PDF.js vs. Nutrient
Explore Nutrient's edge in advanced features, wider file compatibility, reliable text management, superior rendering, and easy custom functionality — a robust and efficient solution that clearly outshines PDF.js.
What makes Nutrient the best PDF.js alternative?
Extended functionality and format compatibility
Nutrient offers advanced features, such as annotations and page manipulation, outpacing the display-only capability of PDF.js. Plus, Nutrient’s broad file format compatibility negates the need for third-party conversion applications.
Reliable text management and access
With Nutrient, text selection is precise, ensuring reliable text management and compliance with accessibility standards like 508/ADA — a clear edge over the inconsistent text handling in PDF.js.
High quality rendering and pricing
Unlike PDF.js, which can yield blurry outputs and color fidelity issues, Nutrient guarantees high-quality, clear outputs and accurate color representation, ensuring excellent viewing and printing results.
Simplified custom functionality
Nutrient streamlines the implementation and maintenance of custom features, offering a smoother workflow compared to the potential disruptions and extra upkeep required with PDF.js.
PDF.JS key flaws
PDF.js vs. Nutrient at a glance
Nutrient not only encompasses all the features of PDF.js, but it offers much more. The following comparison table highlights the key features PDF.js lacks.
Nutrient | PDF.js | |
|---|---|---|
Search text | ||
Add text | ||
Select/copy text | ||
Draw lines | ||
Rotate pages PDF.js allows page rotation, but downloaded PDFs don’t retain this. | ||
Page thumbnails | ||
Open/print/download PDFs | ||
UI customization | Limited | |
eSignatures | ||
Digital signatures | ||
Instant synchronization/comments | ||
Content editing | ||
Measurement tools | ||
Redaction | ||
Document conversion | ||
Office file support | ||
Image documents | ||
PDF generation | ||
PDF/A conversion |
Steve Cangiano
Director of Product Management
“We found the tool set to be very deep, and it allowed us to take total control of the data moving between our application and Nutrient. The quality of the product is extremely high, and we know it will handle just about anything we throw at it.”
CMiC
Experience unmatched efficiency with Nutrient’s powerful AI suite
Nutrient offers a potent suite of proprietary AI tools for sophisticated workflows, surpassing the capabilities of PDF.js and other competitors.
Trusted by industry leaders
