Comparison of raster-to-vector conversion software

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The following tables contain general and technical information about publicly available raster-to-vector conversion software.

General information

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! Creator

! Year released

! Year last updated

! List price (USD)

! License

! Supported OS (without emulation)

style="text-align:left" | CorelDRAW

| Cascade Parent Limited
d.b.a Alludo
Formerly called the Corel Corporation

| 1989

| 2023 (version 24.3)

| {{Nonfree|$449, $169 upgrade}}

| {{Proprietary}}

| Windows

style="text-align:left" | Easy Trace

| InterVek LLC ({{langx|ru|ООО ИнтерВек}})
d.b.a. Easy Trace Group ({{langx|ru|Группа Easy Trace}})

| {{dunno}}

| 2023 (version 12.4){{cite web | title=Скачать | website=EasyTrace | date=2023-05-02 | url=https://easytrace.com/download/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531001942/https://easytrace.com/download/ | archive-date=2023-05-31 | url-status=live | language=ru | access-date=2023-09-11}}

| {{Dunno|€960, €480 upgrade (Easy Trace Pro)
Versions 7.99 and 8.65 are free (Easy Trace)}}

| {{Proprietary}}

| Windows

style="text-align:left" | Adobe Illustrator

| Adobe Inc.
Formerly called Adobe Systems Inc.

| 1985

| 2023 (version 27.8.1)

| {{Nonfree|$19.99 per month}}

| {{Proprietary}}

| Windows, macOS

style="text-align:left" | PhotoLine

| Computerinsel GmbH

| 1996

| 2023 (version 24.01)

| $86, $42 upgrade

| {{Proprietary}}

| Windows, macOS

style="text-align:left" | Graphic Tracer Professional

| Steve Boek
Graphic Powers AB

| 2016

| 2023 (version 12:2)

| {{Nonfree|$15 per month or $120 per year}}

| {{Proprietary}}

| Windows

style="text-align:left" | Inkscape (uses Potrace, Autotrace and Libdepixelize)

| Inkscape.org

| 2003

| 2024 (version 1.4)

| {{Free}}

| {{Open source|GPL-2.0-or-later}}

| Windows, macOS, Linux

style="text-align:left" | [https://github.com/jankovicsandras/imagetracerjs ImageTracer]

| András Jankovics

| 2015

| 2020 (version 1.2.6)

| {{Free}}

| {{Open source|Public domain (Unlicense)}}

| Cross-platform (platforms that can run JavaScript or Java)

style="text-align:left" | Potrace

| Peter Selinger

| 2001

| 2019 (version 1.16)

| {{Free}}

| {{Open source|GPL-2.0-or-later}}

| Cross-platform, Windows and POSIX

style="text-align:left" | Scan2CAD

| Avia Systems

| 1997

| 2022 (version 10.4.13)

| {{Nonfree|$49–$149 per month}}

| {{Proprietary}}

| Windows, macOS

style="text-align:left" | WinTopo Freeware

| SoftSoft Ltd.

| 1999

| 2015 (version 1.76)

| {{Free|Freeware
Free to use for any purpose, including commercial purposes{{Cite web|url=http://www.wintopo.com/faq.htm|title=WinTopo - Raster to Vector conversion Software}}}}

| {{Proprietary}}

| Windows

style="text-align:left" | WinTopo Pro

| SoftSoft Ltd.

| 2000

| 2015 (version 3.6)

| {{Nonfree|$299}}

| {{Proprietary}}

| Windows

style="text-align:left" | Xara Photo & Graphic Designer

| Xara Group Ltd.

| 1994

| 2023 (version 23.4)

| {{Nonfree|$89.99}}

| {{Proprietary}}

| Windows

style="text-align:left" | Super Vectorizer

| Effectmatrix Ltd.

| 2013

| 2016 (version 1.6.6)

| {{Nonfree|$29.99}}

| {{Proprietary}}

| macOS

style="text-align:left" | [https://github.com/autotrace/autotrace AutoTrace]

| Martin Weber

| 1998

| 2024 (version 0.31.10)

| {{Free}}

| {{Open source|GPL-2.0-or-later}}

| Cross-platform, POSIX (mainly Unix-like)

style="text-align:left" | [https://github.com/visioncortex/vtracer VTracer]

| Tsang Hao Fung

| 2020

| 2022 (version 0.5.0)

| {{Free}}

| {{Open source|MIT}}

| Cross-platform (command-line version)
Browsers with WebAssembly support (web version)

style="text-align:left" | [https://github.com/tomayac/SVGcode SVGcode] (uses Potrace)

| Thomas Steiner

| 2021

| {{Dunno|2023 (version ?)}}

| {{Free}}

| {{Open source|GPL-2.0-or-later}}

| Android, web (PWA), Windows

style="text-align:left" | [https://github.com/fogleman/primitive Primitive]

| Michael Fogleman

|

|

| {{Free}}

| {{Open source|MIT}}

| MAC OS X, with Python & Go packages and a JavaScript port

style="text-align:left" | [https://web.archive.org/web/20220331072052/http://www.kvec.de/ KVEC]

| K. Kuhl

|

|

| {{Free|Freeware}}

|

| WIN 2000, WIN XP, WIN Vista/7, OS/2, Linux, BeOS, MAC OS X

style="text-align:left" | [https://asteridesoftware.com/vectorizer/home VectorEZ]

| Asteride Software SAS

| 2025

| 2025 (version 1.0.2)

| {{Nonfree|$22}}

| {{Proprietary}}

| Windows, macOS

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!

