Comparison of raster-to-vector conversion software
The following tables contain general and technical information about a number of raster-to-vector conversion software products. Please see the individual products' articles for further information.
General information
This table gives basic general information about the different vector graphics editors:
| Creator | Released | Latest version | List price (USD) | License | Supported OS (without emulation) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CorelDRAW | Corel | 1989 | 2020 | $449, $169 upgrade | Proprietary | Windows |
| Easy Trace | Easy Trace Group | 2015 | 12.0 | 960 €, 480 € upgrade, Version 7.99 and 8.65 free | Proprietary | Windows |
| Adobe Illustrator | Adobe Systems | 1985 | 24.1.0 (CC2020) | $19.99 per month | Proprietary | Windows, macOS |
| Graphic Tracer Professional | GraphicPowers.com | 2016 | release 5 | $15 per month/ $120 per year | Proprietary | Windows, macOS due fall 2017 |
| Inkscape (using Potrace) | Inkscape.org | 2003 | 0.92.5 1.0RC1 | free | GPL | Windows, macOS, Linux |
| ImageTracer | András Jankovics | 2015 | 1.2.6 (2020) | free | Public domain | Cross-platform, JavaScript or Java based |
| Potrace | Peter Selinger | 2001 | 1.16 (Sep. 2019) | free | GPL | Cross-platform, Windows and POSIX |
| Scan2CAD | Avia Systems | 1997 | v10.1 | $49 - $149 /month | Proprietary | Windows, macOS |
| WinTopo Freeware | SoftSoft Ltd | 1999 | 2015 (v1.76) | free | Freeware | Windows |
| WinTopo Pro | SoftSoft Ltd | 2000 | 2015 (v3.6) | $299 | Proprietary | Windows |
| Xara Photo & Graphic Designer | Xara Group Ltd. | 1994 | 2018 (v16) | $89.99 | Proprietary | Windows |
| Super Vectorizer | Effectmatrix Ltd. | 2013 | 2016 (v1.6.6) | $29.99 | Proprietary | macOS |
| AutoTrace | Martin Weber | 1998 | 2002 (v0.31.1) | free | GPL | Cross-platform, POSIX (mainly Unix-like) |
| Creator | Released | Latest version | List price (USD) | License | Supported OS (without emulation) |
Basic features
| NAME | Maximum zoom | Object limit per document | Control point limit | Color management for print | Thumbnails | Adjust Image (functions) | Text Recognition (OCR) | Scripting support |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easy Trace | 12800x | No Limit | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Graphic Tracer Professional | No limit | No limit | No limit | No | ? | ? | Yes | No |
| Illustrator | 640x | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | No | Yes |
| Potrace | N/A | ? | ? | No | ? | ? | No | No |
| ImageTracer[1] | N/A | No limit | No limit | No | No | ? | No | Yes |
| Scan2CAD | 64K | No limit | No limit | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
| WinTopo Pro[2] | 512x | No limit | No limit | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Maximum zoom | Object limit per document | Control point limit | Color management for print | Thumbnails | adjust image (functions) | Text Recognition (OCR) | Scripting support | |
CAD features
| NAME | Export universal DXF | Available in AutoCAD application | Curve recognition | Circle recognition | Arc recognition | Orthogonal line detection | Corner detection | Line connection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easy Trace | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Graphic Tracer Professional | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Illustrator | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Potrace | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
| ImageTracer | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Scan2CAD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| WinTopo Pro | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Export universal DXF | Available in AutoCAD application | Curve recognition | Circle recognition | Arc recognition | Orthogonal line detection | Corner detection | Line connection | |
Raster editing features
| Scanner support | Freehand sketch | Raster filters | Change color depth | Image resize | Rotate | Crop | Raster shapes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easy Trace | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Graphic Tracer Professional | Yes | Yes | N/A | N/A | Yes | Yes | No | N/A |
| Illustrator | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Potrace | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| ImageTracer | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Scan2CAD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| WinTopo Pro | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? |
| AutoTrace | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Scanner Support | Freehand sketch | Raster Filters | Change color depth | Image resize | Rotate | Crop | Raster Shapes | |
Vector editing features
| Fills & hatch | Vector combine | Rotate & move | Polylines | Spline curves | Lines to curves cmd. & vice versa | Vector shapes | Font ID & replace | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easy Trace | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Graphic Tracer Professional | N/A | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Illustrator | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Potrace | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | No |
| ImageTracer | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | No |
| Scan2CAD | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| WinTopo Pro | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No |
| AutoTrace | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | No |
| Fills & hatch | Vector combine | Rotate & move | Polylines | Spline curves | Lines to curves cmd. & vice versa | Vector shapes | ||
Free software
- Inkscape – conversion and creation tool (uses Potrace for raster-to-vector conversion)
- librsvg – library used in GNOME, rsvg-convert, rsvg-view, and MediaWiki
- Potrace – cross-platform utility for tracing a bitmap into a smooth, scalable image
- ImageTracer – Public Domain cross-platform raster image to SVG tracing in JavaScript or Java [3]
Proprietary software
- Adobe Illustrator
- Corel DRAW
- Easy Trace
- Graphic Tracer Professional
- Scan2CAD
- WinTopo Freeware - Free to use for any purpose including commercial[4]
- WinTopo Pro
- Xara Photo & Graphic Designer
Discontinued software
- Adobe Freehand (1988-2003)
- Adobe Streamline (1989-2001)
- Magic Tracer
- Xara Xtreme for Linux – 2006 open source fork of Xara Photo & Graphic Designer
References
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