Bommer

What Bommer does

Bommer, Inc. is a San Francisco-based private SaaS company that provides bill of materials (BOM) management software as native add-ins inside the two dominant mechanical CAD platforms, Autodesk Fusion 360 and SOLIDWORKS. Founded by Jesse Rosalia (CEO, Head of Engineering) and James Ray (CXO, Head of Customer Development) and operated by a team of 1-10, the company's core product lets engineers build, edit, and export BOMs directly within their CAD environment through a spreadsheet-like interface, eliminating manual Excel-based workflows and reducing reported BOM preparation time by 50%-90% across disclosed customer cases (219 Design, Corilam Fabricating Company, Nemuno Banga). The technical core is a CAD-resident add-in that reads assembly hierarchies, extracts and stores custom properties in the platform's native data layer (Autodesk cloud for Fusion 360, SOLIDWORKS custom properties), supports formulas with conditional logic, and exports to Excel-based templates that can feed ERP or PLM systems.

The product is delivered as two SKUs: Bommer for Fusion 360 at $199 per user per year, distributed through the Autodesk App Store, and Bommer for SOLIDWORKS at $499 per user per year, distributed through direct download. Both are sold via a product-led growth motion featuring a 14-day free trial with no credit card requirement, supplemented by inside-sales demos for enterprise prospects and a value-added reseller channel (e.g., NexGenSolutions joint webinars). The company's go-to-market targets mechanical engineers, product development teams, hardware design consultancies, and contract manufacturers, with a disclosed customer base of 200+ companies spanning startups, SMBs, mid-market firms, and enterprises such as Lincoln Electric (including its Vizient subsidiary), Autodesk Research, and Nemuno Banga. The company received capital and mentorship through the TinySeed Accelerator Spring 2022 batch and ships incremental product updates multiple times per year, including conditional formulas (June 2023), native drawing tables (March 2023), weldment and sheet metal cut lists (February 2023), Appearance/CMF property support (November 2023), and a Spring 2025 feature update.

Name

Bommer

Legal name

Bommer, Inc.

Website

https://getbommer.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Bommer provides bill of materials (BOM) management add-ins for Autodesk Fusion 360 and SOLIDWORKS, enabling mechanical engineers and product development teams to build, edit, and export BOMs directly within their CAD environment, eliminating manual Excel workflows for a customer base of 200+ companies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Bommer for Fusion 360 Subscription: Annual subscription license for the Fusion 360 BOM add-in, priced at $199/user/year (~$16.58/month). Includes 14-day free trial.
2. Bommer for SOLIDWORKS Subscription: Annual subscription license for the SOLIDWORKS BOM add-in, priced at $499/user/year (~$41.58/month). Includes 14-day free trial.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Bommer develops and sells native CAD add-ins that automate bill of materials (BOM) creation and management inside Autodesk Fusion 360 and SOLIDWORKS. The software reads assembly hierarchies, extracts and writes custom properties, supports formulas and conditional logic, auto-standardizes units, generates editable drawing tables, and exports to Excel templates for procurement, quoting, and manufacturing workflows. Products are sold as annual per-user subscriptions with a 14-day free trial, accessed via the Autodesk App Store or direct download.

Product overview

Bommer offers a suite of bill of materials management software delivered as CAD add-ins. The core Bommer platform provides BOM creation, custom properties management, and export capabilities, with two distinct products: Bommer for Fusion 360 ($199/year) and Bommer for SOLIDWORKS ($499/year). Both products integrate directly into the respective CAD environments, allowing engineers to manage BOM data without context switching. The products share core capabilities including spreadsheet-like editing, custom properties, formulas, and flexible exports, while each also offers platform-specific features such as SOLIDWORKS' cut list support for weldments and sheet metal, or Fusion 360's native drawing tables and Autodesk cloud storage. An associated offering is the Hardware Document Toolkit (created with VPD) providing BOM education and templates.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bommer for Fusion 360 Annual subscription BOM add-in for Autodesk Fusion 360 ($199/user/year) that provides in-CAD BOM editing, 50+ auto-extracted custom properties, formulas with conditional logic, automatic unit standardization, native editable drawing tables, and Excel template exports. Designed for engineers and product development teams who want to build accurate BOMs inside Fusion 360 without context switching. Includes a 14-day free trial and is purchased per user per year.
• Bommer for SOLIDWORKS Annual subscription BOM add-in for SOLIDWORKS ($499/user/year) that provides spreadsheet-like BOM editing, custom properties, weldment and sheet metal cut list support, custom views and filters, export templates, and migration/integration tools. Designed for engineers and manufacturers using SOLIDWORKS who need a faster way to produce accurate BOMs with rolled-up subassembly totals. Includes a 14-day free trial and is purchased per user per year.
• Hardware Document Toolkit - Bill of Materials Educational toolkit co-created with Vinyard Product Development that provides a comprehensive BOM glossary, best practices documentation, and example BOM templates (ME BOM, EE BOM, ASSY BOM) to help engineers understand what makes a quality bill of materials. Hosted as a free Google Sheets document.

