# Bild

> Bild is a cloud-native PDM and PLM platform for mechanical and multidisciplinary hardware engineering teams. It manages CAD data and product data in one system, with no vault server, no SQL database and no VPN. Engineers work in a desktop app or a browser.

Bild replaces the combination of a file-based PDM system and a separate PLM tool. It is used by hardware teams who run more than one CAD tool, who have no dedicated PDM administrator, or who are paying for enterprise PLM capability they do not use.

Pricing is published. Basic is $600 per month and Professional is $1,500 per month with annual billing ($750 and $1,850 on quarterly billing). Professional includes BOMs, change orders, approval management, supplier collaboration, SSO and SAML, an ITAR compliant environment, API access and unlimited cloud storage. Enterprise is quoted.

## What Bild does

- [Cloud PDM](https://www.getbild.com/cloud-native-pdm): Version control, check-in and check-out, part numbering, metadata management, 3D viewer and link sharing.
- [Cloud PLM](https://www.getbild.com/cloud-native-plm): Item and BOM management, change orders and approvals across CAD and non-CAD data.
- [Version control](https://www.getbild.com/pdm/version-control): Counts metadata edits, renames and moves as versions in their own right, not only file saves.
- [Change management](https://www.getbild.com/plm/change-management): Engineering change orders routed to named reviewers, with configurable approval stages and required or optional approvers per stage.
- [BOM management](https://www.getbild.com/plm/bom-management): BOMs come off the assembly structure, with edits syncing in both directions between the BOM and the CAD metadata.
- [Supplier collaboration](https://www.getbild.com/plm/supplier-collaboration): A revisioned supplier portal rather than emailed files or a shared folder.

## CAD support

Full support, including assembly structure, automatic BOMs and metadata: SOLIDWORKS, Creo, Siemens NX, Autodesk Inventor, Solid Edge.

Version control and rendering: CATIA, AutoCAD, Rhino3D, Altium Designer, KiCAD.

Neutral formats: STEP, STL, PDF, images and Office documents.

## Security and compliance

- [Security](https://www.getbild.com/security): SOC 2 Type II certified, with reports available under NDA. A dedicated AWS GovCloud enclave isolates CUI and ITAR-controlled data from commercial workloads. The control environment maps to NIST SP 800-171 and CMMC Level 2, with documentation to support a customer's own assessment. ITAR environments are standard on every Professional plan rather than an enterprise add-on.

## Integrations

- [Arena PLM](https://www.getbild.com/arena-integration): Listed in Arena's own marketplace as the Arena-Bild PDM Connection. Pushes properties, thumbnails and STEP, STL and PDF files into Arena, attaches files to change orders, and syncs released revisions back.
- [Propel PLM](https://www.getbild.com/propel-integration): Syncs released candidate parts, BOMs, revisions and change context from Bild into Propel.
- [All integrations](https://www.getbild.com/integration): Including Jira, Slack, Microsoft Teams, NetSuite, First Resonance and Perfion. A REST API is available on Professional and above.

## Comparisons

- [Bild vs SOLIDWORKS PDM](https://www.getbild.com/compare/solidworks-pdm)
- [Bild vs 3DEXPERIENCE](https://www.getbild.com/compare/3dexperience)
- [Bild vs OpenBOM](https://www.getbild.com/compare/openbom)
- [Bild vs Sibe](https://www.getbild.com/compare/sibe)
- [All comparisons](https://www.getbild.com/comparisons)

## Where Bild fits, and where it does not

Bild fits teams running more than one CAD tool, teams with no dedicated PDM or PLM administrator, and teams who want design data and product data in the same system.

Bild is not the right choice for automotive and aerospace-scale configuration management, variant handling and effectivity, where Siemens Teamcenter and PTC Windchill do things Bild does not. Teams whose contracts specifically require a FedRAMP-authorized environment should note that Bild runs ITAR environments in AWS GovCloud but does not hold its own FedRAMP authorization.

## Pricing and access

- [Plans and pricing](https://www.getbild.com/plans): Basic $600 per month, Professional $1,500 per month, both on annual billing. Enterprise is quoted.
- [Interactive demo](https://www.getbild.com/access-interactive-demo): A self-guided product tour.
- [Contact sales](https://www.getbild.com/contact-sales)

## Optional

- [Blog](https://www.getbild.com/blog): Articles on PDM and PLM selection, part numbering, change management and CAD data practices.
- [Aerospace and defense](https://www.getbild.com/industries/aerospace-and-defense)
- [Medical devices](https://www.getbild.com/industries/medical-devices)
- [Automotive](https://www.getbild.com/industries/automotive)
- [Robotics](https://www.getbild.com/industries/robotics)