# Flux vs EasyEDA

Compare Flux and EasyEDA. EasyEDA is PCB design software that your engineers operate. Flux is an AI hardware engineer that does the design work. Bring your EasyEDA projects in, ask Flux to change them, and get them manufactured.

In EasyEDA, your engineers place and route every board by hand. In Flux, you give the requirement, and the AI engineer picks the parts, draws the schematic, and routes the board.

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 ![Flux editor: the AI engineer plans and delegates tasks while the 3D view shows the complete device: enclosure, circuit board, and wiring](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/teams-hero-device.webp)

## What Flux and EasyEDA are

### What Flux is

Flux is your team's autonomous hardware engineer. Give it a requirement. It plans the design, picks the parts, draws the schematic, routes the board, designs the mechanical parts, and writes the firmware. It checks its own work in simulation and design rule checks, and hands your engineers files ready to manufacture.

### What EasyEDA is

EasyEDA is PCB design software that opens in a web browser. A desktop client is also available.[\[1\]](#compare-source-1)

EasyEDA covers schematic capture, simulation based on LTspice, PCB layout, and fabrication files, with an integrated PCB fabrication and component purchase workflow.[\[1\]](#compare-source-1)

## What EasyEDA does well

### No installation

EasyEDA opens in any HTML5 web browser on Linux, macOS, or Windows. A desktop client is also available.[\[1\]](#compare-source-1)

### Team work

EasyEDA supports real-time team cooperation, online sharing, and thousands of open-source projects.[\[1\]](#compare-source-1)

### Order from the editor

EasyEDA connects the design to PCB fabrication and component purchase in one workflow.[\[1\]](#compare-source-1)

## Where Flux is different

Flux picks parts from 734,000+ public parts, draws the schematic, places the parts, and routes the board like an experienced designer. It checks the design against every datasheet, and runs circuit and full-wave electromagnetic simulation. Flux is not tied to one distributor or one fabricator. It shows live prices and stock from several distributors, and gets quotes from the fabricators that you choose. Your engineers review and edit the result.

 ![Close-up of the ESP32 x86 PC board, marked Made with Flux](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/compare-photo-1009063.webp)

Real boards and enclosures made with Flux.

Flux compared with EasyEDA
| Feature | Flux | EasyEDA |
| --- | --- | --- |
| What it is | AI hardware engineer with its own design tools | PCB design software[\[1\]](#compare-source-1) |
| Where it runs | In your web browser. Nothing to install. Your projects live in the cloud. | In your web browser, or as a desktop client[\[1\]](#compare-source-1) |
| Who does the design work | The Flux agent. Your engineers review and edit. | Your engineers[\[1\]](#compare-source-1) |
| Schematic and parts | Built in. Picks from 734,000+ public parts. | Built in[\[1\]](#compare-source-1) |
| Placement and routing | The AI engineer places the parts and routes the board like an experienced designer. Your engineers review and edit. | Manual routing and an auto router that your engineers set up[\[1\]](#compare-source-1) |
| Parts and sourcing | 734,000+ public parts, with live prices and stock from distributors | Integrated component purchase workflow[\[1\]](#compare-source-1) |
| Simulation and design rule checks | SPICE, electromagnetic, thermal, and mechanical simulation, plus design rule checks | Simulation based on LTspice[\[1\]](#compare-source-1) |
| Manufacturing files | Gerber, ODB++, IPC-2581, bill of materials, pick-and-place, and more | Gerber, bill of materials, and pick-and-place files, with integrated PCB fabrication[\[1\]](#compare-source-1) |
| And the mechanical parts too |
| Mechanical CAD | Built in, kernel agnostic. From an enclosure to a complete robot arm. | 3D view of the board and DXF export for a separate mechanical CAD tool[\[1\]](#compare-source-1) |

## Board design, done by the AI engineer.

### Routes like an experienced designer

Flux places the parts and routes the board like an experienced designer, and it respects your design intent and your layout rules.

