Node PDF Generator Performance Tests

Setup:

• npm install
• Install wkHTMLtoPDF
• Install Prince XML
• Install WeasyPrint

To build 50 simple files:

• All at once: node run test
• PDFkit: node ./pdfkit.js
• lx-PDF: node ./lx-pdf.js - PDFkit + JSON templates for formatting
• node wkHTMLtoPDF: node ./wkhtmltopdf.js - Webkit engine
• Prince: time ./prince.sh
• WeasyPrint: . ./venv/bin/activate && time ./weasyprint.sh

In-browser options:

• PDFmake: playground - 42ms reported for 1 simple PDF
• hPDF: playground - 44.5ms reported for 1 simple PDF
• jsPDF: Appears fast, lots of capability

Third-party options:

• DocRaptor: HTML to PDF - Hosted, "99.99% uptime, infinite throughput" - node ./docraptor.js
• PDF Reactor: HTML to PDF - Not hosted, purchase is per-CPU, no simple way to test performance