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IronPDF vs Spire.PDF

IronPDF

ironpdf.com

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FigureIronPDFSpire.PDF
Price from—Free
Free plan—Yes
Free trialYesYes
Open source——
WebYesYes
WindowsYesYes
macOSYesYes
LinuxYesYes
iOS—Yes
Android—Yes
APIYesYes
Self-hostedYesYes
Plans published53
Spec score · PDF SDKs8.3 (#6)7.9 (#15)
ConversionIt converts HTML, URLs, Word documents, images, and other formats to PDF.The vendor lists PDF conversions to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, images, HTML, Markdown, XPS, SVG, TIFF, PCL, PostScript, and PDF/A, and conversions from text, images, TIFF, XPS, SVG, and HTML to PDF.
HeadquartersThe IronPDF brochure lists Iron Software at 205 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60601, USA.The vendor's contact page lists its address in Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
IntegrationsThe site lists Visual Studio, JetBrains Rider, ReSharper, and NuGet among the tools IronPDF works with.The vendor says the library can be installed through NuGet or added to a .NET project by referencing the package DLL files.
ProductIronPDF is a C# PDF library for generating, editing, and securing PDFs in .NET.Spire.PDF for .NET is a PDF API for creating, writing, editing, handling, and reading PDFs from .NET applications.
SupportThe licensing page lists email support response targets of 48 hours for Plus, 24 hours for Professional, and 12 hours for Unlimited; enterprise licensing lists a 4-hour SLA.The vendor provides free online technical resources, and listed paid-support licenses include one-on-one support from an expert and faster guaranteed response times.

Plans

IronPDF

  • Lite$999, paid once
  • Plus$1,499, paid once
  • Professional$2,399, paid once
  • Unlimited$4,799, paid once
  • EnterprisePriced on request

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Spire.PDF

  • Free EditionFree
  • Pro Edition — Developer Small Business, with free support$999, paid once
  • Pro Edition — Developer Small Business, with paid support$1,498, paid once

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