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Trusted by global enterprises, the Syncfusion^® .NET PDF Library supports advanced features like digital signatures, form filling, redaction, and PDF/A compliance for secure and professional document workflows.

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The Syncfusion^® difference

100% Standalone .NET PDF library

The .NET PDF Library is completely independent and doesn't need Adobe dependencies.

Create, modify, and save PDF files

The PDF Library gives you the ability to create PDF documents from scratch and save them to a disk or stream with just a few lines of code. Existing documents can also be opened and manipulated.

Fast performance

Load documents with thousands of pages instantly. Enjoy a seamless scrolling experience. The virtualized page rendering utilizes less runtime memory.

Encrypt and decrypt PDFs

PDF Library provides support for basic to advanced encryption standards.

Digitally sign PDF files

Documents can be digitally signed using x509 certificates with local, web, or hardware-based signatures.

20+ years Proven PDF library

Over the more than 20 years since its first publication, Syncfusion^® .NET PDF Library has become a mature and proven product.

200+ Demos

These real-world examples demonstrate the supported features and APIs for utilizing the PDF Framework to do various PDF-related activities like create, edit, view, convert, compress, etc.

Powerful and comprehensive APIs

All the elements in a typical PDF document like text, formatting, images, shapes, and tables are accessible through a comprehensive set of APIs.

No server deployment fee

There are no distribution fees, per-server licensing fees, or royalties, making the PDF Library very cost-effective.

Free, unlimited support

Utilize direct support from our document processing libraries development team along with live chat support with no additional charges.

G2 reviews

On G2, more than 600 users have positively reviewed Syncfusion^®. Other vendors have far fewer reviews.

Free Community License

Get free, unlimited access to the over 1,600 controls in Syncfusion^® Essential Studio^® through the Community License if eligible. No credit card required.

100% Standalone .NET PDF library

The .NET PDF Library is completely independent and doesn't need Adobe dependencies.

Create, modify, and save PDF files

The PDF Library gives you the ability to create PDF documents from scratch and save them to a disk or stream with just a few lines of code. Existing documents can also be opened and manipulated.

Fast performance

Load documents with thousands of pages instantly. Enjoy a seamless scrolling experience. The virtualized page rendering utilizes less runtime memory.

Encrypt and decrypt PDFs

PDF Library provides support for basic to advanced encryption standards:

Digitally sign PDF files

Documents can be digitally signed using x509 certificates with local, web, or hardware-based signatures.

20+ years Proven PDF library

Over the more than 20 years since its first publication, Syncfusion^® .NET PDF Library has become a mature and proven product.

200+ Demos

These real-world examples demonstrate the supported features and APIs for utilizing the PDF Framework to do various PDF-related activities like create, edit, view, convert, compress, etc.

Powerful and comprehensive APIs

All the elements in a typical PDF document like text, formatting, images, shapes, and tables are accessible through a comprehensive set of APIs.

No server deployment fee

There are no distribution fees, per-server licensing fees, or royalties, making the PDF Library very cost-effective.

Free, unlimited support

Utilize direct support from our document processing libraries development team along with live chat support with no additional charges.

G2 reviews

On G2, more than 600 users have positively reviewed Syncfusion^®. Other vendors have far fewer reviews.

Free Community License

Get free, unlimited access to the over 1,600 controls in Syncfusion^® Essential Studio^® through the Community License if eligible. No credit card required.

The Syncfusion^® .NET PDF suite versus other vendors

Note: Other Vendors denotes Apryse[v11.8.0], Nutrient[v2025.11.0], ASPOSE[v25.12.0]

Features

The Syncfusion^® .NET PDF Library is one of the best .NET PDF libraries on the market, offering a rich set of APIs to interact with the software.

Supported Platforms

Platforms	Syncfusion<sup class="trademark-small">®</sup>	Other Vendors
WinForms
WPF
UWP
ASP.NET Core
ASP.NET MVC
Blazor
Flutter
WinUI
.NET MAUI
Linux
Mac
Azure
Amazon Web Services
Google Cloud Platform
C#
Dart

Installation

Platforms	Syncfusion<sup class="trademark-small">®</sup>	Other Vendors
Web Installer
Offline Installer
Linux Installer

Supported Format

Platforms	Syncfusion<sup class="trademark-small">®</sup>	Other Vendors
HTML
Word
Excel
PPTX
XPS
PNG
TIFF
JPEG

Create & Edit APIs

Features	Syncfusion<sup class="trademark-small">®</sup>	Other Vendors
Open PDF Files
Open and edit existing PDF documents
Loading & saving document
Save PDF Files

Open PDF Files

Platforms	Syncfusion<sup class="trademark-small">®</sup>	Other Vendors
From Google Drive
From Dropbox cloud file storage
From Azure blob storage
From Google Cloud storage
From AWS S3

Save PDF Files

Features	Syncfusion<sup class="trademark-small">®</sup>	Other Vendors
To Google Drive
To Dropbox cloud file storage
To Azure blob storage
To Google Cloud storage
To AWS S3

PDF Conversions

Features	Syncfusion<sup class="trademark-small">®</sup>	Other Vendors
PDF to Word
PDF to Excel
PDF to PPT (PowerPoint)
HTML to PDF file
PDF file to HTML format
Images to PDF
PDF to Images
Other file formats to PDF
PDF to other formats
PDF to PDF/A formats
PDF/A to PDF format

Working with PDF

Features	Syncfusion<sup class="trademark-small">®</sup>	Other Vendors
Formatting PDF Document
Manipulate PDF Document
Optimize PDF
Merge PDF files
Split PDF files
Compress PDF
Creating sections in a PDF
Remove Specific Keys from the Existing Document Information
Performing incremental update for PDF document
Choosing the viewer preferences
Adding document action
Working in Multi-Threading Environment
Uniform Resource Naming in PDF document
Memory Optimization
Find corrupted PDF document
Embed all the non-embedded fonts in the existing PDF document
Add or retrieve BaseUri in a PDF document

Working with Pages

Components	Syncfusion<sup class="trademark-small">®</sup>	Other Vendors
Add Pages
Move PDF Pages
Delete PDF Pages
Change PDF Page Size
Rotate PDF Pages
Add Header and Footer to PDF
Crop Pages
Add watermark
Add Page Number
Add backgrounds
Image stamps in PDF File
Text stamps in PDF File
Page stamps in PDF File
Get and Set Page Properties

Working with Text

Features	Syncfusion<sup class="trademark-small">®</sup>	Other Vendors
Text Formatting inside PDF
Replace Text in PDF
Rotate Text Inside PDF
Search and Get Text
Drawing text in an existing document
Drawing text using different fonts
Draw text using standard fonts
Draw text using TrueType fonts
Draw text using CJK fonts
Measuring a string
Embedding fonts and working with Unicode text
Drawing Right-To-Left text
Adding a HTML Styled Text
Creating a multicolumn PDF document
Inserting Rich Text Format contents
Adding an Ordered, Unordered List
Replace Fonts in an existing document
Search and get the bounds of a text in a document
Drawing complex script language text
Drawing text using OpenType font
Drawing text with baseline alignment
Adding a text encoding to the PdfStandardFont
PDF Tooltip

Working with Images

Features	Syncfusion<sup class="trademark-small">®</sup>	Other Vendors
Add Image
Delete Images
Extract Images
Get Resolution and Dimensions
Working with Image Placement
Search and Get Images
Replace Image
Set Image Size

Supported Image Formats

Features	Syncfusion<sup class="trademark-small">®</sup>	Other Vendors
JPEG
JPEG with Exif standard
GIF
PNG
TIFF
ICO and ICON

Working with Brush

Features	Syncfusion<sup class="trademark-small">®</sup>	Other Vendors
Solid Brush
Linear gradient brush
Radial Gradient Brush
Tiling Brush

Working with Tables

Features	Syncfusion<sup class="trademark-small">®</sup>	Other Vendors
Create or Add Table
Extract Table
Integrate Table
Manipulate Tables
Remove Tables
Built-in table styles

Working with Forms

Features	Syncfusion<sup class="trademark-small">®</sup>	Other Vendors
Working with AcroForm
Working with XFA Form
Creating a new PDF form
Add, fill and remove form fields in an existing PDF Document
Set appearance to the PDF form fields
Modifying the existing form field in PDF document
Retrieving/Modifying the fore and back color of an existing form fields
Enumerate the form fields
Fill the XFA form fields along with Acroform in a same API
Importing FDF file to PDF
Export PDF file to FDF
Complex script support for form fields
Auto naming of form fields
Adding actions to form fields
Auto resizing text box field text

Merge Documents

Features	Syncfusion<sup class="trademark-small">®</sup>	Other Vendors
Importing pages from multiple documents
Optimizing PDF resources when merging PDF documents
Reducing the size of the PDF file while importing pages
Extend the margin of the PDF pages while merging PDF document