### Parts you can buy

Flux picks from 734,000+ public parts. It checks live prices and stock across distributors before it puts a part on the board.

### Your layout rules

Flux checks every board against your layout rules and the capabilities of your fabricator.

### Checks every datasheet

Flux reads the datasheet of every part and checks the design against its pinouts, ratings, and limits.

## Bring your EasyEDA work into Flux.

Bring your EasyEDA project in. Ask the agent to change it. Then get it manufactured: Flux hands you the files that your manufacturer needs.

Example request

“Add a USB-C connector for power, and route it to the battery charger.”

 ![An engineer holds a board in a green enclosure](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/compare-photo-1008482.webp)

Real boards and enclosures made with Flux.

-   ![Altium](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/teams-logos/altium.svg) Altium Designer
-   ![Cadence](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/teams-logos/cadence.svg) OrCAD and Allegro
-   ![KiCad](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/teams-logos/kicad.svg) KiCad
-   ![Siemens](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/teams-logos/siemens.svg) PADS, Xpedition, and NX
-   ![Zuken](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/teams-logos/zuken.svg) CADSTAR
-   ![Autodesk](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/teams-logos/autodesk.svg) Eagle and Fusion
-   ![EasyEDA](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/teams-logos/easyeda.svg) EasyEDA
-   ![SolidWorks](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/teams-logos/solidworks.svg) SolidWorks
-   ![CATIA](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/teams-logos/catia.svg) CATIA
-   ![PTC](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/teams-logos/ptc.svg) Creo
-   ![Onshape](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/teams-logos/onshape.svg) Onshape

### Bring your existing work

Import complete projects, part libraries, and 3D models. Schematics, placement, and routing come across.

### Keep going with your AI engineer

Imported designs are ready to edit right away. Ask "move the USB cutout 3 cm left" or "make the enclosure tighter", and Flux does the work.

### Get it manufactured

Flux hands you the files that your manufacturer needs: Gerber, ODB++, IPC-2581, bill of materials, and pick-and-place for the board, and STEP, STL, or 3MF for the mechanical parts.

See all file formats

Complete projects

Altium, Cadence OrCAD and Allegro, KiCad, Siemens PADS and Xpedition, Zuken CADSTAR, Eagle, and EasyEDA. Schematics, parts, connections, board outlines, placement, and routing come across.

Part libraries

Altium, KiCad, Eagle, and EasyEDA libraries become Flux parts, with symbols, footprints, and 3D models.

Mechanical files

STEP, STL, OBJ, 3MF, and glTF models, plus DXF board outlines.

Handoff to manufacturing and electronics tools

Gerber, ODB++, IPC-2581, IPC-D-356 test netlists, bill of materials, pick-and-place, EDIF netlists, GenCAD, and KiCad board files.

Handoff to mechanical design

The full board and its parts as STEP, compressed STEP, BREP, VRML, glTF, and STL models, plus DXF layer drawings. Enclosures and brackets that Flux designs export as STEP, STL, and 3MF, ready for your mechanical tools or a 3D printer.

Orchestration

## One request. A whole team of AI engineers.

Hand Flux a complete product. The lead AI engineer splits it into workstreams, starts parallel threads across projects, manages them, and reports back.

### Parallel threads

Each workstream runs in its own agent thread. The main board, the daughterboards, and the enclosure come together at the same time.

### Across projects

The lead engineer starts work in other projects and tracks it all from one place.

### Managed for you

It monitors every thread, steers work that goes off the brief, and collects the results.

### You stay in control

Changes that move an interface or resize a board wait for your approval.

Example

### A product with three daughterboards

Flux writes a brief for each board with its outline, mounting holes, connectors, and the enclosure openings they line up with. Each board gets its own project and its own AI engineer, and all three are designed in parallel. Flux then places the finished boards in the main assembly and measures clearances and connector alignment in millimeters.

Verification lab

## Simulates and checks its own work before you build.

Flux doesn't stop at generating designs. The AI engineer simulates and checks its own work with professional-grade solvers, and it shows you the results.

### Circuit simulation

SPICE simulation of analog, power, and mixed-signal circuits, run and read by the AI engineer.

### Electromagnetic simulation

Full-wave simulation of the routed board: impedance, S-parameters, crosstalk, and antennas.

### Design rule checks

Electrical and manufacturing rule checks on every schematic and board.

### Datasheet checks

Reads the datasheet of every part and checks the design against its pinouts, ratings, and limits.

### Thermal simulation

Heat and airflow simulation of boards and enclosures before you build them.

### Fluid simulation

Airflow and cooling through the enclosure, so vents, fans, and heat sinks work before the first prototype.

### Mechanical simulation

Finite-element stress analysis of brackets, enclosures, and mounts.

 ![SPICE load step of a 3.3 V buck converter](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/verification-lab-spice-load-step.webp)

SPICE load step of a 3.3 V buck converter

 ![Thermal map of top and bottom copper](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/verification-lab-copper-thermal.webp)

Thermal map of top and bottom copper

 ![Stress analysis of an aluminum bracket](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/verification-lab-bracket-stress.webp)

Stress analysis of an aluminum bracket

 ![S-parameters of a USB data line, simulated on the routed board](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/verification-lab-usb-line-s-parameters.webp)

S-parameters of a USB data line, simulated on the routed board

Sourcing

## Picks parts you can buy today, at today's prices.

Flux connects directly to major electronics and mechanical parts distributors. The AI engineer picks chips, connectors, screws, and standoffs that are in stock, compares prices across distributors, and replaces parts that are at end of life before the product goes to production.

-   ![Digi-Key](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/teams-logos/digikey.svg) Digi-Key
-   ![LCSC](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/teams-logos/lcsc.svg) LCSC
-   ![Mouser](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/teams-logos/mouser.svg) Mouser
-   ![Arrow](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/teams-logos/arrow.svg) Arrow
-   ![Verical](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/teams-logos/verical.svg) Verical
-   ![TME](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/teams-logos/tme-wordmark.svg) TME
-   ![HQonline](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/teams-logos/hqonline.svg) HQonline
-   ![McMaster-Carr](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/teams-logos/mcmaster.svg) McMaster-Carr
-   ![MISUMI](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/teams-logos/misumi-wordmark.webp) MISUMI
-   ![JLCMC](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/teams-logos/jlcmc.svg) JLCMC

Manufacturing

## Gets quotes from your fabricators as the design changes.

Flux gets quotes directly from the fabricators for circuit boards and assembly, 3D printing in plastic and metal, CNC machining, sheet metal, laser cutting, injection molding, and casting. The AI engineer compares price and lead time, checks the design against each fabricator's rules, and keeps the quote current as the design changes.

### Circuit boards and assembly

-   ![JLCPCB](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/teams-logos/jlcpcb.webp) JLCPCB
-   ![PCBWay](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/teams-logos/pcbway.svg) PCBWay
-   ![OSH Park](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/teams-logos/oshpark.webp) OSH Park
-   ![AISLER](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/teams-logos/aisler.webp) AISLER

### Mechanical parts

-   ![Craftcloud](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/teams-logos/craftcloud.svg) Craftcloud
-   ![JLC 3D printing](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/teams-logos/jlcpcb.webp) JLC 3D printing
-   ![PCBWay 3D printing](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/teams-logos/pcbway.svg) PCBWay 3D printing
-   ![Shapeways](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/teams-logos/shapeways.svg) Shapeways
-   ![OSH Cut](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/teams-logos/oshcut.svg) OSH Cut
-   ![SendCutSend](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/teams-logos/sendcutsend.svg) SendCutSend

## Why teams move from desktop tools

### One product for the whole design

The board, the mechanical parts, and the firmware are in one project. The agent can change the board and the mechanical parts together. You do not move files between an electronics tool, a mechanical tool, and a code editor.

### Runs in your browser

There is nothing to install and no license server to manage. Flux works on any computer with a modern web browser.

