Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to pdfzen
HTML in. PDF out.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
- 1PFPDFs from HTML▲742
2021 · pdf.math.dev · its alternatives →
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PDFShift▲386Convert any HTML to PDF with a single POST request.
2018 · pdfshift.io · its alternatives →
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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 →
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🤖 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 →
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Hi HN, Nick here. We're super excited to officially launch PDF.js Express [1]. PDF.js Express wraps a modern React UI around the PDF.js rendering engine to enable PDF annotation, form filling, and signing inside your web app. We've also made some improvements to PDF.js text search, and taken a different approach to how the viewer uses the PDF.js rendering API, resulting in sharp graphics at any zoom magnification [2]. Based on our research, more than 70% of those who try to implement these features on top of PDF.js find it too difficult or time-intensive [3]. For those who are successful,…
2020 · its alternatives →
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Render HTML to PDF without the headache of infrastructure
2021 · its alternatives →
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Free PDF tools, merge, split, compress, compress, rotate etc
2023 · pdf.ai · its alternatives →
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HelloPDF▲172Generating a PDF from a URL has never been easier
2019 · hellopdf.co · its alternatives →
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Docuest▲18Convert HTML to PDF quickly and cost-effectively with API
2025 · docuest.com · its alternatives →
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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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Hi HN, Like everyone, I'm working on an product that uses LLMs to extract data from photos and documents. Part of the processing pipeline is extracting data from PDFs as raw text or a raster image. As part of our leadgen strategy, we've opened our REST API that lets you process pages of a PDF. The API is completely free to use anonymously, but is rate limited to 1 page per 30 seconds. Creating a free account removes this restriction. The two endpoints are: - https://extract.dev/api/pages/extract/raster - Rasterize a page of a PDF -…
2025 · its alternatives →
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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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A RESTful API to generate PDF converting from HTML - tecnospeed/pastor
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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pdfkitt▲2HTML to PDF API — 1,000 free PDFs/month, no credit card
May 2026 · pdfkitt.dev · its alternatives →
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Transform your HTML into a modern PDF file in seconds & fast
2024 · renderpdf.io · its alternatives →
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Turn HTML & web pages into PDFs with one API call
Aug 2026 · rapidapi.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I built a collection of 40+ PDF tools using Kimi k2.5 (with about $50 worth of credits) and a lot of “vibe coding”. The site: https://pdfuck.com (almost forgot I owned this domain ) What it does: 40+ PDF-related tools Completely free No downloads, everything runs in the browser All processing is done locally in your browser for better privacy It’s deployed on Cloudflare, so the running cost is basically close to zero. This started as a small experiment and slowly grew into a fairly complete PDF toolbox. I’d really appreciate feedback on performance, UX, and what tools you…
Feb 2026 · pdfuck.com · its alternatives →
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Free PDF tools that stay private, now with 3 premium tools
Aug 2026 · onepagepdfconverter.com · its alternatives →
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- 24AA
Simplest and cheapest REST API to generate PDF from HTML, Office Docs, and merge PDFs
2018 · api2pdf.com · its alternatives →
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