Altium

Altium is a technology business that develops specialized software for the design of printed circuit boards. The job it does: building software for you when nothing off the shelf fits.

It makes the most sense for companies with a specific process to automate. They also list Electronic Design Automation (EDA), Electronics, Embedded Software and Software Engineering, so expect those to show up in the feature set. As a large company team themselves (501 to 1,000 people), they tend to serve customers of a similar scale best. At that size expect formal onboarding, documentation and a longer sales cycle.

Altium is based in La Jolla, California and founded in 1985. You can read more at altium.com.

Our checklist for this category: portfolio relevance, who owns the code, and how they handle changes. Ask for a trial on your own data, not a canned demo.

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