DocRaptor vs. SelectPdf vs. TallPDF.NET 5.0 vs. python-sql Comparison Chart

There are several popular free HTML-to-PDF libraries including wkhtmltopdf, PhantomJS, and Chrome Headless / Puppeteer. These tools use the Webkit or Chromium rendering engines, which are designed to display continuously scrolling webpages. In contrast, DocRaptor was built for generating multi-page documents. This fundamental difference has a tremendous impact on PDF functionality such as page breaks, headers and footers, and variable page sizes. Our conversion engine provides layout and styling options (including CSS Paged Media support) that the open-source PDF engines simply cannot match. Additionally, as a cloud-based API, we provide professional support, instant scalability, and guaranteed reliability without the costs of long-term maintenance for these libraries and their infrastructure.

Generate PDF on the fly, from scratch, use code, XML/XSL, or a combination. Central to TallPDF.NET is a consistent and intuitive object model consisting of layout classes like document, section, text paragraph, table, header, footer, etc. Among the specializations of class paragraph is drawing. Use it to draw many types of shapes such as lines, bezier curves, and even barcodes. Use pens and brushes to draw outlines and fills. Instead of building a Document programmatically, you can load it (partly) from XML. In general, you will use XSL to transform from a given XML schema to XML that can be consumed by TallPDF.NET. Headers and footers are added to each page that matches the specified page traits (first, odd, even, last). Include dynamic content such as current page number and total page count. Add Tables to a section. Add rows to a table. Add cells to a row and add any paragraph to a cell. Specify spacings, margins, borders, and backgrounds.