Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to cloudlayer.io

Generate PDFs, Images, and more from HTML

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. cloudlayer.io launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   API Template▲118

   Generate images and PDFs with simple API

   2021 · its alternatives →

2. 2PF
   PDFs from HTML▲742

   2021 · pdf.math.dev · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Thumbnails Cloud▲117

   The simplest API for generating file thumbnails

   2019 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   PDFShift▲391

   Convert any HTML to PDF with a single POST request.

   2018 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Pdfbix▲59

   Scalable REST API to generate PDF

   2021 · its alternatives →

6. 6PA
   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 →

7. 7
   TemplateTo▲125

   Document generation API

   2022 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   PDF Generator API▲15

   Creating PDF files made easy

   2024 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   PDF Generator API▲12

   A flexible Web API and template editor for PDF generation

   2020 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    reportgen▲6

    Generate PDFs from HTML with Ease

    2025 · reportgen.io · its alternatives →

11. 11PB
    Pdf-Bot, an API/CLI for Generating PDFs Using Headless Chrome▲235

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Document Generator▲7

    Document Generation Made Simple.

    2025 · rapidapi.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    AI Template Generator▲186

    Generate dynamic images from AI Generated templates via API

    2025 · orshot.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    PDF merge API▲98

    Create PDF documents from data and templates

    2024 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    PDF Hippo: Dynamic PDF API for Devs▲222

    Convert Excel templates into dynamic PDFs

    2023 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    tailwindpdf▲112

    Create PDF or Image from HTML styled with tailwindcss

    2022 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Docstron▲7

    The PDF Generation API for Developers

    Nov 2025 · docstron.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Anvil PDF Filling API▲205

    The easiest way to programmatically populate any PDF

    2020 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    DynaPictures▲167

    Dynamically generate images from spreadsheets

    2021 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    PDF Charts▲121

    Charts for busy developers

    2024 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Docuest▲18

    API-based PDF document generator

    2025 · docuest.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Doppio▲155

    HTML to PDF/image API

    2023 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    HTML to PDF API▲3

    Turn HTML & web pages into PDFs with one API call

    16d ago · rapidapi.com · its alternatives →

24. 24RT
    Ready-to-use API to convert any web page to PDF using headless Chrome▲129

    2017 · apify.com · its alternatives →

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