--- title: "Aspose.Total Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra" description: "With the help of Capterra, learn about Aspose.Total Software - reviews, pricing plans, popular comparisons to other Application Development products and more." source_url: "https://www.capterra.com/p/154165/Aspose-Total/" page_type: "product" language: "en" publication_date: "2026-10-19" --- # Aspose.Total Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons Last updated on October 19, 2026 Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Description](#description)[Use cases](#use-cases)[Alternatives](#alternatives)[FAQs](#faqs)[Features](#features)[Pricing](#pricing)[Support](#support)[Reviews](#reviews) Aspose.Total ## What is Aspose.Total? The Aspose file format APIs allow developers to programmatically create, edit, convert, and process over 100 file formats like Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PDF files, PowerPoint presentations, images, emails, barcodes, and 3D models in .NET, Java, Android, SharePoint, Cloud, and other platforms. The APIs provide advanced document manipulation features to generate, merge, split, and print Word, Excel, and PDF files. Developers can also leverage robust image editing capabilities like resizing, cropping, rotating, and flipping images using Aspose APIs. These performant and scalable APIs help reduce processing times and efficiently handle resource-intensive jobs involving documents and images. Aspose regularly updates the APIs with new features and improvements to meet evolving customer needs. ## What is Aspose.Total used for? [Application Development](https://www.capterra.com/application-development-software/) Overall rating Based on 25 user reviews Reviews sentiment Positive 92% Neutral 0% Negative 8% Starting price A$999 Flat Rate, One Time Free trial available Free version not included Capterra Shortlist charts the highest-rated and most popular products... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Our "Best of" badge program showcases products with the highest ratings... Do you work for Aspose.Total?[Manage this product listing](https://www.g2.com/products/aspose-total/claim_requests/new?auto=true) ## Compare with a popular alternative Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status. ### Aspose.Total 4.4 (25) VS. 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Aspose.Total benefits software developers, engineers, and system architects who build document, spreadsheet, PDF, and presentation processing into applications. IT leaders and technology managers use it to support enterprise document workflows and platform decisions, while project, consulting, and marketing teams create, convert, and manage business files for client delivery and digital content. Answer based on 24 reviews Overview ### What company size and specific industries is Aspose.Total built for? Aspose.Total is designed for developers, corporations, and software companies, making it suitable for teams of different sizes that build or manage software applications. It fits organizations in technology-focused environments where document and file processing tools are needed for development and business workflows. Features and Usability ### What are the key features of Aspose.Total? Aspose.Total offers API-based document management for software development and web app development. Its core features center on document processing workflows exposed through APIs, supporting application integration across development environments and document-centric automation tasks. Getting Started and Support ### What training and onboarding options does Aspose.Total offer? Aspose.Total provides documentation to help teams get started. Documentation supports self-paced reference for installation steps, feature details, and usage guidance, giving users a written resource to consult while setting up and working with the product. Getting Started and Support ### What customer support options does Aspose.Total offer? Aspose.Total provides chat support and, for paid customers, video calls. Users mention that support is generally responsive and helpful, though some also want better documentation to resolve questions faster. Overall, support is seen as accessible, with direct assistance for implementation and product-related issues. Answer based on 3 reviews ## Features AI summary Based on 7,285 Application Development reviews According to Capterra reviewers, these are the features buyers prioritize most when evaluating application development software: - **Code Development** (**67%** of reviewers rated this feature as critical) - **Workflow Management** (**45%**) - **Code Editing** (**56%**) Aspose.Total is positioned around a different set of application development capabilities rather than the features most commonly prioritized by reviewers. Its feature set is geared toward document and file-format processing tasks within development environments, giving teams tools to handle content generation, conversion, manipulation, and rendering across multiple file types. These capabilities help businesses build applications that manage complex document workflows, automate file handling, and support content-heavy processes more efficiently. Web App Development 5.0 (1) 100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important Development of applications that are delivered over the internet through a browser API Application programming interface that allows for integration with other systems/databases Document Management Store, manage, and track all electronic documents in