Comparison with Sketch and JS

    To provide an easy-to-use publication tool for chemical figures, Marvin Pro comes with a wide range of features to facilitate drawing and enhanced visuals. Meanwhile, our legacy web-based drawing tool, Marvin JS, continues to support workflows involving advanced chemical intelligence.

    For a detailed overview, see the comparison tables between Marvin Pro, Marvin JS and Marvin Sketch further below.

    Publication quality

    Feature Marvin Pro Marvin JS Marvin Sketch
    Coloring and highlighting options for atoms, bonds and shapes YES no no
    Advanced text editor with highlight and list options YES no no
    Scribble/free hand line YES no no
    Predefined and custom drawing templates YES no YES
    Wide range of arrows, shapes and brackets YES no YES
    Import/export and crop multiple image formats YES no no

    Fast drawing & analysis

    Feature Marvin Pro Marvin JS Marvin Sketch
    Setting atom and bond properties in multiselection YES YES no
    Alignment guide to easily organize objects YES no no
    Predefined and custom shortcuts YES no YES
    One click access to webservices and calculations YES YES no

    Advanced drawing features

    Feature Marvin Pro Marvin JS Marvin Sketch
    Bold and hashed bond YES no YES
    Moving and formatting atom labels and properties manually YES no no

    Detailed feature comparison

    Coloring and highlighting options for atoms, bonds and shapes

    Feature Marvin Pro Marvin JS Marvin Sketch
    Coloring bonds YES no YES
    Coloring atom labels YES no YES
    Coloring atom properties YES no no
    Coloring shapes YES YES YES
    CPK coloring YES YES YES
    Customize colors YES no YES

    Advanced text editor with highlight and list options

    Feature Marvin Pro Marvin JS Marvin Sketch
    Change font type & size YES no YES
    Align text YES no YES
    Bulleted list YES no no
    Coloring text YES no YES
    Highlight text YES no no
    Formula tool YES no no

    Additional arrow types, shapes and brackets

    Feature Marvin Pro Marvin JS Marvin Sketch
    Dashed arrow YES no YES
    Crossed arrow YES no YES
    Retrosynthesis arrow YES no YES
    Curved arrow YES no YES
    Circular arrow YES no no
    Unbalanced equilibrium arrow YES no no
    Circle YES no YES
    Square YES no YES
    Line & dashed line YES no YES
    Arcs YES no no
    Round brackets YES no YES
    Square brackets YES no YES

    Import/export and crop multiple image formats

    Feature Marvin Pro Marvin JS Marvin Sketch
    Copy/paste image YES no no
    Crop image YES no no
    Save selection as image YES no no
    Save as JPEG YES YES no
    Save as SVG YES no no
    Save as WebP YES no no