# Aisler PCB manufacturing service

11 Hacker News commenters recommended Aisler PCB manufacturing service and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend Aisler for high-quality PCB printing and tight-tolerance layouts. The most common caveat is that assembly and board prices run well above JLCPCB, with longer production lead times.

## Why people recommend it

- Good board quality and printing (3 comments): "In my opinion they do an amazing job, it's not quite JLCPCB prices, but maybe only 20% higher" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46586491)) "AISLER are AMAZING at printing boards, but sadly are very very expensive for assembly." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47494154)) "I like their quality and I was able to pull off some stupidly toleranced layouts." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49199431))

## What people warn about

- Assembly far more expensive than JLCPCB (2 comments): "their PCBA is several orders of magnitude more expensive due to the setup & handling fees" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46586664)) "AISLER are AMAZING at printing boards, but sadly are very very expensive for assembly." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47494154))
- Board prices higher than JLCPCB (4 comments): "For cheap hobby-grade boards just the job fee is more than 10 boards delivered is from JLCPCB." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46586627)) "In my opinion they do an amazing job, it's not quite JLCPCB prices, but maybe only 20% higher" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46586491)) "it's a lot higher than JLCPCB or PCBWay" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46587211))
- Longer production lead times (2 comments): "making it not very competitive with JLCPCB's 10-15 business days including the slowest/cheapest shipping" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46587290)) "what you win in shipping times you lose in production lead time" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48888241))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [JLCPCB](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jlcpcb.md): 83 recommend
- [PCBWay PCB fabrication](https://hackerapproved.com/p/pcbway.md): 32 recommend
- [OSH Park](https://hackerapproved.com/p/osh-park.md): 17 recommend
- [The Grid by CircuitHub](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grid.md): 15 recommend
- [ProvenMetal](https://hackerapproved.com/p/provenmetal.md): 15 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://aisler.net/en)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Aisler PCB manufacturing service", https://hackerapproved.com/p/aisler/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).
