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by Titou325 823 days ago
There is both commonalities and differences! Both approaches rely on web technology to provide the layout and are flexible in terms of frameworks and integrations.

Where things differ is that we don't actually use a browser under the hood. This allows a much better control over typesetting and layout - and you can do it on the server. We have also more controls over the outputted PDF and the ability to use more advanced features such as form fields or embedding other files and metadata in the PDF.