Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to Chromiumly

Ship PDFs. Down to the pixel.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

1. 1
   transformy▲300

   Transform your whole list, with just one example.

   2015 · transformy.io · its alternatives →

2. 2
   PDFShift▲386

   Convert any HTML to PDF with a single POST request.

   2018 · pdfshift.io · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Ready-to-use API to convert any web page to PDF using headless Chrome▲129

   Loads a web page in headless Chrome using Puppeteer and prints it to PDF. The input is a JSON object and output is a PDF file.

   2017 · apify.com · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Pdf-Bot, an API/CLI for Generating PDFs Using Headless Chrome▲235

   🤖 A Node queue API for generating PDFs using headless Chrome. Comes with a CLI, S3 storage and webhooks for notifying subscribers about generated PDFs - esbenp/pdf-bot

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Paperplane▲166

   Web page to PDF conversion API using Chrome

   2018 · converterer.com · its alternatives →

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   RESTful API to Generate PDF from HTML using Chromium▲7

   A RESTful API to generate PDF converting from HTML - tecnospeed/pastor

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Anvil PDF Filling API▲205

   The easiest way to programmatically populate any PDF

   2020 · useanvil.com · its alternatives →

8. 8PA
   PDF API – Generate, convert, and modify PDF documents▲204

   Hi HN, Arek here. We’re super excited to officially launch PSPDFKit API [1]. PSPDFKit API is a collection of HTTP APIs that enable you to convert, generate, and edit documents without running any service on your infrastructure. What differentiates our API from others is that you can chain together multiple “actions” as part of a single API request. For example, you can convert, OCR, watermark, edit, and flatten a document — all in one call. Available actions [2]: - PDF Generator - PDF Converter - Image Converter - OCR - Watermark - Merge - Split - Duplicate - Delete - Flatten Our…

   2022 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Anvil PDF API▲185

   Twilio for PDFs: esign, fill, generate PDFs with one API

   2021 · useanvil.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    PDFBlade▲87

    The developer-friendly HTML to PDF API

    2020 · pdfblade.com · its alternatives →

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    Webpage to PDF Microservice▲93

    Automate PDF Report Generation

    2018 · imti.co · its alternatives →

12. 12SP
    Simple Print – Convert web articles into printable PDFs▲122

    2018 · pdf.fivefilters.org · its alternatives →

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    Renderdo▲73

    The API to convert anything into PDF

    2023 · its alternatives →

14. 14TA
    ThePDFApi, a Chrome Based PDF Generation API Hosted on AWS▲41

    Hello HN! It kept surprising me how much of a hassle it is to generate a PDF with decent HTML5 rendering from my SaaS apps. I tried several free libs and APIs but ended up with botched rendering a lot of times. So I set out to simplify this chore by creating an AWS hosted HTML to PDF conversion API that's based on Chrome. This API will allow a dev to just send the HTML to our API and get a PDF in response without having to worry about running and managing Chrome somewhere in their infra. I just finished the first version of my landing page and hosted pdf generation API…

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    Pdfbix▲59

    Scalable REST API to generate PDF

    2021 · its alternatives →

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    Docuest▲18

    Convert HTML to PDF quickly and cost-effectively with API

    2025 · docuest.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Pdf.js-based real-time collaborative viewer for Chrome▲61

    2014 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Api2Pdf, an API for Converting HTML, URLs, and Office Docs to PDF▲9

    Simplest and cheapest REST API to generate PDF from HTML, Office Docs, and merge PDFs

    2018 · api2pdf.com · its alternatives →

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    Printerz▲13

    From HTML to PDF, effortlessly

    2024 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Convert PDF to Excel▲19

    Turn any PDF into an editable Excel sheet — one click

    Jul 2026 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    PDFBolt▲16

    Hi HN, I'm Michał. I posted PDFBolt here about a year ago as a basic HTML to PDF API. Since then I've been rebuilding it around the thing that kept bugging me: every time a designer tweaked a layout, it meant a code change, a deploy, and a prayer that nothing broke in production. I wanted templates that live on the server and version themselves, so my API calls stay the same when the layout changes. Try the editor, no sign-up. Open a sample report, change the data, and download a real PDF: https://pdfbolt.com/try Templates use Handlebars. Your API call sends a templateId +…

    2025 · pdfbolt.com · its alternatives →

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    PDFly – 56 free PDF tools that run in the browser▲10

    Hi HN! I built PDFly — a PDF toolkit that runs entirely client-side. No file uploads, no server processing, no account needed. It has 56 tools including merge, split, compress, convert, redact, compare, and an AI chat feature to ask questions about your PDF content. Everything runs in your browser using [mention your tech stack if relevant, e.g., WASM/JS libraries]. Would love feedback on the tools, UX, or anything else!

    Jul 2026 · pdfly.uk · its alternatives →

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    EasyPDFAPI▲8

    Convert HTML documents to PDF with Easy PDF API

    2024 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    html2pdf.app▲9

    High-quality HTML to PDF conversion API

    2021 · html2pdf.app · its alternatives →

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