Best iText Core Alternatives in 2026
Taken from PDF Creation Software, where iText Core is listed too, in the same order.
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8.7 Club scoreCarbone
Carbone merges JSON data with document templates to generate files such as PDF, DOCX, XLSX, and PPTX.
- Free plan
- Open source
- Windows · macOS · Linux · Web
- 2 8.0 Club score
ReportLab
ReportLab Toolkit is a Python library for generating PDF documents and graphics.
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS · Linux · Web
- 3
8.0 Club scorePDF4me Merge & Split
PDF4me Merge & Split is a web PDF utility from Ynoox LLC in Hedingen, Zurich, Switzerland.
- Free plan
- Web · iPhone and iPad · Android · Browser extension
- 4
7.8 Club scoreCraftMyPDF
CraftMyPDF is a cloud service for designing reusable templates and generating PDFs or images from dynamic data.
- Free plan
- Web · API
- 5
7.8 Club scorePDFMonkey
PDFMonkey is a cloud document-generation API that creates files from reusable templates and dynamic data.
- Free plan
- Web · API
- 6
7.7 Club scoreDocRaptor
DocRaptor is a cloud REST API that converts HTML, CSS and JavaScript into PDF and XLS documents using the Prince PDF converter.
- Free plan
- Web · API
- 7 7.7 Club score
Prince
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS · Linux · API
- 8 7.7 Club score
Anvil PDF Generation API
Anvil PDF Generation API creates PDFs on demand from HTML and CSS or Markdown.
- Free plan
- Web · API
- 9 7.6 Club score
WeasyPrint
WeasyPrint is free, open-source software that lets web developers create PDF documents from HTML pages.
- Free plan
- Windows · macOS · Linux · API
- 10
7.6 Club scoreDocmosis
Docmosis generates documents from Microsoft Word or LibreOffice Writer templates, with output in PDF, DOCX, ODT and TXT.
- Free trial
- Windows · Linux · Web · API
- 11
7.6 Club scoreFoxit Document Generation API
Foxit Document Generation API creates PDFs and Word documents from structured data and templates through a cloud API.
- Free plan
- Web · API
- 12 7.5 Club score
HTMLPDF.dev
HTMLPDF.dev is a cloud API that turns raw HTML or a publicly accessible URL into a PDF through one endpoint.
- Free plan
- Web · API
- 13 7.4 Club score
Bullzip PDF Printer
Bullzip PDF Printer creates PDF documents by acting as a printer in Microsoft Windows, so output can come from Windows applications.
- Free plan
- Windows
- 14 7.4 Club score
jsPDF
jsPDF is a JavaScript library for generating PDFs in client-side applications, including tickets, reports, and certificates.
- Free plan
- Linux · Web · API
- 15
7.4 Club scoreDocuGenerate
DocuGenerate turns Word-style templates and supplied data into PDFs by replacing merge tags with values.
- Free plan
- Web · API
- 16 7.3 Club score
CUPS-PDF
CUPS-PDF creates PDF files by providing a virtual PDF printer on a central fileserver.
- Free plan
- macOS · Linux · Self-hosted
- 17
7.3 Club scoreMakePDF
- Free plan
- Web
- 18 7.3 Club score
PDF995
- Free plan
- Windows
- 19
7.3 Club scoreFormstack Documents
Formstack Documents is a cloud, no-code document generation tool for turning business data into dynamic documents.
- Free trial
- Web · API
- 20 7.2 Club score
Win2PDF
- Free plan
- Windows · Self-hosted