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What is Flux?

Flux is online PCB design software for hardware startups, electronics engineers, and product teams. Teams can develop schematics, lay out printed circuit boards, run simulations, and check design rules in a web browser, without installing a desktop EDA application. The AI assistant supports component research, schematic generation from a plain-language circuit description, component placement, trace routing, and design review. Engineers remain responsible for setting constraints and approving the final design. Flux supports simultaneous editing, project comments, and access permissions for collaborative hardware development. Teams can reuse community designs and parts, check live component prices and availability, and prepare manufacturing outputs including Gerber, BOM, and pick-and-place files. For migration, Flux imports Altium ASCII and Cadence EDIF schematic files, plus KiCad component libraries. PCB layouts are not included in these imports. Trial access includes a limited AI allowance. After the trial, editing or exporting private projects and using AI require a paid subscription. AI usage is metered in Agent Compute Units (ACUs), with included allowances varying by plan. Public-project and community access remain available.

What is Autodesk Fusion?

Autodesk Fusion is a cloud-based design and manufacturing platform built to help teams streamline product development from concept through production. It combines CAD, CAM, CAE, PCB, PDM, collaboration, and data management capabilities in one connected workspace. The software helps users design products, validate performance, prepare manufacturing workflows, manage electronics integration, and collaborate across teams without relying on disconnected tools. Autodesk Fusion is used by millions of professionals and supports a wide range of users, from makers and early-stage teams to professional machine shops and multi-site engineering organizations. The core Fusion plan includes integrated CAD/CAM, team collaboration, PCB design, electromechanical integration, drawing automation, and design configuration. Fusion for Manufacturing adds advanced manufacturing tools such as 2D through full 5-axis machining, intelligent toolpathing, automated CAM programming, in-process inspection, probing, and editable post-processors. Fusion for Design expands the platform with advanced simulation studies, generative design, advanced surfacing, mesh tools, plastic design, sheet metal tools, DFM capabilities, data management, and PLM functionality. The platform helps teams avoid rework by keeping design and manufacturing data connected, reducing CAD-to-CAM handoff issues and broken references. Built-in PDM and PLM tools help teams control access, track changes, maintain audit trails, and improve collaboration across product development workflows. Autodesk Assistant provides AI-powered support inside Fusion, helping users ask questions and move work forward with contextual assistance. With flexible subscriptions, cloud collaboration, integrated manufacturing tools, and advanced design capabilities, Autodesk Fusion helps organizations improve speed, accuracy, and continuity across the entire product lifecycle.

Media

Media

Integrations Supported

Integrations Supported

3Dfindit
AWS Secrets Manager
Accelygen
Autodesk PD&M Collection
Autodesk Viewer
Bantam Tools
CAMplete TruePath
CMM-Manager
Causeway Flow
ElectricalOm
FeatureCAM
MacroFusion
Makersite
OpenBOM
PowerMill
Puntt AI
SimLab Composer
Synode
Virtofy

API Availability

API Availability

Pricing Information

$50/month (billed monthly)
USD. Monthly billing: Explore $50/month; Build $100/month; Pro $250/month. Annual billing (monthly equivalents): Explore $40/month; Build $80/month; Pro $200/month, billed annually. Teams $158/editor/month, or $120/editor/month billed annually. Enterprise: custom pricing.

14-day free trial with limited AI usage; selected plan starts afterward unless canceled. After the trial, editing or exporting private projects and using AI require a paid plan. Public-project/community access remains available. Pro trial requires a $250 hold (monthly) or $200 hold (annual).

AI usage is metered in Agent Compute Units (ACUs). Explore includes 40 ACUs/month; Build 120; Pro 400. Optional pay-as-you-go AI usage on Build and Pro costs $2/ACU; Teams supports optional pay-as-you-go and pooled usage.
Free Trial Offered?

Pricing Information

$495 per year
Or $60 per month
Free Trial Offered?

Supported Platforms

SaaS

Supported Platforms

SaaS
Android
iPhone
iPad
Windows
Mac

Customer Service / Support

Web-Based Support

Customer Service / Support

Standard Support
24 Hour Support
Web-Based Support

Training Options

Documentation Hub
Online Training

Training Options

Documentation Hub

Company Facts

Organization Name

Flux

Date Founded

2019

Company Location

United States

Company Website

www.flux.ai/p

Company Facts

Organization Name

Autodesk

Date Founded

1982

Company Location

United States

Company Website

www.autodesk.com

Categories and Features

AI CAD

Not specified

Engineering

Collaboration
Design Analysis
Design Export
Electrical Engineering

PCB Design

3D Visualization
Autorouting
Collaboration Tools
Component Library
Design Rule Check
Differential Pair Routing
Schematic Editor

Categories and Features

3D Modeling

Not specified

3D Printing

Not specified

AI CAD

Not specified

Cabinet Design

Not specified

CAD

Not specified

CAD Data Exchange

Not specified

CAD Libraries

Not specified

CAD Viewers

Not specified

Circuit Simulation

Not specified

CNC

Not specified

Collaboration

Project Management
Task Management
Version Control

Design Collaboration

Not specified

Furniture Design

Not specified

Industrial Design

Not specified

Parametric Modeling

Not specified

PCB Design

Not specified

Product Design

Not specified

Simulation

Not specified

Surface Modeling

Not specified

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