What is Creo?
Creo is the 3D CAD solution that helps you accelerate product innovation to build better products faster. Easy to learn, Creo uses a model-based approach to seamlessly take you from the earliest phases of product design to manufacturing, and beyond. Creo combines powerful, proven functionality with new technologies, including generative design, real-time simulation, advanced manufacturing, IIoT, and augmented reality.
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85 Likeliness to Recommend
81 Plan to Renew
76 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
Emotional Footprint Overview
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+95 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 Creo?
Pros
- Performance Enhancing
- Respectful
- Continually Improving Product
- Caring
How to read the Emotional Footprint
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While purchasing decisions shouldn't be based on emotion, it's valuable to know what kind of emotional response the vendor you're considering elicits from their users.
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Creo Reviews
Ronit J.
- Role: Operations
- Industry: Manufacturing
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Jun 2025
PTC Creo: A Robust CAD Tool for Complex Assemblies
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Creo from other similar products?
The depth of features that Creo provides is something that other products cannot match.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The favorite aspect of Creo is the way it handles complex assemblies without making the system freeze, thus making the work much easier.
What do you dislike most about this product?
There is nothing that I dislike about this product. One needs to have in-depth and proper knowledge of working with parameters, map keys, shortcut keys, etc. in order to work productively with Creo.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
I would really recommend Creo to anyone who is working on complex assemblies of construction equipment like dozers, drilling rigs, etc., where the other CAD tools might not be a great fit.
Pros
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
- Unique Features
Megha N.
- Role: Industry Specific Role
- Industry: Manufacturing
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Apr 2025
Power and Precision
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Creo from other similar products?
Its unrivaled parametric modeling features, simulations capabilities and integration with other technologies such as generative design, augmented reality (AR) and additiive manufacturing . As part of PTC's offering , Creo is well recognised for its precision of rough handling complex assemblage owing to its complicated flexibilities in sheet metal and surface modeling.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Its hybrid customizable and parametric approaches set Creo apart from other softawere in opinion. The design intent is not lost while models are created and edited,permitted easier modifications durin interative design processes.
What do you dislike most about this product?
It sometimes raises as issue with the sophisticated design of Creo software which is incompatible with streamlined environment as it involves and intricate workflows. Also the pricing strcuture is quite challenging for small firms.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
if dealing with intricate mechanical systems, extensive assemblies, or highly detailed and accurate constructs, then mastering Creo will give a competitive advantage.
Pros
- Acts with Integrity
- Generous Negotitation
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
Pravin P.
- Role: Industry Specific Role
- Industry: Engineering
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Apr 2025
Game changes on parametric way.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Creo from other similar products?
It has parametric software and it having customisable according to application
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
It easy to add on aspects.
What do you dislike most about this product?
It too much time take for understanding learning and multiple application for requirement..
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
All feature add in on ..application..
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Efficient Service
- Effective Service