Quantifiable outcome

• 80-90% reduction in BOM preparation time
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Feature9 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Vinyard Product Development (VPD)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2020Strategic partnership to co-create the Hardware Document Toolkit, starting with a Bill of Materials template. VPD founder Ryan Vinyard contributed expertise in hardware development documentation, while Bommer provided technical implementation. The toolkit includes comprehensive BOM glossary, example templates (ME BOM, EE BOM, ASSY BOM), and explanatory documentation on BOM best practices.
• Autodesk (App Store)coreTechnology or IntegrationBommer for Fusion 360 is distributed through the Autodesk App Store, making it discoverable to the Fusion 360 user base. The integration leverages Autodesk's cloud infrastructure for data storage and API access for drawing table functionality.
• SOLIDWORKS (Dassault Systèmes)coreTechnology or IntegrationBommer integrates with SOLIDWORKS CAD software, accessing custom properties, cut lists, weldments, and sheet metal data. The add-in appears in the SOLIDWORKS task pane and works with SOLIDWORKS' native property storage systems.
• NexGenSolutionsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerValue-added reseller partner conducting joint webinars and product demonstrations to drive Bommer adoption among enterprise CAD users. Joint webinar held May 2023 to showcase Bommer for Fusion 360 capabilities.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• DriveWorks: SOLIDWORKS add-in specialist focused on design automation, configurable products, and BOM generation within SOLIDWORKS. Closely aligned with Bommer's BOM-management value proposition on the SOLIDWORKS side.
• Arena Solutions: Cloud-native PLM (now part of PTC) that centralizes BOMs, change management, and quality for hardware companies. Targets the same hardware product development teams as Bommer with a broader but heavier solution.
• Propel Software: SaaS PLM platform with BOM, quality, and supplier collaboration built natively on Salesforce. Serves similar mid-market hardware companies and competes for the same engineering customer budgets.

Emerging players

• Omnify Software: Cloud PLM targeting SMB hardware and electronics companies with BOM, change, and document management. Positioned as a lighter, more affordable PLM option — directly competitive with Bommer's 'lightweight' stance.

Broad incumbents

• Autodesk Fusion 360 Manage (PLM 360): Autodesk's native cloud PLM offering providing BOM, change, and quality management inside the Autodesk ecosystem. A direct platform-level competitive threat given Autodesk controls the App Store where Bommer is distributed.
• Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE / SOLIDWORKS PDM: Dassault's native data management and BOM solutions bundled with the SOLIDWORKS ecosystem. Represents platform-level competitive risk for Bommer's SOLIDWORKS product.
• PTC Windchill: Enterprise PLM incumbent with comprehensive BOM, change, and configuration management. Overlaps with Bommer's BOM functionality but serves much larger enterprises at higher price points.
• ANSYS Granta MI: Materials data management integrated with CAD/CAE workflows for engineering teams. Comparable in 'CAD-integrated engineering data' value proposition though focused on materials rather than BOMs.

Others

• CADENAS: Provides CAD-integrated parts data, BIM catalogs, and component management for engineering teams. Adjacent to Bommer's CAD-integration value proposition and competitive in CAD data enrichment.

Regional players

• Visual Components: Manufacturing simulation and BOM-oriented tooling with a strong European footprint. Adjacent peer for manufacturing-focused BOM and production planning workflows.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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