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[Overview](https://www.softwareadvice.com/manufacturing/fusion-360-profile/) Reviews [Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/manufacturing/fusion-360-profile/alternatives/) # Autodesk Fusion User Reviews ## Reviews summary - Overall rating: 4.5/5 - Total reviews: 270 ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.1/5 - Customer support: 4.2/5 - Value for money: 4.3/5 - Functionality: 4.5/5 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 171 reviews (63%) - 4 stars: 75 reviews (28%) - 3 stars: 15 reviews (6%) - 2 stars: 3 reviews (1%) - 1 star: 6 reviews (2%) ### Most mentioned pros - The real-time collaboration feature makes designing within my team much smoother and efficient, allowing us to work on projects simultaneously without version conflicts. - Advanced simulation options are available, allowing us to easily test how real-world selling parts hold up to real life stress(used in previous organization). - It is a program that allows you to create 3D parts in a simple way, it is very intuitive and easy to use compared to other similar programs, it is very easy to edit your design at any stage so you can make changes at any time. ### Most mentioned cons - Other programs are so much more logic, you can just use them without training, but Fusion 360 is super frustating. - I highly dislike the price and pricing model AutoDesk implements for their products. - Fusion is aggressively distributed in school and colleges. But once you have to pay for it it’s too steep for a hobbyist. ## Autodesk Fusion customer reviews Showing reviews 1-25 of 270 (page 1). ### Fusion 360 quickly became our #1 Design software - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Brock P. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Retail - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2023 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Fusion 360 is a fantastic program at a great price. Since bringing this tool into our environment we have pretty much stopped using everything else. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros What initially drew us to Fusion 360 was the price compared to Rhino or Solidworks. However, this is a POWERFUL tool with just about every feature we could ask for. #### Cons Our team who had previously worked with Solidworks and Rhino took to Fusion 360 very quickly. Personally, I am more of a novice on CNC. For me the learning curve was pretty steep. Ultimately I found a course on it which helped a TON. #### Reasons for choosing Autodesk Fusion More powerful than VCarve Pro and much cheaper than Solidworks. #### Reasons for switching to Autodesk Fusion Fusion 360 is an industrial class tool on par with Rhino or Solidworks for a FRACTION of the price. It has everything we could ask for. We also used Vectric Vcarve Pro for many years and Fusion 360 is MILES better than these tools. --- ### Best cloud based CAD software - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: sunny p. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Automotive - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros its cloud based rendering helps me a lot because it helps me getting high quality image without using my pc power and instantly. #### Cons The software overall not have something i don't like but its getting Havier by every update which is a problem for old computer systems. because lot of student use fusion and have old PC. #### Reasons for choosing Autodesk Fusion 1. It's free for students 2. It's user interface 3. It's community support 4.some of it's unique features like T-spline modeling. --- ### CAD Development - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Ryan B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Construction - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 2/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I like the different features and tools to define any shape I am looking for. #### Cons Fusion 360 is not as smooth running as other CAD software, but is a great entry level product. --- ### Fusion 360, a simple alternative for 3D mechanical design - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Alejandro S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Oil & Energy - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: November 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. The use that I have given to Fusion 360 is more oriented to modeling simple parts and parts to be printed in 3D, in these areas it is even more versatile than the other software I have used, such as Autodesk Invetor and SolidWorks, which I have used. used to perform complex assemblies and simulations. Fusion 360 has been very useful for me to make prototypes to scale in the 3D printer #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Fusion 360 is a lighter and cheaper alternative for the design of 3d parts and machines, although it does not have all the features that can be found in specialized software such as Autodesk Inventor or SolidWorks, that simplicity and low cost can mean an advantage if what you want to design and draw is not very complex. Another great advantage is that Fusion 360 can be used for free if you are looking for a hobby use. For example to manufacture parts on your 3D printer or on your CNC router. #### Cons As it is a technical software, free modeling is somewhat restricted, so if you are looking to make aesthetic models or with complex shapes, this software is not the best alternative. In terms of mechanical design, although you can get good results with simple parts and machines, for complex assemblies it will also be somewhat limited and you will have to opt for options such as Autodesk Inventor. #### Reasons for switching to Autodesk Fusion Because the cost of Autodesk Inventor is much higher and it was not justified for the work that was going to be done --- ### Fusion 360, the always improving youngster in CAD/CAM/CAE! - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Godwin A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered 3D modeling in Fusion 360 is a wonderful experience as I have designed products ranging from medical equipment to automotive technology to household tools and even industrial machine parts with ease. