad perfect for its -no- cost" — 2.0/5 > **Pedro** | *26 June 2024* | E-Learning | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10 > > **Pros**: For 0.00 EUR it is perfect, easy to install and multi-platform. > > **Cons**: It is not a professional tool, library can't be trusted and must be manually checked. > > It is a perfect tool for understanding what is an EDA, but for real project a commercial tool is required. ----- ### "Why I like KiCad" — 5.0/5 > **Maya** | *10 December 2024* | Renewables & Environment | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: It has all the essential features of the costly paid EDA packages. > > **Cons**: BoM and variation management is still a largely manual process, however a lot can be scripted with imported python scripts - these functions are not built in so you have to go looking for them. > > Great package for professional level projects, without having to shell out $$$$ for other professional options ----- ### "Kicad was an easy migration from Eagle" — 5.0/5 > **Lloyd** | *8 July 2024* | Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: It's a great PCB design system, and it's free\! It's been around for years. Its output looks a lot like Eagle (which is now a subscription service). It's got realtime hilighting links between schematic and PCB. The footprint and symbol process is pretty easy to learn. But the biggest plus for me is that it's got a very active user forum, so if you can't figure something out, there's somebody who will jump right in to help. I'm not a GHz designer but for my needs it's great. Also it runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac, so I can put a job on my Mac laptop to work on while traveling then move it back to my big dev machine. > > **Cons**: It doesn't have an integrated autorouter. I know a lot of people don't believe in them, but for my needs (slow signals and a lot of I/O) it would help. There is an export/route/import router that's free. Also the user doc tends to be out of date. But the forums have answered my questions so that's not a problem. As with any layout system, the libary structure and paths take some getting used to. > > As an Eagle user it was easy to import my libraries. I have been really happy with KiCad, it lets me get boards done quickly which is a help for proof-of-concept. If you want Altium go ahead and spend the $15K, it's not nearly as detailed as that. ----- ### "KiCad EDA, a great design tool" — 4.0/5 > **Matiwos** | *9 July 2024* | Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: the tool is easy to learn and it is not that much costly for beginner deisgners > > **Cons**: its features are not much industry level and when it comes to comparison with tools like altium designer it becomes an obsolute tool > > I have a great experiance as a student, it has basic features and its cost is fine. ----- ### "Great and free software for general PCB designing purposes" — 5.0/5 > **Rubén** | *26 August 2022* | Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: KiCad has a good workflow, which divides the main tasks and order them to make it understable (1: create the symbols for the schematic; 2: create the schematic; 3: create the footprints for the layout; 4: associate the footprints to the components; 5: create the layout; 6: generate the gerbers). But there are many great features that have made me save a lot of time and avoid or solve many mistakes: - The interactive routing is very easy to use and makes the routing of the PCB fast. - There is a great KiCaD community that mantains the software and creates some libraries of components, which are being constantly modified to include new components with a good organization. - Possibility to generate BOM with the Python scripts included by default. As KiCad is an open source program, you can customize them to generate your own lists. - The 3D model of the PCB can be showed in KiCaD with a great realistic view and can be exported in ".wrl" and ".step" formats to include it into your own 3D CAD program to assembly the differents part of your entire project. - KiCaD PCBs can be directly imported in FreeCAD with a plugin, without any 3D model exporting. - The gerber viewer allows you to see the final files before sending them to the manufacturer. - Some PCB manufacturers like Eurocircuits allow you to send them the whole KiCaD project. In that case, you won't need to generate the gerbers. > > **Cons**: KiCaD and FreeCAD could be a great free and open-source CAD couple, but some mistakes in FreeCAD makes them a little hard to import the PCB perfectly. There is also a problem with many user's 3D component designs on the Internet that can be corrupted and make it imposible to import. In that case you'll need to create your own 3D model of the desired component. > > KiCaD is the best software for personal proyects and little companies and makes the PCB design easy and confortable. Since I started to used it many years ago, I decided not to return to other PCB softwares, which were worse or had an expensive license. Even though KiCaD is a free software, it is been managing great and I haave contributed with many designs of components, footprints and 3D models that everyone can use for their designs. ----- Page: 1 / 2\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.ie/software/1045560/kicad-eda?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.ie/software/1045560/kicad-eda) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | ----- ## Structured Data