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About The Apache PDFBox® library is an open-source Java tool for working with PDF documents. This project allows the creation of new PDF documents, manipulation of existing documents and the ability to extract content from documents. Apache PDFBox also includes several command-line utilities. Apache PDFBox is published under the Apache License v2.0. Extract Unicode text from PDF files. Split a single PDF into many files or merge multiple PDF files. Extract data from PDF forms or fill a PDF form. Validate PDF files against the PDF/A-1b standard. Print a PDF file using the standard Java printing API. Create a PDF from scratch, with embedded fonts and images. Save PDFs as image files, such as PNG or JPEG and digitally sign PDF files. See also the export control information related to the encryption features included in Apache PDFBox.	About Through a collection of UI components and content manipulation APIs, PrizmDoc provides customizable document processing to help developers deliver in-browser document creation, editing, and collaboration functionality, to enhance their software applications. Our functionality integrates on the client and server side smoothly, creating a seamless experience for both you and your users. Render and display dozens of file types, from Adobe PDFs and Microsoft Office files to CAD and DICOM formats, in a browser without the need to download or open native applications. Designed for seamless integration with your application, our zero footprint HTML5 viewer is fully customizable, from quick integrations with minimal configuration to complete programmatic control using our extensive JavaScript API.
Platforms Supported Windows Supported Mac Supported Linux Supported Cloud Not Supported On-Premises Not Supported iPhone Not Supported iPad Not Supported Android Not Supported Chromebook Not Supported	Platforms Supported Windows Supported Mac Not Supported Linux Supported Cloud Supported On-Premises Supported iPhone Not Supported iPad Not Supported Android Supported Chromebook Not Supported
Audience Individuals and companies seeking an open source Java tool for working with PDF documents	Audience Web developers that want customizable document processing to deliver in-browser document creation, editing, and collaboration functionality, to enhance their software applications.
Support Phone Support Not Supported 24/7 Live Support Not Supported Online Supported	Support Phone Support Supported 24/7 Live Support Supported Online Supported
API Offers API Supported	API Offers API Supported
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Pricing No information available. Free Version Not Supported Free Trial Not Supported	Pricing Accusoft offers the most flexible and scalable pricing options via its metered licensing models. Contact us today to chat through your specific use case for more information on pricing. Free Version Not Supported Free Trial Supported
Reviews/Ratings Overall 0.0 / 5 ease 0.0 / 5 features 0.0 / 5 design 0.0 / 5 support 0.0 / 5 This software hasn't been reviewed yet. Be the first to provide a review: Review this Software	Reviews/Ratings Overall 4.6 / 5 ease 4.2 / 5 features 4.6 / 5 design 4.4 / 5 support 4.6 / 5 Read all reviews
	Pros & Cons from Real Users Pros Product works as expected. Well fit to any environment, especially a Cloud environment. Installation is simple and easy to work. 1. PrizmDoc architecture is extremely flexible. It allows server-side and UI integration the way your product needs. 2. PrizmDoc Viewer supports quite a lot of file formats for viewing in HTML5 browser. 3. The skin of the PrizmDoc viewer is fully customizable as per our needs. 4. Supports native view, redactions, annotation, markup burning, and much more. Great product with nice features and design. PrizmDoc provides good support and is easy to use product. thump's upppp !! We are using self-hosted Accusoft PrizmDoc Viewer to display PDF and documents of other formats within the web browser and without the need to download and open the file in an external viewer. We were able to customize the solution for our needs to control the dissemination of sensitive documents and to better comply with PHI regulations. The Annotation feature of the Viewer is something we were also able to customize for our specific application and it's served us well. Certain components, which we required, were missing out of the box, but our development team was able to add those. The support team for PrizmDoc is very knowledgeable and always comes through for us when we reach out through the ticketing system. Easy to implement, a deployment that matches our architecture, and a great range of capabilities. Cons Compatibility with Microsoft Office is an issue for us as the Editor operates via Linux/ Docker only. unfortunately, almost everyone uses MSO and Word styles and fonts are not displaying correctly. 1. There needs to be a better log file rotation mechanism for the PrizmDoc server, especially when the size of generated log files is humongous. 2. The space and time to create PrizmDoc viewing packages can be improved. 3. Inverse redaction (ability to unmask a user-defined area within a larger masked area) is not possible. UI should be more user-friendly and have some consideration on pricing. PrizmDoc Viewer was missing certain features, which would have been nice to have out of the box: 1. The ability to display bookmarks in the viewer sidebar from PDF files (and possibly other file formats). Currently you have the ability to see page thumbnails in the sidebar, - we would like to be able to access PDF's bookmarks in the similar sidebar natively using the PrizmDoc Viewer. 2. Having the ability to configure the viewer to be able to have all the document pages cache locally in-browser upon viewing. We often receive the feedback that when scrolling through the large documents the viewer takes longer time to load the pages (even if they were loaded and viewed previously in the same viewing session). We asked for this 2+ years ago: https://ideas.accusoft.com/ideas/PDV-I-656 3. Need a better way to deal with password protected PDFs - something that has been requested here: https://ideas.accusoft.com/ideas/PCC-I-457 4. This isn't much of a con, but more of a wish - it would be great to have some sort of an administrator console or dashboard to have visibility into the document pre-conversion, caching and disk usage for the PrizmDoc Server and PAS. Having stats and ability to drill down into how many documents are cached, when the cache is expiring and how much space is taken on disk by the cached documents would be a great way for administrators to provision server resources and troubleshoot any issues. None so far. Wish there was more focus on expanding existing capabilities instead of new products.
Training Documentation Supported Webinars Not Supported Live Online Not Supported In Person Not Supported	Training Documentation Supported Webinars Supported Live Online Supported In Person Supported
Company Information Apache Software Foundation Founded: 1999 United States pdfbox.apache.org	Company Information Accusoft Founded: 1991 United States www.accusoft.com
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Categories PDF Supported PDF APIs Supported PDF Merge Supported PDF Printers Supported PDF SDK Supported PDF Splitters Supported	Categories Document Generation Supported Document Management Supported PDF Supported PDF APIs Supported PDF Editors Supported PDF Generators Supported PDF SDK Supported
	PDF Features Annotations Supported Convert to PDF Supported Digital Signature Not Supported Encryption Not Supported Merge / Append Not Supported PDF Reader Supported Watermarking Supported Show More Features Document Generation Features Batch Processing Not Supported Collaboration Supported Digital Signature Supported Interaction Tracking Not Supported Multiple Output Formats Supported Templates Not Supported Document Management Features Access Controls Supported Archiving & Retention Not Supported Collaboration Tools Supported Compliance Tracking Supported Document Archiving Supported Document Assembly Supported Document Capture Supported Document Conversion Supported Document Delivery Not Supported Document Indexing Not Supported Document Retention Supported Electronic Signature Supported Email Management Not Supported File Recovery Supported File Type Conversion Supported Forms Management Supported Full Text Search Supported Offline Access Supported Optical Character Recognition Supported Print Management Supported Version Control Supported PDF Editors Features Access Controls / Permissions Not Supported Annotations Supported Commenting / Notes Supported Compare Side-by-Side Supported Customizable Branding Supported Delete Pages Not Supported Electronic Signature Supported Forms Management Supported Full Text Search Supported Merge / Append Supported Offline Access Supported Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Supported Rearrange Pages Supported Rotate Pages Supported Watermarking Supported
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