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24 alternatives to PrintCSS Cloud

HTML to PDF API with Print CSS Support

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. PrintCSS Cloud launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   PDFs from HTML▲742

   2021 · pdf.math.dev · its alternatives →

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   Paperplane▲166

   Web page to PDF conversion API using Chrome

   2018 · converterer.com · its alternatives →

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   Htmldocs – Typeset and generate pdfs with HTML/CSS▲226

   htmldocs is an Overleaf-style editor for typesetting documents using HTML/CSS, which provides the same benefits as LaTeX while being more accessible, customizable, and familiar. I built this because I wanted to programatically generate invoices as well as automatically tailor my resume to jobs but had no good way of generating well-formatted PDFs. I ended up building a templating engine to Chromium rendering pipeline to generate PDFs, and due to the amount of engineering effort, turned it into a tool for others that might want to do the same. There's a built-in API…

   2024 · htmldocs.com · its alternatives →

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   Water.css – A just-add-css collection of styles to make websites nicer▲501

   A drop-in collection of CSS styles to make simple websites just a little nicer - kognise/water.css

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   WkHTMLtoPDF Service▲114

   Render HTML to PDF without the headache of infrastructure

   2021 · its alternatives →

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   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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   PDFBlade▲87

   The developer-friendly HTML to PDF API

   2020 · pdfblade.com · its alternatives →

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   Renderdo▲73

   The API to convert anything into PDF

   2023 · its alternatives →

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   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 →

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    PrintCSS.live▲2

    An online editor for CSS Paged Media with PDF output.

    2020 · printcss.live · its alternatives →

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    Simple Print – Convert web articles into printable PDFs▲122

    2018 · pdf.fivefilters.org · its alternatives →

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    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 →

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    Printercow – Turn any thermal printer into an API endpoint▲150

    I've always been fascinated by thermal printers – there's something magical about seeing text and images materialize on paper in seconds. But I found that working with them programmatically was always a pain. You either had to deal with ancient printer protocols or use clunky vendor-specific SDKs. So I built Printercow (https://printercow.com) – it turns any thermal printer into an HTTP endpoint with just one command. Technical details: - Supports any ESC/POS compatible printer (Epson, Star Micronics, etc.) - Handles paper widths from 58mm to 120mm - Automatic image dithering…

    2025 · printercow.com · its alternatives →

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    tailwindpdf▲112

    Create PDF or Image from HTML styled with tailwindcss

    2022 · tailwindpdf.com · its alternatives →

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    Printerz▲13

    From HTML to PDF, effortlessly

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    PDFMyHTML▲7

    Stop guessing CSS. HTML to PDF API with Live Preview.

    Jan 2026 · pdfmyhtml.com · its alternatives →

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    HTML to PDF cloud service▲5

    Easily generate PDF documents from HTML code with our powerful API

    2015 · htmlpdfapi.com · its alternatives →

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    HTML to PDF API▲3

    Turn HTML & web pages into PDFs with one API call

    Aug 2026 · rapidapi.com · its alternatives →

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    Athena, drop-in replacement for wkhtmltopdf using Docker, Electron and Go▲58

    Drop-in replacement for wkhtmltopdf using Docker, Electron and Go. Try now for free!

    2016 · athenapdf.com · its alternatives →

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    html2pdf.app▲9

    High-quality HTML to PDF conversion API

    2021 · html2pdf.app · its alternatives →

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    RenderPDF.io: HTML to modern PDFs▲8

    Transform your HTML into a modern PDF file in seconds & fast

    2024 · renderpdf.io · its alternatives →

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    PageSnap▲14

    Turn websites into PDFs with ease

    2024 · its alternatives →

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    CobaltPDF▲3

    Generate pixel-perfect PDFs from HTML in any .NET app

    Jun 2026 · cobaltpdf.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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