FlipHTML5 vs FlowPaper

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.

FlowPaper converts PDFs into mobile-friendly interactive flipbooks and web publications. Its browser viewer compresses graphics and loads only the pages currently visible. The desktop publisher adds links, images, galleries and video from YouTube, Vimeo, Wistia or self-hosted locations. Publications can be hosted on FlowPaper Cloud or self-hosted; the company says self-hosting has no publication-count limit. A JavaScript API exposes methods and events for integrating the viewer into an application or webpage. FlowPaper supports page-by-page Google Analytics tracking, while higher plans list heatmap and engagement analytics. The Free plan costs nothing and includes cloud hosting, FlowPaper branding and publishing for 90 days. Zine costs $75, paid once, Creative costs $85 a month, and Enterprise costs $995 a year. Cloud publication quotas vary by plan: Zine has 50 and Creative has 75, while the services-account FAQ lists 500 for Team and Enterprise accounts. The listed platforms include web, desktop, mobile and self-hosted options.