Sdproget

What Sdproget does

SDProget Industrial Software S.r.l. is an Italian private limited company headquartered in Almese that has developed a family of domain-specific CAD software for electrical design since 1988. The company's core products — SPAC Automazione for industrial automation electrical schematics, SPAC Start Impianti for civil and industrial electrical installations, and SPAC EasySol for photovoltaic system design — are all built on the AutoCAD OEM graphics engine and are differentiated by deep electrical-domain automation that generic CAD platforms do not offer. The software suite includes automatic generation of Declarations of Conformity, bidirectional P&ID integration, 3D cable routing simulation, multilingual schematic translation across approximately 1,200 phrases in 7 languages, and PDM/PLM/ERP connectivity through the PDM Connect module. The 2026 release of SPAC Automazione introduced the SPAC AI Chat Assistant, a ChatGPT-powered support tool, marking the company's first AI integration.

Revenue is generated through three commercial formulas: perpetual licenses, annual subscription/rental licenses, and Maintenance Contracts that bundle continuous updates, technical support, and exclusive features such as SPAC Data Web and the AI Chat Assistant. The Maintenance Contract stream locks pricing for at least 36 months and constitutes the principal recurring revenue mechanism. A three-tier training program (free Level 1, paid Level 2 with certification, and SPAC University professional qualification) and complementary services provide additional monetization. Go-to-market combines direct sales through the company's commercial office with a network of eight or more Qualified Resellers (RQS) across Italy and a capillary network of electrical material wholesalers; international distribution is nascent, anchored by a partnership with TCS in Spain and software localized in English and Spanish.

The customer base exceeds 14,000 professional users across industrial automation, civil installations, and photovoltaic design, with over 200 Italian technical high schools using the Kit Scuola educational edition. Named enterprise customers include B&B Automation, SEM Automazione, IDT, IREM, and Euro El, spanning naval automation, raw material handling, e-mobility battery lines, and power generation. The product ecosystem has been extended through strategic partnerships with CAD.Able (Cabling Suite), Automation Tech (DrillingTech Industry 4.0 station), and Bosch Rexroth (ctrlX automation integration). The company holds ISO 9001:2015 certification, operates without external funding, and remains founder-managed.

Name

Sdproget

Legal name

SDProget Industrial Software S.r.l.

Website

https://sdproget.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sdproget Industrial Software is an Italian developer of domain-specific CAD software for electrical design in industrial automation, civil installations, and photovoltaic systems. Core products SPAC Automazione, SPAC Start Impianti, and SPAC EasySol serve 14,000+ professionals through licenses, subscriptions, and Maintenance Contracts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Electrical CAD Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

EDA Software Platforms (Digital Implementation, Verification & Signoff) (HDAHAFAA)

Keywords

• Electrical CAD software
• Industrial automation design
• Photovoltaic system design
• Electrical schematic CAD
• Panel wiring design

Headquarters

HQ city

Almese

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses (Perpetual): Traditional one-time purchase of software license with perpetual use rights. Includes basic technical support for 30 days. Customers can separately purchase support packs for the delivered version and the immediately previous version, as well as software updates to the current version.
2. Subscription / Rental License: Annual rental licensing model for 12-month renewable periods. Includes email technical support, training access at 50% discount, and exclusive training materials. No renewal obligation, no additional update costs. Includes option to convert to perpetual license while recovering the last paid fee.
3. Maintenance Contract (Contratto di Manutenzione): Comprehensive maintenance and support contract bundled with software purchase or standalone subscription. Includes continuous software updates (including version changes), complete technical support, exclusive training services, price locked for at least 36 months, hardware key insurance, and exclusive features not available otherwise (SPAC Data Web, SPAC AI Chat, SPAC Wiring, QR-Code generator, PDF converter, online translation).
4. Training and Education Services: Revenue from professional training courses including Level 1 (free on-demand), Level 2 (live instructor with certificate), Level 3 (SPAC University professional qualification), update courses, and custom courses. Discounts available for rental license holders.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

