Comparison with Marvin Sketch and Marvin JS
To provide an easy-to-use publication tool for chemical figures, Marvin 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, Marvin JS and Marvin Sketch further below.
Publication quality
Feature |
Marvin |
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, bonds, shapes, symbols and brackets |
YES |
no |
YES |
Import/export and crop multiple image formats |
YES |
no |
no |
*Coming soon
Fast drawing & analysis
Feature |
Marvin |
Marvin JS |
Marvin Sketch |
Search bar for templates, chemical elements and tools |
YES |
no |
no |
Setting atom and bond properties in multiselection |
YES |
YES |
no |
Alignment and distribute guidelines to easily organize objects |
YES |
no |
no |
Single click access to webservices and calculations |
YES |
YES |
no |
Display calculation results on canvas |
YES |
no |
no |
Detailed feature comparison
Coloring and highlighting options for atoms, bonds and shapes
Feature |
Marvin |
Marvin JS |
Marvin Sketch |
Coloring bonds and atom labels |
YES |
no |
YES |
Coloring atom properties |
YES |
no |
no |
Highlighting bonds and atom labels* |
YES |
no |
no |
Customize colors* |
YES |
no |
YES |
*Coming soon
Advanced text editor with highlight and list options
Feature |
Marvin |
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 |
*Coming soon
Additional arrow types, shapes and brackets
Feature |
Marvin |
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 |
Rearrangement arrow |
YES |
no |
no |
Rounded rectangle |
YES |
no |
YES |
Sphere |
YES |
no |
no |
Triangle |
YES |
no |
no |
Star |
YES |
no |
no |
Arc |
YES |
no |
no |
Line |
YES |
no |
YES |
Dashed style for shape strokes |
YES |
no |
no |
Line weight for shape strokes |
YES |
no |
YES |
Shadow for shapes |
YES |
no |
no |
Round brackets |
YES |
no |
YES |
Square brackets |
YES |
no |
YES |
Curly bracket |
YES |
no |
no |
Import/export and crop multiple image formats
Feature |
Marvin |
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 PNG |
YES |
no |
no |
Save as SVG |
YES |
no |
no |
Save as WebP |
YES |
no |
no |
Save as TIFF |
YES |
no |
no |