A few issues with renewal which got put right in the end UPDATE: Iron Software senior management and their CEO have reached out and have gone some way to putting right the situation we found ourselves in through no fault of our own. They have made a genuine and fair offer to put right the situation, hence I have amended this review and rating. We have had issues every year renewing our annual software support subscription for the Iron Suite of products and this year was no different. However in past years the team had fixed whatever the problem had been. This year we had been sent a renewal notice for slightly more than double the price we paid last year, but despite this, we still went ahead and purchased the renewal. On trying to use the license key it appeared to only be valid for one of the products. On contacting Iron software sales and licensing team they repeatedly insisted that there had been a mistake in previous years and that the renewal cost for Iron Suite should be 10x what we paid last year and that we would have to pay the difference or be left with no support. They kept insisting that we had been notified of the price increases back in November which simply was not the case and neither could they provide copies of of renewal emails showing the correct prices. Had we known well in advance of the 10x increase we would have planned a move to an alternative software before being left without support / software updates. Obviously, no enterprise wants to run out-of-date software with no support and potential vulnerabilities. The initial attitude and behaviour of the Iron software support team was one of non-compromise and contempt despite there clearly being issues on their side with communicating to their customers and billing and not the behaviour expected from a reputable company operating in the enterprise software market. Thankfully senior management and the CEO got involved and made a genuine and fair offer to put right the situation, hence I have amended this review.

Iron Suite: A Win for Telecom Software Development As a software engineer developing products for the telecom sector, integrating the Iron Suite into our workflow has been a win. Here’s my breakdown of the experience: Pros: IronPDF: Initially, my focus was on IronPDF for its PDF generation and management capabilities. It’s incredibly efficient for creating reports and invoices directly from HTML, which is pivotal in telecom software. The API is robust and integrates seamlessly with our .NET framework, enhancing our product’s document handling capabilities. IronXL: This has been a standout for manipulating Excel data. Telecom software often requires extensive data processing, and IronXL allows us to handle Excel files efficiently, without needing Excel installed on the server. It supports a wide range of formats and has simplified data import/export features in our applications. IronOCR: This was an unexpected asset. Our telecom software now efficiently handles scanned documents like invoices and extracts data, minimizing manual entry and errors. IronOCR’s accuracy and speed in text recognition have significantly improved our data processing workflow. IronBarcode - IronBarcode helped us in adding more enhancements to our software by enabling it to detect barcodes of products. IronBarcode provides an easy-to-use API for reading and writing barcodes. IronZip - Initially, IronZIP was just used for extracting telecom files. It really improved the performance for reading and fetching the customer data. IronQR - IronQR is an efficient QR Code library that helped in simplifying the user requests such as signup, login and forgot password with user-friendly API for reading and creating QR codes in the telecom software. Cons: Complexity for Junior devs: The suite’s extensive functionalities come with a bit of a learning curve, especially for less experienced team, less familiar with advanced .NET concepts. Overall Thoughts: Choosing the full Iron Suite, which offers seven products for the price of two, has been extremely cost-effective. The suite’s functionalities are particularly well-suited for the telecom software we develop, offering solutions for PDF management, Excel manipulation, and OCR. This has not only saved us time and resources but also added significant value to our final products. It paid for itself in less than 3 months. Recommendations to Others Considering the Product: For software engineers in the telecom domain, the Iron Suite is a comprehensive, value-packed toolkit. It enhances the capabilities of telecom software, especially in areas like document management and data processing. Be prepared to invest some time in learning to get the most out of it, but the payoff in terms of product functionality and efficiency is well worth it.

A User-Friendly and Efficient .NET PDF Solution In a recent project, we were tasked with developing a complex .NET application requiring extensive PDF operations. The challenge was to integrate a solution that was both efficient and reliable, without sacrificing performance. After a thorough comparison of different options, we selected IronPDF for our specific requirements. We chose IronPDF for several reasons. Firstly, it's user-friendly and integrates smoothly with .NET, making it an ideal choice for our C#-based projects. The documentation and examples provided made it easy for us to start and effectively use the library in our application. Its customer support is amazing and responsive. We had a few instances where we needed assistance, and the support team was always prompt in their response Overall, my experience with IronPDF has been extremely positive. It's not just a tool that meets our needs; it's a solution that has become an integral part of our development process.

Best .NET library to create manipulate and edit PDFs Two months ago I was assigned to perform a deep analysis of Ecommerce website Interfaces and document them by a client. It was a lot of manual work to take images of these websites and then put them into the word file. So I started looking to automate this process then I found IronPDF which completely met my requirements. Using IronPDF HTML to PDF conversion functionality I was able to complete a few weeks' worth of work in just two days. Pros: The API of IronPDF is straightforward and intuitive, making it easy for users to create and manipulate PDFs. The PDFs generated with IronPDF have sharp text and clear images, making them look professional. IronPDF offers a wide range of features including headers, footers, tables of contents, hyperlinks, and more. IronPDF is fast and reliable, making it a great choice for generating large numbers of PDFs quickly and without errors. The support team of IronPDF is very helpful and always available to answer questions. Cons: IronPDF is limited to .NET applications, so it may not be a suitable choice for developers using other platforms. You have to pay to use or otherwise you will get watermarks in output PDFs. I would highly recommend IronPDF for .NET developers to create, edit and manipulate PDF files.

Prodominently IronOCR use case is for scans with low quality images. I use the IronOCR product to read barcodes. This replaced a previous product we had that was not performing very well and generating a lot of exceptions.