Pricing and Licensing
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| Cloud Subscription | Self-Hosted Server License | Enterprise License | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | USD/month | USD/year (per server) | from USD/year |
| Server Limits | Convert documents using the shared IDRsolutions cloud server | Run BuildVu on your own cloud or on-premise server with up to 8 cores | Run BuildVu on up to 4 production cloud or on-premise servers with up to 8 cores |
| License Agreement | Standard shrink-wrapped EULA | Standard shrink-wrapped EULA | Customizable EULA |
| Maximum Filesize | 250MB | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Non-Production Test and Development Servers | - | ✓ | ✓ |
| Included Support | Standard support via email or service portal | Standard support via email or service portal | Premium support via email, service portal, or Zoom |
| High Priority Support Tickets | - | Up to 3 high priority support tickets | Up to 12 high priority support tickets |
| Free Consultancy | - | - | Up to 5 hours free consultancy or development time |
| Development plan update calls | - | - | Quarterly |
| Switch between HTML and SVG versions | - | - | ✓ |
| Other Conversion Limits | Up to 500 conversions per day Convert 1 document at a time |
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What you get with BuildVu
BuildVu converts PDF files to HTML5 or SVG on your server. Every license below includes the full feature set.
| Feature | What it does |
|---|---|
| What BuildVu converts | |
| Convert PDF to HTML5 | Server-side conversion to searchable, accessible HTML pages that integrate into web portals and SaaS applications. |
| Convert PDF to SVG | Each page becomes a standards-compliant SVG file for fast, accurate browser display with searchable, indexable text. |
| Office formats | Run BuildVu alongside LibreOffice to convert Word, PowerPoint and Excel files. |
| What the converted output gives you | |
| Optimized output | Conversion is tuned for lower file size and fast rendering performance in the browser. |
| Font conversion | Embedded fonts are restructured and optimized so they work in all web browsers. |
| What else BuildVu produces | |
| Metadata and text as JSON | Read metadata, outlines (bookmarks) and annotations in JSON, plus an optional search.json containing all the text in the document. |
| Annotations | Links, popups, sound and video, text, highlight, underline and more, all in JSON format. |
| Page thumbnails | Generate page thumbnails with configurable width and height. |
| How you run it and display the output | |
| Deployment options | Call the cloud API, or self-host and run BuildVu from the command line, in Docker, or as a server. |
| Optional HTML5 viewer | The IDRViewer is our open-source JavaScript viewer. It is zero footprint and handles page layout, annotations and search. |
Trial BuildVu free in your dev environment
You do not have to pick a license yet. Install BuildVu locally, run it on your own files and hardware, and see the output for yourself first.
Why Do Companies Buy Software From IDRsolutions?
It all adds up to faster development times and lower total cost of ownership
Building PDF & Image Libraries Since 1999
27 years of Java expertise in PDF and image processing. Used in production by Adobe, Citi, Lufthansa and Pearson.
Supported by the Actual Developers
Questions go straight to the engineers who wrote the code and can give you a real answer, not a scripted response.
Independently Owned and Not for Sale
Privately owned and bootstrapped since 1999. This allows us to focus on our customers, products and team.
Faithful Conversion, Optimised Output
Converted content matches the source PDF and is optimised for the target format. Output is clean HTML or properly compressed images.
100% Java, Zero External Dependencies
Built on our own tech stack, with no JNI, C extensions, or third-party libraries. That means no supply-chain CVEs, and no license audits.
Simple and Transparent Licensing
Clear prices with no mandatory sales calls before you can see a number. There are no hidden per-document charges or renewal surprises.
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