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The following tables contain general and technical information about publicly available [[Image tracing|raster-to-vector conversion]] software.

== General information ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: auto"
|-
! style="width:12em" |
! Creator
! Year released
! Year last updated
! List price (USD)
! [[Software license|License]]
! Supported OS (without emulation)
|-
! style="text-align:left" | [[CorelDRAW]]
| Cascade Parent Limited<br>[[Trade name|d.b.a]] [[Alludo]]<br>Formerly called the Corel Corporation
| 1989
| 2023 (version 24.3)
| {{Nonfree|$449, $169 upgrade}}
| {{Proprietary}}
| Windows
|-
! style="text-align:left" | Easy Trace
| InterVek LLC ({{langx|ru|[[Private limited company#Russia|ООО]] ИнтерВек}})<br>[[Trade name|d.b.a.]] Easy Trace Group ({{langx|ru|Группа Easy Trace}})
| {{dunno}}
| 2023 (version 12.4)<ref name="EasyTrace 2023 q766">{{cite web | title=Скачать | website=EasyTrace | date=2023-05-02 | url=https://easytrace.com/download/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531001942/https://easytrace.com/download/ | archive-date=2023-05-31 | url-status=live | language=ru | access-date=2023-09-11}}</ref>
| {{Dunno|€960, €480 upgrade (Easy Trace Pro)<br>Versions 7.99 and 8.65 are free (Easy Trace)}}
| {{Proprietary}}
| Windows
|-
! style="text-align:left" | [[Adobe Illustrator]]
| [[Adobe Inc.]]<br>Formerly called Adobe Systems 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<br>Graphic Powers AB
| 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|[[GNU General Public License#Version 2|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 (programming language)|Java]])
|-
! style="text-align:left" | [[Potrace]]
| Peter Selinger
| 2001
| 2019 (version 1.16)
| {{Free}}
| {{Open source|[[GNU General Public License#Version 2|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]]<br>Free to use for any purpose, including commercial purposes<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.wintopo.com/faq.htm|title=WinTopo - Raster to Vector conversion Software}}</ref>}}
| {{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]]
| [[Xara|Xara Group Ltd.]]
| 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|[[GNU General Public License#Version 2|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 License|MIT]]}}
| [[Cross-platform]] (command-line version)<br>Browsers with [[WebAssembly]] support (web version)
|-
! style="text-align:left" | [https://github.com/tomayac/SVGcode SVGcode] (uses Potrace)
| Thomas Steiner
| 2021
| {{Dunno|2023 (version ?)}}
| {{Free}}
| {{Open source|[[GNU General Public License#Version 2|GPL-2.0-or-later]]}}
| Android, web ([[Progressive web app|PWA]]), Windows
|-
! style="text-align:left" | [https://github.com/fogleman/primitive Primitive]
| Michael Fogleman
| 
| 
| {{Free}}
| {{Open source|[[MIT License|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]
| [https://asteridesoftware.com/ Asteride Software SAS] 
| 2025
| 2025 (version 1.0.2)
| {{Nonfree|$22}}
| {{Proprietary}}
| Windows, macOS
|-class="sortbottom"
!
! Creator
! Year released
! Year least updated
! List price (USD)
! [[Software license|License]]
! Supported OS (without emulation)
|}

=== Basic features ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: auto"
|-
! style="width:12em" | '''NAME'''
! Maximum zoom
! Object limit per document
! Control point limit
! Color management for print
! Thumbnails
! Adjust image (functions)
! Text recognition ([[Optical character recognition|OCR]])
! Scripting support
|-
! 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}}
|-class="sortbottom"
!
! Maximum zoom
! Object limit per document
! Control point limit
! Color management for print
! Thumbnails
! Adjust image (functions)
! Text recognition ([[Optical character recognition|OCR]])
! Scripting support
|-
|}

=== CAD features ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: auto"
|-
! style="width:12em" | '''NAME'''
! Export universal [[AutoCAD DXF|DXF]]
! Available in [[AutoCAD]] application
! Curve recognition
! Circle recognition
! Arc recognition
! Orthogonal line detection
! Corner detection
! Line connection
|-
! 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}}
|-class="sortbottom"
!
! Export universal [[AutoCAD DXF|DXF]]
! Available in [[AutoCAD]] application
! Curve recognition
! Circle recognition
! Arc recognition
! Orthogonal line detection
! Corner detection
! Line connection
|-
|}

=== Raster editing features ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: auto"
|-
! style="width:12em" |
! Scanner support
! Freehand sketch
! Raster filters
! Change color depth
! Image resize
! Rotate
! Crop
! Raster shapes
|-
! 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}}
|-class="sortbottom"
!
! Scanner Support
! Freehand sketch
! Raster Filters
! Change color depth
! Image resize
! Rotate
! Crop
! Raster Shapes
|-
|}

=== Vector editing features ===
{| class="sortable wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: auto"
|-
! style="width:12em" |
! Fills & hatch
! Vector combine
! Rotate & move
! Polylines
! Spline curves
! Lines to curves cmd. & vice versa
! Vector shapes
|-
! 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}}
|- class="sortbottom"
!
! Fills & hatch
! Vector combine
! Rotate & move
! Polylines
! Spline curves
! Lines to curves cmd. & vice versa
! Vector shapes
|-
|}

== Discontinued software ==
* [[Adobe FreeHand|Adobe Freehand (1988–2003)]]
* [[Adobe Streamline| Adobe Streamline (1989–2001)]]
* [[Xara Xtreme LX|Xara Xtreme for Linux]] – 2006 open source fork of [[Xara Photo &amp; Graphic Designer]]

== References ==
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