Autodesk Fusion vs Dokuly

Autodesk Fusion is a CAD and design application available on Windows, macOS, and the web. Listed capabilities include parametric modeling, sculpting, animation, rendering, and 3D-print export. The paid Autodesk Fusion plan combines integrated CAD/CAM, real-time team collaboration, PCB design and electromechanical integration, and drawing automation with design configuration. That plan costs $57 per user per month, billed annually, and a 30-day trial is listed. A free plan is also available. Fusion for personal use is intended for hobbyist users and non-commercial projects but has limited functionality; no price is listed. Fusion for educational use lists full features and functionality for qualifying students and educators, also without a listed price. Autodesk was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Platform access is listed as both, and the render engine is also listed as both. The available plans separate paid professional use, limited personal projects, and qualifying educational access.

Dokuly is a free, open-source Product Lifecycle Management system for engineering and operations teams. It manages parts, PCB assemblies, assemblies, bills of materials, revisions, releases, and alternate parts. Document controls include automatic numbering, revision management, PDF front-page generation, a built-in viewer, and browser editing through OnlyOffice. Purchasing covers suppliers, price breaks, purchase orders, and order tracking, including selection of the cheapest supplier for BOM orders. Inventory and production features track stock locations, transactions, lots, serial numbers, and assembly progress. Requirements can be linked hierarchically or as derived and superseding items, with verification tracking; engineering change orders record affected items for review. Projects provide access control, time tracking, tasks, and Gantt charts. Dokuly runs as a self-hosted Docker stack using PostgreSQL, Django, and nginx. Integrations include DigiKey API, Nexar API, and OnlyOffice. Its REST API uses project-scoped keys with configurable expiry and includes Swagger and ReDoc documentation. The documentation describes project-based API access controls; no security certification is stated on the pages reviewed.