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros First of all, you can never lose any file on Fusion 360. Even if you fail to save and your device shuts down, you can always get a recovered version on restarting Fusion on that device. Secondly, Fusion 360 is so light as compared to its other competitions as it really doesn't consume much of your OSD/ROM. Finally and obviously, you can easily get access to your design files from anywhere and at anytime you want it as Fusion saves them on the cloud. #### Cons Of course, Fusion 360 is cloud based and may consume internet data while it is running in "working online" mode. And in offline mode, user experience might not be smooth. #### Reasons for switching to Autodesk Fusion It wasn't really a switch but more of a new preference as it is easier to design a complete project assembly in a single file on Fusion 360. --- ### Top-rated features for kinematics and simulation - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Shubham A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Design - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2021 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered We're an Robotics based Ed-tech startup with the help of which we're creating robotics and other technical solutions for our customers. Therefore, a lot of R&D we do, we create each and every single part or component of a robot in the software. We're rendering the models, creating scenarios and simulating in real time in order to get the right design values and material selection for our product #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros 1. I've been using this software to create the kinematic links and simultaneously creating the mechanism joints resulting in getting the desired motion, I want to show in a simulation 2. With the help of it's feature recognition tool, it's easy to design each and every single part and can align them in a single tree 3. Easy to access shortcuts helps an advanced user to design components more quickly #### Cons As this software a cloud-based, it requires high-speed internet to stay logged in while designing and rendering the whole model. Constant updating is one thing that I'm concerned cause it popped out in the middle of your work #### Reasons for switching to Autodesk Fusion Solidworks is quite costly and the features that we were looking for were not present in it --- ### Excellent 3D CAD design software - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: David I. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Telecommunications - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used other for less than 6 months - Reviewed: June 2020 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I have enjoined using it, I actually was able to finish a prototype design using tool, it saved my day since it allowed me to design an organic piece that I badly needed, that I was not able to design accurately with open source software that I was using at that time. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros - There is a free version for Fusion 360 used for students, startups and teachers. - The modeling tools are really good they allow you to build organic shapes with ease. - The learning curve is not as steep. - It has an amazing support since is owned by Autodesk. - You can create machine code (G-Code) to send it to cut or 3D print. - There are several tutorials online and now is more used in the mechanical design industry. #### Cons The thing I did not like is that is entirely run on the cloud, you have to have an internet connection. #### Reasons for choosing Autodesk Fusion Because I was able to use it for what i needed and was not crazy expensive and was also fast to design in it #### Reasons for switching to Autodesk Fusion I needed a solution that could export tool paths as G-Code to run in the router --- ### Good 3d modeling - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Robert K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Civil Engineering - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: July 2025 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I like that i can use this product free or pay for the full version. with the full version you are able to use the online program anywhere. With the free version you need to download and install the program. #### Cons I don't really like how you have to save everything online. you are able to still save files to your computer but it has to be saved online. --- ### Great CAD Software - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Colter W. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Automotive - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: March 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. The application works spectacularly for CAD modeling of just about any part; and 3D modeling for 3D printing is great through this software. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 2/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The CAD modeling is very in-depth, and you can make just about anything all within one piece of software. #### Cons I highly dislike the price and pricing model AutoDesk implements for their products. --- ### Engineering Manager Review for Fusion 360 - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: saravanakumar m. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Automotive - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2024 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Fusion 360 is a complete cloud integrated product, very easy for multiple design teams to use together at the same time, Same project . #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Advanced simulation options are available, allowing us to easily test how real-world selling parts hold up to real life stress(used in previous organization). #### Cons Malware risks are available so hard to use. --- ### Good program for 3d parts modeling - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Sara Ruth F. