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What do you like best about Octopart?

The quick search across multiple authorized and unauthorized vendors and integration with altium Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Octopart?

There should be an option to filter out vendors such as brokers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Octopart solving and how is that benefiting you?

quick part search with mostly up to date inventory Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Octopart Overview

What is Octopart?

Octopart is the industry leading search engine for discovering, selecting and sourcing electronic components. More than 20 million procurement professionals and engineers use Octopart to find and compare electronic parts, access detailed technical specifications, and check real-time pricing and availability. Thousands of distributors and component manufacturers partner with Octopart to connect with customers right at the moment of decision-making.

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Octopart is a powerful component search engine, that helps electronics designers find the right components for their inventions and provides the data they need for making informed decisions during the design process.


Seller Details
Seller
Altium
Year Founded
1985
HQ Location
La Jolla, CA
Twitter
@altium
9,339 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
1,195 employees on LinkedIn®
Ownership
ASX:ALU
Total Revenue (USD mm)
$268
Description

Altium LLC, a global software company based in San Diego, California, is accelerating the pace of innovation through electronics. From individual inventors to multinational corporations, more PCB designers and engineers choose Altium software to design and realize electronics-based products. The growing demand for smart and connected products is driving advancements in electronics technology. Design trends are demonstrating the need for minimizing power, reducing package size and energy consumption, and prioritizing high-speed design. For over 30 years, Altium has been delivering software that maximizes the productivity of PCB designers and electrical engineers, from idea to board. Users are at the center of Altium’s R&D and business operations. With its unique Business-to-User approach, Altium is focused on developing software that is easy to use and implement, with solutions that enable innovation and deliver industry-leading user productivity. Products include Altium Designer®, Altium 365®, CircuitMaker®, CircuitStudio®, Octopart®, and TASKING®. To learn more about Altium, visit www.altium.com.


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Oh, Octopart, you’re a real time-saver, aren’t you? Instead of wasting hours scrolling through endless parts lists and chasing down datasheets, I j...
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"Octopart: Great place for electronic stock analysis"
Octopart is easy to use and is a great starting point for PCBA Bill of Material checks.
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Octopart Media

Octopart Demo - Real-Time Pricing and Availability
Instantly view and compare up-to-date pricing and stock levels across multiple global distributors to make cost-effective sourcing decisions.
Octopart Demo - Part Specification View
View detailed comparison table of your searched component, including market data like price and availability, supply chain information such as lifecycle status and lead times, physical specifications, and technical details like dropout voltage, accuracy, and operating temperature range.
Octopart Demo - Electronic Part Price And Stock Availability
See a part's pricing, stock availability from authorized distributors, technical specifications, and additional tools such as links to inventory history, CAD models, and alternate parts.
Octopart Demo - Inventory History, CAD Models and Datasheets
Analyze 12 months of historical stock trends to understand a part’s availability over time. Access detailed component datasheets, compliance data, and lifecycle information to evaluate parts for your designs. Access detailed component datasheets and compliance data.
Octopart Demo - Bill of Materials (BOM) Tool
Simplify the sourcing process by uploading a Bill of Materials (BOM), automatically matching parts, and exporting normalized, procurement-ready BOMs.
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Genaro S.
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What do you like best about Octopart?

Oh, Octopart, you’re a real time-saver, aren’t you? Instead of wasting hours scrolling through endless parts lists and chasing down datasheets, I just type in what I need and—voilà!—it’s all there in seconds. How impressive that you can pull up stock info and specs so quickly. It’s almost like you understand that my time is valuable and decided to make my life a little easier. Thanks for saving me from the tedious stuff and letting me focus on actually getting things done.

But seriously, it is an amazing tool, and every engineer worth their time and effort knows this is essential to a good design setup. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Octopart?

Octopart’s website can feel a bit clunky and outdated, making navigation less smooth than it could be. The interface sometimes adds unnecessary friction to finding components. Still, these minor annoyances are a small price to pay for the site’s overall usefulness in quickly locating parts and specs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Octopart solving and how is that benefiting you?