Working with Text and Image Extraction

Features	Syncfusion<sup class="trademark-small">®</sup>	Other Vendors
Working with basic text extraction
Working with layout based text extraction
Text Extraction with Bounds
Working with Lines
Working with words
Working with characters
Woking with Image Extraction

Additional Features

Features	Syncfusion<sup class="trademark-small">®</sup>	Other Vendors
PDF/A sub standards (PDF/A-1 to PDF/A-4)
Working with OCR
Color Spaces
Working with JavaScript
Meta data
Hyperlinks
Headers and Footers
Shapes
Bookmarks
Named destination
Annotation
Attachments
PDF Redaction
Digital Signature
Barcodes
Actions
Layers
Tagged PDF

Securing and signing in PDF

Features	Syncfusion<sup class="trademark-small">®</sup>	Other Vendors
Digitally sign PDF
Encrypt and Decrypt PDF Files
Working with RC4 Encryption
Working with AES Encryption
Protect an existing document
Set and changing the password of the PDF document
Change the permission of the PDF document
Remove password from the user password PDF document

Working with Portfolio

Features	Syncfusion<sup class="trademark-small">®</sup>	Other Vendors
Creating a PDF portfolio
Extracting file from PDF Portfolio
Removing files from PDF Portfolio

Working with ZUGFeRD invoice

Features	Syncfusion<sup class="trademark-small">®</sup>	Other Vendors
Generating ZUGFeRD invoice
Adding ZUGFeRD structured data as attachment
Extract ZUGFeRD invoice from PDF
Validating ZUGFeRD invoices using Adobe Acrobat

Working with XML

Features	Syncfusion<sup class="trademark-small">®</sup>	Other Vendors
Create PDF from XML using XSLT
Generate PDF from XML
Supported XML Schema

HIGHLIGHTS

The.NET PDF framework is a powerful library used to create, read, merge, split, secure, edit, display, and review PDF files.

Features	Syncfusion<sup class="trademark-small">®</sup>	Other Vendors
Ability to create PDF files from scratch.
Support for creation, filling, and flattening of forms (AcroForms and XFA).
Ability to open, modify and save existing PDF files.
Support to compress existing PDF files.
Ability to merge and split PDF files.
Support for optical character recognition by using Tesseract engine.
Ability to convert HTML, RTF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and XPS to PDF.
Ability to encrypt and decrypt PDF files with advanced standards.
Support to add, modify, and remove interactive elements such as bookmarks, annotations, and attachments.
Support to add barcodes to the PDF files.
Support to create accessible PDF or tagged PDF (PDF/UA) with section 508 compliance.
Support to redact text and images in PDF files.
Support to digitally sign and validate signatures in PDF documents.
Support for .NET Standard 2.0 onwards.
PDF library is compatible with .NET 10 applications.

EXCLUSIVE FEATURE SETS

Compared to other vendors, Syncfusion^® PDF document processing have many unique features that benefit users.

Features	Syncfusion<sup class="trademark-small">®</sup>	Other Vendors
Drawing text in a new, and existing document also using standard, truetype and CJK fonts.
PDF supports both the dynamic and static XFA forms.
PDF provides support for Optical Character Recognition with the help of Google’s Tesseract Optical Character Recognition engine.
PDF provides support to add, remove and modify the named destination in the PDF document.
Supports 15+ 1D, and 2D barcodes
PDF supports 10+ actions that can be triggered by different events and user interactions.
Create PDF from XML using XSLT
JavaScript code embedded in the PDF document
Memory Optimization
Find corrupted PDF document

DEMOS

For the PDF Library, there are 200+ demos. The examples show a variety of distinct user case scenarios that could be quite useful.

Features	Syncfusion<sup class="trademark-small">®</sup>	Other Vendors
Create and modify PDF files from C# with 5 lines of code.
Real world examples
Single API across all platforms.
Github samples

DOCUMENTATION

All the features of our PDF Library’s components are explained thoroughly with C# code examples, demos, and screenshots in the documentation.

Features	Syncfusion<sup class="trademark-small">®</sup>	Other Vendors
Installation and Upgrade information
System Requirements
Individual Nuget Packages
Licensing FAQ’s
Getting started documentation for all supported platforms
Explained all features of PDF Library with an extensive documentation, and knowledge base
Every features explained with well crafted code examples
Release history

EASY DEVELOPMENT

Syncfusion^® PDF Library is a native .NET class library that can be easily integrated in your application.

Features	Syncfusion<sup class="trademark-small">®</sup>	Other Vendors
Powerful and comprehensive API.
Proven and fully documented.
Blazing-fast performance.
No server deployment fees.
Live chat support on all business days
Request feature/demo

* This comparison data was sourced from the Syncfusion Essential Studio^® 2025 Volume 4 release, and the information was last updated on Dec 16, 2025.

** If you have questions about the comparison tables, please contact us.

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Industry

Software development

75%Cost reduction

50%Faster development

“If somebody is looking for a great tool to work with? Yes. I would definitely recommend Syncfusion for anyone who is trying to develop something meaningful.”

- Somnath Maji (Founder of Igniatek Consultancy)

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Industry

Utilities (oil and gas)

450+hours saved

Streamlined processes and hours of development effort saved.

Advanced, flexible features

Empowered users through robust and versatile functionality.

“Syncfusion’s tools have taken care of many things so I can focus on developing the application, instead of developing tools for the application.”

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Industry

Software and technology

1000+of hours saved

Accelerated development with enterprise-ready UI components.

Efficient file management

Streamlined workflows with document libraries without building them from scratch.

“We really love when the magic happens.”

- Irvin Dominin (BUILDER WEB Development Manager at Sistemi)

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Software and technology

2 Yearsof delay avoided

Two years of delays prevented with proactive planning.

On-time delivery

Projects delivered on schedule using trusted controls.

“We are Syncfusion fans because of the way Syncfusion treats the support.”

- Dr. Howard Rybko (CEO of Synchrony Digital)

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Industry

IT services and IT consulting

Improved performance

Large datasets handled with easy customization and quick debugging.

Highly customizable

Plug-and-play controls with quick template integration.

“I will surely recommend Syncfusion to others as a third-party control because I think it’s very easily customizable.”

- Jayesh (Technical Team Lead, Capita)

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Industry

Professional services

Instant access

Quick availability of features and resources.

Reduced dependencies

Fewer dependencies for faster development.

“We definitely wanted Syncfusion to help us with our document processing functionality, and we were happy with and satisfied with Syncfusion.”

- Arvind Naik (Engineering Lead, Vialto Partners)

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Looking for an alternative PDF Framework suite?

Syncfusion is trusted by the world’s leading companies

The Syncfusion® difference

100% Standalone .NET PDF library

Create, modify, and save PDF files

Fast performance

Encrypt and decrypt PDFs

Digitally sign PDF files

20+ years Proven PDF library

200+ Demos

Powerful and comprehensive APIs

No server deployment fee

Free, unlimited support

G2 reviews

Free Community License

100% Standalone .NET PDF library

Create, modify, and save PDF files

Fast performance

Encrypt and decrypt PDFs

Digitally sign PDF files

20+ years Proven PDF library

200+ Demos

Powerful and comprehensive APIs

No server deployment fee

Free, unlimited support

G2 reviews

Free Community License

The Syncfusion® .NET PDF suite versus other vendors

Note: Other Vendors denotes Apryse[v11.8.0], Nutrient[v2025.11.0], ASPOSE[v25.12.0]

Yes

No

Some of them not having

Features

Supported Platforms

Installation

Supported Format

Create & Edit APIs

Open PDF Files

Save PDF Files

PDF Conversions

Working with PDF

Working with Pages

Working with Text

Working with Images

Supported Image Formats

Working with Brush

Working with Tables

Working with Forms

Merge Documents

Working with Text and Image Extraction

Additional Features

Securing and signing in PDF

Working with Portfolio

Working with ZUGFeRD invoice

Working with XML

HIGHLIGHTS

EXCLUSIVE FEATURE SETS

DEMOS

DOCUMENTATION

EASY DEVELOPMENT

* This comparison data was sourced from the Syncfusion Essential Studio® 2025 Volume 4 release, and the information was last updated on Dec 16, 2025.** If you have questions about the comparison tables, please contact us.

Our Customers Love Us

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Rated by users across the globe

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Awards

Looking for an alternative
PDF Framework suite?

The Syncfusion^® difference

The Syncfusion^® .NET PDF suite versus other vendors

* This comparison data was sourced from the Syncfusion Essential Studio^® 2025 Volume 4 release, and the information was last updated on Dec 16, 2025.

** If you have questions about the comparison tables, please contact us.

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