Autodesk Vault

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Engineering Product Data Management (PDM) platform providing centralized version/revision control, BOM management, engineering change order workflows, and access control for design files from Inventor, AutoCAD, Revit, and Civil 3D. Primarily used by mechanical and manufacturing engineering teams; also adopted by AEC and infrastructure firms managing multi-discipline file libraries. Vault 2026 introduced a new APS REST API.

Made by Autodesk, public (ADSK, $43.8B)

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3.0 /5 composite score
RF1 remains attached because official pricing is opaque, while C2 4/5 reflects the Vault 2026 APS REST API plus the legacy SOAP API and .NET/PowerShell surface. C5 4/5 reflects Inventor, AutoCAD, Revit, Civil 3D, SAP, Microsoft Office, and Entra ID integrations.
Solid

Rubric Scorecard

How we grade →

Criterion Score Evidence
Value for the price 2/5 Subscription Source →
Agent Friendliness 4/5 API: APS Vault Data REST API (new in Vault 2026) covering data search, file operations, job processing, lifecycle state management, and change order handling; legacy SOAP API via Autodesk.Connectivity.WebServices also available with full Vault functionality
Ease of adoption 2/5 --
Portability & lock-in 3/5 3 file formats
Interoperability 4/5 7 integrations

Pricing

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Evidence

File formats

FormatDirectionSupport
DWG both full
DXF both full
IFC both partial

Integrations

Autodesk Inventor AutoCAD Revit Civil 3D SAP Microsoft Office Microsoft Entra ID

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