Paperplane

What it does

Paperplane is an API for converting web pages to PDF. It uses Chrome to create PDFs, so it has full support for the latest CSS and JS features. PDFs are uploaded to your S3 bucket, so your documents are never retained on our servers. And if you have lots of conversions to do, we can generate up to 20 PDFs in parallel.

File conversion API for documents, images, audio, and video. 300+ conversion pairs plus website-to-PDF capture. Code samples, no-code flows, 100 free/month.

A single REST API that handles 300+ conversion pairs across documents, images, audio, and video. Convert files into the formats you need with one API call. No SDK install, no local dependencies, no per-format pricing. Just upload, convert, fetch the result from your storage. Integrate conversion into apps, websites, and backend systems with a clean, predictable API surface. Convert between hundreds of file formats, including PDF, DOCX, JPG, PNG, MP3, MP4, and more. Most document and image jobs complete in under a second, with heavier media still staying workflow-friendly. Files are encrypted in transit, processed in isolated infrastructure, and automatically deleted after conversion. No…from converterer.com

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