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Design - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 6 months - Reviewed: February 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. It is a program that allows you to create 3D parts in a simple way, it is very intuitive and easy to use compared to other similar programs, it is very easy to edit your design at any stage so you can make changes at any time. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It is a great program for modeling 3D parts, has many very useful and practical tools when modeling, besides always being updated as it has the support of Autodesk one of the best brands in the industry. #### Cons The main limitation of this program is that it is not very good for organic design, since it is more focused on creating three-dimensional parts for machinery, for example. --- ### Building with Fusion 360 - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Dawne R. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Design - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2024 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. My overall experience with Fusion 360 has been pleasant. It allows me to design and complete small furniture and be able to show a client what the product will look like prior to the build. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros This program makes it very easy for me to design high-quality furniture pieces for my clients. #### Cons I have not found anything thus far that I can't do through this program. --- ### The perfect starter software for CAD - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Thomas B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Aviation & Aerospace - Company size: 10000+ employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: October 2024 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Fusion 360 is a perfect software to introduce the user to professional CAD, and its similarities with AutoCAD allow users to jump into more advanced work with a minimal learning curve. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros Fusion has a simple UI, easier to understand than Solidworks, making it better for those looking to start out in CAD work. #### Cons While Fusion 360 is a beginner software, it is not industry standard like AutoCAD, and does lack some more advanced tools. Other than that, it is very beginner friendly, and does perform better on lower end systems. --- ### 3d modelling tools - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Abdul K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Design - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: September 2024 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Good tools for 3d model and user friendly for beginner #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros It is user friendly with many tool bar for construction of 3d model #### Cons Its rotation views not very smooth and the printing option is limited --- ### An Excellent Tool for Designing 3d Prints and CAD Prototypes - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Verified Reviewer - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. In the context of Fusion being a tool for novices, it is an excellent tool to start designing in to learn the ins and outs of CAD and 3D modeling. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Fusion is a hybrid parametric modeling program offered by Autodesk. Fusion is the more entry level offerings in the Autodesk lineup, being simpler to use compared to their other offerings like Maya and 3DSMax, albeit while fulfilling a different role. One of the main benefits of Fusion 360 is that it is free. After then end of the trial you can choose to continue using the software as a hobbyist for free, allowing you to use it so long as you do not monetize the models created in Fusion. Being free, there is plenty of documentation and tutorials available to get started on Fusion and begin using it for CAD design. One of the areas where Fusion shines is for 3d printing, creating suitable printable models with ease. Fusion integrates with many models of 3d printers so that they can be directly printed from the program. For unsupported printers, Fusion can also export 3d printable formats such as .STL files for the printer to use. This is usually preferable anyways, as it allows for more flexibility compared to printing right in Fusion. #### Cons Fusion is a hybrid modeler, combining the features of a direct modeler and parametric modeler to create a more streamlined and easy to use tool overall. This means that some of the more complex parametric modeling tools and functions are missing from Fusion, making it unsuitable for more serious CAD design. While the interface is clean, many functions are often hidden behind too many mouse clicks that can make the program hard to navigate at times. this can be particularly confusing for those unaccustomed to 3D modeling or CAD software. --- ### My experience with FUSION 360 - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Bruno A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 51-200 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: June 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered My experience was perfect, I am not really into the 3d design world, but I learned this software for university and to solve some everyday problems. It took me many hours to get familiar with all the tools and options, but after learning it, it's pretty simple to use it. I have used it to design pieces to prepare some things, and it worked great. