Top 10 Bill of Materials (BOM) Software in 2026

You can tell good BOM software with one test: after a week of revisions, does the parts list still match your SolidWorks models? Most teams fail that test in a spreadsheet — someone exports, someone edits, and the two drift apart by the next design change.

This guide covers the ten platforms worth evaluating in 2026, what each is actually built for, and how to work out which category you belong in before you sit through five demos.

Start here: the four kinds of BOM tool

Most confusion in a BOM search comes from comparing tools that were never built for the same job. There are really four categories.

• PLM suites — Siemens Teamcenter, PTC Windchill, Arena, Propel. Built to manage the entire product lifecycle across mechanical, electrical and software, usually across several CAD systems. Deep change control and variant management. Priced and staffed accordingly.
• Cloud BOM and purchasing tools — OpenBOM, PartsBox. Focused on the item master, cost roll-ups, vendors and purchasing workflows rather than the CAD side.
• ERP — NetSuite and similar. The BOM lives next to costing, planning and production, which is right if manufacturing execution is the problem you're solving.
• CAD document management — where the BOM is generated from the assembly itself, so the parts list and the model can't drift apart. This is the shortest route if your designs live in one CAD system.

Four questions will place you in one of those faster than any feature matrix:

1. Where does your product data actually live? If the answer is "in our SolidWorks assemblies," a tool that reads those assemblies will beat one you feed by hand.
2. Who needs to read the BOM? If purchasing and project managers need it, seat cost and browser access matter more than advanced configuration management.
3. How often do revisions land? The more often the design changes, the more expensive a manually maintained list becomes.
4. Who administers it? A PLM rollout assumes someone owns it. A ten-person engineering team usually doesn't have that person.

For SolidWorks teams: your assembly is already the BOM

If your team designs in SolidWorks, you can get a current BOM without adding a separate platform. Check in your assembly directly in SolidWorks, and Sibe — a collaboration-first CAD Document Management platform — builds an indented BOM in the Web Dashboard: subassemblies, parts, and quantities read from the assembly's references. Quantities count automatically, including parts repeated across subassemblies — no tallying by hand. Check in a new version and the BOM updates with it.

Pull your SolidWorks custom properties into columns (part numbers, materials, descriptions), add rows for items that never appear in the feature tree — packaging, fasteners, adhesives — and export to Excel (XLSX) or CSV. Your whole team works from the same list: Editors and Contributors generate, edit, and export BOMs in the browser, Viewers get read-only access — so purchasing and project managers never need a SolidWorks seat.

No drawing created just to place a BOM table. No copy-paste into Excel. Setup takes under 20 minutes, with transparent per-user pricing instead of an enterprise quote. We wrote up how the BOM is generated at check-in if you want the detail, or watch the 10-second build on the BOM management for SolidWorks page.

Want it run on one of your own assemblies? Book a free 20-minute demo — bring a messy assembly with subassemblies and repeated hardware and we'll build the BOM live.

Need multi-domain enterprise BOMs across mechanical, electrical, and software? That's what the platforms below are built for.

1. Siemens Teamcenter

Best for: Large enterprises managing complex products across mechanical, electrical, and software domains.

Key features:

• Multi-domain BOM management (engineering, manufacturing, service BOMs).
• Cloud option via Teamcenter X (Essentials, Standard, Advanced, Premium tiers).
• Product cost management with target vs. actual cost analysis.
• Strong CAD/ERP integration and compliance management.

Pricing: Starts around $7,000 per user per year (enterprise licensing, quote required).

2. PTC Windchill

Best for: Regulated industries (medical devices, aerospace, automotive) requiring robust change control.

Key features:

• Part-centric BOMs with structure comparison and revision control.
• Integrated cost analysis with Windchill Cost.
• Advanced configuration and variant management.
• Extensive CAD and ERP integrations.

Pricing: From $35 per user per month (subscription).

3. Autodesk Fusion Manage

Best for: Small and medium manufacturers in the Autodesk ecosystem.

Key features:

• Cloud-based PLM with embedded BOM management.
• Configurable workflows for new product introduction (NPI).
• Change control and supplier collaboration tools.

Pricing: Contact Autodesk for a quote (not publicly listed).

4. Arena PLM (by PTC)

Best for: High-tech and medical device companies that want cloud-native PLM.

Key features:

• Centralized BOM and change management.
• Real-time collaboration across internal teams and suppliers.
• Supply Chain Intelligence to track BOM health, risk, and compliance.
• One-click CAD integration with Onshape.

Pricing: Quote required (SaaS subscription).

5. OpenBOM

Best for: Small to mid-sized companies needing BOM, purchasing, and vendor management.

Key features:

• Cloud-based item and BOM management with cost roll-ups.
• Integrations with Onshape, Autodesk Fusion, SolidWorks, Altium, and more.
• Vendor and purchasing workflows, including RFQs.
• Change request and revision management.

