# CircuitHub

6 Hacker News commenters recommended CircuitHub and 6 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Self-serve online PCB assembly service people use for turnkey prototypes, with quick quoting. Critics cite unfavorable legal terms, sign-up walls and strict file requirements.

## Why people recommend it

- Serviceable for turnkey prototype assembly (2 comments): "I've enjoyed working with CircuitHub for turnkey prototypes." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48890298)) "circuithub is serviceable for turnkey assembly" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45778074))

## What people warn about

- Unfavorable legal terms for customers (2 comments): "Their legal agreements are a lot more detailed and favorable than what's currently on circuithub." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50280080)) "your legal terms are very unfavorable to customers" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50275204))
- Sign-up required for quotes and NDA (2 comments): "To make it worse, you can't even read what their NDA says without signing up with your email address on a third party site." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50280853)) "Dude, absolutely get rid of the requirement to make an account to get a quote." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50273935))
- Strict file requirements, rejects Gerber (2 comments): "Other vendors don't require this. They just need the gerbers, BOM, and CPL files." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50280829)) "however not accepting gerber? seems like a strange choice" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50285698))
- Expensive for uploaded boards (2 comments): "Circuithub[0] came to $654.66 for the boards I uploaded" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50290243)) "I'd rather pay $1400 for five boards from Circuithub" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50277928))

## 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://www.circuithub.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "CircuitHub", https://hackerapproved.com/p/circuithub/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).