| Group | Key Benefits | Typical use | Preferred Applications | Common Products |
| Adipate | Excellent flexibility Low-temperature stability | Flexible films Sheets, Cables Flooring | Outdoor | Dioctyl adipate (DOA) Diisodecyl adipate (DIDA) |
| Benzoate | Excellent solvating. | Flexible films Bottles, Medical devices | Clear PVC | Diethylene glycol dibenzoate (DEGB) Dipropylene glycol dibenzoate (DPGB) |
| Citrate | Excellent flexibility Low-temperature stability | Food packaging Medical devices Children’s toys | Household, Food Medical | Acetyl tributyl citrate (ATBC) Tributyl citrate (TBC) |
| Epoxidized Vegetable Oil | Good flexibility Wide temperature range | Food packaging Medical devices Children’s toys | Household, Food Medical | Epoxidized soybean oil (ESBO) Epoxidized linseed oil (ELO) |
| Maleate | Good flexibility Wide temperature range | Wires Cables Insulation Automotive parts | Industrial Engineering | Diisononyl maleate (DINM) Dioctyl maleate (DOM) |
| Phosphate | Excellent flexibility Low-temperature stability | Wires Cables Insulation Automotive parts | Industrial Engineering | Triphenyl phosphate (TPP) Tricresyl phosphate (TCP) |
| Phthalate | Excellent flexibility Low-temperature stability | Flexible films Sheets, Cables Flooring | Outdoor | Diisononyl phthalate (DINP), Diisodecyl phthalate (DIDP), Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP or DOP) |
| Sebacate | Good flexibility Wide temperature range. | Wires Cables Insulation Automotive parts | Industrial Engineering | Dibutyl sebacate (DBS) Dioctyl sebacate (DOS) |
| Trimellitate | Good flexibility Wide temperature range. | Wires Cables Insulation Automotive parts | Industrial Engineering | Trioctyl trimellitate (TOTM) Triethyl trimellitate (TEHTM) |
