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CYME vs TINA Design Suite

Both stand on electrical design software. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.

TINA Design Suite spans offline circuit work, PCB layout, and browser-based simulation and education. Edition-specific limits and unavailable prices make it important to confirm which version meets your needs.

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The facts

	CYME	TINA Design Suite
Free plan	Not published	No
Open source	Not published	Not published
Runs on	Not published	Android, iPhone, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
Lowest paid plan	Not published	Free or on request
Plans published	None	7
Maker	Not published	Not published
Website	eaton.com	tina.com
On electrical design software	#38 of 41	#34 of 41

CYME: what it does well

TINA Design Suite: what it does well

Supports analog, digital, HDL, MCU, and mixed analysis.
PCB tools include routing and design rule checking.
Offline version can use local AI models.
TINACloud imports SPICE .CIR and .LIB files.
Includes online education tools.

What to know first

No free plan is listed.
Prices for listed editions and TINACloud are not shown.
Some editions have pad limits.
Listed editions have a 5,000-line VHDL maximum.

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