a centralized location Software Development Development of software programs Aspose.Total 4 features ### All Features - API: Application programming interface that allows for integration with other systems/databases - Document Management: Store, manage, and track all electronic documents in a centralized location - Software Development: Development of software programs - Web App Development: Development of applications that are delivered over the internet through a browser --- Features 4.7 (25) 4.7 Based on 25 reviews ## Pricing Value for money 4.3 (25) Free Trial Basic A$999.00 Flat Rate,One Time Value for money 4.3 (25) 4.3 Based on 25 reviews ## Support, customer service and training options Customer Service 4.2 (24) Support - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat Training - In Person - Live Online - Webinars - Documentation - Videos Deployment - Web - Android - iPhone/iPad Typical users - Freelancers - Small businesses - Mid size businesses - Enterprises Customer Service 4.2 (24) 4.2 Based on 24 reviews ## User reviews Overall rating 4.4 Based on 25 reviews Filter by rating Counts reflect reviews available in this feed. 5(16) 4(7) 3(0) 2(1) 1(1) Mentioned topic Recent reviews first, then most helpful CE CEO CEO Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "This product made creating custom proposals a snap!" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 August 29, 2018 My customers can now make their own custom templates in Excel, Word, or PowerPoint. Then, using the Aspose library and a small amount of custom code, I can turn their template into a custom proposal, order confirmation, invoice, statement, or any other output that I want. And by using the rest of the libraries, I can combine them into PDFs, email them, or show them in HTML on the web page. Pretty slick! An update that I was able to achieve was to add email templating the capability. So, now, one of the options in the product is for me to create an HTML template that is used for the output email with the attached Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PDF, and PDF files. It works by the user creating a standard HTML email, then exporting the email source to a text editor. Then, they can create substitution strings in the HTML that the application will replace in real time when sending the email out. So, the designs can be quite comprehensive, and use the data from the database to make it look and feel custom. This has made a big change to the product and all I did was use a few more functions within the existing Aspose.Total libraries. To see a few screenshots of what I have achieved, please see the following link: https://lineup.box.com/s/nwcnoit89wbqqwzl9liq0ifzmx0mddrj Pros I have been working with many different libraries for generating PDFs, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, and MS Word documents. I can find good solutions for one of the areas that I need. And now that I have moved to Aspose.Total, I can now have a single supplier for all of my file generation and conversion. The libraries are incredibly easy to use and deploy, which is very important for my product. Since I use the Total, I am now able to combine many other capabilities into the same license including PDF conversion, HTML page generation for my classified ads, and Email generation for eDispatching my documents which were created by the Aspose library. I have been trying to add new features quickly to my new product including the ability to edit multiple documents, sheets, and presentations in a single process. And it seems that every time I try something new, there is already a function there to help me achieve what I need. For example, I am creating MS Excel templates using multiple worksheets, cells with text, dates, and formulas. This is all ok if I wanted to create XLSX files, but I wanted to create PDF files, so when I added and changed text in the Excel worksheets, it was find, same with dates, numbers, etc… but, when I tried to change data that had a formula connected, or change the formula itself, it was not updating in before I saved to PDF. Then, I looked at their forums and found that other people solved this with a single like of code that forced all of the formulas to re-calculate before I saved to PDF. I know that the documentation said that it does not support all the Excel formula functions, but I am not using a lot of these complex functions – thus it worked perfectly for me. This is a small example, but shows that the library is quite complete, the forums were very helpful, and the changes that I needed to make were slight – fast to code! Cons I had to re-write my existing integrations that were using other libraries, including MS native ones. I wish the library would match the structure of the native MS libraries for editing documents, but this is a small price to pay for the one stop shop solution that I can get with Aspose. One major issue that I have found is the lack of support for .NET core. This is essential for our business moving forward and I can see on the forums that there are tickets open to address this but, as of now, there is no ETA for the delivery of the libraries for .NET core. Considering that Microsoft is making a big move to .NET core, this could be a major problem for us and force us to move to another library in the future if this is not solved. The other thing is the cost. It is really expensive to buy but I hope that over time, I can realize the value. It is a big risk to pay out so much to start, but the evaluation license has allowed me to