SDProget develops and sells CAD/CAE software products purpose-built for electrical design across three domains: industrial automation (SPAC Automazione), civil/industrial electrical installations (SPAC Start Impianti), and photovoltaic systems (SPAC EasySol). Offerings are built on the AutoCAD OEM graphics engine and augmented with accessory modules for cable management, PDM/PLM integration, multilingual translation, 3D cable routing simulation, P&ID interfaces, AI-powered technical support, and an online component database (SPAC Data Web). The portfolio also includes web/mobile apps, a drilling/milling station (DrillingTech), and dedicated educational editions for technical schools.

Product overview

SDProget Industrial Software provides a portfolio of CAD software products for electrical design across three main domains: industrial automation (SPAC Automazione), civil electrical installations (SPAC Start Impianti), and photovoltaic systems (SPAC EasySol). The core products are built on AutoCAD OEM graphics engine and can be enhanced with accessory modules including cable management (Modulo Cavi), PDM integration (Modulo PDM), multilingual translation (Modulo Traduttore), 3D cable routing simulation, 3D PDF generation, and P&ID interfaces. Additional products include Cabling for electrical wiring design, SPAC Wiring web app for assisted wiring, SPAC Data Web for online component database updates, QR-Code SPAC mobile app, EasySol Mobile for photovoltaic design, and DrillingTech for automated drilling/milling of panel plates. The company also offers educational versions for schools and operates through a maintenance contract model providing continuous software updates and technical support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SPAC Automazione: Professional CAD system for industrial automation electrical design projects, featuring AI integration and comprehensive electrical schematic capabilities
• SPAC Start Impianti
• SPAC EasySol
• Cabling
• SPAC Data Web
• DrillingTech
• QR-Code SPAC
• EasySol Mobile

Products and services

• SPAC Automazione Professional CAD system for industrial automation electrical design projects. Highly automated and flexible CAD for designing electrical systems for industry; the most widely used Italian electrical CAD for industrial automation.
• SPAC Start Impianti CAD software for designing civil, industrial, and tertiary electrical installations. Includes AutoCAD OEM graphics engine and comprehensive component libraries.
• SPAC EasySol CAD software for photovoltaic system design combining scientific rigor with ease of use. Developed with Autodesk technology, generates project, technical, and economic documentation.
• SPAC EasySol Configurator Software dedicated to quotation and financial analysis of photovoltaic systems, automatically drafting project documentation including electrical coordination, producibility analysis, technical report, economic quote, and business plan.
• Cabling (C4S Cabling) CAD system for drawing and designing electrical wiring. Available as standalone software or as additional module for SPAC Automazione. Includes Functional and Constructive design environments for wiring schematics and planimetric layout.
• SPAC Wiring Web application for assisted manual wiring of electrical panels. Sequential viewer of all information needed for manual wiring, accessible from any web-connected device, reduces errors and shows progress percentage.
• SPAC Data Web Online synchronization service for updating component databases of SPAC Automazione and SPAC Start Impianti. Provides systematic updates and enrichment of component data from major electrical material manufacturers.
• DrillingTech Drilling and milling station for preparation plates and external panels of electrical panels, cabinets and containers. Industry 4.0-connected, automatically interprets drilling data sent from SPAC Automazione and executes drilling, milling, threading, and finishing operations.
• QR-Code SPAC Mobile app for Apple and Android that allows designers, installers, and maintenance technicians to consult detailed technical documentation of an installation by scanning QR-Codes generated with SPAC Automazione.
• EasySol Mobile Free mobile application for preliminary quotation and design of photovoltaic systems. Determines location via GPS, orientation and inclination of site, calculates annual producibility, available area, necessary modules, and energy produced.
• Modulo Cavi (Cable Module) Specialized program for advanced cable and wire management within SPAC Automazione environment, providing design quality, productivity, and integration.
• SPAC per la scuola (Kit Scuola, Student/Teacher Edition) Educational solutions for schools offering professional tools designed for technical training of students and teachers. Includes Kit Scuola for equipped classrooms, Student Edition for autonomous learning, and Teacher Edition for teaching support.
• Cabling 4P (Cabling for Production) Manages wiring data towards automatic cut/strip/crimp machines. Part of Cabling Suite with centralized database for saving designed wiring data.
• Cabling 4E (Cabling for Estimation) Useful for calculating production times. Essential solution for companies wanting to improve operational efficiency and obtain clear visibility of production costs.
• Start Energy Bundle Integrated CAD solution for electrical and photovoltaic design combining all functionalities of SPAC Start Impianti and SPAC EasySol in a single solution.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 14,000 professionals use SPAC Automazione, the most widely used electrical CAD in Italy for industrial automation
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