! Creator

! Year released

! Year least updated

! List price (USD)

! License

! Supported OS (without emulation)

= Basic features =

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! Maximum zoom

! Object limit per document

! Control point limit

! Color management for print

! Thumbnails

! Adjust image (functions)

! Text recognition (OCR)

! Scripting support

style="text-align:left" | Easy Trace

| 12800x

| No Limit

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

style="text-align:left" | Graphic Tracer Professional

| No limit

| No limit

| No limit

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

style="text-align:left" | Adobe Illustrator

| 640x

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

style="text-align:left" | Potrace

| N/A

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

style="text-align:left" | ImageTracer

| N/A

| No limit

| No limit

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

style="text-align:left" | Scan2CAD

| 64K

| No limit

| No limit

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

style="text-align:left" | WinTopo Pro

| 512x

| No limit

| No limit

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{Yes}}

style="text-align:left" | PhotoLine

| 25600%

| No limit

| No limit

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

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!

! Maximum zoom

! Object limit per document

! Control point limit

! Color management for print

! Thumbnails

! Adjust image (functions)

! Text recognition (OCR)

! Scripting support

= CAD features =

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style="width:12em" | NAME

! Export universal DXF

! Available in AutoCAD application

! Curve recognition

! Circle recognition

! Arc recognition

! Orthogonal line detection

! Corner detection

! Line connection

style="text-align:left" | Easy Trace

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

style="text-align:left" | Graphic Tracer Professional

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

style="text-align:left" | Adobe Illustrator

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

style="text-align:left" | Potrace

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

style="text-align:left" | ImageTracer

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

style="text-align:left" | Scan2CAD

| {{yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

style="text-align:left" | WinTopo Pro

| {{yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

style="text-align:left" | PhotoLine

| {{yes}}

|No

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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!

! Export universal DXF

! Available in AutoCAD application

! Curve recognition

! Circle recognition

! Arc recognition

! Orthogonal line detection

! Corner detection

! Line connection

= Raster editing features =

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! Scanner support

! Freehand sketch

! Raster filters

! Change color depth

! Image resize

! Rotate

! Crop

! Raster shapes

style="text-align:left" | Easy Trace

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

style="text-align:left" | Graphic Tracer Professional

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| N/A

| N/A

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| N/A

style="text-align:left" | Adobe Illustrator

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

style="text-align:left" | Potrace

| N/A

| N/A

| N/A

| N/A

| N/A

| N/A

| N/A

| N/A

style="text-align:left" | ImageTracer

| N/A

| N/A

| N/A

| N/A

| N/A

| N/A

| N/A

| N/A

style="text-align:left" | Scan2CAD

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

style="text-align:left" | WinTopo Pro

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

style="text-align:left" | AutoTrace

| N/A

| N/A

| N/A

| N/A

| N/A

| N/A

| N/A

| N/A

style="text-align:left" | PhotoLine

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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!

! Scanner Support

! Freehand sketch

! Raster Filters

! Change color depth

! Image resize

! Rotate

! Crop

! Raster Shapes

= Vector editing features =

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! Fills & hatch

! Vector combine

! Rotate & move

! Polylines

! Spline curves

! Lines to curves cmd. & vice versa

! Vector shapes

style="text-align:left" | Easy Trace

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

style="text-align:left" | Graphic Tracer Professional

! N/A

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

style="text-align:left" | Adobe Illustrator

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

style="text-align:left" | Potrace

| N/A

| N/A

| N/A

| N/A

| N/A

| N/A

| N/A

style="text-align:left" | ImageTracer

| N/A

| N/A

| N/A

| N/A

| N/A

| N/A

| N/A

style="text-align:left" | Scan2CAD

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

style="text-align:left" | WinTopo Pro

| {{dunno}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

style="text-align:left" | AutoTrace

| N/A

| N/A

| N/A

| N/A

| N/A

| N/A

| N/A

style="text-align:left" | PhotoLine

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

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!

! Fills & hatch

! Vector combine

! Rotate & move

! Polylines

! Spline curves

! Lines to curves cmd. & vice versa

! Vector shapes

Discontinued software

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