VectorTrace vs vectorizer.ai
Both trace raster images into vector paths. The structural difference is where the tracing happens — their server, or your tab — and everything else follows from that.
- 제품
- vectorizer.ai
- 확인일
- 2026-08-26
- 규칙
- 출처와 날짜 명시
- 가격
- 무료 미리보기
나란히 비교
| 나란히 비교 | vectortrace | vectorizer.ai |
|---|---|---|
| Where the image is processed | The image is traced by WebAssembly in a Web Worker in your own tab. It is never uploaded, so there is nothing to store, delete or leak. | A hosted service: the image is sent to their servers, traced there, and the result returned. Their site describes the API and the web app in those terms.출처 · 확인일 2026-08-26 |
| Works offline | Yes, once the page has loaded. The engine is a WebAssembly module in the tab, not a request. | No — a server-side tracer needs the network by definition.출처 · 확인일 2026-08-26 |
| Output formats | SVG, PDF, EPS and DXF, all written by the same Rust exporters from one document. | Multiple vector formats, listed on their site. Check the current list there rather than here — ours would go stale and theirs is authoritative.출처 · 확인일 2026-08-26 |
| Pricing model | Previews are free and unlimited. Downloads need Pro at €9.00 per month or €69.00 per year, tax inclusive. | Credit-based, per their pricing page. We do not restate a competitor price: it changes without telling us, and a stale number is worse than a link.출처 · 확인일 2026-08-26 |
| Public API | POST /api/v1/vectorize, documented with a generated OpenAPI 3.1 document at /api/openapi.json. | An HTTP API is documented on their site.출처 · 확인일 2026-08-26 |
알아두면 좋은 점
vectorizer.ai is a hosted service: you upload an image, their machines trace it, and you download the result. That design buys them a straightforward path to heavy models and a lot of server-side compute, and it costs you the upload.
VectorTrace runs the engine as WebAssembly in your browser. That costs us the ability to throw a large GPU model at the problem and buys you a product that works offline, has no queue, and never holds your artwork. Which trade is right depends on whether the file is yours to send.
We have not published a quality comparison, because we have not run one that meets our own standard (D13). Our own figures on the committed corpus are published — boundary error, region count and node ratio, with the date and the engine version attached — and the row below points at them. Theirs are absent because we have not measured them, not because they lost.
아직 측정하지 않은 것
- Which produces fewer nodes for the same boundary accuracy on YOUR artwork? Trace the same file in both and compare the node count your editor reports.
- How does each handle the anti-aliased edge of a small logo? Zoom both results to 800% and look at where the boundary sits relative to the original pixels.
- Does their licence permit the use you have in mind for the output? Read their terms; ours are at /legal/terms.
벤치마크
마케팅이 아니라 측정입니다. 코퍼스, 방법론, 그리고 실행이 만들어낸 모든 수치를 빠짐없이 게시합니다.
방법론 → /benchmarks- boundary error, p95
- 0.09 px
- region-count error
- 0.000
- node-count ratio
- 1.00×
vectortrace를 선택하는 이유
- 전표 1 / 3
브라우저 내 실행, 완전한 비공개
엔진은 여러분의 기기에서 워커로 실행되는 WebAssembly입니다. 이미지는 업로드되지 않으므로 유출될 것도, 삭제할 것도, 믿고 맡길 것도 없습니다.
- 전표 2 / 3
감싼 것이 아니라 편집 가능한 패스
엔진은 이미지를 색상 영역으로 그룹화하고, 그 경계를 추출해 곡선을 피팅합니다. 결과물은 실제 지오메트리입니다 — 영역마다 하나의 채우기, 여러분이 직접 옮길 수 있는 모든 노드 — 탭 안에서 만들어지며 서버에서는 결코 만들어지지 않습니다.
- 전표 3 / 3
인쇄와 생산 현장에서 쓰는 형식
아트워크용 SVG와 PDF, 커터·조각기·자수 소프트웨어용 EPS와 DXF. Illustrator, Inkscape, LibreCAD에서 바로 열리는 실제 파일 — JPEG를 감싼 SVG가 아닙니다.
질문
- 01Is VectorTrace better than vectorizer.ai?
- We have not measured their output, so we are not going to claim it. Our own numbers on the committed corpus are on /benchmarks, dated and versioned; theirs are not, and a comparison needs both. What we can state is structural: our tracing runs in your browser and theirs runs on their servers. Trace the same file in both and judge the output yourself.
- 02Why does the in-browser difference matter?
- Because an unreleased brand mark, a client file under NDA or a medical scan should not travel to a third party to be traced. If your file is not sensitive, the difference is convenience: no upload wait, no queue, and it works on a plane.
- 03When will there be actual benchmark numbers on this page?
- Ours are there now: boundary error, region count and node ratio on the committed smoke set, each with the date and the engine version. A head-to-head needs their output under terms that clearly permit publishing it, which is a decision about their licence rather than about our harness.