AI capability2 records

Feature15 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• CAD.AblecoreTechnology or IntegrationCAD.Able is the developer of Cabling software, a strategic partner of SDProget. SDProget distributes and resells the Cabling product line (C4S, Cabling 4D, Cabling 4P, Cabling 4E) as part of its portfolio, integrating it with SPAC Automazione. The partnership extends SDProget's offerings into the wiring and cable harness design domain.
• Automation TechcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAutomation Tech collaborated with SDProget to develop DrillingTech, the drilling and milling station for electrical panels and cabinets. The two companies co-created this Industry 4.0 solution that integrates with SPAC Automazione to generate drilling instructions from electrical schematics automatically.
• TCS (Spain)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSDProget partnered with TCS in Spain for international distribution and service, marking its expansion into the Spanish market.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Dassault Systèmes (SOLIDWORKS Electrical): Dassault Systèmes offers SOLIDWORKS Electrical and 3DEXPERIENCE for electrical and mechatronic design — a broad PLM incumbent that competes at the high end with bundled solutions SDProget lacks.
• Autodesk (AutoCAD Electrical): Autodesk's AutoCAD Electrical is the underlying platform SDProget builds on via OEM — a broad incumbent offering electrical CAD as part of a much larger CAD/PLM ecosystem. SDProget's AutoCAD OEM dependency makes this a structurally important relationship.
• IGE+XAO (Schneider Electric): IGE+XAO (now part of Schneider Electric) was a direct ECAD specialist (SEE Electrical predecessor) absorbed into a much larger industrial software and automation giant — comparable as a historical niche competitor now embedded in a broader platform.
• PTC (Creo Schematic / Windchill): PTC offers Creo Schematic for electrical design integrated with Windchill PLM — a broad incumbent competing with bundled PLM-centric ECAD against specialists like SDProget.
• Siemens (Solid Edge Electrical, NX): Siemens offers Solid Edge Electrical and NX Electrical Design within its broader digital industries and PLM stack — a key broad incumbent in electrical CAD for industrial automation.

Direct peers

• Zuken: Zuken provides EDA/ECAD software (E3.series, CR-8000) for electrical and electronic design, panel layout, and cabling — directly comparable to SDProget's industrial automation and cabling offerings.
• Trace Software (SEE Electrical): Trace Software specializes in electrical CAD (SEE Electrical) for industrial automation, panel building, and installation design — a niche European peer with similar product positioning to SPAC Automazione and SPAC Start Impianti.
• EPLAN Software & Service: EPLAN is a direct global competitor offering ECAD software for electrical design and automation, with platforms spanning schematics, panel layout, and fluid engineering — closely comparable to SPAC Automazione and Cabling Suite.
• WSCAD (WSCAD Electronic): WSCAD is a German ECAD software vendor targeting electrical engineering, panel layout, and cabinet design — a direct niche competitor to SDProget's industrial automation portfolio.

Emerging players

• ESA (ESApro P&ID): ESA develops ESApro P&ID, which has a bidirectional interface with SPAC Automazione — an adjacent player in process & instrumentation diagrams that partners with SDProget rather than competing head-on.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/SDProget
• Facebookfacebook.com/SPACAutomazioneCAD
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/11213195
• Xx.com/spacautomazione

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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