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PTC Windchill

Composite Score

6.5 /10

CX Score

6.8 /10

25 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.

76 Likeliness to Recommend

Down 1
Since last award

82 Plan to Renew

Up 4
Since last award

66 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Down 3
Since last award

Product Experience

Negotiation and Contract

Conflict Resolution

Strategy & Innovation

Service Experience

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product Experience:: 77%
Negotiation and Contract:: 71%
Conflict Resolution:: 66%
Strategy & Innovation:: 72%
Service Experience:: 74%

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.

+72 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?

9% Negative

5% Neutral

86% Positive

Pros

Enables Productivity
Friendly Negotiation
Inspires Innovation
Helps Innovate

Feature Ratings

Average 70

Workflow Management

Collaboration

Product Data Management

Production and Change Management

Design Management

Material Requirements Planning

Asset Management

Quality Management

Inventory and Field Parts Management

Analytics and Reporting

Manufacturing Scheduling

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 68

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Quality of Features

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Implementation

PTC Windchill Reviews

Gokul J.

Role: Operations
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2022

"All in one platform-Wind chill"

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates PTC Windchill from other similar products?

Management of different revision of any data is so easy. Price with comparison to other competitors is very good. User interface is so easy to understand even for a new user.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

1. Light yet powerful CMS. 2. Can access account on multiple devices with current update. 3. Coupled with Arbortext Editor and iso draw, user can create all type of user, installation, disassembly documents with history saving option. 4. Can create multiple workspace and switch upon user need.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Windchill needs to create an automated system in order to send reminder to the task approvers as per the timer setup by the Change owner.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I would say just go for it. Its is very good software for product life cycle data management.

Pros

Unique Features
Effective Service
Inspires Innovation
Saves Time

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

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2022

Intuitive but a bit pricey

Likeliness to Recommend

5 /10

Pros

Friendly Negotiation
Effective Service
Caring
Client's Interest First

Cons

Leverages Incumbent Status
Inhibits Innovation
Less Performance Enhancing

Role: Public Sector
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2022

Revision updates needs improvement

Likeliness to Recommend

4 /10

Pros

Enables Productivity
Client's Interest First
Reliable
Unique Features

Cons

Less Efficient Service
Less Inspiring
Less Transparent

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Awards & Recognition

2022 Data Quadrant Champion

PTC Windchill Ratings

76 Likeliness to Recommend

Down 1 Since last award

82 Plan to Renew

Up 4 Since last award

66 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Down 3 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

Emotional Footprint Overview

+72 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love PTC Windchill?

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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.

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

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

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

PTC Windchill Reviews

Gokul J.

"All in one platform-Wind chill"

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Intuitive but a bit pricey

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Revision updates needs improvement

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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Feature Ratings

Workflow Management

Collaboration

Product Data Management

Production and Change Management

Design Management

Material Requirements Planning

Asset Management

Quality Management

Inventory and Field Parts Management

Analytics and Reporting

Manufacturing Scheduling

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Quality of Features

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Implementation