PDF API

Web · API · paid plans from €15/mo

Freedom report

Two barsScore 6.4

Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely1 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

PDF API is ranked #10 of 35 in PDF API software on Freedom251. It runs on API, Web. There is a free plan. Paid plans start at €15/mo.

PDF API plans and pricing

All plans

Free Free billed monthly 500 PDFs / month pdfapi.dev · 22 Sept 2026

Starter €15/mo 190€ yearly 2,000 PDFs/month · overage 3€ per 1k · hard cap 57€ max · standard email support pdfapi.dev · 7 Oct 2026

Starter €190/yr billed annual 2,000 PDFs / month · Hard Cap: 57€ max pdfapi.dev · 22 Sept 2026

Pro €82/mo 990€ yearly 20,000 PDFs/month · overage 2€ per 1k · hard cap 297€ max · priority email support pdfapi.dev · 7 Oct 2026

Pro €990/yr billed annual 20,000 PDFs / month · Hard Cap: 297€ max pdfapi.dev · 22 Sept 2026

Scale €249/mo 2,990€ yearly 100,000 PDFs/month · overage 0.80€ per 1k · no hard cap (unlimited) · premium SLA & onboarding pdfapi.dev · 7 Oct 2026

Compared on PDF API software

Free plan: Yes
Paid from: $15/mo

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The record

Compliance: GDPR
Deployment: cloud
Support: email, community, docs
Product: PDF API converts HTML templates and JSON data into PDFs through a REST API.
Use cases: The site lists invoices and receipts, contracts and NDAs, financial reports, shipping labels, and tickets as document use cases.
Rendering: The site says its persistent pool of Chromium instances and Rust backend generate documents in under 300ms.
CSS support: The service uses Chromium and supports modern CSS including Flexbox, Grid, and custom properties.
Templates: Reusable dashboard templates support Handlebars-style variables, loops, conditionals, and JSON data.
Webhooks: Webhooks notify users when PDFs are generated or deleted and when quota is approaching its limit; authenticity can be checked with the X-PDF-Signature header.
Language guides: The maker provides integration guides for Node.js, Python, PHP, and Go, and says the REST API works with any HTTP client.
Sandbox: Sandbox requests do not count against the monthly quota; sandbox PDFs are watermarked and automatically purged after one hour.
Data retention: The site says generated PDFs are stored in a secure bucket behind temporary presigned URLs, then wiped when the URL expires (default 24 hours) or the DELETE endpoint is used.
Data location and compliance: The maker describes the service as EU-hosted and GDPR compliant.
Rate limits: The documented per-minute limits are 10 requests for Free, 60 for Starter, 300 for Pro, and 1,000 for Scale; concurrency limits are 2, 5, 20, and 50 respectively.
Price from: €15/mo

Where it ranks on Freedom251

Best PDF API Software in 2026#10 of 35

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Sources

pdfapi.dev· checked 22 Sept 2026
pdfapi.dev/docs· checked 7 Oct 2026
pdfapi.dev/pricing· checked 22 Sept 2026