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DocRaptor vs OpenPDF: What are the differences?

# Introduction

1. **Cost**: DocRaptor is a paid service with pricing plans based on the number of documents generated, while OpenPDF is an open-source library that can be used for free.
2. **Programming Language**: DocRaptor supports multiple programming languages like Ruby, PHP, Python, Java, and more, whereas OpenPDF is Java-based, limiting its usage to Java developers.
3. **Support**: DocRaptor offers dedicated support to help with troubleshooting and customization, whereas OpenPDF relies on community support through forums and online resources.
4. **Features**: DocRaptor provides advanced features like custom fonts, encryption, and file attachments, which are not readily available in OpenPDF.
5. **Ease of Use**: DocRaptor offers a user-friendly API and detailed documentation, making it easy for non-technical users to generate PDFs, while OpenPDF requires programming knowledge and manual implementation.
6. **Security**: DocRaptor ensures secure document generation and transmission through various encryption options, while OpenPDF may have potential security risks if not implemented properly.

In Summary, DocRaptor and OpenPDF differ in terms of cost, programming language support, available features, ease of use, support options, and security measures.

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Cesar Sanchez

Jun 24, 2020 | 7 upvotes · 18.8K views

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Ghostscript

OpenPDF

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PDF.js

Users are uploading huge PDF files of more than 100MB on our platform. We are creating several tools to manage those files, but keeping the raw file will eat up space, as we are handling several of them. After upload, they will be mainly keep stored for future use.

I am looking for a tool to compress and optimize those PDFs, like a library or an external API that can process that for us.

Thanks

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Andres Montalban

CEO at devopX · Jun 25, 2020 | 5 upvotes · 10.2K views

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Ghostscript

I have been using Ghostscript and Python to get JPEG images from PDF files and that way we have reduced PDF size. But if your average is 100MB then probably those are hi-res images and not sure if your users will accept a quality reduction.

Mehmet SAĞLAM

Jun 28, 2020 | 5 upvotes · 10.2K views

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You can store raw files on a cdn service like bunnyCdn. If they want to work with the raw files, you can get it from the cdn service. Compressing is not a persistent solution for space problem. Also it's more safe way, because cdn providers copy your files more than one servers..

Modern cdn solutions have ftp / ssh support so you can easily send files to them...

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What is DocRaptor?

DocRaptor makes it easy to convert HTML to PDF and XLS format. Choose your document format, select configuration options and make an HTTP POST request to our server. DocRaptor returns your file in a matter of seconds. We provide extensive documentation and examples to get you started, and our API makes it easy to use DocRaptor to generate PDF and Excel files in your own web applications.

What is OpenPDF?

OpenPDF is a free Java library for creating and editing PDF files with a LGPL and MPL open source license. OpenPDF is based on a fork of iText.

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