Altium Develop Pricing

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Annual subscription activates the shared Altium Develop workspace and enables Authors and Collaborators. Required to get started.
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Up to 5 concurrent Authors: equals the number of paid seats. Each seat covers one Author at a time; shared across the team.
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Collaborators can’t edit in Altium Designer, but they can fully engage in requirements, reviews, BOMs, comments, and task management.
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Your entire workgroup can get started free for 30 days

Common Questions

How is Altium Develop priced?

Altium Develop uses a simple, easy-to-understand subscription model designed for small teams that value clarity and predictability. It includes three components:

  • Workspace subscription (annual): An annual subscription that activates your shared Altium Develop workspace. This is the foundation of your collaborative environment and is all you need to get started.
  • Author seats (annual, concurrent): Add annual Altium Designer author seats on top of your workspace. Seats are concurrent — up to five authors can work at the same time per workspace tier, and the same seat can be shared across multiple designers as long as they’re not using it simultaneously. This keeps licensing easy-to-manage and cost-efficient.
  • Collaborators (free & unlimited): Invite unlimited collaborators at no additional cost. Collaborators can review designs, provide feedback, work with requirements, BOMs, comments, and tasks — but cannot edit schematics or layouts in Altium Designer.

This makes collaboration easy to expand as your project grows.

Is this a promotional price?

No — this pricing was designed by Renesas, Altium’s new parent company, with a commitment to making Altium more accessible than ever before, delivering big-company power at a small-company price with Altium Develop.

Do I need to buy multiple products?

No — Altium Develop includes both Altium Designer and Altium 365, so you have everything you need to design, share, and co-create in one connected environment.

What if I have more than 5 Altium Designer authors?

You can have as many Altium Designer authors as you need — the 5 limit applies only to concurrent authors. If your team shares access, then one seat can serve multiple authors. The only limitation is that simultaneous access is restricted to your region.

Can multiple engineers edit the same project?

Yes — Altium Develop is built for concurrent, multidisciplinary electronics hardware design and development. Multiple authors can co-edit projects within the same workspace.

What can collaborators do?

Collaborators (free) can review, comment, manage tasks, interact with BOMs, and create and edit requirements — everything except editing schematics or layouts in Altium Designer.

What happens if my team grows?

Simply add more author seats as you grow. If your team expands beyond 5 concurrent authors and/or you need greater control over users, processes, and data, Altium Agile Teams is the seamless next step.

Can I start small and add?

Absolutely. Start with one workspace and one author. You can add more authors and collaborators anytime without any disruption or downtime.

What is the pricing model for Octopart Discover and Altium Agile, and how does it relate to Altium Develop?

Altium Develop is the entry point for individuals and small teams, offering a simple subscription model with three elements: a workspace subscription, concurrent author seats for Altium Designer, and unlimited free collaborators.

As your team scales — for example, when you need more than five concurrent authors, or you begin requiring structured workflows, compliance, advanced permissioning, or cross-discipline governance — Altium Agile becomes the natural progression path. Agile extends the same core foundation as Develop but introduces the capabilities larger organizations depend on.

Altium Agile, offered in Teams and Enterprise editions, uses a quote-based subscription model. Pricing varies based on organization size, governance requirements, and the level of structure needed to support product development at scale.

Octopart Discover is an upcoming offering. You can join the waitlist on the Octopart Discover page, and you will be notified when it launches and pricing is announced.

A Full Set of Features for End-to-End Electronic Development

Altium Develop provides a full range of capabilities for end-to-end design 
and development of electronics, making it an ideal choice for smaller 
organizations with five or fewer Authors.

Access (Internal User)

Team members can participate from anywhere, securely accessing Altium Develop’s cloud platform.

  • Easy authenticated access
  • Secure AWS cloud infrastructure
  • Unlimited collaborators

Access (External Vendor & Supplier)

Invite system design houses or contract manufacturers to upload work or coordinate with your team.

  • Avoid sharing IP via insecure channels
  • Speed iteration
  • Centralize design data and feedback

BOM Management

Manage multiple BOMs as once, with a shared part library and native integration of Octopart.

  • BOM checks & analytics
  • Cost & risk management
  • Global part traceability

Centralized Libraries & Supply Chain

Store all your supported components in a centralized part library, making part selection and placement repeatable.

  • Cloud part libraries
  • Supply chain intelligence
  • Manufacturer part search

Data Management

Centralized data management for design templates, project histories, change notifications, and version control.

  • Manage change conflicts
  • Track project histories
  • Manage releases

Design Review & Sharing

Share designs continuously or schedule structured design reviews.

  • Share designs securely
  • Assign tasks in-context
  • Comment interactively

Hosting

Altium Develop runs on a public cloud service hosted on Amazon Web Services.

  • Industry-leading up-time and availability
  • Localization according to data residency laws
  • Top-level security against malware & intrusion

Manufacturing & Documentation

Altium Develop makes it simple to generate outputs for manufacturing and to assemble prototypes.

  • Automated manufacturing outputs
  • Visual assembly guidance
  • Unified BOM & board visualization

 

Mechanical (MCAD) CoDesign

Provide a simple bridge between electrical & mechanical engineers–within the same workspace.

  • Bi-Directional Synchronization
  • Advanced Copper Geometry for Simulation
  • Constraint Synchronization

PCB Assembly

An assembly assistant gives visual, step-by-step guidance to assemble prototype boards efficiently and as specified.

  • Simplify PCB assembly
  • Ensure precise placement
  • Minimize rework

PCB Layout

Altium Develop runs on Altium Designer, the leading PCB design engine.

  • 3D designs in the browser
  • Design rule enforcement
  • Precise part placement

Product Design

Manage design of the entire hardware project–not just the PCB–including harnesses, MCAD routing, and multi-board designs.

  • Harness design
  • Integrated multi-board MCAD
  • Multi-board schematics

Reporting & Traceability

Capture all important project events in Altium Develop, for easy reporting and continuous process improvement.

  • Record user actions & decisions
  • Audit processes via digital records
  • Govern data across all workspaces

Requirements Management

Collaborative requirements management software and systems engineering tools for agile teams

  • AI-Powered
  • Full traceability & change history
  • Scalable & flexible

Routing

Visual “digital twin” routing flexibility improves routing efficiency and accuracy.

  • Multi-net tuning & routing
  • High-speed rules & routing
  • Interactive routing modes

Schematic Capture

Re-use legacy schematics, with a range of capabilities for import, simulation, and design rules.

  • Re-use schematics
  • Import from other ECAD tools
  • Import LTspice circuits and simulations

Simulation CoDesign

CoDesign systems with bidirectional exchange of ANSYS simulations and simulation reports.

  • Direct connection to Ansys Electronics Desktop
  • Bidirectional push-pull exchange
  • Automated, formatted simulation reports

Support (Self-Serve)

Self-service support from guided onboarding, a learning hub, and on-demand trainings help teams come up to speed quickly.

  • Digitally guided onboarding
  • Learning hub with videos, guides, and workshops
  • On-demand training for Altium Designer & Altium 365

Viewer

Collaborators can view designs and leave comments for free. No design tool is required to view designs.

  • Navigate Altium projects
  • Streamline collaboration
  • Accelerate reviews