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# iText

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> iText by Apryse is the world's leading open-source PDF SDK. It's ideal for building secure, scalable, high-volume document workflows.
> 
> Verdict: Rated **4.7/5** by 3 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**.

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## Overview

### Who Uses iText?

iText by Apryse is a powerful open-source SDK which enables developers to create and automate PDF documents in Java and .NET—ideal for building secure, scalable, high-volume document workflows.

## Quick Stats & Ratings

| Metric | Rating | Detail |
| **Overall** | **4.7/5** | 3 Reviews |
| Ease of Use | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Customer Support | 4.0/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Value for Money | 5.0/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Features | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews |
| Recommendation percentage | 80% | (8/10 Likelihood to recommend) |

## About the vendor

- **Company**: Apryse
- **Location**: Penticton, Canada
- **Founded**: 1996

## Commercial Context

- **Pricing model**: Per Feature (Free Trial)
- **Pricing Details**: Contact iText Group for pricing details.
- **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+
- **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise), Linux (On-Premise), Chromebook (Desktop)
- **Supported Languages**: Arabic, Basque, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, European Portuguese, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Kazakh, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
- **Available Countries**: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium and 209 more

## Features

- Annotations
- Archiving & Retention
- Convert to PDF
- Data Extraction
- Data Import/Export
- Digital Signature
- Document Conversion
- Electronic Signature
- Encryption
- File Conversion
- Merge/Append Files
- Third-Party Integrations
- Workflow Management

## Integrations (6 total)

- AWS Key Management Service (KMS)
- AWS Lambda
- Amazon ECS
- Dropbox Sign
- Spring Boot
- Tesseract

## Support Options

- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- Phone Support
- Chat

## Category

- [Document Management Software](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/30063/document-management/software)

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## Reviews

### "Best Open Source software for PDF Generation" — 5.0/5

> **Naveen** | *28 December 2024* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Best Open Source Cross Platform supportable software for PDF Generation and content editing and supporting digital signatures.
> 
> **Cons**: Error Handling and Debugging is bit difficult. Very Limited support for User Interface.
> 
> I have used in a project where rendering PDF with Dynamic Data and render in UI.

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### "C\# Development with iText" — 5.0/5

> **JOHN** | *24 February 2025* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Excellent documentation and online community, easy to get productive with it right away.
> 
> **Cons**: My clients have found it difficult to understand the licensing aspects.
> 
> I've used to enhance pre-existing custom C\# desktop applications over the last six years.  It has met all my expectations and I haven't found any PDF feature that it doesn't address.

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### "Meilleur outil de création de PDF" — 4.0/5

> **Rached** | *5 February 2024* | Computer Hardware | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10
> 
> **Pros**: Itext est l'une des bibliothèques les plus anciennes et les plus fiables et a construit un écosystème complet autour des documents PDF
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> **Cons**: Même s'il existe un outil visuel mais qu'il nécessite des améliorations et une création, les outils Adobe sont beaucoup plus faciles à créer des PDF

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