Name: Windchill
Rating: 4.5 (98 reviews)

Overview

Product Information on Windchill

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Windchill?

Windchill is a product lifecycle management software developed for enterprise use to manage product data and processes. The software offers capabilities for collaboration, configuration management, change and document management, bill of materials management, and compliance tracking throughout the product development lifecycle. Windchill is designed to improve product quality and align engineering, manufacturing, and service teams by enabling access to a centralized source of product information. The software supports version control, workflow automation, and process standardization while providing tools for secure data sharing and integration with other enterprise applications. Organizations implement this software to streamline product development, manage complex product structures, and facilitate regulatory compliance.

Overall experience with Windchill

ENGINEER

30B + USD, Healthcare and Biotech

FAVORABLE

“Windchill Enables Smooth Data Management & effective Change management workflow”

4.0

Dec 9, 2025

Windchill is a good PLM software helpful in Data Management & maintaining Workflow smoothly, it helps in Maintaining centralized data.

Material Project Manager

10B - 30B USD, Hardware

CRITICAL

“Windchill - could be better ”

3.0

Oct 28, 2020

this is a complete data management syatem for an organization. it can be cumbersome to use and is not verybuser friendly. i was happy when we moved away from it.

About Company

Company Description

PTC is a global software company that enables industrial and manufacturing companies to digitally transform how they engineer, manufacture, and service the physical products that the world relies on. Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, PTC employs over 7,000 people and supports more than 25,000 customers globally.

Company Details

Company type

Public

Year Founded

1985

Head office location

Boston, United States

Number of employees

5001 - 10000

Annual Revenue

1B-3B USD

Website

http://ptc.co/VLED30oHtEh

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Windchill Likes & Dislikes

Good Integration with CAD, Version control of documents, Change Management controls for latest version files.

it held all of our documents and data.

Better data integration with CAD files, overall better change control process

It's a little tricky for new users to adapt easily, and requires a good amount of training before working on it. some processes feel a bit slow due to workflow

not very user friendly and a steep learning curve compared to other PLM systems.

Not beginner friendly. Need a training session compulsary as learning by own oneself is a bit difficult. New users can find it diffcult to adapt at the beginning

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10B+ USD

Healthcare and Biotech

Review Source

Windchill Enables Smooth Data Management & effective Change management workflow

Dec 8, 2025

Manufacturing

Centralized Data and Streamlined Workflows Enhance Efficiency in PLM Software

It is a good PLM software which maintains the data centralized and smooth workflow

PRODUCT MANAGEMENT ANALYST

50M-1B USD

Ease of Use and Negotiation Terms Appreciated, Training Resources Found Lacking

5.0

Everything worked well right from selecting for our company then on negotiation terms, its uses and after service.

CAD ENGINEER

Product Lifecycle Tool Excels in BOM and Integration Yet Faces Usability Concerns

Sep 19, 2025

Useful tool to manage engineering documents and product lyfe cycle but confusing functionalities

Intuitive System for Document Tracking with Detailed Revision History Features

May 30, 2025

It is a very easy to use system, with very intuitive controls to find the documents needed and keep track of them. Extremely useful for making sure all records and changes are tracked completely and all documents are auditable.