Ghostscript vs PDFsharp
Both stand on PDF SDKs: Ghostscript at #5, PDFsharp at #6.
The facts side by side
- Free tierPriceFree tier · $499 one-time
- —Public API—
- —Open source—
- YesFree tierYes
- —Free trial—
- —Web—
- ✓Windows✓
- ✓Mac✓
- ✓Linux✓
- —iOS—
- —Android—
- ✓Free plan✓
- Rendering, generation through conversion, compression, optimization, rasterization, vector output, OCR, PDF/A conversion, and extraction of searchable textPDF operationsCreation, processing, modification, merging, splitting, drawing, rendering, annotations, encryption, forms, and digital signatures
- Windows, macOS, Linux and other Unix-like systems, VMS, embedded systems, host-based, SaaS, and cloud environmentsSupported platformsWindows, Linux, macOS, and other platforms supported by .NET; Windows-specific GDI and WPF builds
- C; Python, C#, and Java bindings for gsapiLanguage coverageC# and other .NET languages
- hybridDeployment model—
- —Annotation tools✓
- ✓Commercial license✓
- #5Standing on PDF SDKs#6