PCBEditor vs EasyEDA
EasyEDA is the dominant free online PCB editor, backed by the LCSC catalog. PCBEditor is what EasyEDA would look like if you started over with AI at the center.
EasyEDA's biggest strength is the LCSC integration — millions of in-stock parts, one-click BOM, direct hand-off to JLCPCB. The trade-off is that you still draw the schematic the old way.
PCBEditor doesn't try to out-catalog LCSC. Instead it removes the schematic-drawing step entirely: describe what you want, get a circuit back, then refine. Export to KiCad or Gerber when you're ready for fab.
Feature-by-feature comparison
| FEATURE | PCBEDITOR | EASYEDA |
|---|---|---|
| AI circuit generation from plain English | ✓ | ✗ |
| Chat-based circuit editing | ✓ | ✗ |
| Browser-based, no install | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free tier | ✓ | ✓ |
| LCSC parts catalog integration | ✗ | ✓ |
| Direct JLCPCB order hand-off | ~ | ✓ |
| KiCad export | ✓ | ✓ |
| Gerber export | ✓ | ✓ |
| 3D board preview | ✓ | ✓ |
| Simulation | ~ | ✓ |
| DRC + auto-fix suggestions | ✓ | ~ |
Comparison reflects publicly documented features at time of writing. Tool capabilities evolve — verify for your specific use case before committing.
Pick PCBEditor when
- ✓You'd rather describe a circuit than draw it.
- ✓Your design is novel enough that catalog parts aren't the bottleneck.
- ✓You want fast iteration via chat without re-routing every time.
Pick EasyEDA when
- –You're ordering through JLCPCB and want one-click BOM matching.
- –You're designing around specific LCSC in-stock parts.
- –You want SPICE-style simulation built in.