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Buy Altium Designer software
| Version | Price |
|---|---|
| Altium Designer 26.8.1 | |
| Altium Designer 25.8.1 | |
| Altium Designer 24.10.1 |
Select an offered release by checking its verified public-release checkpoint, your board-design workflow and supported Windows environment.
What Is Altium Designer?
Altium Designer is a Windows application for professional printed-circuit-board design. It keeps schematic capture, rules and constraints, PCB layout, component libraries, board analysis, documentation and manufacturing outputs inside one design environment.
The same project can extend beyond a single rigid board. Documented workflows cover rigid-flex stackups and bend regions, multiple connected PCBs, wiring harnesses, 3D board inspection and Draftsman production drawings.
From Circuit Intent to Manufacturing Output
- Capture the circuit: Create hierarchical schematics, define connectivity and assign component models.
- Set electrical and physical constraints: Apply clearance, width, differential-pair, length and impedance rules before layout.
- Lay out the board: Place components, route copper, manage planes and polygon pours, and verify the result with design-rule checks.
- Inspect the physical product: Review the PCB in 3D, define rigid-flex regions where required, or assemble multiple boards and harness connections.
- Release documentation: Generate Draftsman views, fabrication and assembly outputs, bills of materials, Gerber or other configured manufacturing data.
PCB, Rigid-Flex and System-Level Design Scope
| Design area | Relevant project work |
|---|---|
| Schematic and PCB | Logical capture, engineering-change transfer, placement, interactive routing, layer stacks and design-rule checking |
| Rigid-flex | Rigid and flexible board regions, flex-layer substacks, bend definitions and folded 3D inspection |
| Multi-board | Inter-board connectivity and physical assembly checks for products containing multiple PCBs |
| Harness | Pin-to-pin wiring, layout drawings and manufacturing documentation for cable assemblies |
| Draftsman and outputs | Fabrication, assembly and dimensioned views plus configured release files |
Altium Designer 24.10.1, 25.8.1 and 26.8.1 Checkpoints
| Store offer | Verified public-release checkpoint |
|---|---|
| 24.10.1 | Public build 45, released 10 October 2024. Its point-release record is primarily a maintenance baseline across schematic, PCB, Draftsman, 3D-MID, harness and platform areas. |
| 25.8.1 | Public build 18, released 16 July 2025. The historical record documents maintenance fixes across schematic, PCB and other design editors. |
| 26.8.1 | Public release dated 9 July 2026. Version 26.8 introduces an optional Open Beta increase from 32 to 128 signal layers and an optional advanced OrCAD import engine. |
The 26.8 capabilities above are explicitly Open Beta, so treat them as optional preview features rather than a reason to change a validated production baseline without testing.
Windows Compatibility for the Offered Releases
Altium's current system requirements specify 64-bit Windows 11 and continue to support 64-bit Windows 10, though Windows 10 is not recommended. The offered recent releases are shown at the documentation's supported-family granularity.
| Operating system | Eligible offered releases |
|---|---|
| Windows 10 (64-bit) | Altium Designer 24 Altium Designer 25 Altium Designer 26 |
| Windows 11 (64-bit) | Altium Designer 24 Altium Designer 25 Altium Designer 26 |
For a new workstation, Windows 11 follows the vendor's recommendation. Windows 10 remains a documented supported option but should be evaluated against the buyer's maintenance and security policy.
To order, return to the available versions and prices above and select the release that fits your project.