Pricing:

• Team: $100 per user per month
• Company: $150 per user per month
• Enterprise: Custom quote

6. Propel PLM (Salesforce-native)

Best for: Companies already invested in Salesforce who want PLM, QMS, and PIM in one environment.

Key features:

• Native Salesforce integration for BOM and change control.
• Unified product record across engineering, quality, and marketing.
• PDX package support for BOM/AML exchange with external partners.

Pricing: Custom quote only.

7. SOLIDWORKS PDM + Manage

Best for: SOLIDWORKS-centric teams needing BOM extraction, traceability, and advanced reporting.

Key features:

• PDM vaults with BOM templates and CAD integrations.
• SOLIDWORKS Manage adds database-driven BOMs, reporting, and variant configuration.
• Links engineering BOM (eBOM) to manufacturing BOM (mBOM).

Pricing: Varies by reseller, typically bundled with SOLIDWORKS licenses.

Working in SolidWorks and mainly need the BOM? See BOM management for SolidWorks with Sibe — built from the assembly you check in, without servers or admin setup.

8. Altium 365 with ActiveBOM

Best for: Electronics teams seeking supply-chain-aware BOMs integrated with PCB design.

Key features:

• ActiveBOM provides real-time supplier data (price, availability, lifecycle risk).
• Hosted in Altium 365 for design collaboration.
• Supply chain risk visibility directly in the BOM review workflow.

Pricing: Available via Altium subscription plans (contact vendor).

9. PartsBox

Best for: Small electronics companies managing inventory and BOMs for production.

Key features:

• Tracks component inventory across locations.
• BOMs linked to stock for automatic shortage detection.
• Generates purchasing and production orders directly from BOM data.

Pricing: Quote required (varies by scale and number of seats).

10. NetSuite ERP

Best for: Manufacturers who need BOM management tightly integrated with ERP, MRP, and costing.

Key features:

• BOM records with revisions, effective dates, and costing.
• Costed BOM SuiteApp for analysis and roll-ups.
• Integrated supply planning and manufacturing resource planning.

Pricing: Contact Oracle NetSuite for pricing.

Which of these is right for you

Rather than ranking them against each other, here is the honest routing:

• You manage products across several CAD systems, departments and formal change processes — a PLM suite earns its keep. Teamcenter and Windchill for scale and regulation, Arena or Propel if you want cloud-native.
• Your BOM needs to sit next to costing and production planning — the ERP route, with NetSuite as the reference point.
• You're buying parts as much as designing them — OpenBOM and PartsBox are built around vendors, stock and purchasing.
• Your product is electronics-led — Altium 365 with ActiveBOM keeps supply risk visible during design.
• Your designs live in SolidWorks and the parts list just needs to stay current — you don't need an enterprise rollout. Generate the BOM from the assembly and it can't drift.

BOM software FAQs

How do I create a BOM from a SolidWorks assembly?

Check in your assembly directly in SolidWorks — Sibe reads its references and builds an indented BOM automatically in the Web Dashboard. Quantities count automatically, including parts repeated across subassemblies, and every new check-in refreshes the BOM. See BOM management for SolidWorks.

What is the difference between BOM software and PLM?

PLM suites manage the full product lifecycle — BOMs plus change orders, variants, quality, and compliance — across many CAD and business systems. If the job is keeping an accurate parts list from your SolidWorks assemblies, dedicated BOM tooling inside a CAD document management platform covers it at a fraction of the cost and setup.

What is the difference between an eBOM and an mBOM?

An engineering BOM (eBOM) reflects how the product is designed — the structure that comes out of your CAD assembly. A manufacturing BOM (mBOM) reflects how it is actually built, reorganised into production steps and including items that never appear in the model, such as packaging, adhesives and consumables. Most teams start from the eBOM and add to it.

Can people outside the CAD team work with the BOM?

With Sibe, yes — Editors and Contributors generate, edit, and export BOMs in the browser, and Viewers get read-only access. Purchasing and project managers work with the parts list without a SolidWorks seat.

Can I export a BOM to Excel?

Most platforms on this list export BOMs. Sibe exports to Excel (XLSX) or CSV directly from the Web Dashboard, so you can send the parts list to purchasing or load it into your ERP yourself.

See your own assembly become a BOM

If you manage products across several CAD systems, departments, and formal change processes, a PLM suite from this list earns its keep. If your BOM needs to live next to costing and production planning, the ERP route makes sense.

And if your team designs in SolidWorks and mainly needs the parts list to stay current, you don't need an enterprise rollout to get there. Sibe builds an indented BOM from every assembly you check in — with version control, revision workflows, and browser-based design reviews alongside it. No servers, no VPNs, no admin hassles.

The fastest way to judge it is on your own data: book a free 20-minute demo and Ken, our Chief Solutions Architect and SolidWorks expert with 30+ years of experience, will build a BOM live from one of your assemblies and answer your workflow questions. Prefer to poke around first? Try Sibe free for 14 days — no credit card, and your first BOM is minutes away.