| 1 |
JXL supports “.xls” format i.e. binary based format. JXL doesn’t support Excel 2007 and “.xlsx” format i.e. XML based format |
POI jar supports all of these formats |
| 2 |
JXL API was last updated in the year 2009 |
POI is regularly updated and released |
| 3 |
The JXL documentation is not as comprehensive as that of POI |
POI has a well prepared and highly comprehensive documentation |
| 4 |
JXL API doesn’t support rich text formatting |
POI API supports rich text formatting |
| 5 |
JXL API is faster than POI API |
POI API is slower than JXL API |
