{"id":16768,"date":"2023-12-06T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/?p=16768"},"modified":"2026-03-26T07:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T11:40:10","slug":"solid-edge-1-cam-software-on-g2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/solid-edge-1-cam-software-on-g2\/","title":{"rendered":"Solid Edge ranks No. 1 for CAM software in G2 Winter 2023 Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are excited to share that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/solidedge.siemens.com\/en\/solutions\/products\/complete-product-development-portfolio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Solid Edge<\/a>&nbsp;has continued to solidify its leading position in the Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software industry by earning top rankings across 32 different categories in the Winter 2023 report by G2, the world\u2019s largest and most trusted software marketplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This position isn&#8217;t a first for Solid Edge, as we have continued to earn top marks like this one thanks to the trust and support our customers around the world place in Solid Edge \u2014 our complete portfolio of product development tools for mechanical and electrical design, simulation, manufacturing, technical publications, data management, and so much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/10\/Untitled-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Solid Edge G2 Rankings\" class=\"wp-image-16820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/10\/Untitled-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/10\/Untitled-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/10\/Untitled-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/10\/Untitled-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/10\/Untitled-395x222.png 395w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/10\/Untitled-900x506.png 900w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/10\/Untitled.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Solid Edge Winter 2023 rankings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Solid Edge earned&nbsp;a total of 32 badges&nbsp;in the G2 Winter 2023 Report across multiple categories for Small Business, Mid-Market, and Enterprise level solutions and industry software applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Best Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) Software<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rated #1 Overall<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rated #2 for Ease of Set Up, Ease of Admin, Market Presence, and Easiest to Do Business With<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rated #3 for User Satisfaction and Ease of Setup<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Best Mechanical Computer-Aided Design (MCAD) Software<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rated #1 for Easiest to Do Business With<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rated #2 for Market Presence and File Interoperability<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rated #3 for Ease of Setup, Text Editing Tools, Custom Interface, Ease of Admin, and User Satisfaction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Best 3D Printing Software<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rated #1 for Ease of Doing Business With, Ease of Admin, Ease of Setup, and File Editing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rated #3 for Integrated 3D Modeling, Mesh Repair, Market Presence, and Downloadable Applications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Best General-Purpose CAD Software<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rated #1 for Hardware Support and Custom Menus<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rated #2 for Command Clarity, File Size, Rendering, Text Editing Tools, Custom Commands, and Easiest to do Business With<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rated #3 for Custom Interface, Push\/Pull, Modeling, File Import, Rendering Tools, Market Presence and Task-Based Interfaces<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Best Simulation &amp; CAE Software<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rated #2 for Manufacturing Process Simulation, Support, Ease of Use, and Discrete Event Modeling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rated #3 for Multibody Dynamics, User Satisfaction, Hardware Support, Market Presence, Drawing Tools, and 3D Solid Modeling Tools<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a><strong>How G2 rankings work<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>G2&nbsp;is the world\u2019s leading business solution review platform. Operating a software marketplace used by more than 60 million software buyers annually, G2\u2019s quarterly updated lists rank the world\u2019s best software companies and products based on authentic, timely reviews from real users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Business professionals, buyers, investors, and analysts use the site to compare and select the best software and services based on user reviews. Basing its analytics on customer feedback, performance surveys, rigorous product comparisons and market research, G2\u2019s quarterly reports synthesize data relating to key software performance metrics for major business sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leaders in G2\u2019s report are ranked based on a combination of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/research.g2.com\/methodology\/scoring#satisfaction%20and%20market%20presence%20scores\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Satisfaction and Market Presence scores<\/a>&nbsp;for each seller. To be included in one of G2\u2019s reports, a software seller or product must maintain a great ranking within satisfaction and market presence scores amongst competitors for each review left by a customer. Scores are based on reviews submitted during the current evaluation period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about what real users have to say (or write your own review) on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.g2.com\/products\/solid-edge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">G2\u2019s Solid Edge review page<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a><strong>About Siemens Solid Edge<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/solidedge.siemens.com\/en\/solutions\/products\/complete-product-development-portfolio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Solid Edge\u00ae<\/a>&nbsp;is an integrated portfolio of powerful, comprehensive, and accessible software tools that advance all aspects of the product development process. Solid Edge addresses today\u2019s complex challenges with automated digital solutions that cultivate creativity and collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By harnessing the latest innovative technologies in mechanical and electrical design, simulation, manufacturing, publications, data management, and cloud-based collaboration, Solid Edge dramatically shortens time-to-market, provides greater production flexibility, and significantly reduces costs with its collaborative and scalable solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Solid Edge is a part of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sw.siemens.com\/en-US\/digital-transformation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Siemens Xcelerator\u2122 portfolio<\/a>, the comprehensive and integrated portfolio of software and services from Siemens Digital Industries Software and provides an innovative and comprehensive approach to product development for the mainstream market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.g2.com\/products\/solid-edge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">See what people are saying about Solid Edge on G2 \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More information about what\u2019s new in our latest Solid Edge 2024 release is available <a href=\"https:\/\/solidedge.siemens.com\/en\/solutions\/products\/complete-product-development-portfolio\/solid-edge-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solid Edge\u00a0from Siemens continues to solidify its market-leading position in the Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software industry, earning top rankings across 32 different categories in the Winter 2023 report from G2, the world\u2019s largest and most trusted online software review source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78793,"featured_media":16770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spanish_translation":"","french_translation":"","german_translation":"","italian_translation":"","polish_translation":"","japanese_translation":"","chinese_translation":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,102],"tags":[193,194,3154,9237,8642,11338,8,9164,3388],"industry":[170],"product":[439],"coauthors":[3086],"class_list":["post-16768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-whats-new","tag-computer-aided-design-cad","tag-computer-aided-manufacturing-cam","tag-computer-aided-engineering-cae","tag-customer-feedback","tag-g2","tag-siemens-xcelerator","tag-simulation","tag-support","tag-user-review","industry-small-medium-business","product-solid-edge"],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/10\/MicrosoftTeams-image-15.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78793"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16768"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17257,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16768\/revisions\/17257"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16768"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=16768"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=16768"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/solidedge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=16768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}