test all my use cases before I shell out the cash!! CT CTO CTO Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Great product for manipulation and conversion of files" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 March 31, 2022 We needed an out of the box API to convert word files into PDF and add layovers like headers, footers, and watermark. We’ve assessed and tested multiple tools including iText, Open Office and Aspose PDF and analyzed the results we’re getting for our conversion use cases. The most important factors for us in choosing the right solution were conversion accuracy and conversion speed. The conversion speed is important because the conversion should be done in real-time while a user waits for the conversion results. The conversion accuracy is important as the PDF extracted must be identical to the input word file and should be shared with official agencies. Aspose was the best tool available in conversion speed and conversion accuracy in comparison to the competition. We also needed a way to add security to the resulted PDF like prevent printing or extraction of text and this was done easily with Aspose. We already use Aspose for almost 3 years and performing hundreds of conversions a month with great performance and great quality outputs. We’re now assessing the ability to convert other file formats like Excel or PowerPoint to PDF using the same logic as we used for word files and Aspose total seems like the right solution for us. We already know that it works perfectly with word files, we know the conversion speed and we already know how to use the API and built the web services that works with it so choosing Aspose is a no-brainer here. Another great advantage in using Pros Aspose was the best tool available in conversion speed and conversion accuracy in comparison to the competition. Cons The product is a bit pricey but as they have multiple licensing models we could find a program that suits our needs. SE SW Eng SW Eng Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Poor support if you don't buy the PREMIUM SUPPORT that has a price itself like the product" 1.0 Overall Rating 1.0 1.0 Ease of Use 4.0 4.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 1.0 1.0 Likelihood to Recommend 0/10 June 1, 2021 Terrible, after an year this is the message I got yesterday: Unfortunately, there is no ETA available for this issue at the moment. We will be sure to inform you via this forum thread once there is any update available on it So they have a terrible bug (they recognized), they don't provide any workaround, they offer to pay full support without assuring they will solve it just to help you to bring your issue up as they say first first out, no commitments. So for testing a great product, for production a terrible solution Pros it has a great solution until you find a bug and then is terrible Cons Lack of commitment, we are waiting for more that one year with a major bug that makes the product not accessible when converting word to pdf, my recommendation is BE AWARE! AZ Adam Z. Software Developer Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Exceptional Barcode Reader Library: Accurate and Fast." 4.0 Overall Rating 4.0 4.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 4.0 4.0 Customer Service 3.0 3.0 Likelihood to Recommend 8/10 November 22, 2024 Along with accuracy, the library's speed performance was excellent. Real-time applications that need fast barcode recognition are made possible by the scans' nearly instantaneous processing. The library operated without any discernible lag in situations requiring high throughput, such as scanning big batches of barcodes sequentially. After a few months of use, it still worked flawlessly for us, even though our 25 accessioners scan hundreds of barcodes on requisition forms every day. Pros The procedure of integration was simple. The library comes with thorough and easy-to-use documentation that makes getting started is a breeze. The API is flexible and easy to use. It functioned on both desktop and mobile devices when I incorporated it into a cross-platform application. Despite a few barcodes that were either somewhat damaged or of poor quality, the library's error handling made it possible to read them with a respectable level of accuracy. We had to engage a few offshore workers to review the scans and confirm that the barcodes were scanned accurately because our previous in-house system was arguably slower and more prone to errors. Additionally, the library has strong error-handling features. Barcodes that were partially occluded or faded were correctly read throughout testing. Cons We did encounter a few problems, which I also wanted to mention in this review: Our problem was that we received our responses late at night, between 1-2 AM EST, because their support hours were centered on Australian time. AH Adam H. Marketing Consultant Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Moving to Aspose.Total has brought the search to an end! " 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 October 3, 2018 Our core use of Aspose is focused aground the generation of complex Word,PDF and Excel documents which are dynamically generated based on system data (ranging from a few kbs to gbs in size) however we have used the Aspose libraries in a myriad of different scenarios to support our product functionality including: • Data import from Word,PDF,Excel • Document manipulation to update and join existing system documents • Excel validation to ensure good quality data is brought into the system • Data