Onshape
The Fastest Growing CAD & PDM System Worldwide

Onshape is a cloud-native product development platform that combines CAD, PDM, and real-time collaboration tools in a single system. It eliminates local file management issues by storing all design data in the cloud, enabling distributed engineering teams to work simultaneously without version conflicts. The platform serves industries from startups to enterprise, offering integrated version control with branching, merging, and a complete audit trail.
Onshape runs entirely in the cloud, so users open a browser and access full CAD and PDM tools with built-in version control, branching, and real-time multi-user collaboration—no installation or hardware requirements needed.
Engineering and product development teams, including startups, enterprises, students, and educators
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- freemium
- Company
- PTC
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