### One live copy of each project

Share a project with a link. Several people can edit it at the same time. Nobody sends files by email or asks which version is the latest.

### No upgrades

New features and new AI models arrive in the product. You do not install a new version or move your projects to it.

### Parts are ready

The Flux library has 734,000+ public parts. You do not build a part library before you start.

### Your team starts in minutes

Invite people with a link. Single sign-on and project-level permissions control who sees what.

## And the mechanical parts and firmware too.

1.   ![Boards, enclosure, and mounts in one model](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/teams-device-cutaway.webp)
    
    ### Mechanical
    
    Flux designs the parts and assemblies around the board, from an enclosure to a complete robot arm.
    
2.   ![STM32 current-loop firmware that Flux wrote and compiled, in a syntax-highlighted code block](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/teams-stm32-current-loop-firmware.webp)
    
    ### Firmware
    
    Flux writes the firmware for the board it designed.
    

 ![Boards and 3D-printed enclosures made with Flux on a workbench](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/compare-photo-1008550.webp)

Real boards and enclosures made with Flux.

## Model agnostic and kernel agnostic

### Model agnostic.

Flux runs frontier models from several providers. Adaptive model selection gives each task to the model that does it best for the price. Frontier performance at 30% lower cost.

### Kernel agnostic CAD.

Flux builds parts on OpenCascade and NVIDIA SMLib, and on Siemens Parasolid on request. The agent picks the kernel for each part.

## Your designs stay yours.

-   SOC 2-aligned cloud infrastructure
-   Single sign-on (SSO)
-   Project-level permissions
-   Inputs and outputs are always your IP
-   No training on customer data

## Flux pricing

-   ### Explore
    
    $40/mo
    
    billed annually ($50 monthly)
    
-   ### Build
    
    $80/mo
    
    billed annually ($100 monthly)
    
-   ### Pro
    
    $200/mo
    
    billed annually ($250 monthly)
    
-   ### Teams
    
    $4,900/yr
    
    for 5 seats, billed annually ($500 monthly for 5 seats)
    

Explore, Build, and Pro start with a 14-day free trial. Cancel anytime. [See all plans](https://www.flux.ai/p/pricing)

## When to use which

Use EasyEDA when your engineers want to design every board by hand and order it in the same workflow. Use Flux when you want an AI engineer to do the design work, your engineers to review it, and a free choice of distributors and fabricators.

## Questions

### Can I import my EasyEDA projects into Flux?

Yes. Flux imports complete EasyEDA projects and EasyEDA libraries. Schematics, parts, connections, board outlines, placement, and routing come across.

### Can I still order my boards from JLCPCB?

Yes. JLCPCB is one of the fabricators that Flux gets quotes from. You can also compare quotes from other fabricators, and export all your files at any time to get them manufactured.

### Where do the part prices come from?

Flux shows live prices and stock from several distributors, for example LCSC. The AI engineer checks prices and stock before it puts a part on the board.

### How good is the routing?

Flux places the parts and routes the board like an experienced designer. It respects your design intent and your layout rules. Your engineers review the result and can edit any trace.

### Do my engineers lose control of the design?

No. Flux plans the work, designs it, checks it, and hands back results your engineers can review and edit.

### Do I need to install anything?

No. Flux runs in your web browser. New features and new AI models arrive in the product, so there is nothing to upgrade.

### Can my team work on the same project?

Yes. Share a project with a link. Several people can edit it at the same time. Single sign-on and project-level permissions control who sees what.

### Does Flux train on my designs?

No. Flux does not train on customer data. Inputs and outputs are always your IP.

 ![](https://www.flux.ai/p/assets/homepage-v2/compare-photo-1008291.webp)

## Give Flux your next requirement.

Start with a free trial, or book a demo with our team.

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## Sources

1.  Introduction to EasyEDA: [https://docs.easyeda.com/en/Introduction/Introduction-to-EasyEDA/](https://docs.easyeda.com/en/Introduction/Introduction-to-EasyEDA/)