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> Inventor is a solution that provides engineers and designers with professional-grade design and engineering solutions. It assists with 3D mechanical design, simulation, visualization and documentation. 

With Inventor software, engineers can create a virtual representation of the final product to validate the form, fit and function before it’s ever built. Inventor includes powerful modeling tools as well as multi-CAD translation capabilities and native DWG drawings—helping users to reduce development costs, get to market faster, and make great products.
> 
> Verdict: Rated **4.5/5** by 277 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Quick Stats & Ratings

| Metric | Rating | Detail |
| **Overall** | **4.5/5** | 277 Reviews |
| Ease of Use | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Customer Support | 4.1/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Value for Money | 4.1/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Features | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) |

## About the vendor

- **Company**: Autodesk
- **Location**: San Rafael, US
- **Founded**: 1982

## Commercial Context

- **Starting Price**: USD 310.00
- **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free Trial)
- **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**: Windows (On-Premise)
- **Supported Languages**: Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
- **Available Countries**: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium and 208 more

## Features

- 2D Drawing
- 3D Design & Modeling
- 3D Imaging
- API
- Animation
- Annotations
- BOM Creation
- Bill of Materials Management
- Bills of Material
- CAD Tools
- Civil
- Collaboration Tools
- Component Library
- Configuration Management
- Content Library
- Data Import/Export
- Design Analysis
- Document Management
- Drag & Drop
- Electrical

## Integrations (1 total)

- AutoCAD

## Support Options

- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- Phone Support
- Chat

## Category

- [Engineering CAD Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/4321/engineering-cad/software)

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- [Bill of Materials Software](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/directory/3638/bill-of-materials/software)

## Alternatives

1. [AutoCAD](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/390127/autocad) — 4.7/5 (3205 reviews)
2. [SolidWorks Premium](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/206302/solidworks-premium) — 4.6/5 (756 reviews)
3. [Alibre Design](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/309859/alibre-design) — 4.7/5 (182 reviews)
4. [Autodesk Fusion](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/420072/fusion-360) — 4.5/5 (268 reviews)
5. [Revit](https://www.softwareadvice.com.au/software/422899/revit) — 4.6/5 (479 reviews)

## Reviews

### "Inventor: A powerful 3D modeling system" — 5.0/5

> **Ayub** | *7 March 2025* | Construction | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10
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> **Pros**: powerful iLogic feature that simplies repetitive tasks
> 
> **Cons**: Inventor doesn't allow real-time collaboration
> 
> We primarily use Autodesk Inventor for parametric modeling, and it is very powerful

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### "Inventor for Excellence in Services." — 5.0/5

> **Chantal** | *24 November 2024* | Higher Education | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Inventor has proper procurement guides and all costs are well established.
> 
> **Cons**: Inventor has a powerful way of managing all inventories.
> 
> Inventor is dependable, and has made every process in a firm successful.

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### "A very good solid modeling and simulation choice" — 5.0/5

> **Robert** | *30 September 2019* | Plastics | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: The subscription-based price model and great customer support.  Much better than Solidworks in this regard.
> 
> **Cons**: Hole feature does not have the robustness of SolidWorks.   It is not possible to mate to planes and other non-model features.
> 
> The annual subscription is a good value for the money

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### "Fantastic Software - Assemblies could be made simpler" — 4.0/5

> **Jack** | *12 January 2026* | Food Production | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: The ability to turnnideas into an easily viewable 3D part is incredible. The basic actions are very simple and has prompts which show you how to complete such as 2d sketches and then pulling it out into a 3D shape.
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> **Cons**: Assemblies always seem difficult, wither mating physicslly or with rules it always seems glitchy and I havent been able to grasp it fully. Despite this I am able to assemble my parts but I can tell the relationships are not full.
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> Overall Inventor is fantastic for a wide range of industries. I particularly use it for creating designs for fabrication to send to third party contractors and it always helps the iberall design procedure.

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### "autodesk inventor" — 4.0/5

> **Marc-André** | *20 January 2025* | Civil Engineering | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: 3d modeling, good integration to vault, and bom management
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> **Cons**: cost is high, invegrated with autodesk vauld is costly for small business, bet essential for engineering
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> very good, ease or use, lots of automations availables, and good autodesk market

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