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Comparing DynaPDF vs PDFKit and WinPDF

Since we add Windows PDF functions to our plugins, we like to compare what's different between them compared to DynaPDF.

For FileMaker, please check DynaPDF, WinPDF and PDFKit functions in MBS FileMaker Plugin.

For Xojo, please check DynaPDF classes in MBS Xojo DynaPDF Plugin, Windows PDF classes in MBS Xojo WinFrameworks Plugin and PDFKit classes in MBS Xojo MacControls Plugin.

Below you find the table of DynaPDF features and the checkboxes we got for PDFKit and Windows PDF:

Feature Starter Lite Professional Enterprise PDFKit WinPDF
Available for macOS, iOS, Android, Linux and Windows. checked checked checked checked Mac & iOS Windows
Color spaces DeviceGray, DeviceRGB, DeviceCMYK checked checked checked checked checked
Create and Edit JavaScript Functions / JavaScript Actions checked checked checked checked
Creation of Tagged PDF files checked checked checked checked
Create, modify, delete annotations (30+ types) checked checked checked checked
Add actions to annotations like JavaScript, GoToR and GoTo. checked checked checked checked
Custom Page Templates checked checked checked checked
File Attachments / File Attachment Annotations checked checked checked checked
Font Subsetting checked checked checked checked
Full access to content streams checked checked checked checked
JPEG 2000 Compression and JBIG2 compression for 1 bit images checked checked checked checked
More than 60 code pages, incl. 17 CJK character sets and Unicode checked checked checked checked
Named Destinations checked checked checked checked
Native PDF Transparency for Images (Alpha channels) checked checked checked checked
No differentiation between client and server application checked checked checked checked checked checked
Royalty free Distribution checked checked checked checked checked checked
Support for multi-page TIFF's checked checked checked checked
Tables checked checked checked checked
Text formatting, multi-column text checked checked checked checked
Vector graphics, line dash patterns, shadings, patterns checked checked checked checked
Web links, File links, Page links, Bookmarks checked checked checked checked
40 Bit RC4, 128 Bit RC4/AES, 256 Bit AES Encryption checked checked checked checked
Conformance check for PDF/A creation checked checked checked
Create Interactive Forms checked checked checked
Creation of Layers (Optional Content) checked checked checked
Creation of PDF/A and PDF/X files checked checked checked
Creation of Portable Collections (PDF Packets) checked checked checked
Digital signatures (internal and external) checked checked checked
EMF Conversion checked checked checked
Extract images (except inline images) checked checked checked
Import of PDF files checked checked checked checked checked
Merge PDF Files checked checked checked checked
Output Intents (specifies the destination color space) checked checked checked
Text extraction checked checked checked checked
16 Blend Modes, ability to set the overprint mode checked checked
3D Annotations checked checked
Additional color spaces CalGray, CalRGB, Indexed, ICCBased, Lab, Separation, DeviceN checked checked
Convert inline color operators to gray checked checked
Extraction images and vector graphics checked checked
Flatten Interactive Forms (conversion to text and vector graphics) checked checked
Optimize PDF files (optimize content streams, scale images, re-compress images, hairline correction, flatten layers) checked checked
Rendering Engine, generate previews, print* PDF checked checked checked checked
Single Page Import of external PDF Pages checked checked checked
Soft masks, Transparency Groups checked checked
Split PDF files checked checked checked
Support for external CMaps checked checked
Text Extraction, search and replace text checked checked
Including source codes for dynapdf library (not plugin) checked
Static Library for C/C++ available checked
Conversion of arbitrary imported PDF files to PDF/A optional optional

* Printing PDF is only available on Windows. For macOS or iOS check our PDFKit plugin functions. WinPDF can't print, but render preview images

Please let us know if you have questions or you found a missing checkmark.

Claris FileMaker Plugin
16 04 23 - 10:03