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros With Fusion it is possible to create new things from scratch and make them real. Once you know how to use the cad and 3D functions, it is possible to model any kind of piece in many materials; then it can be rendered or transferred to other pieces of software to manufacture it. It is not easy at all to learn it from scratch, because it has many features, but a great advantage it that there is a huge amount of learning material on YouTube or in the adobe community. #### Cons The main drawback maybe be the price, if you don't have access to a student or enterprise account, it could be pretty expensive. Anyway, the product is extremely complete and user-friendly, so is worth it. The other point is that it is not easy at all to learn it from scratch, but the internet is plenty of learning material. --- ### The best CAD tool for hobbyists and anyone who wants to make something - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Ryan L. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: August 2019 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I first used Fusion 360 as an undergrad because it was free for students, and later found out that it was also free for hobbyists. I love that approach to software, because I believe anyone should be able to dream something up and make it; Fusion 360 just provides one of the most powerful tools for that development process. I've used it to design robot parts, program machine toolpaths, and modify CAD designs from free libraries for fun. I really enjoy using it. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Fusion 360 set out to be the best integrated CAD and design software, and it certainly has achieved a lot of its goals. While not as high-powered as top-tier CAD programs, it holds its own and is uniquely designed with the user in mind. I love Fusion 360's cloud-based system; without having to store files locally, I can log in on any machine that has Fusion 360 and access my projects. The interface is clean and easily customized, and the tools are intuitive. There is also an active community that is great at answering questions, and a lot of YouTube tutorials put out by Autodesk and others that fully explore Fusion 360's functionality. #### Cons Because Fusion 360 is constantly being updated and new developments are being added regularly, sometimes you will open it up after a few weeks without using it and the interface will be different. If you're trying out a preview feature, you might not get to keep it if the development team decides to go in a different direction. But this is rare. --- ### I use this for prototyping AND teaching children how to design 3D prints! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Christopher V. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 12 months - Reviewed: December 2018 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I've really been able to take my modeling and prototyping and even teaching STEM students to the next level. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Fantastic ease of use, easy to teach and learn. Everything is in places that makes sense and you can create models based on measurements very easily. The software is designed to go right to 3D printers and even CNC machines. Lot's of options for modeling types/contexts such as parametric and even sculpting primitives. The cloud platform makes it very easy to access your work from other computers/devices.. One of the most useful features for me is the fact it handles threads so well, easy to 3D print and have parts properly screw together. I tested over 30 different modeling software packages before I settled on this. No regrets. #### Cons The only real gripe I have is with the overall model of subscription services, I'd rather pay and own this type of software but I understand I am getting real time patches and updates. --- ### A well packaged cloud based CAD, CAM and CAE software - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Ayodeji O. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for less than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2021 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. fusion 360 was very easy for me to learn and its been a great experience using it so far. majorly, I use fusion 360 in designing products for additive manufacturing as it is easy to modify my design and share with the team from anywhere since its cloud based. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The fact that it is cloud based made it easy for you to work as a team on the same project. fusion 360 offer great features especially in the 3D sketch as compared to its competitors, and the regular updates improves the UI and UX. as light as it is, its fully packaged with features to enable users make even complex designs, render and as well simulate it. #### Cons fusion 360 crashes too much especially when trying to upload designs made in offline mode to cloud, and it can be really frustrating. --- ### Best 3d designing and manufacturing software. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Ajoob s. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Chemicals - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered Fusion 360 is best software in our use for creating engineering designs with high precision. We do the designing of various part models using the software and the same is analysed using fusion 360. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Fusion 360 is mostly used by design Engineering team to create the product design in 2d and 3d. We use the software for designing product models and 3d simulation of the design. We can convert our 3d models easily into 2d models is a great feature. We do analysis of the design to test for errors before manufacturing and also we can easily make edits to the design as per needs. #### Cons Assembling of complex design is difficult as compared to other softwares. Proper training helps to overcome the issue. No other issues. --- ### A good program, but less than I expected - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Luca S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I want to describe the experience as positive, even though I have not enjoyed it much. I found it difficult to enter the right mindset and sometimes the program on my PC, a not so powerful laptop, became a bit slow compared to other similar programs like Inventor, in a way that made the design process frustrating.Although, the availability of a FEM module is awesome, casuse it is very rare to find a good one for free. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros The program is very complete, it features CAM, FEM, CAD and even a good rendering system. Considering that the program can be used for free for non commercial purposes with few limitations, it is a very practical and powerful solutions for amateurs on a budget. Furthermore, the integration level of all those features makes it easy to switch from one to the other. Finally, it occupies very low space on your computer compared to many other alternatives. #### Cons I don't like very much the concept of having your project online and working on parts that are stored there, and this is the direction towards which the program pushes, even though it allows to save everything on your computer as well.I've found the workflow to be a bit not so straightforward, coming from Inventor, everything was a bit different and I had a bit of difficulty of entering in the right mindset. #### Reasons for switching to Autodesk Fusion Looking for a free solution --- ### Best CAD software for the price - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Jason A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: August 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Fusion 360 has made it really easy to prototype designs, as it is much easier to pick up than a lot of other CAD software, like Inventor and Solidworks, and significantly cheaper. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros First of all, it's really easy to use, and it can run on lower-specced machines that can't run other CAD solutions. I also love how it's cross-platform. I switched from Windows to macOS about a year ago, and still have to use Windows for certain software, but I can start a project on my Mac and easily open the same project on a Windows device. And everything is saved to the cloud so it's super easy to keep track of your files and switch between devices. Fusion also has a version history, so you can very easily rollback to older versions of a file, or even just rollback certain modifications to a file. Another benefit of the cloud storage is that I can just send an email with a link to my colleagues and they also have access to the same file that I'm working on, so no more worrying if other people have the correct or most up-to-date version of the file. #### Cons Sometimes Fusion takes a while to launch. Another issue I have is with the pricing of cloud renderings. If you are a student you have unlimited 'cloud credits', but for a hobbyist or business, you have to buy a pack of at least 100 credits for $100, and every time a cloud rendering or simulation is done, you have to pay one of those credits. It doesn't seem like much, but it does add up, and I would personally refrain from using the cloud rendering and simulation services. --- ### Fusion 360 is the best so far - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Joseph Wendel L. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering - Company size: 201-500 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: October 2022 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I have been using it for almost 2 years now and it really helps me designing my projects at the uni #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Its user friendly and has lots of features that includes simulation and manufacturing that can be used in the industry #### Cons The exporting from a 3d model into 2d is a little bit troublesome because it does not output a 2d drawing like the ones in autocad --- ### Great In Theory. Clunky in Practice. - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: James M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Furniture - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: April 2023 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 3/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros Parametric design. Clean interface. Decent rendering. #### Cons Bugs bugs bugs. Performance issues, regardless of the computer being used. Drawings are resource heavy. Changing events in the design tree often lead to major errors. Features randomly stop working. I have been using Fusion since 2016 and I can say pretty confidently that it continues to get more and more clunky. --- ### My first real CAD and CAM experience - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: David C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Information Technology and Services - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 12 months - Reviewed: September 2020 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I'm using this software with a non-profit license (free) and despite the recent announcement about the functionality cutout (from first October 2020) to 10 active projects, I think it will remain to be my option. The main advantage versus his main competitor (Sketchup) are the fabrication functions. For a maker with an interest in CNC and/or 3D printing, it can be the perfect software. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Extensive functionality for the makers (CAM, simulation, generative design,...). Possibility to work locally with a good cloud-integrated repository. Good plugin marketplace with free options. Extensive learning materials on Autodesk website (updated) and third-party authors. Flexible payment options with a usable free version. #### Cons You will need an additional GCode sender program if you are doing CNC milling. Some learning curve. Not as good cloud assets library as SketchUp. #### Reasons for switching to Autodesk Fusion CAM funcionality ## More reviews [Next reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/manufacturing/fusion-360-profile/reviews/?page=2) --- Autodesk Fusion Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice