Carbone vs iText Core
| Carbone | iText Core | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Free trial | Yes | No |
| Paid from | $29/mo | — |
| Open source | No | No |
| Platforms | api, Linux, macOS, self-hosted, Web, Windows | Windows, Linux, api |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Data merge | Yes | Yes |
| Bulk PDF generation | Yes | — |
| API access | Yes | Yes |
| Input sources | PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, ODT, ODS, ODP, HTML, Markdown, CSV, TXT, XML, SVG, ODG, IDML | text, images, existing PDF documents |
| Fillable form creation | Yes | Yes |
| Deployment | web | self_hosted |
Both are listed in Best PDF Creation Software. On Freedom251, Carbone scores higher on our published basis.