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24 alternatives to PDF Generator

Stop building PDF code. Generate PDFs with 3 lines of code.

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
   PDF Generator API▲15

   Creating PDF files made easy

   2024 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   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 →

3. 3
   PDF Charts▲121

   Charts for busy developers

   2024 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   PDF Generator API▲12

   A flexible Web API and template editor for PDF generation

   2020 · pdfgeneratorapi.com · its alternatives →

5. 5PA
   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 →

6. 6
   PDF merge API▲98

   Create PDF documents from data and templates

   2024 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   PDFShift▲386

   Convert any HTML to PDF with a single POST request.

   2018 · pdfshift.io · its alternatives →

8. 8
   CraftMyPDF▲135

   Design and generate pixel-perfect PDF documents in minutes

   2022 · craftmypdf.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Pdfbix▲59

   Scalable REST API to generate PDF

   2021 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    An API for filling out PDF forms▲209

    Fill out and generate PDFs with a simple API request. Design templates in our drag-and-drop editor, POST your JSON data, and download a finished PDF in seconds.

    2017 · formapi.io · its alternatives →

11. 11
    API Template▲118

    Generate images and PDFs with simple API

    2021 · apitemplate.io · its alternatives →

12. 12
    PDFBlade▲87

    The developer-friendly HTML to PDF API

    2020 · pdfblade.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    HelloPDF▲172

    Generating a PDF from a URL has never been easier

    2019 · hellopdf.co · its alternatives →

14. 14
    FormAPI▲230

    Stripe for PDFs

    2017 · docspring.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    PlutoPDF▲110

    A URL to PDF converter wrapped behind a simple API.

    2021 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Anvil PDF Filling API▲205

    The easiest way to programmatically populate any PDF

    2020 · useanvil.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    PDFJourney▲111

    The easiest way to generate PDF documents

    2024 · pdfjourney.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    TemplateTo▲125

    Document generation API

    2022 · templateto.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Docstron▲7

    The PDF Generation API for Developers

    Nov 2025 · docstron.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    pdfme▲106

    Open source PDF library fully written in TypeScript

    2022 · pdfme.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Webpage to PDF Microservice▲93

    Automate PDF Report Generation

    2018 · imti.co · its alternatives →

22. 22
    GeneratePDFs ▲8

    Convert HTML to clean PDFs with one simple API call

    Dec 2025 · generatepdfs.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    PDFMint▲7

    PDF generation API with built-in open-tracking

    Jul 2026 · pdfmintapi.com · its alternatives →

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    Fast PDF API▲10

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

    2023 · fastpdfservice.com · its alternatives →

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