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The best Apache PDFBox alternatives

The rest of Best PDF SDKs, in this site's order: each with what it costs, where it runs and its record score.

ComPDFKit PDF SDK

AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb+5 $240 a year Record6.2 Visit

Spire.PDF

AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb+5 $999 one-time Record6.2 Visit

GemBox.Pdf

AndroidiPhone & iPadWindows+3 $890 one-time Record5.9 Visit

MuPDF

MuPDF is for developers who need document processing in desktop, server, cloud, or embedded projects.

AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb+4 $299 a month, billed yearly Record5.8 Visit

Syncfusion PDF Library

AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb+5 $1,199 a year Record5.8 Visit

Nutrient SDK

AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb+5 Free plan Record5.6 Visit

IronPDF

WebWindowsMac+3 $999 one-time Record5.5 Visit

Prince

WindowsMacLinux+2 $2,000 a year Record5.5 Visit

QuestPDF

WindowsMacLinux+1 $1,999 a year Record5.3 Visit

WeasyPrint

It suits web developers creating PDFs from web content, including reports and invoices.

WindowsMacLinux+2 €150 a year Record5.3 Visit

Aspose.PDF

AndroidWebWindows+4 $1,199 one-time Record5.2 Visit

OpenPDF

AndroidWindowsMac+2 Free plan Record5.2 Visit

PDFium

AndroidWindowsMac+2 Free plan Record5.1 Visit

PDFsharp

WindowsMacLinux+1 $499 one-time Record5.1 Visit

Foxit PDF SDK

AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb+4 — Record5.0 Visit

LEADTOOLS PDF SDK

AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb+4 — Record5.0 Visit

Ghostscript

Ghostscript suits developers and organizations that need document rendering, conversion, or PDF processing across different systems.

WindowsMacLinux+2 Free plan Record4.9 Visit

Poppler

AndroidWindowsMac+3 Free plan Record4.9 Visit

PoDoFo

WindowsMacLinux+1 Free plan Record4.7 Visit

callas pdfToolbox SDK

WindowsMacLinux+2 €5,000 one-time Record4.6 Visit

Datalogics Adobe PDF Library

WindowsMacLinux+2 $5,999 usage-based Record4.6 Visit

libHaru

WindowsLinuxSelf-hosted Free plan Record4.6 Visit

GdPicture.NET

WebWindowsMac+2 — Record4.4 Visit

pdf-lib

WebSelf-hosted Free plan Record4.4 Visit