Octopart just takes the hassle out of finding components. Instead of wigging through endless lists and datasheets, I can quickly find what I need, which is a huge time-saver. For me, using Octopart with Altium means I’m saving hours—a week’s worth of work. It’s made the whole ECAD design process so much smoother and actually enjoyable. The efficiency boost has made a big difference in my work and improved my overall experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Octopart?

That we can check the availability on all the websites . after checking we can click on the links and that takes us directly to the website from which you can procure Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Octopart?

The User Interface can be better. Can make it more user friendly . also few of the websites are not updated on hourly basis . that can be changed . also they can update their data base to include more companies Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Octopart solving and how is that benefiting you?

I can see all the websites where the part is available and the stock . as a robotics company we order around 200-300 components for each robot . this website makes it very easy for our procurement team Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Octopart?

Octopart has been incredibly useful to me as an electrical engineer; it's been a great resource to understand what the supply chain status is of different components, and how I can easily obtain whatever parts I need at any time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Octopart?

There really isn't much that I dislike about Octopart; sometimes using the search/filtering options on the site is a little tricky, but typically I search for parts on Mouser or Digikey instead, so that's not a huge problem. I'm mostly using Octopart to check which suppliers have inventory of the parts that I'm looking for, not for the initial part search. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Octopart solving and how is that benefiting you?

Octopart is providing a great way to be aware of which online suppliers have inventory of any particular electrical components that I want to use for designs; this has helped my business performance considerably, especially during COVID-19 when supply chains were heavily impacted Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Octopart?

Octopart is the best online tool to look for parts and inventory. It also allows us to choose the best price.. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Octopart?

I am yet to find anything about about Octopart Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Octopart solving and how is that benefiting you?

Hard to find parts and chossing the right vendor for the lowest cost Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jacob B.
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What do you like best about Octopart?

Octopart is easy to use and is a great starting point for PCBA Bill of Material checks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Octopart?

The stock listed is not always accurate. This is not Octopart's fault but the individual distributors Octopart partners with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Octopart solving and how is that benefiting you?

Helps with supply chain management for circuit design. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Octopart?

easy to check availability and compare prices Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Octopart?

the user interface can be better and can improve the loading time . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Octopart solving and how is that benefiting you?

procurement has been made easy Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Octopart?

The easiness to search for components, or variants of components in different suppliers in one place. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Octopart?

Inability to search only for Authorized Distributors.

Missing some smaller distributors, e.g. in Germany: Conrad, Bürklin, Reichelt, etc.. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Octopart solving and how is that benefiting you?

Searching for component availability and alternative parts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Octopart?

It integrates with all the PCB chip components distributors and shows up-to-date information of stock, price, and lead time. Instead of going to different websites, you can search in one place. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Octopart?

It would be nice if 3d models would verify somehow. Occasionally, they are not correct files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Octopart solving and how is that benefiting you?

It makes the search very easy for components—saving a lot of time and energy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Albert B.
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What do you like best about Octopart?

It is very fast to find a part number of an electronic component, and all the relevant information: stock in distributors, datasheet, price... Also, it can be used together with Altium Designer, to automatically check the availability an priced of a bill of materials of an electronic product. Also bill of materials can be uploaded directly to check for availability, stock and prices for a specific quantity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Octopart?

There is nothing I dislike, I would add extra functionalities maybe, like standard fields to compare similar components and use it to find alternative part numbers when there is an obsolete one. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Octopart:

Use it to quickly find a part number in all the available distributors, and load a BOM to have an estimation of the final product price. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Octopart solving and how is that benefiting you?

Easy and fast way to find an electronic component in a distributor. Also used to see data sheets of some components. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Octopart?

Easy to find other suppliers and compare prices Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Octopart?

Sometimes inaccurate stock shown for major suppliers Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Octopart solving and how is that benefiting you?

Finding other suppliers of parts at the best price, comparing quantity discounts Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.