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PTC Windchill

Composite Score

8.4 /10

CX Score

8.9 /10

60 Reviews Write a Review

What is PTC Windchill?

Windchill offers breakthrough Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) capabilities, unleashing more data to more stakeholders throughout your organization through a single source of truth for product data and processes. With it, your organization will improve product quality by connecting teams directly to live operational data. You’ll also reduce IT burden and overhead while ensuring accessibility and security with both on-premise and cloud deployment options. Windchill is a true end-to-end PLM platform that is IoT-ready.

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Awards & Recognition

PTC Windchill won the following awards in the Product Lifecycle Management category

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0 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2024

2022 Data Quadrant Champion

2022

9 Top Rated Capabilities

8 Top Rated Features

2022

PTC Windchill Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

86 Likeliness to Recommend

10
Since last award

96 Plan to Renew

14
Since last award

76 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

10
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+91 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love PTC Windchill?

2% Negative

1% Neutral

97% Positive

Pros

Enables Productivity
Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 76

Workflow Management

Product Data Management

Collaboration

Production and Change Management

Design Management

Quality Management

Inventory and Field Parts Management

Material Requirements Planning

Asset Management

Analytics and Reporting

Manufacturing Scheduling

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 77

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Ease of Implementation

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

PTC Windchill Reviews

Akash B.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Manufacturing
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2026

Most useful software for manufacturing, drawing

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates PTC Windchill from other similar products?

Easily store & upload documents, engineering drawing for future use Easily accessible whenever required. Easily communicate with sales team & purchase team

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Integration with creo 3d model software.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Some parts release error in windchill.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Easily integration with different software.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Viren P.

Role: Human Resources
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2026

improve AFX drawing compare to Solidworks

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates PTC Windchill from other similar products?

Fast to load heavy assemblies

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Graphics and UI

What do you dislike most about this product?

Complexity

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Defffinetely recommend

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Effective Service
Enables Productivity

Role: C-Level
Industry: Machinery
Involvement: Initial Implementation

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2026

its strong configuration management and control.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity

How We Deliver

Events

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Awards & Recognition

2022 Data Quadrant Champion

PTC Windchill Ratings

86 Likeliness to Recommend

10 Since last award

96 Plan to Renew

14 Since last award

76 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

10 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+91 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love PTC Windchill?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Workflow Management Includes ability to support flexible and comprehensive workflow-based capabilities.

Product Data Management Includes document control, centralized data repository, data sharing, and data storage.

Collaboration Includes ability to view, share and direct work between co-workers in real or near real-time.

Production and Change Management Includes product change management, production tracking, production planning, and production visibility.

Design Management Includes design visualization, visual scheduling, and computer-aided design (CAD).

Quality Management Includes quality planning, quality control, inspection programming, and quality assurance.

Inventory and Field Parts Management Refers to the strategic tracking, control, and optimization of parts, components, and materials throughout a product’s lifecycle.

Material Requirements Planning Includes bill of materials (BOM), quote management, and procurement.

Asset Management Solution centralizes an inventory of all corporate assets and integrates with a risk assessment of assets.

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Manufacturing Scheduling Includes employee time and attendance, production scheduling, and resource scheduling.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

PTC Windchill Reviews

Akash B.

Most useful software for manufacturing, drawing

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Viren P.

improve AFX drawing compare to Solidworks

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

its strong configuration management and control.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Workflow Management

Product Data Management

Collaboration

Production and Change Management

Design Management

Quality Management

Inventory and Field Parts Management

Material Requirements Planning

Asset Management

Analytics and Reporting

Manufacturing Scheduling

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Ease of Implementation

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training