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At a Glance
Apache PDFBox
Apache PDFBox
Star Rating
(12)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (54.5% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
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iText by Apryse
iText by Apryse
Star Rating
(29)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (57.7% of reviews)
Information
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about iText by Apryse

Apache PDFBox vs iText by Apryse

  • Apache PDFBox and iText by Apryse both meet the requirements of our reviewers at a comparable rate.
  • When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that iText by Apryse is the preferred option.
  • For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of Apache PDFBox over iText by Apryse.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Apache PDFBox
No pricing available
iText by Apryse
No pricing available
Free Trial
Apache PDFBox
No trial information available
iText by Apryse
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.2
10
9.2
21
Ease of Use
9.0
10
7.9
21
Ease of Setup
Not enough data
9.1
11
Ease of Admin
Not enough data
8.7
10
Quality of Support
8.0
9
8.2
19
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Not enough data
8.5
11
Product Direction (% positive)
8.8
10
7.4
18
Features by Category
Not enough data
Not enough data
Data Sources
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Delivery
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functionality - PDF SDKs
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Support - PDF SDKs
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Apache PDFBox
Apache PDFBox
iText by Apryse
iText by Apryse
Apache PDFBox and iText by Apryse share no categories
Unique Categories
Apache PDFBox
Apache PDFBox is categorized as Document Generation
iText by Apryse
iText by Apryse is categorized as PDF SDKs
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Apache PDFBox
Apache PDFBox
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
54.5%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
27.3%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
18.2%
iText by Apryse
iText by Apryse
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
57.7%
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
15.4%
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
26.9%
Reviewers' Industry
Apache PDFBox
Apache PDFBox
Information Technology and Services
45.5%
Retail
9.1%
Media Production
9.1%
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
9.1%
Financial Services
9.1%
Other
18.2%
iText by Apryse
iText by Apryse
Computer Software
30.8%
Banking
15.4%
Information Technology and Services
11.5%
Financial Services
11.5%
Human Resources
7.7%
Other
23.1%
Most Helpful Reviews
Apache PDFBox
Apache PDFBox
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Verified User in Computer Software
GC
Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Apache PDFBox 2 is a generally simple approach to control PDF reports in Java. Its liberal Apache 2 permit makes it agreeable to an exceptionally expansive gathering of people and its open source nature enables engineers to perceive how to utilize the...

Most Helpful Critical Review
Verified User
G
Verified User in Media Production

Not all features are supported. Compared to the paid licensed iText is the best in this category but the cost involved may not be feasible for all small companies who have IT as a supporting area in their business. Also since not everyday we require all...

iText by Apryse
iText by Apryse
Most Helpful Favorable Review
Ashish C.
AC
Ashish C.
Verified User in Financial Services

We have been using it for creating custom pdf reports. We have used the Java API of iTextPDF and it is very easy to create pdf documents with it. It is very easy to create a custom pdf solution using iTextPDF. If you are a Java developer and looking for...

Most Helpful Critical Review
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Discussions
Apache PDFBox
Apache PDFBox Discussions
Monty the Mongoose crying
Apache PDFBox has no discussions with answers
iText by Apryse
iText by Apryse Discussions
Is this possible to Develop it in Go(GoLang)?
1 comment
KH
Hi Raushan, iText 7 is available in Java and C#(.NET). There is no support for Go on the roadmap. Kind regards, Kenneth Holvoet iText SoftwareRead more
What are the possibilities of making it a open source as it was in versions early 2.x?
1 comment
KH
Hi Praveen, iText Core library has 3 major releases in the history: iText 2, iText 5 and iText 7. The good news is that all iText Core library versions...Read more
How do I extract the paragraph position? the same way as we extract the positions in word documents.
1 comment
KH
Hi Praveen, The most powerful way to extract a paragraph’s position and other data from a PDF document is the iText 7 add-on pdf2Data, which also has an...Read more