Aspose.PDF for Java vs PDFium

Aspose.PDF for Java

Description: Aspose.PDF for Java is a PDF manipulation API that enables Java applications to read, write and manipulate PDF documents without using Adobe Acrobat. It offers features like creating PDF files from scratch, combining multiple PDFs, splitting PDFs, compressing PDFs, adding images, text, headers, footers, bookmarks, form fields, attachments and more.

Type: software

PDFium

Description: PDFium is an open-source PDF viewing library developed by Google. It allows developers to add PDF viewing and manipulation capabilities to their applications. PDFium supports core PDF features like rendering, printing, form filling and annotation.

Type: software

Pricing: Open Source

Aspose.PDF for Java Features

• Create PDF files from scratch
• Combine multiple PDFs
• Split PDFs
• Compress PDFs
• Add images, text, headers, footers, bookmarks, form fields, and attachments
• Support for a wide range of PDF features and functionalities
• Programmatic manipulation of PDF documents
• High-performance and scalable PDF processing
• Cross-platform compatibility (Windows, Linux, macOS)
• Seamless integration with Java applications

PDFium Features

• PDF rendering
• Text extraction
• PDF printing
• Form filling
• Annotation
• Digital signatures
• PDF merging/splitting

Aspose.PDF for Java

• Not listed

PDFium

• Open Source