OpenText Brava! alternative: Evaluating Nutrient SDK

OpenText™ Brava!™ supports document viewing, markup, and redaction workflows. If you’re considering a migration, first confirm your edition, version, and maintenance terms with OpenText support(opens in a new tab). Lifecycle status can vary; don’t assume every Brava! deployment has the same end-of-support date.

For teams evaluating an embedded document platform, Nutrient SDK provides viewing and editing APIs. Use your current workflows to define the migration requirements and test the feature coverage.

Brava! users need more than just a viewer

Brava! wasn’t just a static viewer. It supported high-stakes workflows like:

• CAD and Microsoft Office file rendering
• Scale-aware measurement and annotations
• Legal redaction workflows
• Custom markup tools and collaboration
• Integration with ECMs, DMSs, and enterprise platforms

Nutrient offers APIs for these workflow categories. Verify your specific formats, measurement tools, collaboration setup, and integration requirements.

Why evaluate Nutrient

Teams in legal, engineering, construction, and government can evaluate Nutrient SDK for:

• Comprehensive file support — PDF, CAD, Office, and more, rendered securely in the browser
• Redactions done right — Permanent, audit-compatible, and automatable
• A modern viewer experience — Zoom, pan, annotate, and collaborate in real time
• Flexible SDK integration — REST APIs, JavaScript SDKs, and web components
• Future-proofing — Actively maintained and continuously improved

Mapping Brava! workflows to Nutrient capabilities

The table below links to Nutrient capabilities relevant to a Brava! migration. Availability varies by platform and license; validate each required workflow in a proof of concept.

Core features

Comprehensive file format support

Nutrient SDKs support a wide spectrum of file formats, including specialized and regulated formats, across different deployment targets.

PDF

• PDF (v1.0–2.0), PDF/A (Parts 1–4), XFDF, Instant JSON

Microsoft Office

• DOCX, DOC, DOTX, DOCM
• XLSX, XLS, XLSM
• PPTX, PPT, PPTM, PPSX, PPS

Image

• PNG, JPEG, TIFF, BMP, GIF
• WebP, SVG, HEIC, EPS, TGA
• DICOM, RAW (3FR, ARW, BAY, etc.)

CAD

• DXF
• DWG (via Document Engine)

Viewing and measuring both formats in the browser is covered by the CAD SDK.

Other formats

• HTML, MHT, MHTML
• MSG, EML
• TXT, RTF
• ODT

Migration considerations

Brava! used proprietary XRL annotations. Nutrient supports standards like XFDF and Instant JSON and provides APIs for annotation import/export. For migration at scale, evaluate batch processing and metadata extraction. XRL-to-Nutrient annotation mapping may require custom transformation and validation; the import formats alone don’t guarantee direct XRL compatibility.

Plan migration around your deployment

Before selecting a replacement, document these requirements:

• The support status of your exact Brava! edition and version
• Browsers, operating systems, and file formats your users need
• Security updates and deployment controls required by your organization
• Annotation migration, measurements, and collaboration behavior

Use these requirements to evaluate Nutrient in a proof of concept and plan the migration effort.

Ready to see it in action?

Contact us for a personalized demo and see how Nutrient can step into Brava!’s place — and take your workflows further.

Next steps

• Explore the SDK documentation
• Check out the Web demo