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imgix vs wkhtmltopdf: What are the differences?

Developers describe imgix as "Real-time image resizing service and CDN". imgix is a real-time image processing service and CDN. Resize, crop, and edit images simply by changing their URLs. On the other hand, wkhtmltopdf is detailed as "Convert HTML to PDF using Webkit (QtWebKit)". wkhtmltopdf and wkhtmltoimage are command line tools to render HTML into PDF and various image formats using the QT Webkit rendering engine. These run entirely "headless" and do not require a display or display service.

imgix belongs to "Image Processing and Management" category of the tech stack, while wkhtmltopdf can be primarily classified under "File Conversion".

wkhtmltopdf is an open source tool with 8.32K GitHub stars and 1.17K GitHub forks. Here's a link to wkhtmltopdf's open source repository on GitHub.

HotelTonight, Swiftype (an Elastic company), and Delicious are some of the popular companies that use imgix, whereas wkhtmltopdf is used by LendingHome, Quid Software de Gestión Académica, and European Environment Agency. imgix has a broader approval, being mentioned in 55 company stacks & 6 developers stacks; compared to wkhtmltopdf, which is listed in 10 company stacks and 3 developer stacks.

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Pros of imgix
Pros of wkhtmltopdf
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    Image processing on demand
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    Easy setup
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    Smart Cropping
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    Reduce Development Costs
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    Efficient
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    Insanely Fast
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    Filters, resizing, blur and more as url parameters
  • 10
    Easy to understand pricing
  • 9
    Professional Features and Options
  • 6
    Lightyears better than ImageMagick
  • 6
    Excellent Face Detection
  • 5
    S3 as source
  • 4
    Scales to your company's needs
  • 4
    Great for Dynamic Compositing
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    Video encoding
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    Fast Image Delivery
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    Free tier
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    Amazing support
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    Great libraries and integrations
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    Automatic scrset generation
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    What is imgix?

    imgix is the leading platform for end-to-end visual media processing. With robust APIs, SDKs, and integrations, imgix empowers developers to optimize, transform, manage, and deliver images and videos at scale through simple URL parameters.

    What is wkhtmltopdf?

    wkhtmltopdf and wkhtmltoimage are command line tools to render HTML into PDF and various image formats using the QT Webkit rendering engine. These run entirely "headless" and do not require a display or display service.

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