What every license includes
Single includes the full core HotPDF feature set for one developer. Small Business covers up to 5 developers and adds the Small Business features; Enterprise covers every developer in one company and is the complete edition: it includes every feature, including all Small Business features, and adds the Enterprise-only features.
- Complete Object Pascal source code for the licensed product (the DCU edition ships precompiled units instead)
- Royalty-free deployment in unlimited applications within the selected developer scope
- One year of software updates and email support
- A perpetual right to use the product version you purchased
Terms to review before ordering
- The license is a one-time purchase and remains valid for the purchased product version
- Update and email-support access lasts one year; existing customers can renew at 50% of the current list price
- Because delivered packages contain full source code or unlocked precompiled DCU binaries without DRM, all sales are final
- If your update service lapsed less than 6 months ago, you can still renew at 50% of the current list price; after 6 to 12 months, contact us for a renewal link at 70% of the current list price; after more than 1 year, a new license at the full price is required
Choose a license tier
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| License | Developer scope | New license | Annual renewal | Order or renew |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single | 1 developer | $750 | $375 | HotPDF Single ($750) Single renewal ($375) |
| Small Business | Up to 5 developers in one company | $2250 | $1125 | HotPDF Small Business ($2250) Small Business renewal ($1125) |
| Enterprise | All developers in one company | $7500 | $3750 | HotPDF Enterprise ($7500) Enterprise renewal ($3750) |
Tier guidance: Choose Single for one developer, or Small Business for up to 5 developers in the same company. Choose Enterprise when more than 5 developers need access, or when every developer in your company should be covered; Enterprise has no headcount limit and includes every feature of the product, including all Small Business features.
Small Business features
HotPDF Small Business adds the following features, delivered as separate units; Enterprise includes all of them too.
- E-invoice rule validation: Validate ZUGFeRD, Factur-X and XRechnung invoices against Schematron, XRechnung and French CTC business rules before sending them
- Document and contract comparison: Compare revisions page by page and produce review reports and annotated PDFs for legal sign-off
Enterprise-only features
HotPDF Enterprise is the complete edition: it includes every feature, including all Single and Small Business features, and adds the following, delivered as separate enterprise units, plus priority email support. Source code for the internal test suites is available on request.
- Long-term signatures (PAdES B-LT and B-LTA): Embed OCSP, CRL and certificate evidence plus document timestamps so signatures stay verifiable for decades
- HSM, smart card and cloud signing: Sign through PKCS#11 tokens and HSMs, Windows CNG key storage, or remote Cloud Signature Consortium services
- Bulk signature validation: Validate signatures across large document sets on worker threads, with trust policies and JSON audit reports
- Preflight and standards validation: Check and repair PDF/A, PDF/UA, PDF/X and PDF/VT with custom profiles, policies and veraPDF-style reports
- PDF/A archival conversion: Convert existing PDFs into PDF/A-4 archives, preserving vector content or falling back to raster when needed
- Redaction and sanitisation: Permanently remove text, images and hidden data, find sensitive content automatically, and strip scripts and metadata
- Server automation API: Run unattended JSON jobs through a native C ABI DLL callable from C, C++, C#, Python and other hosts
DCU edition without source
The DCU edition ships the same HotPDF features as precompiled binaries for every supported Delphi and C++Builder version: DCU units for Delphi, plus .hpp, .obj and .lib files for C++Builder, at half the source price. It does not include source code or the internal test suites; DCU Small Business and DCU Enterprise also ship their edition features as precompiled binaries, DCU Enterprise adds priority email support, and Lazarus projects need the source edition.
| License | Developer scope | New license | Annual renewal | Order or renew |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DCU Single | 1 developer | $375 | $187.5 | HotPDF DCU Single ($375) DCU Single renewal ($187.5) |
| DCU Small Business | Up to 5 developers in one company | $1125 | $562.5 | HotPDF DCU Small Business ($1125) DCU Small Business renewal ($562.5) |
| DCU Enterprise | All developers in one company | $3750 | $1875 | HotPDF DCU Enterprise ($3750) DCU Enterprise renewal ($1875) |
Upgrade to source: DCU customers can move to the source edition of the same tier by paying the difference: $375 for Single, $1125 for Small Business, $3750 for Enterprise. Contact us with your original order details, or generate a quote for purchasing approval.
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How ordering and delivery work
- Select a license: Choose the row that matches your developer and organizational scope. Source-edition rows offer two secure checkouts, 2Checkout and FastSpring, while DCU-edition rows use FastSpring. If direct checkout is unavailable, the link opens the formal quote generator instead.
- Complete payment: Orders are processed by 2Checkout / FastSpring, authorized resellers acting as Merchant of Record. Both checkouts support credit or debit cards, PayPal, and wire transfer.
- Receive the product: The first-order download link is delivered immediately after payment.
- Renew update access: Renewal orders are verified against the original purchase. Approved updates are delivered by email, usually within two business days.
Need a formal quote? Generate a 30-day PDF quotation for purchasing approval before ordering.