Eurocircuits
Shares rank 5 of 7 PCB manufacturing services by recommenders
Recommended for a smooth ordering process, excellent customer service and useful boards. Critics agree it costs far more than cheap overseas board houses.
6 people recommended Eurocircuits in Hacker News comments and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026.
3 of the 6 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “39c3: In-house electronics manufacturing from scratch: How hard can it be? [video]”.
Summary written by Claude from 13 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 12 of those comments still count.
11 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- mixed feelings
- 0
- warn against or regret it
- 5
The record
Recommended in 4 of 12 months
In 4 different threads.
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 4 of 12 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
- Recommended in 4 threadsNeeds 5 or more, not met.
- The biggest thread supplies 50% of its recommendersNeeds half or less, met.
The same rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. Mixed feelings count toward neither side. How the badge works
What people say about it
Reasons grouped from a sample of 12 of the 13 opinions about it, picked in proportion to how many people recommend it, have mixed feelings and criticize it. Each mark is one comment in the sample. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Good ordering setup and service
“They have a good setup for dealing with the most common causes of ordering faff”
Comment from 6 Aug 2026 in “Launch HN: ProvenMetal (YC S26) delivers circuit boards in days instead of weeks” “they are excellent, great customer service too”
Comment from 13 Jul 2026 in “Designing and assembling my first PCB” Comparable to other PCB services
“does the same kind of service (bar the parts library) but has the DRC”
Comment from 12 Jan 2026 in “39c3: In-house electronics manufacturing from scratch: How hard can it be? [video]” “Not quite as big, but similar kind of thing.”
Comment from 12 Jan 2026 in “39c3: In-house electronics manufacturing from scratch: How hard can it be? [video]” Useful and well regarded
“expensive but are present and perfectly useful such as Eurocircuits”
Comment from 13 Jan 2026 in “39c3: In-house electronics manufacturing from scratch: How hard can it be? [video]”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Much more expensive than cheap fabs
“Changing that gets you to $14 for 5 boards, which is still way cheaper than Eurocircuits.”
Comment from 12 Jan 2026 in “39c3: In-house electronics manufacturing from scratch: How hard can it be? [video]” “5pcs 2 layer default settings 80x100mm boards ($4 vs EUR 124) is pretty much 30x.”
Comment from 12 Jan 2026 in “39c3: In-house electronics manufacturing from scratch: How hard can it be? [video]” “Order of magnitude more expensive for hobby-grade boards.”
Comment from 12 Jan 2026 in “39c3: In-house electronics manufacturing from scratch: How hard can it be? [video]” Prohibitive pricing for hobbyists
“Problem is that they are prohibitively expensive.”
Comment from 12 Jan 2026 in “39c3: In-house electronics manufacturing from scratch: How hard can it be? [video]” “the pricing is a bit disappointing”
Comment from 24 Jan 2026 in “39c3: In-house electronics manufacturing from scratch: How hard can it be? [video]”
Other PCB manufacturing services people recommend
The four most recommended other PCB manufacturing services, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Mixed | Criticize | Approval | Months | Had for | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JLCPCB | 68 | 7 | 11 | 86% | 11 | — | Approved |
| PCBWay PCB fabrication | 22 | 5 | 5 | 81% | 10 | — | Approved |
| OSH Park | 14 | 2 | 7 | 67% | 7 | — | Approved |
| The Grid by CircuitHub | 7 | 7 | 15 | 32% | 2 | — | — |
| EurocircuitsThis page | 6 | 0 | 5 | 55% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
12 of the 13 opinions about it, picked in proportion to the three counts, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I usually prefer https://www.eurocircuits.com/ which builds in Poland”
“They have a good setup for dealing with the most common causes of ordering faff”
“they are excellent, great customer service too”
“the pricing is a bit disappointing”
“expensive but are present and perfectly useful such as Eurocircuits”
“Changing that gets you to $14 for 5 boards, which is still way cheaper than Eurocircuits.”
“5pcs 2 layer default settings 80x100mm boards ($4 vs EUR 124) is pretty much 30x.”
“Problem is that they are prohibitively expensive.”
“Order of magnitude more expensive for hobby-grade boards.”
“does the same kind of service (bar the parts library) but has the DRC”
“Slightly more expensive than JLCPCB, but not 30x.”
“Not quite as big, but similar kind of thing.”
Counts come from 1,791,911 Hacker News comments labeled by Claude, November 2025 to October 2026, with data through October 31, 2026. Counts updated 2 Nov 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.