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Compare Apache PDFBox and iText by Apryse 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (54.5% of reviews)
Small-Business (57.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
No pricing available
Apache PDFBox
Star Rating
(12)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (54.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about Apache PDFBoxiText by Apryse
Star Rating
(29)4.2 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (57.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
No pricing available
Learn more about iText by ApryseApache 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 availableiText by Apryse
No pricing availableFree Trial
Apache PDFBox
No trial information availableiText 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
Data Sources
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Generation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
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Delivery
Not enough data
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Not enough data
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Generative AI
Not enough data
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Not enough data
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Not enough data
Agentic AI - Document Generation
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
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Not enough data
Not enough data
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Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Apache PDFBox and iText by Apryse share no categories
Unique Categories
Apache PDFBox is categorized as Document Generation
iText by Apryse is categorized as PDF SDKs
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Apache PDFBox
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
iText by Apryse
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
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%
Computer Software
30.8%
Banking
15.4%
Information Technology and Services
11.5%
Financial Services
11.5%
Human Resources
7.7%
Other
23.1%
Alternatives
Discussions
Apache PDFBox has no discussions with answers
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
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