| Edition Comparison | Work Station | Server with standard OCR | Server with extended OCR |
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| Convert TIFF, JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF to PDF + OCR | |||
| OCR Image Only PDF | |||
| Convert MS Office & Open Files to PDF | |||
| Merge TIFF, JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF to TIFF to TIFF/PDF | |||
| Split/Merge PDF Files | |||
| Extract Text from PDF Files | |||
| Set PDF Properties | |||
| Pre-Processing (Deskew, Despeckle, Line Removal) and Auto-Rotation | |||
| Support for 23 Languages | |||
| TXT, RTF & HTML Output options | |||
| Advanced MRC & JBIG2 Compression on output PDFs | |||
| Processing Source PDFs with Passwords | |||
| Setting PDF Security on Output Files | |||
| Split/Rename by Barcode | |||
| Handwriting recognition via Google and Microsoft cloud APIs. | |||
| Load Balancing | |||
| Pause and Restart Jobs | |||
| Azure Storage Support | |||
| MultiCore (upto a maximum of 64 Cores) | |||
| Watched Folders, Scheduled Tasks and Windows Service Support | |||
| MultiStep Jobs, allowing the creation of workflows | |||
| SharePoint/Office 365 Upload/Download | |||
| Read/Send Emails using IMAP4 | |||
| Use of Custom Scripts | |||
| High Availability | |||
| Distributed Polling across Multiple Autobahn DX Instances | |||
| Integration with Aquaforest Kingfisher | |||
| XML-based Job Definitions | |||
| .Net API | |||
| Run Jobs via Command Line | |||
| Support for 129 languages | |||
| Better at dealing with poorer quality documents than Standard OCR | |||
| Support for multiple languages within a single document from the same character set |
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| Asian Language Support (Optional add-on) |
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| Arabic Language Support (Optional add-on) |
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| Intelligent High Quality Compression (Optional add-on) |
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| Multiple document output formats: PDF, DOCX, WORDML, RTF, CSV, XLSX, EXCELML, TXT, HTML and XPS |
Each developer building applications requires a Developer License. Please note that each Aquaforest OCR SDK Bundle purchase includes one developer license and one server runtime license. Additional developer licenses can be purchased for multiple developers and significant discounts are available - please contact sales@aquaforest.com for details.
In most cases all that is required is the purchase of a single developer license bundle which includes a server runtime license. However, if additional runtime servers are required then each requires a runtime license. A Server is defined as a physical or virtual machine that is used for automated unattended processing or to provide services to multiple end users.
For use within a single organization, the purchase of a development license bundle allows deployment to an unlimited number of desktops*. Please contact sales@aquaforest.com if you have additional requirements.
"Desktop" is defined as an "end-user" personal computer that may have Applications installed that utilize the Software. The Applications must NOT support unattended document processing. No more than 10 page images may be processed without requiring human intervention.
*For Aquaforest OCR only if you require Desktop Runtime Licensing for the Extended OCR please contact sales@aquaforest.com.
In cases where the OCR SDK is being used as a component within a business application that will be sold to multiple end customers then the Unlimited License Bundle may be the most suitable license. This allows and unlimited number of Developers & Runtimes for one business application.
| Edition Comparison | Basic | Standard | Advanced | Extended |
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| OCR from bitmap or TIFF | ||||
| Image Pre-Processing and Auto-Rotation | ||||
| Support for 23 Languages | ||||
| .NET Programmatic and Zonal access to OCR results | ||||
| RTF and TXT output | ||||
| 1 Thread | ||||
| Blank Page Removal | ||||
| PDF Merging | ||||
| Barcode Decoding | ||||
| PDF Input (OCR PDF) | ||||
| Searchable PDF Output | ||||
| 2 Threads | ||||
| Stamps on PDF Output | ||||
| Unlimited Threads | ||||
| Advanced MRC and JBIG2 Compressed PDF Output | ||||
| Advanced Pre-processing (Optimized OCR) | ||||
| PDF Toolkit License Included | ||||
| Support for 129 Languages | ||||
| Support for multiple languages within a single document from the same character set | ||||
| Multiple document output formats: PDF, DOCX, WORDML, RTF, CSV, XLSX, EXCELML, TXT, HTML and XPS |
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| Multiple PDF version output support | ||||
| Confidence score support | ||||
| Asian Language Support (Optional add-on) | ||||
| Arabic Language Support (Optional add-on) | ||||
| Hebrew Language Support (Optional add-on) | ||||
| Intelligent High Quality Compression (Optional add-on) |
| Edition Comparison | Standard | Professional | Server |
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| Smart PDF Splitting and Renaming. | Smart PDF Data Extraction, Splitting and Renaming. | Automated Smart PDF Data Extraction, Splitting and Renaming. | |
| Split by PDF Content, Barcode or Page Ranges | |||
| Rename PDF by Content or Barcode | |||
| Extract PDF Pages by Content or Barcode | |||
| Includes Optical Recognition for processing Image PDF files | |||
| Graphical User Interface | |||
| Process Files in SharePoint | |||
| Extract PDF Text and Data to CSV, Excel or Text File | |||
| Command Line Interface | |||
| Automated Scheduling | |||
| Number of Cores Supported | 1 Core | 1 Cores | 4 Cores |
The PDF Toolkit is licensed per developer. There are two types of license:
*Applications - Note that applications cannot be developer tools or libraries and must add
significant primary
functionality over and above that provided by the toolkit. If in doubt let sales@aquaforest.com have details of
the application you are planning.
Other licensing options may be available - please contact sales@aquaforest.com if you would like to discuss.
* For any other licensing requirements please contact sales@aquaforest.com
Aquaforest software licenses are Perpetual licenses which will allow use of the licensed software indefinitely. Dependent upon the product we may be able to offer alternative licensing models, please feel free to contact us to discuss your requirements and to explore alternative licensing options.
With the exception of the OCR SDK, Aquaforest products are simply licensed on a per-installation basis. Typically this just means that one license is required for each machine on which the software is installed, but where virtualization is used, one license will be required per virtual machine on which the software is installed.
A detailed explanation of OCR SDK licensing is available here : OCR SDK licensing
License transfer and generation of a new license key for the migration of the license to another host machine requires our approval and is at our discretion. The Support & Maintenance Cover (SMC) on that product MUST be current and a license transfer request form completed. License Transfer Request form is available from here
For further details please either contact support@aquaforest.com or view ‘Please Note’ section on the License Transfer Request Form.
N.B. The license key provided will be a currently supported version of that product. See Our support page for supported product versions.
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Larger discounts may be available when purchasing higher volumes of software for company-wide implementation. Please contact sales@aquaforest.com for more information.
Purchase of licensed Aquaforest products include 12 months priority technical support and all major and minor product upgrades, and can be renewed if required.
Support and Maintenance annual renewal costs 20% of the product license fee per year.
Support and Maintenance is included in the subscription for the life of the subscription.
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