visualisation into offline documents as well as directly onto application screens • Report server integration to forego the use of external applications widgets and visualisation tools • Offline document to web service end point transfer Aspose Total is a market leading product which from our experience is unrivalled in its capability and potential. The complexity of what Aspose has achieved is not to be understated and we would highly recommend its use in any size application where control is required around document generation Pros While researching tools capable of achieving a full document and data lifecycle required to provide our product with the capabilities expected by our prestigious clientele, we found only one solution Aspose.Total. Over the last 7 years we have assessed many tools that could provide certain aspects of PDFs, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Word generation including Aspose. Moving to Aspose.Total has brought the search to an end! it has allowed us to deal with one product, one supplier and one support route when/if required. The fact that Aspose is browser agnostic is a real benefit to any company looking to create cross bowser tools and products. As a company we produce a product which relies heavily on data and document manipulation through web and windows based applications. Aspose Total has been a versatile product which seamlessly allows us to use a set of libraries to achieve wide ranging tasks without the need for any server installation or setup. Aspose Total allows you to create a complex backend life cycle which integrates the architecture of your product in an easy to maintain, extend and use process whilst retaining control to validate and visualise without the need for any other tools. Although we make use of a wide range of the Aspose Library functions we have found the upgrade path to later versions to be manageable from a technical view and the risk of any upgrade to be assessable through the use of the comprehensive release notes and version structure. Cons We cannot find any faults in this software CT CTO CTO Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Industry leading file convertion API" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 4.0 4.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 April 14, 2020 If you need to convert files from one format to another, this is the product to get! 5 years ago we had several tasks we were trying to solve. We needed to manipulate Office documents, OCR read image files, convert files and more. We started out by trying a lot of different opensource tools. All of this effort and 2 weeks of work was wasted, because none of the tools were production ready. We tried a trial of the Aspose.Total for .NET. and within a few hours of honest work we had a stable solution we have used ever since. Throughout the years we have experienced that Aspose have never let us down. Whenever we have a document related task, we can always trust Aspose to solve it within hours instead of weeks. We review all our 3rd party libraries quarterly, and I can assure you - there is no better .NET based framework out there. We have used the following products with great success. \* Aspose.Cells \* Aspose.Words \* Aspose.PDF \* Aspose.Email \* Aspose.BarCode \* Aspose.OCR \* Aspose.HTML Every aspect of this experience has been great. The OCR is especially good, it finds text in all kinds of images, on all languages we have tested. TL;DR: Aspose.Total is the best file api. It's expensive, but worth the price., Pros \* Compatible with just about all file productivity file formats \* Great documentation \* CPU and memory efficient \* Easy to get working \* Always up to date \* Offers state of the art features faster than competitors \* Always very stable Cons \* Some (minor) bugs take some time to get fixed \* The support forum lacked follow-up support a few years back. \* Is pretty expensive (but the best is always pricey) VB VP Business Development VP Business Development Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Aspose.Words for .NET Gets 5 stars" 5.0 September 12, 2018 Our first implementation was Microsoft Office Interop library. This library converts the docx documents to pdf files perfectly and we decided to upload it to report generation server. But after a while, we noticed that conversion jobs are waiting for each executable. This causes a big delay on converting the documents at the same time. So, we started to search a new tool for converting docx files to pdf files. We decided to use Aspose.Words for .NET tool inside the various other commercial and open source tools. One of the reasons for deciding this tool is that each exe converts their documents to pdf at the same time and no waiting lock exists on the processing time. Most of the tools waits each other when converting documents. I think that print functionality causes this problem for other tools. Another reason is that this tool do the best conversion from other tools. It means preservation of the docx formatting, alignments and other styles given to docx files. Pros Long story short, I finalised my pursuit for a reliable and accurate docx to pdf conversion too after I tried Aspose.Words for .NET. I have been looking for a high performing docx to pdf tool for a while now. Our system has an e-government aspect and is generating a very high number of reports to the user community. At this point, performance is paramount. Earlier tools I have used did not do simultaneous conversion, instead each exe needed to wait for completion of the