Apache PDFBox vs Datalogics Adobe PDF Library
Both stand on PDF SDKs: Apache PDFBox at #17, Datalogics Adobe PDF Library at #16.
The facts side by side
- Free tierPrice$5,999 usage-based
- —Public API—
- —Open source—
- YesFree tierNo
- —Free trialYes
- —Web—
- —Windows✓
- —Mac✓
- ✓Linux✓
- —iOS—
- —Android—
- ✓Free plan—
- Creation, manipulation, text extraction, image extraction, rendering, merging, splitting, form filling, PDF/A validation, printing, encryption, decryption, and digital signing.PDF operationsCreation, editing, annotation, splitting, merging, flattening, rendering, conversion, OCR, text extraction, search, digital signatures, security, forms, image processing, optimization, compression, PDF/A and PDF/X validation
- Java runtime; PDFBox 3.0.x requires Java 8 or later.Supported platformsWindows, Linux, macOS; Adobe C/C++, Modern C++, .NET, .NET Framework, Java; NuGet, Maven, direct C++ download, and container deployment
- JavaLanguage coverageAdobe C/C++, Modern C++, .NET, .NET Framework, Java
- —Deployment modelhybrid
- ✓Annotation tools✓
- ✓Commercial license✓
- #17Standing on PDF SDKs#16