Comparison of raster-to-vector conversion software explained

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

General information

	Creator	Year released	Year last updated	List price (USD)	License	Supported OS (without emulation)
CorelDRAW	Cascade Parent Limited d.b.a Alludo Formerly called the Corel Corporation	1989	2023 (version 24.3)			Windows
Easy Trace	InterVek LLC (Russian: [[Private limited company#Russia|ООО]] ИнтерВек) d.b.a. Easy Trace Group (Russian: Группа Easy Trace)		2023 (version 12.4)^[1]			Windows
Adobe Illustrator	Adobe Inc. Formerly called Adobe Systems Inc.	1985	2023 (version 27.8.1)			Windows, macOS
PhotoLine	Computerinsel GmbH	1996	2023 (version 24.01)	$86, $42 upgrade		Windows, macOS
Graphic Tracer Professional	Steve Boek Graphic Powers AB	2016	2023 (version 12:2)			Windows
Inkscape (uses Potrace)	Inkscape.org	2003	2023 (version 1.3)			Windows, macOS, Linux
ImageTracer	András Jankovics	2015	2020 (version 1.2.6)			Cross-platform (platforms that can run JavaScript or Java)
Potrace	Peter Selinger	2001	2019 (version 1.16)			Cross-platform, Windows and POSIX
Scan2CAD	Avia Systems	1997	2022 (version 10.4.13)			Windows, macOS
WinTopo Freeware	SoftSoft Ltd.	1999	2015 (version 1.76)			Windows
WinTopo Pro	SoftSoft Ltd.	2000	2015 (version 3.6)			Windows
Xara Photo & Graphic Designer	Xara Group Ltd.	1994	2023 (version 23.4)			Windows
Super Vectorizer	Effectmatrix Ltd.	2013	2016 (version 1.6.6)			macOS
AutoTrace	Martin Weber	1998	2024 (version 0.31.10)			Cross-platform, POSIX (mainly Unix-like)
VTracer	Tsang Hao Fung	2020	2022 (version 0.5.0)			Cross-platform (command-line version) Browsers with WebAssembly support (web version)
SVGcode (uses Potrace)	Thomas Steiner	2021				Android, web (PWA), Windows
Primitive	Michael Fogleman					MAC OS X, with Python & Go packages and a JavaScript port
KVEC	K. Kuhl					WIN 2000, WIN XP, WIN Vista/7, OS/2, Linux, BeOS, MAC OS X
	Creator	Year released	Year least updated	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
Graphic Tracer Professional	No limit	No limit	No limit
Adobe Illustrator	640x
Potrace	N/A
ImageTracer	N/A	No limit	No limit
Scan2CAD	64K	No limit	No limit
WinTopo Pro	512x	No limit	No limit
PhotoLine	25600%	No limit	No limit
	Maximum zoom	Object limit per document	Control point limit	Color management for print	Thumbnails	Adjust image (functions)	Text recognition (OCR)	Scripting support

Raster editing features

	Scanner support	Freehand sketch	Raster filters	Change color depth	Image resize	Rotate	Crop	Raster shapes
Easy Trace
Graphic Tracer Professional			N/A	N/A				N/A
Adobe Illustrator
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
WinTopo Pro
AutoTrace	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
PhotoLine
	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
Easy Trace
Graphic Tracer Professional	N/A
Adobe Illustrator
Potrace	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
Scan2CAD
WinTopo Pro
AutoTrace	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
PhotoLine
	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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Скачать . EasyTrace . 2023-05-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230531001942/https://easytrace.com/download/ . 2023-05-31 . live . ru . 2023-09-11.