Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to PDF.co

A low code and REST API for PDF manipulation and automation.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. PDF.co launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   PDFMonkey▲164

   Automate your PDF generation, get the job done

   2023 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   PDF merge API▲98

   Create PDF documents from data and templates

   2024 · its alternatives →

3. 3PA
   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 →

4. 4
   Document Automation Hub by airSlate▲223

   Every API you need to automate document workflows

   2024 · developers.altaflow.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   PDF.ai Free tools▲230

   Free PDF tools, merge, split, compress, compress, rotate etc

   2023 · pdf.ai · its alternatives →

6. 6
   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 →

7. 7
   WebPDF▲103

   Simple PDF API & web toolkit

   2024 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Anvil PDF API▲185

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

   2021 · useanvil.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Anvil PDF Filling API▲205

   The easiest way to programmatically populate any PDF

   2020 · useanvil.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Webpage to PDF Microservice▲93

    Automate PDF Report Generation

    2018 · imti.co · its alternatives →

11. 11
    PDF Generator API▲12

    A flexible Web API and template editor for PDF generation

    2020 · pdfgeneratorapi.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Pdfbix▲59

    Scalable REST API to generate PDF

    2021 · its alternatives →

13. 13AA
    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 →

14. 14
    PDF Generator API▲15

    Creating PDF files made easy

    2024 · its alternatives →

15. 15AA
    an API to extract text from a PDF▲51

    2013 · stamplin.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Fast PDF API▲10

    PDF API. Generate & Transform PDFs. Multi-language SDKs.

    2023 · fastpdfservice.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    EasyPDFAPI▲8

    Convert HTML documents to PDF with Easy PDF API

    2024 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Pdforge▲29

    Automate your PDF Generation with AI

    2025 · pdfnoodle.com · its alternatives →

19. 19PI
    PDFFiddler – Intelligent Automation for PDF Processing▲13

    2020 · playground.pdffiddler.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    PDF API Hub▲8

    Add text, watermarks, and fill forms in pdfs with ease | API

    2025 · prefillpdf.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    An API with a template editor for PDF document generation and assembly▲7

    Create, edit and generate professional documents from your data. A hosted document automation platform with an embeddable visual template editor and PDF generation API.

    2018 · pdfgeneratorapi.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    PDF Extractor API▲5

    Extract JSON data from PDFs with a developer-friendly API

    Jan 2026 · pdf-extractor.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    PDFtip - Your all-in-one PDF toolkit▲12

    Free online pdf tools | convert, merge, split pdfs

    2024 · pdftip.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    PDFtoJson.dev▲21

    Parse PDF to Json with AI and BYO-JSON-Schema

    2025 · pdftojson.dev · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →