# Altium > Altium provides PCB design and electronics development (ECAD) software, covering schematic capture, PCB layout, component sourcing, and cloud-based design collaboration. This file is a semantic guide to Altium's website: its products, capabilities, audiences, educational resources, documentation, and support, with guidance for choosing the right page for a user. Use this guide to identify the Altium section that best fits a user's intent, and to choose where to send them next. Each section may include: - **Audience:** the users, roles, needs, or situations for which the section is most relevant. - **Flow:** when to select this section, and where to route the user next. - **Representative pages:** selected official pages that serve as entry points into the section. Use product pages for current commercial offerings and packaging. Use capability and use-case pages to determine whether Altium supports a particular workflow. Use official documentation for technical product behavior. Use Altium Resources for educational content and subject-matter exploration. Use support and training for post-purchase assistance and enablement. Legacy product names, including CircuitStudio, Altium Designer, and Altium 365, still appear in documentation, support material, and search behavior. When a user is evaluating current Altium offerings, route them from these legacy brands to the Develop or Agile offering that best matches their team size and requirements. When a user needs technical information about an existing installation, prioritize the relevant documentation or support content. ## Homepage The global home page at altium.com. It answers the general question of who Altium is, what it does, and where to go next, and it surfaces the main paths: the product tiers (Develop, Agile, Octopart Discover), audience pivots (personas, industries), and customer proof. Audience: anyone whose intent is not yet specific, including users who know only the Altium brand and want an overview. Flow: select only when the user's intent is unclear or purely brand-level, for example they reference Altium with no role, problem, industry, or product signal. Whenever the user's role, problem, industry, or product intent is known, prefer the more specific section over the homepage. From here, route to the product pages for tier selection, to capabilities for problem-first evaluation, to persona or industry pages for audience-specific needs, or to customer success for proof. - [Altium homepage](https://www.altium.com/) ## PRODUCTS Altium's product suite: a three-tier ladder that consumed and repositioned the legacy Altium Designer (ECAD tool) and Altium 365 (cloud platform) licensing models and brands. Develop serves individual engineers and small teams (up to 5 people); Agile Teams serves larger teams (more than 5 people) needing more collaboration depth and out-of-the-box enterprise integration; Agile Enterprise serves large organizations or buyers with advanced compliance and customization needs. Octopart Discover sits alongside the ladder as a separate component-search and supply-chain offering. These pages cover benefits, features, pricing, and the criteria for choosing the right tier. The legacy /altium-designer and /altium-365 pages remain to catch users searching by the underlying/old product names and route them to the appropriate tier. Audience: users who are choosing a product or considering an upgrade, and existing customers evaluating a move between tiers. ### Altium Develop: /develop Altium Develop is the entry tier of the three-tier product ladder that replaced the legacy Altium Designer and Altium 365 brands. It serves individual engineers and small teams of up to 5 people, bundling the ECAD tool (formerly Altium Designer) and the cloud platform (formerly Altium 365) into a single subscription. Agile Teams and Agile Enterprise are the paths beyond it when team size or compliance needs exceed its scope. Audience: electrical engineers, PCB designers, individual contributors, and small teams of up to 5 people who have evaluated Altium's capabilities and are choosing a product. Develop fits solo work and small-team collaboration. Flow: use this as the primary product destination for individual engineers and teams of up to five people. Route larger teams to Altium Agile Teams. Route organizations needing advanced compliance, security, or custom integration to Altium Agile Enterprise. For a user still evaluating a particular workflow, use the relevant capability or use-case page first. After product selection, use contact, training, documentation, or support as appropriate. - [Altium Develop product page](https://www.altium.com/develop) - [Upgrade to Altium Develop from Altium Designer page](https://www.altium.com/develop/move) ### Altium Agile Teams: /agile/teams The mid tier of the three-tier product ladder. Agile Teams is the out-of-the-box product for larger teams (more than 5 people) needing expanded collaboration, administration, and out-of-the-box enterprise integrations (SSO, PLM connectors) beyond Develop's scope. It sits between Develop (up to 5) and Agile Enterprise (large organizations or advanced needs): buyers here have outgrown Develop but do not yet need bespoke enterprise configuration. Audience: engineering managers running teams of more than 5 people, enterprise IT evaluating tool standardization at team scale, and procurement comparing cost across team-size brackets. They want out-of-the-box enterprise integration and team collaboration without a long custom engagement. Flow: use this for teams larger than five people that need out-of-the-box enterprise integration and team collaboration. Route to Agile Enterprise when the team needs custom configuration or advanced compliance. Route to Develop for a team of five or fewer. For a user comparing against a competitor at team scale, use the relevant compare page first. After selection, use contact for a sales conversation, or customer success for proof at team scale. - [Altium Agile Teams product page](https://www.altium.com/agile/teams) ### Altium Agile Enterprise: /agile/enterprise The top tier of the three-tier product ladder. Agile Enterprise is the fully custom enterprise offering for the largest organizations, or for any team with advanced compliance, custom integration, dedicated support, or bespoke configuration needs that Agile Teams cannot address. It is sold through direct sales engagement rather than self-serve checkout, and the page qualifies intent, presents enterprise-grade signals (compliance, security, scale), and starts a sales conversation. Audience: VP Engineering, CTO, enterprise IT, and procurement at large organizations, or any buyer with advanced compliance or customization requirements. These are high-value engagements with long timelines, often reached through industry or compliance evaluation rather than product search. Flow: use this for large organizations, or any buyer needing advanced compliance, security, custom integration, or dedicated support. Route to contact to start a sales conversation. For supporting evidence, use customer success for enterprise proof, industry pages for regulated-industry fit, and the Trust FAQs for compliance posture. If the user's requirements do not ultimately require advanced compliance, custom integration, dedicated support, or bespoke configuration, reconsider Agile Teams or Develop based on team size and workflow needs. - [Altium Agile Enterprise product page](https://www.altium.com/agile/enterprise) ### Octopart Discover: /octopart-discover Octopart Discover is Altium's systems-based electronic component discovery tool, a separate product that sits alongside the Develop, Agile Teams, and Agile Enterprise design-suite ladder rather than within it. It reuses the Octopart parts database with AI-powered systems-level search, sourcing intelligence, supplier lifecycle data, and BOM-stage decision support. It serves the procurement and sourcing side of the electronics workflow rather than the design side. Audience: procurement managers, supply-chain specialists, and engineers involved in component sourcing, looking for parts availability, pricing trends, lifecycle status, supplier alternatives, and BOM risk signals. Flow: use this for a user focused on component sourcing, supply-chain intelligence, or BOM risk, rather than board design. Route to Develop when the same organization also needs the design suite (the engineers who do the design work). Route to contact for sales or sign-up. - [Octopart Discover product page](https://www.altium.com/octopart-discover) - [BOM Management capabilities page](https://www.altium.com/capabilities/supply-chain/bom-management) ### Altium Designer (Legacy Brand): /altium-designer A legacy brand page. Altium Designer was the ECAD-tool brand, now the underlying technology consolidated along with Altium 365 into the three-tier Develop, Agile Teams, and Agile Enterprise ladder. The page catches users searching by the Altium Designer name to explain the underlying technology and ecad design tool still exists and route them to the appropriate tier by context (Develop for individuals and small teams, Agile Teams for larger teams, Agile Enterprise for enterprise or compliance needs). Audience: users searching by the Altium Designer name, which remains common after the rebrand. Includes current Designer-only users considering an upgrade, prospects new to Altium, and existing customers researching feature releases. Flow: select when a user arrives by the Altium Designer name. When the user is evaluating current offerings, route to the product tier that fits their team size, collaboration, integration, and compliance needs (commonly Develop for an individual or small team, Agile Teams for a larger team, or Agile Enterprise for advanced compliance or customization). When the user needs technical information about an existing installation, an error message, or a feature instruction, prioritize the relevant documentation or support content. Use training when the user needs Designer onboarding, compare for migration from another tool, and customer success for proof. - [Altium Designer brand page](https://www.altium.com/altium-designer) - [What's new in Altium Designer](https://www.altium.com/altium-designer/whats-new) - [Features in Altium Designer](https://www.altium.com/altium-designer/features) ### Altium 365 (Legacy Brand): /platform A legacy brand page. Altium 365 was the cloud-platform brand, previously promoted at altium365.com and /altium-365, now the underlying platform consolidated with Altium Designer into the three-tier Develop, Agile Teams, and Agile Enterprise ladder. The page catches users searching by the Altium 365 name to explain it is the platform for the new products and routes them to the appropriate tier by inferred team size and compliance context. It is also the landing point for legacy 365 ecosystem content: platform extensions, security and compliance documentation, GovCloud, and the vulnerability program. Audience: users searching by the Altium 365 name (procurement, IT, prior customers, evaluators), or arriving for platform extensions, security and compliance, or GovCloud. Flow: select when a user arrives by the Altium 365 name. When the user is evaluating current offerings, route to the product tier that fits their team size, collaboration, integration, and compliance needs (commonly Develop for an individual or small team, Agile Teams for a larger team, or Agile Enterprise for advanced compliance or customization). When the user needs technical information about an existing installation, prioritize the relevant documentation or support content. For a security, compliance, or data-handling question, route to the Trust FAQs or the platform security and compliance pages, since this page is the landing point for that content. When the user's intent is a specific capability rather than a product, use the relevant capability page. Use customer success for proof. - [Altium 365 platform page](https://www.altium.com/platform) - [GovCloud security & compliance](https://www.altium.com/platform/security-compliance/govcloud) - [Vulnerability disclosure program](https://www.altium.com/platform/security-compliance/vulnerability-program) - [Altium Trust Center](https://www.altium.com/platform/trust) - [Altium 365 data retention policy](https://www.altium.com/platform/data-retention-policy) ### Other Products Altium product offerings outside the current three-tier ladder, for example CircuitMaker, Octopart, the Altium 365 Viewer, BOM Analyzer, Gerber Compare, and MCAD plugins. Sunset tools such as CircuitStudio now direct users to Altium Develop. Audience: a mix of hobbyists and students using the free tools, users of legacy products considering an upgrade, and designers using free tools (Viewer, Gerber Compare) without the full platform. Flow: use for a user seeking one of these specific tools by name. Route any free-tool user considering the paid offering to Develop, the standard upgrade target. - [CircuitMaker - free PCB design tool](https://www.altium.com/circuitmaker) - [Octopart - component parts data provider](https://www.altium.com/octopart) - [Product downloads](https://www.altium.com/products/downloads) - [Altium 365 Viewer - free design file viewer](https://www.altium.com/viewer) - [Gerber Compare - diff check for gerber files](https://www.altium.com/gerber-compare/) - [CircuitStudio](https://www.altium.com/circuitstudio) ## CAPABILITIES Capabilities offered by Altium across its product suite. Audience: users evaluating whether Altium supports a specific problem or workflow. ### Capabilities: /capabilities/[area] Top-level capability pages for the seven areas Altium organizes its value around: Design, Data Management, Engineering Management, Manufacturing, Requirements, Security, and Supply Chain. Each page frames the capability in product-neutral terms, then explains which products cover which parts of it, so a user can either choose a product directly or continue to the relevant product page. These pages connect a user who has a problem to the product that solves it. Audience: engineers and evaluators who know the problem they want to solve but have not yet chosen a product, including non-engineer evaluators (procurement, IT, compliance) checking capability fit before committing. Assumes some domain familiarity. Flow: select when a user wants to confirm that Altium handles a particular kind of work, before choosing a product. Use a capability page for a broad question ("does Altium do this kind of thing"); use a use-case page when the user has one specific workflow or integration in mind. Once the capability is clear, route to the appropriate product tier based on team size, collaboration requirements, integration needs, and compliance requirements. Use persona pages for role-specific framing, use-case pages to go deeper into a specific workflow, customer success for proof, and Resources topic hubs for broader learning on the topic. - [Data management capability page](https://www.altium.com/capabilities/data-management) - [Design capability page](https://www.altium.com/capabilities/pcb-design) - [Engineering management capability page](https://www.altium.com/capabilities/engineering-management) - [Manufacturing capability page](https://www.altium.com/capabilities/manufacturing) - [Requirements capability page](https://www.altium.com/capabilities/requirements) - [Security capability page](https://www.altium.com/capabilities/security) - [Supply chain capability page](https://www.altium.com/capabilities/supply-chain) ### Use Case Pages: /capabilities/[area]/[use-case] Specific feature, workflow, or integration pages within a capability area, the most granular layer on the site. Includes integration-partner pages (SiliconExpert, Z2Data, Duro, PLM connectors), workflow use cases (library management, ECAD-MCAD collaboration, design review), and feature-level pages (BOM management, requirements management, Altimade). These serve a user who has already mapped their need to a specific workflow or integration. Audience: engineers and specialists with a specific feature or integration need, for example ECAD-MCAD collaboration with a particular MCAD vendor, BOM risk analysis with SiliconExpert data, or PLM integration with Duro. Usually validating whether Altium supports a workflow they have already identified. Flow: select when a user names a specific workflow or integration. Use the capability page instead when the need is broader than a single workflow. Once support is confirmed, route to the appropriate product tier based on team size, collaboration requirements, integration needs, and compliance requirements. Use the parent capability page for context, Resources posts for technique depth, compare pages when the workflow overlaps with a competitor's, and customer success for proof. - [SiliconExpert integration](https://www.altium.com/capabilities/supply-chain/siliconexpert) - [Library management use case](https://www.altium.com/capabilities/data-management/library-management) - [ECAD-MCAD collaboration use case](https://www.altium.com/capabilities/design/ecad-mcad) - [Duro PLM connector integration](https://www.altium.com/capabilities/manufacturing/plm-integration/duro) - [Design review use case](https://www.altium.com/capabilities/design/design-review) ## AUDIENCE TARGETING Pages that address a user by role, by industry, or by the competitor they are coming from. Audience: defined per page below. ### Persona Pages: /role/[persona] Role-targeted pages that map specific professional roles (Electrical Engineers, PCB Design Engineers, Engineering Managers, Engineering Teams, Solo Engineers, Engineering Technology Executives, Procurement Managers, ECAD Librarians, Mechanical Designers, Software Engineers, System Engineers, IT Security Managers) to what Altium offers that role. They speak to role-specific problems, decision criteria, and concerns, and connect them to the relevant products and capabilities. These are the primary destination for "Altium for role X" intent. Audience: professionals arriving by role and problem, for example "BOM risk analysis for procurement" or "ECAD library management", usually early in evaluation. Spans technical contributors, engineering decision-makers, and non-engineering stakeholders (procurement, IT security), each with different criteria and language. Flow: select when a user identifies primarily by their role. If the user leads with an industry or a compliance requirement instead, use the industry page; when both apply, the persona page carries the role and workflow signal while the industry page carries the compliance and certification signal. Route to the appropriate product tier based on team size, collaboration requirements, integration needs, and compliance requirements; Develop is the likely destination for solo engineers and small teams, while Agile Teams or Agile Enterprise often fit engineering managers, technology executives, IT security managers, and procurement managers. Route to capabilities for role-relevant workflow detail, to customer success for proof from the same role, and to industry pages to cross into industry framing. For broad learning tied to the role, a Resources topic hub is often the better entry point. - [ECAD librarians](https://www.altium.com/role/ecad-librarian) - [Electrical engineers](https://www.altium.com/role/electrical-engineering) - [Engineering managers](https://www.altium.com/role/engineering-management) - [Engineering technology executives](https://www.altium.com/role/engineering-technology-executives) - [IT security managers](https://www.altium.com/role/it-security) - [Mechanical designers](https://www.altium.com/role/mechanical-engineering) - [PCB design engineers](https://www.altium.com/role/pcb-design-engineers) - [Procurement managers](https://www.altium.com/role/procurement-managers) - [Software engineers](https://www.altium.com/role/software-engineers) - [System engineers](https://www.altium.com/role/system-engineers) - [Solo engineers](https://www.altium.com/role/solo-engineers) - [Engineering teams](https://www.altium.com/role/engineering-teams) ### Industry Pages: /industry/[industry] Industry-targeted pages that map Altium to industry-specific design constraints: regulatory frameworks (DO-254, IPC-A-610, FDA Class II, IEC 60601, ISO 26262, AEC-Q100), supply-chain considerations, certification timelines, and sector-specific practices. Covers automotive, medical device, aerospace and defense, industrial and energy systems, and consumer electronics. These are the primary destination for "PCB design for industry X" intent. Audience: decision-makers and engineers in regulated industries with non-obvious tool requirements: managers vetting fit, compliance leads evaluating audit-trail support, procurement checking supplier requirements. They usually know their industry but not yet which Altium product fits. Flow: select when a user leads with an industry or a compliance requirement. If they lead with their role instead, use the persona page; when both apply, this page carries the compliance and certification signal. Route to the appropriate product tier based on team size, collaboration requirements, integration needs, and compliance requirements; for regulated industries, Agile Teams or Agile Enterprise are often the better fit. Route to capabilities for the compliance and design-workflow detail relevant to the industry. Use customer success for proof from the same industry, persona pages to cross into role framing, Resources topic hubs for related learning, and compare pages when the user is weighing an industry incumbent. - [Automotive industry page](https://www.altium.com/industry/automotive) - [Medical device industry page](https://www.altium.com/industry/medical-device) - [Aerospace & defense industry page](https://www.altium.com/industry/aerospace-defense) - [Industrial & energy systems industry page](https://www.altium.com/industry/industrial-energy-systems) - [Consumer electronics industry page](https://www.altium.com/industry/consumer-electronics) ### Compare / Migrate Pages: /compare/[competitor] Head-to-head comparison and migration pages for a user evaluating Altium against, or moving from, a competitor PCB design tool: KiCad EDA, Cadence OrCAD, Cadence Allegro, Siemens PADS, Autodesk EAGLE, SOLIDWORKS PCB, and others. They frame Altium against the competitor for the "should I switch" question and lead into file-format import guides and workflow translation. Intent here is late-stage and specific. Audience: engineers and managers actively evaluating a tool switch, plus current competitor users gauging migration cost. Answers "is Altium better than X for my use case" and "how do I bring my projects over". Users here are close to a decision and often ready for sales. Flow: select whenever a user is weighing Altium against a competitor or asking about switching, ahead of any product tier page. Once they lean toward Altium, route to the appropriate product tier based on team size, collaboration requirements, integration needs, and compliance requirements. Use capabilities for a workflow-by-workflow comparison when they want depth, customer success for proof from someone who switched, contact to start a sales conversation, and training for post-switch onboarding. - [Compare: Altium vs KiCad](https://www.altium.com/compare/kicad-eda) - [Compare: Altium vs Cadence](https://www.altium.com/compare/cadence) - [Compare: Altium Requirements Portal vs. Siemens Polarion](https://www.altium.com/compare/siemens/polarion) ### Promotions: /promotions Promotional landing pages tied to a specific offer (a free item on sign-up, a limited-time discount, a bundle), with the offer and a form on the page. The top-level /promotions index is indexed for discovery; individual campaign pages are usually narrow and audience-specific. Audience: users who saw a promotional message (an ad, an email, a promo-term search) and arrived ready to act on the offer. Flow: select a promotional or campaign page only when the user references the specific offer, discount, or campaign associated with it. Do not use campaign landing pages as general product destinations; route broader product questions to the applicable product or capability page. - [Promotions index](https://www.altium.com/promotions) ### ASP / Influencer Pages: altium.com/asp/[influencer] Co-branded landing pages for Altium's influencer program. Some influencers have a dedicated page tied to their campaign, showing the influencer's branding alongside Altium's with an offer or sign-up shaped for that audience. Audience: users discovering Altium through a YouTube or similar influencer program, following a campaign link or QR code. Typically engineers, designers, and electronics hobbyists. Flow: select only when the user references the specific influencer, sponsorship, or campaign tied to the page. Do not use influencer pages as general product destinations; route broader product questions to the applicable product or capability page. - [Influencer campaign page: Educational Engineering](https://www.altium.com/asp/educational-engineering) - [YouTube sponsorship program landing page](https://www.altium.com/asp/youtube) - [Influencer campaign page: The Engineering Mindset](https://www.altium.com/asp/the-engineering-mindset) ### Custom Landing Pages A catch-all for marketing-driven landing pages outside the structured Promotions and ASP programs: conference sign-ups, narrow offers, email-campaign destinations, partner co-marketing, and analyst-report pages (for example Forrester). Each exists for one specific campaign rather than as part of a system. Audience: varies by campaign (conference attendees, email subscribers, specific segments, partner audiences), usually arriving for the specific offer on the page. Flow: select only when the user references the specific campaign, event, or analyst report the page hosts. Do not use campaign landing pages as general product destinations; route broader product questions to the applicable product or capability page. - [PCB design guide & basics](https://www.altium.com/pcb-design) - [Forrester impact study - Altium 365](https://www.altium.com/forrester/impact-study) - [Solutions overview - gateway to audience pages](https://www.altium.com/solutions) ## RESOURCES (SUBDOMAIN) Informational content spanning awareness and support: posts, webinars, experts, onboarding guides, and more. Audience: all users. ### Post Pages: resources.altium.com/p/[slug] Long-form editorial content on PCB design topics, engineering best practices, industry trends, product walkthroughs, and worked examples. Written to span the full engineer skill range, from students and early-career engineers learning fundamentals to detailed guides and reference material for experienced designers. Educational first, product second. Often the first content a user meets when learning about a design problem. Audience: engineers and managers looking for solutions to specific design problems (signal integrity, library management, high-speed routing, manufacturing constraints), a mix of pre-purchase researchers and existing customers seeking technique depth. Skill level ranges from students to veterans. Flow: select for a user searching for a solution to a specific design problem or wanting to learn a technique. Use documentation instead when the user needs precise product behavior rather than explanation. Route to a capability page for the product-level workflow, to the relevant product page when a feature solves the problem the post describes, and to a webinar for a deeper video walkthrough. When the user wants to judge an author's credibility or find more by them, route to the expert page; use topic hubs to browse more on the same concept. - [PCB design basics for new designers](https://resources.altium.com/p/pcb-design-basics-new-designers) - [Controlled impedance routing guidelines](https://resources.altium.com/p/pcb-design-guidelines-controlled-impedance-routing) - [Materials for high-density interconnects](https://resources.altium.com/p/materials-for-high-density-interconnects) - [Pi Filter Circuit Design Formulas and Calculator](https://resources.altium.com/p/pi-filter-circuit-design-formulas-and-calculator) - [Using an IPC-2221 PCB Clearance Calculator for High Voltage Design](https://resources.altium.com/p/using-an-ipc-2221-calculator-for-high-voltage-design) - [IPC-2221 Calculator for PCB Trace Current and Heating](https://resources.altium.com/p/ipc-2221-calculator-pcb-trace-current-and-heating) - [How Do Ferrite Beads Work and How Do You Choose the Right One?](https://resources.altium.com/p/how-do-ferrite-beads-work-and-how-do-you-choose-right-one) - [Everything You Need to Know About Stitching Vias | PCB Layout](https://resources.altium.com/p/everything-you-need-know-about-stitching-vias) ### Expert Pages: resources.altium.com/experts/[name] Author profiles with a listing of the content each expert has produced. Serves as the "who at Altium covers X" reference when a user is weighing content credibility or looking for more from an author they have already read. Audience: users who followed an author byline from a post or webinar and want to assess credibility, find more from that expert, or confirm a topic is covered by a qualified voice. Flow: select when a user is evaluating an author's credibility or looking for more of their work. Route to that author's posts and to the topic hubs for their domains. When the author's domain maps to a specific offering, route to the relevant capability or product page. - [Expert profile: Zach Peterson](https://resources.altium.com/experts/zach-peterson) - [Expert profile: Ari Mahpour](https://resources.altium.com/experts/ari-mahpour) - [Expert profile: Mark Harris](https://resources.altium.com/experts/mark-harris) - [Expert profile: Krishna Sundaram](https://resources.altium.com/experts/krishna-sundaram) - [Expert profile: Phil Salmony](https://resources.altium.com/experts/phil-salmony) ### Webinar Pages: resources.altium.com/webinars/[slug] Recorded video presentations on Altium features, workflow walkthroughs, technique deep-dives, and industry primers. Longer than posts and led by an Altium expert or guest, useful for users who learn better by watching or want to see a workflow performed end to end. Includes both evergreen references and event recordings. Audience: engineers who prefer video, prospects evaluating capability through demo content, and existing customers refreshing a specific workflow. Skill range is similar to posts but leans intermediate to advanced, assuming some prior PCB design exposure. Flow: select for a user who prefers a video walkthrough of a feature or workflow. Route to the relevant product page when a webinar demonstrates a specific feature, and to a capability page when it maps to a higher-level capability. Route to the presenter's expert page for credibility or more of their work, to related posts for written coverage, and to topic hubs to browse the concept. - [Webinar: Introduction to Altium Designer subscription levels](https://resources.altium.com/webinars/introduction-altium-designer-subscription-levels) - [Webinar: