PDF.js Express vs. Nutrient

Benefit from Nutrient’s frequent updates and unparalleled control over documents and data, along with versatile file support for web apps. Our transparent terms and solid customer support promise a reliable, no-upsell experience.

What makes Nutrient the best PDF.js Express alternative?

Unwavering development

Unlike PDF.js Express, with its sporadic updates and limited development resources, Nutrient boasts a robust team that consistently delivers new features and updates. Our clear product roadmap ensures a reliable, market-aligned experience that truly stands out.

Reliable support

In contrast to PDF.js Express, which only offers uncertain support via an online forum, Nutrient guarantees round-the-clock global customer service. Our team of dedicated support representatives and engineers is always ready to assist you.

Versatile format support

While PDF.js Express limits your users to PDF formats only, Nutrient empowers them to open, view, and edit a variety of file types, including TIFF, JPG, PNG, and Office documents. Expand your possibilities with Nutrient.

Unshakeable trust with Nutrient

In stark contrast to PDF.js Express, which reserves the right to terminate user licenses and change user agreements at any time, Nutrient believes in stable terms and respecting user autonomy. We won't manipulate clauses to upsell products or use your logo and name without permission.

PDF.js Express vs. Nutrient at a glance

Nutrient not only encompasses all the features of PDF.js Express, but it offers much more. The following comparison table highlights the key features the PDF.js Express SDK lacks.

Nutrient

PDF.js Express Viewer (Free)

PDF.js Express Plus

Instant collaboration

Freehand, free text, shape, and comment annotations

Image and stamp annotations

Watermarks

User roles and permissions on annotations

Measurement tools

Parse or open preexisting annotations baked into a PDF

Save annotations to an underlying PDF document

UI customization

Form fill

Merge form data

Programmatically prepopulate forms

Extract form data and save separately

Set fields to read-only

Flatten form content

Hand-drawn eSignatures

Save eSignature templates

Add eSignature fields to forms

Digital signatures

Document conversion

Office file support

Redaction

Document comparison

OCR

PDF/A archiving

PDF generation from HTML forms

Content editing

Salesforce, SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams SDKs

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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.

KVP Extraction

Key-value pair extraction for labeled information in unstructured and semi-structured documents.

Key-value pair extraction for labeled information in unstructured and semi-structured documents.

Smart Redaction

Smart redaction engine that uses AI to identify and remove sensitive data from documents.

Smart redaction engine that uses AI to identify and remove sensitive data from documents.

Table Extraction

Table extraction engine to extract data from scanned and low-quality documents.

Table extraction engine to extract data from scanned and low-quality documents.

Barcodes

Read and write barcodes from various image formats, recognize orientation, and provide string values and bounding boxes.

Read and write barcodes from various image formats, recognize orientation, and provide string values and bounding boxes.

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