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As of 4 November 2026, AutoCAD leads cad drafting with 13,775 companies naming it in job postings, ahead of Autodesk at 1,231.

As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.

Leader
AutoCAD · 13,775
Runner-up
Autodesk · 1,231
Most hiring, 90 days
AutoCAD
Highest postings per company
MicroStation
Catalogue
T-1.0.1-prov
18,279companies across the category
75%of them on AutoCAD
83,154postings naming a cad drafting in 90 days
29tools with enough evidence to rank
02 — Ranking

Every cad drafting we can measure

Companies naming the tool, and postings naming it in the last 90 days. Bars are relative to the leader.

#ToolCompaniescompaniesPostings, 90 dayspostingsper company
1
AutoCADAutodesk
13,775
64,9084.7
2
AutodeskAutodesk
1,231
3,5442.9
3
MicroStationBentley Systems
1,030
8,4558.2
4
AutoCAD Plant 3DAutodesk
425
1,1892.8
5
AVEVA E3DAVEVA
273
9593.5
6
DraftSightDassault Systèmes
137
2051.5
7
DWGAutodesk
135
2321.7
8
BricsCADBricsys
131
2722.1
9
DeswikDeswik
117
4103.5
10
SmartPlantHexagon
114
4904.3
11
CADWorxHexagon
106
4143.9
12
SmartPlant 3DHexagon
91
3373.7
13
AutoCAD LTAutodesk
85
1792.1
14
LectraLectra
65
1241.9
15
ArtiosCADEsko
63
1091.7
16
Smart 3DHexagon
56
2835.1
17
PVcasePVcase
51
791.5
18
HydraCADHydratec
48
1062.2
19
SmartPlant InstrumentationHexagon
48
1773.7
20
AutoSPRINKM.E.P.CAD
47
1222.6
21
LogiKalOrgadata
47
621.3
22
CADMATICCadmatic
44
1834.2
23
MicrovellumMicrovellum
35
661.9
24
OptitexEFI
35
702.0
25
GerberGerber Technology
24
311.3
26
ZWCADZWSOFT
23
351.5
27
AutoPLANTBentley Systems
16
462.9
28
SprinkCADTyco
16
402.5
29
AutoCAD Raster DesignAutodesk
11
272.5
03 — Head to head

Compare two tools

Same data, two columns: who chooses which by size, industry and country.

AutoCAD vs Autodesk13,775 · 1,231AutoCAD vs MicroStation13,775 · 1,030AutoCAD vs AutoCAD Plant 3D13,775 · 425AutoCAD vs AVEVA E3D13,775 · 273AutoCAD vs DraftSight13,775 · 137Autodesk vs MicroStation1,231 · 1,030Autodesk vs AutoCAD Plant 3D1,231 · 425Autodesk vs AVEVA E3D1,231 · 273Autodesk vs DraftSight1,231 · 137MicroStation vs AutoCAD Plant 3D1,030 · 425MicroStation vs AVEVA E3D1,030 · 273MicroStation vs DraftSight1,030 · 137AutoCAD Plant 3D vs AVEVA E3D425 · 273AutoCAD Plant 3D vs DraftSight425 · 137AVEVA E3D vs DraftSight273 · 137
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AutoCAD leads cad drafting with 13,775 companies naming it in job postings, ahead of Autodesk at 1,231. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/tools/category/cad-drafting)
How we know

Read from the source, not self-reported

Every number on this page can be traced to a page we crawled or a posting we read. Full methodology →

  • CatalogueBreaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov: 6,296 tools with vendor and category, editions folded into their parent.
  • CompaniesCompanies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system, any confidence. Candidate wish-lists excluded.
  • 90-day postingsOpen postings first seen or posted in the last 90 days that name the tool.
  • Not countedTools used by teams that do not post jobs, and companies without a career site we can read.
FAQ

cad drafting: questions

How is this ranking made?

By the number of companies whose own job postings name the tool as the team's system, from the Breaknorm technology catalogue (version T-1.0.1-prov). No vendor paid for a position and no editor chose the order.

Why is this different from review-site rankings?

Review sites rank by reviews collected. This ranks by companies hiring people to work in the tool, which is closer to seats in use. It under-counts tools used by teams that rarely post jobs.

What about product editions?

Editions and sub-products () are counted under the parent so no company is counted twice.

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