# Apryse review (2026): is it worth paying for? > Document SDKs for viewing, editing, signing and converting PDFs Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Apryse, formerly known as PDFTron, sells developer SDKs for web, server and mobile apps that view, annotate, edit, redact, convert and extract data from documents. Pricing is modular and quoted to each customer. It also lists end-user apps, such as Xodo, on its homepage. - **Category:** PDF Editors - **Made by:** Apryse - **Website:** https://apryse.com/ - **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Android - **Who should skip it:** Not for you if you want a PDF editor for yourself, as the main site has none. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Apryse is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $1,500 for entry-level packages; custom quote. - **Pricing model:** Free trial - **Free plan:** None. - **Free trial:** Free trial offered from the site; length and limits not stated on the pages read. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Entry-level package | $1,500 and up, billing period not stated | Pricing page says entry-level packages for simple use cases start at $1,500. | | Custom licensing | Custom | Quoted by sales on features, document volume and server or client side; Mobile SDK is custom only. | Read from https://apryse.com/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Apryse before buying. ## Key features - **Web, server and mobile SDKs:** WebViewer for the browser, a Server SDK for back ends and a Mobile SDK, plus scanner and data capture SDKs. - **Viewing and annotation:** The base package covers a viewer, annotations with audit trails, search, form filling and measurement tools. - **Editing, redaction and security:** Capabilities list PDF and DOCX editing, redaction, encryption and sanitization. - **Conversion and generation:** Converts Microsoft Office, HTML, PDF/A and CAD files, and generates PDFs from templates. - **Data extraction and OCR:** Smart data extraction, barcode and template extraction, OCR and ICR for scans. - **Platform integrations:** Ready-made options for Salesforce, Appian, Mendix, OutSystems, SharePoint and Creatio. ## Good for - Software companies embedding document features in their product - Regulated sectors such as healthcare, legal and finance building document workflows - Teams that want to license only the modules they use ## Worth knowing - A developer product; there is no self-serve editor for individual users on the main site. - Only entry-level packages from $1,500 are stated; all other pricing needs a quote. - Add-ons such as form building (in the Digital Signing add-on) are priced on top of the base package. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Apryse, once PDFTron, sells SDKs for web, server and mobile apps that view, annotate, edit, redact and convert documents. Entry packages start at $1,500, everything else is a quote, and there is no editor for individual users. - **Value for money: C.** Entry packages from $1,500 with no billing period stated, and everything else a custom quote. It is a different kind of product, and Nutrient's API starts at $67 a month. - **Free plan and trial: D.** A free trial is offered, but its length and limits are not stated on the pages read. - **Features: B.** Viewing, annotation, editing, redaction, conversion, OCR and data extraction across web, server and mobile. The listing shows no gap for what it is built for. - **Ease of use: D.** No store rating is on record, and an SDK needs developers to integrate it. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, iPhone and Android, with Salesforce, Appian, Mendix, OutSystems and SharePoint listed. No desktop app is described. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Apryse's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among PDF editors - Apryse's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 3 of the 45 other PDF editors we grade, and level with 1. - It stands best on features (B, above 27 of 45) and worst on free plan and trial (D, above 0). The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/pdf-editors ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** The plain part of Apryse you could make: forms. What surrounds it you could not. The 5 things listed below take a company, not a weekend. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 41 of the 45 other PDF editors grade higher. - You could make: Forms: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: Editing the text inside a PDF without breaking its layout. - You could not: A real app for iOS and Android. Something home-made would be a web page. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Salesforce, Appian and Mendix among them, and has an API. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. - You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Salesforce, Appian, Mendix, OutSystems, SharePoint, Creatio **Tags:** PDF editing, Public API, Forms, AI features ## Alternatives - [Nutrient](https://toolgpa.com/tools/nutrient): PDF SDKs and cloud APIs for developers to build document features. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/apryse-vs-nutrient) - [Xodo PDF Studio](https://toolgpa.com/tools/pdf-studio): Offline PDF editor for Windows, Mac and Linux, formerly Qoppa. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/apryse-vs-pdf-studio) - [Foxit PDF Editor](https://toolgpa.com/tools/foxit): PDF editor for Windows, Mac and web, yearly or as a one-time license. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/apryse-vs-foxit) - [Xodo](https://toolgpa.com/tools/xodo): PDF tools on web, desktop and mobile, sold separately or as a suite. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/apryse-vs-xodo) - [callas pdfToolbox](https://toolgpa.com/tools/callas-pdftoolbox): PDF preflight and correction for print production, desktop to server. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/apryse-vs-callas-pdftoolbox) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://apryse.com/ - https://apryse.com/pricing Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/apryse Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).