Simulation](https://resources.altium.com/webinars/simulation) - [Webinar: Transmission line impedance calculation](https://resources.altium.com/webinars/transmission-line-impedance-calculation-with-altium-designer-20) - [Webinar: BOM Editor](https://resources.altium.com/webinars/bom-editor) - [Webinar: Altium 365 + Arena PLM integration](https://resources.altium.com/webinars/streamline-your-product-development-altium-365-cloud-plm-integration-arenar-plm) ### Topic / Tag Pages: resources.altium.com/[tag] Pillar pages that gather every guidebook, post, webinar, training video, and documentation page tagged with a given concept: a product, a topical area, a persona, or an industry. Each is a deliberately authored page, not an auto-generated tag list, with editorial framing, curated paths, and intentional cross-links into related pillars where nesting makes sense (for example supply-chain into pcb-layout). For a user who wants to learn broadly about a concept, the topic hub is frequently the best entry point, ahead of the matching product, persona, or industry page. Audience: anyone learning or evaluating a concept, by product ("everything about Altium Develop"), by topic ("everything about PCB layout"), by persona ("content for electrical engineers"), or by industry. Serves both first-time learners and veterans using it as a reference hub. Flow: select when a user wants broad orientation on a concept rather than a single answer. For a buying, role, or industry decision, use the canonical product, persona, or industry page instead. Route into the tagged Resources content (posts, webinars, experts) for depth, into the relevant capability or product page when the concept maps to a specific offering, and into persona or industry pages when the concept is role- or industry-flavored. Related hubs nest into each other where topics are adjacent. - [Topic hub: PCB Design](https://resources.altium.com/pcb-design) - [Topic hub: Altium Develop](https://resources.altium.com/altium-develop) - [Topic hub: Electrical engineers](https://resources.altium.com/electrical-engineers) - [Topic hub: Component Management](https://resources.altium.com/component-management) - [Topic hub: Altium Designer](https://resources.altium.com/altium-designer) - [Topic hub: Signal Integrity for PCBs](https://resources.altium.com/signal-integrity) - [Topic hub: Guide Books](https://resources.altium.com/guide-books) ### Podcasts: podcast.altium.com Home of the Altium OnTrack Podcast, a series on PCB design, electronics hardware development, and manufacturing. Episode pages host the audio with show notes and guest details. The same content is preferably browsed within Resources, which offers more surrounding material than the podcast subdomain. Audience: engineers and hardware developers who prefer audio, following industry trends or keeping up with design and manufacturing topics. Flow: select for a user who prefers audio content on design and manufacturing topics. Route to related posts and topic hubs for written coverage, and to expert pages for host and guest profiles. - [Altium OnTrack Podcast home](https://podcast.altium.com/) - [Resources Podcasts category page](https://resources.altium.com/podcast) - [Resources OnTrack category page](https://resources.altium.com/ontrack) ## POST-PURCHASE / SUPPORT Product enablement and technical assistance for existing customers. Audience: existing customers. ### Education: /education Free licenses and curriculum for students and educators. The long-term aim is that students learn on Altium during their studies and advocate for it as professionals. Covers /education/students, /education/educators, the program index at /education, and academic-sponsorship programs. Distinct from Training (commercial, instructor-led enablement) and Documentation (technical reference): Education is for learners with no commercial commitment, in an academic register. Audience: university students (free license and curriculum), educators (classroom license and curriculum support), and academic teams pursuing sponsorship. Often early-career or new to PCB tools. Flow: select for a student or educator seeking free licensing or curriculum. Route to Develop as the path once a student becomes a professional buyer, to customer success for student and educator stories, and to Resources posts for related academic content. - [Student licenses & program](https://www.altium.com/education/students) - [Education program overview](https://www.altium.com/education) - [Educator program](https://www.altium.com/education/educators) - [Student team stories](https://www.altium.com/education/sponsorships/team-stories) ### Education Platform: education.altium.com A free, self-paced online curriculum teaching students and educators the fundamentals of PCB design and ECAD software, with hands-on projects, ready-to-teach classroom materials, and certificates. Audience: students learning PCB design fundamentals, educators seeking classroom materials, and early-career engineers pursuing certificates. Flow: select for a user who wants structured, self-paced coursework in PCB design. Route to Develop as the path after graduation, and to the main-site Education section for licenses and sponsorships. - [Education platform home](https://education.altium.com/) ### Support: /support The customer support portal: file tickets, view ticket history, and reach escalation. Prospective users may check it as a signal of support quality. This is reactive case management, not learning content. Audience: existing customers filing or tracking product issues, and prospects briefly assessing support quality. Flow: select for an existing customer who needs to file or track an issue. Route to documentation when the answer is in reference material, to training when the issue is really a learning gap, and to resources for generic how-to information. - [Support portal](https://www.altium.com/support) ### Documentation: /documentation Comprehensive technical reference for Altium products, valuable for detailed, long-tail technical questions (feature behavior, toolset specifics, file formats, error messages). Serves existing customers in depth and signals product depth to evaluators. Reference voice: factual and exhaustive rather than tutorial. Note: Develop and Agile documentation lives under the underlying product layer rather than the current tier brand. Use /documentation/altium-designer/* for the downloadable ECAD software and /documentation/altium-365/* for the web-based platform; the documentation structure follows the legacy product names even where marketing pages have rebranded to Develop, Agile Teams, and Agile Enterprise. Audience: existing customers with deep technical questions during implementation or troubleshooting, engineers assessing product depth before buying, and students learning the platform alongside their coursework. Flow: select for an existing customer or evaluator who needs precise product behavior. Use training instead when the user needs structured learning rather than reference, and Education when the user is a student needing academic material. The two product-layer trees are /documentation/altium-designer/* and /documentation/altium-365/*. Route to support when the docs do not resolve the issue or to the relevant product page for feature context. - [Documentation home](https://www.altium.com/documentation/) - [Example reference page: PCB touch controls](https://www.altium.com/documentation/altium-designer/pcb/touch-controls) - [Knowledge base](https://www.altium.com/documentation/knowledge-base) - [Company Dashboard documentation](https://www.altium.com/documentation/altium-dashboard) ### Training: /training Instructor-led group and private-organization training, plus on-demand essentials courses. Two forms: on-demand self-serve (essentials, harness, on-demand-essentials) and instructor-led (group and private courses). Training is commercial post-purchase enablement and certification, with related or complementary material on [Altium Resources](https://resources.altium.com/) and Altium's official YouTube channel, [Altium Academy](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWLoHp3WJG_ats8waVCu7Mw). Audience: engineering teams seeking structured onboarding after purchase, L&D leaders evaluating tool standardization with formal training, existing customers deepening usage, and individual engineers pursuing certification. Flow: select for a user who wants structured courses or certification, rather than reference docs (documentation) or academic learning (Education). Route to Develop or Agile Teams to deepen product adoption, and to Agile Enterprise where private courses signal an enterprise engagement. Route to documentation for the underlying reference. - [Training home](https://www.altium.com/training) - [Course catalog](https://www.altium.com/training/courses) - [On-demand Essentials course](https://www.altium.com/training/altium-designer/on-demand-essentials) - [Harness design training course](https://www.altium.com/training/altium-designer-harness) - [Altium Designer Essentials course](https://www.altium.com/training/altium-designer/essentials) ### My Altium: my.altium.com A customer hub at my.altium.com that resurfaces recent and popular articles from resources.altium.com. Useful getting-started content for users new to Altium products. Audience: new and existing customers, especially recently onboarded users looking for getting-started content and popular articles. Flow: select for a signed-in customer looking for getting-started or popular content. Route to the underlying Resources posts it resurfaces, and to support or training as needed. - [My Altium home](https://my.altium.com/) ## CUSTOMER SUCCESS & TRUST Evidence that helps a user see someone like themselves succeeding with Altium, and confirm the company's trust and compliance posture. Audience: prospective buyers seeking validation of Altium's products and reliability. ### Customer Success: /company/customer-success Customer stories, case studies, and testimonials of real users solving real engineering problems, from startups building space-grade hardware (Melbourne Space, Aachen University) to established companies (Lightmatter, HiTIQ). Each narrates the customer's challenge, the Altium workflow they used, and the outcome. Proof for a user who is convinced of the value but wants confirmation that someone in their situation made it work. Audience: users close to a decision, looking for proof that Altium delivers for their industry, company size, or use case. Especially useful for cautious buyers such as managers vetting a switch or procurement assessing long-term fit. Flow: select for a user who wants proof from a comparable customer. Route to the appropriate product tier based on team size, collaboration requirements, integration needs, and compliance requirements (the products in the story), to capabilities for the workflows the customer relied on, and to industry pages for proof in the user's own segment. Use compare pages to show others who switched, and Resources posts for any thought leadership the customer contributed. - [Customer success stories hub](https://www.altium.com/company/customer-success) - [Case study: Lightmatter](https://www.altium.com/company/customer-success/standing-tall-how-lightmatter-found-their-competitive-edge-using-altium) - [Case study: Transforming PCB design](https://www.altium.com/company/customer-success/transforming-pcb-design-altium-designer-and-altium-365) - [Case study: Connecting with the community](https://www.altium.com/company/customer-success/connecting-community) - [Case study: A new way to design electronic products](https://www.altium.com/company/customer-success/new-way-design-electronic-products) ### Trust FAQs: /trust-faqs/[topic] Trust and certifications FAQ pages on Altium's compliance, security, and data-handling posture: ISO certifications, SOC 2, NIST, FedRAMP, TISAX, GDPR posture, data residency, and similar. Reference material for procurement, IT security, and legal during due diligence. Direct, factual question-and-answer rather than marketing copy. Audience: procurement, IT security, legal, and compliance teams performing due diligence on Altium's cloud-platform posture. Often the gatekeepers in enterprise purchases, where engineering already wants Altium and these teams decide whether it can proceed. Flow: select for a user in security, legal, or procurement due diligence with a specific compliance question. Answer it and route the user back