DriveWorks needs SOLIDWORKS running in the background to make every model and drawing. Wabric has its own PIM, and one model makes the price, the quote, the bill of materials, the drawing and the BIM file. Change a spec once and every quote and drawing updates.
Most CPQ tools stop at the quote. Wabric goes all the way to the factory. The moment your customer says yes, production gets the drawing and the bill of materials.
Rules and prices live in the built-in PIM. Change them once.
Made from the same model as the quote. Your engineers get their time back.
Quote, bill of materials, 2D drawing and BIM file. They always match.
Configure once
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This is the real configurator Wallenium's clients use to design focus rooms and get a price on the spot. It runs on Wabric. Go ahead, click around.
Read the Wallenium story"The configurator handles the visual design step. Sales conversations now start with a configured room already in view, letting engineers focus on technical questions and closing rather than basic option selection."
Both let your team and your customers configure a product in 3D and get a price, a quote and a bill of materials. The difference is where the drawing comes from. DriveWorks drives SOLIDWORKS to make it. Wabric is the missing piece that connects sales to production. One order gives you the quote, the bill of materials, the production drawing and the BIM file, with your product data built in.
| Feature | DriveWorks | Wabric |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Manufacturers that design in SOLIDWORKS and want to automate their models, drawings and quotes | Manufacturers of complex, configurable products who want sales and production to run on one model. From railings, doors and prefab rooms to pipes and HVAC. |
| 3D and quoting | ||
| 3D configurator | Yes. DriveWorks Live runs in the browser and shows light 3D files made from your SOLIDWORKS models | Yes. Live 3D built on your real sizes, rules and parts. Customer and sales see the same model, and it makes the price, the bill of materials and the drawing. |
| Price, quote and bill of materials | Yes | Yes. Live prices from your rules or your ERP, and a full bill of materials from real components. Price lists per market and currency. |
| Quote documents | Made from your own Word and Excel templates | Quote and order PDFs with 3D snapshots, created automatically from every configuration |
| Production files | ||
| CAD and BIM files | Made by SOLIDWORKS, which has to run on the machine that makes them. Formats include DWG, DXF, STEP, PDF and IFC | Made by Wabric itself from the order. 2D production drawings and BIM models, with no SOLIDWORKS step. Formats: DXF, IFC, Revit or STEP |
| Digital Product Passport data | Not listed on DriveWorks' product pages | Every order is saved as a structured product record, the data a Digital Product Passport will need |
| Product data and sales channels | ||
| Product data (PIM) | No PIM. Product data sits in DriveWorks tables or comes from your ERP or a SQL database | Built in and award-winning: Innovation Project of the Year 2024. Products, rules, prices and files live in one place. Change a spec once and every quote and drawing updates. |
| Dealer and partner portal | User accounts, teams and permissions in DriveWorks Live | Yes. Separate accounts for every partner, with their own permissions and pricing, also per market. Partners configure, price and order on their own. |
| Webshop for end customers | The configurator embeds in your own website. Customers can add products to a basket and request a quote | Yes. A webshop for configurable products, a hybrid catalog that puts standard and custom products in one cart, plus checkout and payments |
| CRM and ERP connections | Salesforce, SYSPRO, DELMIAWorks, QuickBooks and SOLIDWORKS PDM, plus SQL, web services and an API | SAP, Odoo, Microsoft Dynamics, Directo, ERPLY and Salesforce CRM, plus a REST API. Confirmed orders go straight into your ERP. |
| Setup and pricing | ||
| Who builds it | Your team builds the rules in DriveWorks Administrator, often with help from a reseller | The Wabric team builds it with you. Most of us are engineers who know manufacturing. Your team then updates products and prices in the PIM. |
| What it runs on | Separate modules to build the rules, make the files and run the web configurator, plus SOLIDWORKS. Runs on Windows Server, or on Azure or AWS | One cloud platform, used in the browser. No SOLIDWORKS or servers to look after. |
| Price | Not on the DriveWorks website. Resellers quote per module. DriveWorksXpress comes free with SOLIDWORKS | Published, from €490/month, plus a one-time setup fee |
How we compared: we used DriveWorks' own website and product documentation (Autopilot, prerequisites, 3D files and IFC export) and its G2 and Capterra listings, checked in October 2026. DriveWorks is a trademark of DriveWorks Ltd. SOLIDWORKS® is a registered trademark of Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corporation. Wabric is an independent product, not affiliated with either. See something out of date? Tell us and we'll fix it.
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It depends on what you need after the quote. If you want the drawing without SOLIDWORKS running in the background, look at Wabric. Wabric has a built-in PIM, and one model makes the price, the bill of materials, the drawing and the BIM file. Your sales team, partners and customers all work from that same model.
