Calaméo vs FlipHTML5

Calaméo is an online platform for turning PDFs into interactive digital publications, including magazines, brochures, catalogs, and other documents. Readers can view a publication as a flipbook, slide presentation, or scrolling document. Publications can include audio, video, links, a table of contents, search, zoom, and full-screen viewing. They are readable on computers, tablets, and smartphones through an HTML5 viewer. BASIC is free, and eligible BASIC users can request one free 14-day PLATINUM trial before the account returns to BASIC. Document limits vary by plan: BASIC allows up to 100 MB and 500 pages, PREMIUM allows 100 MB with unlimited pages, and PLATINUM allows 500 MB with unlimited pages. Private-publication caps are 5 on BASIC, 500 on PREMIUM, and 2,500 on PLATINUM. Downloads and printing require PREMIUM or PLATINUM, and are unavailable in the mobile viewer. Integrations are exclusive to PLATINUM accounts; listed services include HubSpot, Typeform, Google Analytics, Matomo, Dropbox, Shopify, Mailchimp, and YouTube. The API is available to PREMIUM and PLATINUM users, with request and publishing limits.

FlipHTML5 is a flipbook platform available on Android, iOS, macOS, web, and Windows. Its Free plan costs nothing, needs no credit card, and allows five flipbooks per day, one account, 20 GB storage, uploaded files up to 500 pages, and one bookcase. Pro is billed yearly at $149 and adds unlimited flipbooks, 50 GB storage, a 1,000-page upload limit, ten bookcases, and three teams. Platinum is billed yearly at $299, with three accounts, unlimited storage and bookcases, a 3,000-page upload limit, ten teams, and 5 GB media-library storage. Enterprise is billed yearly at $999, with ten accounts, unlimited storage and uploaded-file pages, unlimited bookcases, 20 teams, and 10 GB media-library storage. Listed capabilities include lead capture, custom branding, an embeddable player, viewer analytics, and SSO access control. FlipHTML5 is headquartered in Hong Kong.