other. I have tried Aspose.words and I am very happy with the results. First of all, it was very easy and seamless to integrate and deploy in our project. Very smooth. Secondly, the speed of conversion is way better due to the fact that multiple jobs run in parallel. Thirdly, not only fast, but even with no formatting errors. Considering that we are providing a multi-lingual system and some reports include both English and Arabic fields (mind right-to-left alignment!), this was very important. And finally, the file size was quite small, which again is very important as tens of thousands of documents are created through our system. Cons We have not noticed any cons so far during our trial. CE Catie E. Content & Digital Marketing Manager Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "when students using our software upload a Word or PDF resume, we can easily accept these file types " 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 April 3, 2018 Pros To summarize our experience with Aspose, the accuracy and reliability of the product, the conversion speed, and the ease of implementation/deployment are unbeatable! The API was super easy-to-use as well and their dedicated customer support team was always available to answer our questions. Our company was pleased to discover Aspose after we found out that our previous provider was no longer available as an option for our career services and recruitment software company. We needed to implement a word and PDF conversion service quickly so our millions of student users could easily upload current versions of their resumes, and we could seamlessly transfer them to employers in our network. It's super important in our line of work, to maintain a certain level of integrity and security, especially when students are trusting us with their personal data. Aspose was immediately one of the top companies on our list after reviewing a dozen or so other vendors. We have found their services to be the most accurate and efficient with faster conversion speeds than the competition. One of our developers tested the software and found that it was able to convert 296 documents in just 41 seconds! And that was without any formatting errors! The output size was just 17.4MB whereas some of the other providers had much larger outputs of up to 47MB. With the ability to support web text and numerous formats including Microsoft Word, OpenOffice Web and Text formats, Aspose offered by far the most versatility in supported file formats which is key for us because we have students from all across the nation, and even several from different countries, uploading this information. After careful evaluation of the marketplace, we chose Aspose's PDF and Word services. Now, when students using our software upload a Word or PDF resume, we can easily accept these file types and deliver them to employers without fear of losing the original formatting. It's easy for students, easy for our employers and easy for us so everyone is happy! Cons It comes with a price tag but when the quality of service is at such a high level, that's to be expected. HO Head of Customer Acquisition Head of Customer Acquisition Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Aspose Essential to Getting Our Business Off the Ground" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 10/10 March 28, 2018 We get PDF conversion into multiple file formats and you can convert into PDF from multiple file formats. We can also take the software split, compress or merge PDF documents. Currently using API solution, but he actually software license is much more full-featured. Pros Aspose has become an essential part of our new document editing start-up. We had a need to convert documents into and out of the pdf format at scale. We researched over 10 different services and went with the Aspose API. We made the right choice. Within 2 1/2 months, we saw our business become sustainable due to the high-quality of the conversion. We originally went with the API solution and have grown so successful we are moving to an IAAS solution, which of course Aspose supports. Really pleased so far with customer service and quality of technology. Cons The API does get expensive when you have a high number of calls. This in my mind is to be expected. You really should move to an infrastructure solution once you get up to the 1,000s of calls per day. So there might be a good tier for that. I would also like payment programs for the licenses. If we could have a quarterly payment it would really help us manage costs more efficiently as a start-up. Rana N. Associate Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Best Library for Documents Conversation" 5.0 Overall Rating 5.0 5.0 Ease of Use 5.0 5.0 Features 5.0 5.0 Customer Service 5.0 5.0 Likelihood to Recommend 9/10 March 6, 2023 Best API available in market for fast and accurate documents conversation. We are using aspose for documents migration where we are converting word documents to HTML format and for word export we are converting HTML to word. Pros We are using Aspose. Word to convert html to word document export and also for PDF export also we are using aspose api. It is very secure and fast. It does the documents conversation very accurate and very simple way. Aspose support the multiple programming languages . Cons I haven't found any difficulty yet but they can improve document transformation process. [View all Reviews](https://www.capterra.com/p/154165/Aspose-Total/reviews/) ## Top-rated software of 2026 ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.