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) |
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style="text-align:left" | CorelDRAW
| Cascade Parent Limited | 1989 | 2023 (version 24.3) | {{Nonfree|$449, $169 upgrade}} | {{Proprietary}} | Windows |
style="text-align:left" | Easy Trace
| InterVek LLC ({{langx|ru|ООО ИнтерВек}}) | {{dunno}} | {{Dunno|€960, €480 upgrade (Easy Trace Pro) | {{Proprietary}} | Windows |
style="text-align:left" | Adobe Illustrator
| Adobe 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 | 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 | {{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
| 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) |
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 |
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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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! Export universal DXF ! Available in AutoCAD application ! Curve recognition ! Circle recognition ! Arc recognition ! Orthogonal line detection ! Corner detection ! Line connection |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
- Adobe Freehand (1988–2003)
- Adobe Streamline (1989–2001)
- Xara Xtreme for Linux – 2006 open source fork of Xara Photo & Graphic Designer