Comparison of Marvin Pro and Marvin JS Feature Sets

    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.

    The figure below represents how the feature sets of these tools compare against each other. For a detailed overview, see the comparison tables further below.

    Comparison of Marvin Pro and Marvin JS

    Publication Quality

    Feature Marvin Pro Marvin JS
    Coloring atoms, bonds, and shapes1 ✔️ ❌
    Rich-text formatting of atom labels and texts ✔️ ❌
    Drawing scribble line ✔️ ❌
    Calculating chemical properties for structures and substructures ✔️ ❌
    Alignment guidelines for precise positioning ✔️ ❌

    Advanced Chemistry

    Feature Marvin Pro Marvin JS
    Lewis structures, Markush structures, Polymers ❌ ✔️
    Enhanced stereo notation ❌ ✔️
    Advanced atom & bond properties ❌ ✔️
    Customizable user interface ❌ ✔️

    Basic Chemistry

    Feature Marvin Pro Marvin JS
    Drawing atoms, bonds, arrows, and shapes ✔️ ✔️
    Inserting chemical templates, expanding chemical labels ✔️ ✔️
    2D cleaning, assigning absolute stereo label, toggling aromatic display ✔️ ✔️
    Exporting files and images, copying and pasting ✔️ ✔️

    1. Shapes can be colored in Marvin JS. ↩