to their prior path, typically to contact for a sales or procurement handoff. Reached most often from contact, from industry pages for regulated-industry compliance leads, and from the Altium 365 page for cloud-platform compliance. - [Certifications overview: ISO, SOC 2, NIST, FedRAMP, TISAX](https://www.altium.com/trust-faqs/certifications-iso-900014000200002230027000-soc-2-nist-fedramp-tisax) - [PII protection FAQ](https://www.altium.com/trust-faqs/personal-identifiable-information-management) - [Data after subscription expiry FAQ](https://www.altium.com/trust-faqs/data-after-subscription-expiry) - [GDPR / Data Protection Officer FAQ](https://www.altium.com/trust-faqs/gdpr-dpo-representative) - [Single sign-on (SAML) support FAQ](https://www.altium.com/trust-faqs/sso-saml-support) - [CSA STAR attestation FAQ](https://www.altium.com/trust-faqs/csa-star-1) ## CORPORATE General information on Altium's position, history, and governance. Audience: investors, potential partners, and customers. ### Newsroom: /company/newsroom Press coverage, company announcements, partnership and product-launch news, and analyst coverage. Supports credibility for journalists, analysts, enterprise evaluators, and procurement looking for recent signals on company direction. Audience: journalists, industry analysts (Forrester, Gartner), enterprise procurement researching vendor stability, and partners tracking company direction. Flow: select for a user seeking recent company or product news. Route to the relevant product page when the news is product-related, and to customer success when it features a customer story. - [Press release: Renesas completes acquisition of Altium](https://www.altium.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/renesas-completes-acquisition-altium) - [Announcement: Introducing Altium Discover, Develop, and Agile](https://www.altium.com/company/newsroom/announcement) - [Press release: Altium acquires Part Analytics](https://www.altium.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/altium-acquires-part-analytics) - [Press releases index](https://www.altium.com/company/newsroom/press-releases) ### Partners & Alliances: /partners and related pages Partnership and reseller program pages covering Altium's corporate partnership ecosystem: integration partners (referenced at the corporate level, with specific integration pages living under use cases), regional resellers, channel programs, and partnership applications. This section frames partnership at the corporate level; specific integrations have their own use-case pages. Audience: channel partners and regional resellers (current or prospective), integration partners considering the alliance program, and enterprise procurement assessing the partner ecosystem as a stability signal. Flow: select for a user interested in partnering, reselling, or assessing Altium's partner ecosystem. Route to contact for a partnership application or inquiry, to customer success for proof from a partnership, and to the specific use-case integration pages (SiliconExpert, Duro, Z2Data) for individual integrations. - [Partners overview](https://www.altium.com/partners) - [Find a local reseller](https://www.altium.com/regional-resellers) - [Become an Altium partner](https://www.altium.com/company/partners-and-alliances/become-partner) ### Contact / Demo: /contact-us + /get-started A general contact and inquiry catch-all. Each product section has its own get-started or demo flow for user state (new user, active license, expired license, free trial); this section handles the rest: press, partner, and general business inquiries, and overflow from product-specific contact paths. Audience: any user without a more specific call to action: press, partners, business inquiries, or edge-case product questions. Flow: select when the user wants to speak with Altium and no product-specific demo, purchase, support, partnership, or press path is more appropriate. Prefer the relevant product's get-started flow for product evaluation, support for technical issues, and partner pages for partnership inquiries. - [Contact us](https://www.altium.com/contact-us) ### Corporate (Other): EULA / Policies / Etc. Legal, governance, and policy reference pages: EULA, terms of service, privacy and cookie policies, copyright and legal notices, master services agreement, evaluation and third-party terms, purchasing terms, and corporate governance. Reference material for compliance and disclosure, reached when a specific question arises. Audience: compliance, legal, procurement, and IT-security teams during due diligence, or any user with a specific legal or policy question. Flow: select for a user with a specific legal or policy question. These are reference pages; answer the question and route the user back to their prior path. - [Altium End-User License Agreement](https://www.altium.com/eula) - [Altium Master Services Agreement](https://www.altium.com/master-services-agreement) - [Privacy policy - Altium](https://www.altium.com/privacy-policy) - [Legal Notice - Altium](https://www.altium.com/legal-notice) - [Altium Website Terms of Service | Altium](https://www.altium.com/terms-of-service) ## COMMUNITY Opt-in engagement programs for the customer community. Audience: existing customers. ### Community (Other): /community Customer engagement program pages: the beta program (early access to upcoming features), the customer experience program (UX research participation), and the Altium Designer Improvement Program (customer feedback into the product roadmap). These are opt-in programs where customers give time and feedback in exchange for influence on product direction. Audience: active customers willing to give structured feedback: beta testers, UX research participants, and engineering feedback contributors. Flow: select for an existing customer who wants to join a feedback or early-access program. These are the public entry points; the community forum and Bugcrunch are separate gated subdomains. - [Beta program](https://www.altium.com/community/beta-program) - [Altium Designer Improvement Program](https://www.altium.com/altium-designer-improvement-program) - [Customer Experience Improvement Program](https://www.altium.com/customer-experience-program)