FlowPaper
8.2#2 in pdf flipbook softwareFrom $995 a yearFree planAndroidiOSWebAPI
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Pressbooks
7.4#8 in ebook creation softwareFrom $12 a monthWebAPILinuxSelf-hosted
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| Fact | FlowPaper | Pressbooks |
|---|---|---|
| Company | FlowPaper is a product of Devaldi Limited, which the company describes as being in New Zealand. | Pressbooks says it began in Montreal and its team is now fully remote across Canada, the United States, and beyond. |
| Founded | 2010 | Pressbooks says Hugh McGuire founded it in 2011. |
| Interactive content | Publications can include links, images, videos, hotspots, expanded content, social stories and text animations. | H5P can be used to create, copy or embed quizzes and other interactive activities. |
| Limits | FlowPaper Cloud publication quotas are 50 for Zine, 75 for Creative, and 500 for Team and Enterprise accounts in the services-account FAQ. | Pressbooks says larger media such as videos should be hosted on a dedicated streaming service and embedded, and media storage is limited by plan. |
| Product | FlowPaper turns PDFs into mobile-friendly interactive flipbooks and web publications. | Pressbooks is a book content management system for publishing books to the public web and exporting formats including EPUB, PDF, and XML. |
| Rating on Trustpilot | 4.4 out of 5 from 15 reviews. | 3.2 out of 5 from 1 review |
| Self-hosting | Users can host generated publications on their own domain or use FlowPaper Cloud, with no requirement to use the cloud service. | Organizations can run their own Pressbooks network, but must install dependencies and handle ongoing software and security updates. |
| Support | The plan comparison lists community support for Free, included support for Zine and Creative, and priority support for Team and Enterprise, with onboarding for Enterprise. | Enterprise customers receive onboarding, email support, typically one-to-two-business-day responses, training and guidance on publishing and integrations. |
FlowPaper plans
- FreeFree
- Zine$75, paid once
- Creative$85 a month
- Enterprise$995 a year
Pressbooks plans
- Free TrialFree
- Single Author$12 a month
- Collaboration$40 a month
- Institutional Network$5,999 a year
- Shared Network$15,999 a year
Pick FlowPaper if…
FlowPaper suits publishers and organizations that want to turn PDFs into interactive web publications, embed a viewer, or host publications themselves. Teams needing analytics, multiple workstations, or app distribution can consider its higher plans.
Pick Pressbooks if…
Pressbooks identifies educational institutions, academic presses, small publishers, and individual authors as potential users. It suits those who need to publish books online or export digital formats, with hosting options ranging from self-managed to managed networks.