PDFluent vs IronPDF

use pdfluent::PdfDocument;

fn main() -> pdfluent::Result<()> {
    let doc = PdfDocument::open("report.pdf")?;

    let page_count = doc.page_count();
    println!("Pages: {}", page_count);

    // Extract text from all pages
    for i in 0..page_count {
        let text = doc.page(i)?.text()?;
        println!("--- Page {} ---
{}", i + 1, text);
    }

    Ok(())
}

using IronPdf;

class Program {
    static void Main(string[] args) {
        // IronPDF requires a Chromium binary (downloaded on first run)
        var renderer = new ChromePdfRenderer();

        // Convert HTML to PDF (IronPDF's primary use case)
        var pdf = renderer.RenderHtmlAsPdf("<h1>Report</h1><p>Content here</p>");
        pdf.SaveAs("report.pdf");

        // Open existing PDF
        var doc = PdfDocument.FromFile("report.pdf");
        Console.WriteLine($"Pages: {doc.PageCount}");

        // Text extraction is limited compared to native PDF libraries
        var text = doc.ExtractAllText();
        Console.WriteLine(text);
    }
}