Altium replaces app marketplace with $995/year design author add-on
What happened
Between the May 22, 2026 and May 25, 2026 captures of Altium's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Pricing page replaced: Altium 365 applications marketplace (8+ individually priced apps, USD 499–5000/year) replaced by Altium Develop product page with $995/year per additional ECAD Design Author add-on. Pulse files it as a packaging change (package change) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Jul 13, 2026) lists Altium Develop at $1,990 and Additional Altium Designer Author at $82.92.
This is the first pricing-page change Pulse has recorded for Altium. Altium has been tracked since 2026-05-22.
In the same window X also changed their Software Development & Testing pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Altium Develop · PackagingPackage change
Pricing page replaced: Altium 365 applications marketplace (8+ individually priced apps, USD 499–5000/year) replaced by Altium Develop product page with $995/year per additional ECAD Design Author add-on.
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altium Develop | Packaging | Pricing page replaced: Altium 365 applications marketplace (8+ individually priced apps, USD 499–5000/year) replaced by Altium Develop product page with $995/year per additional ECAD Design Author add-on. | Package change | |
Values as written on Altium's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Altium's pricing page (www.altium.com) from May 22, 2026 and May 25, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page.
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Altium, pricing history
Full history- Jul 13, 2026packagingAltium adds free 30-day trial with no sales contact, no credit card required
- May 25, 2026packagingAltium replaces app marketplace with $995/year design author add-on · this change
Across Software Development & Testing in the same window
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- XOct 12X adds Grok Imagine Video 1.5 Lite to API from $0.02/sec, up to 1080p
- XAug 24X drops grok-4.5, adds Imagine image/video models and free Playground perk
- XAug 5x.ai: Speech-to-Speech Voice API pricing changed from flat rate to starting-at
Questions about this change
Did Altium raise prices in May 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between May 22, 2026 and May 25, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: package change.
What changed on Altium's pricing page between May 22, 2026 and May 25, 2026?
Pricing page replaced: Altium 365 applications marketplace (8+ individually priced apps, USD 499–5000/year) replaced by Altium Develop product page with $995/year per additional ECAD Design Author add-on. Pulse compared the captures it took on May 22, 2026 and May 25, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Altium change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Altium in the 90 days before this one; Altium has been tracked since 2026-05-22.