PDFSwitch
Convert your HTML to PDF with just one API call
About PDFSwitch
PDFSwitch is an HTML-to-PDF conversion API that lets developers generate high-fidelity PDFs from raw HTML or URLs with just a few lines of code. Built on a modern browser-based rendering engine, it faithfully reproduces HTML5, CSS3, and webfonts, removing the need to build and host your own PDF generation infrastructure.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Simple, single-API-call integration that works in minutes
- Full feature set available on every plan, including the free tier
- Browser-based engine renders modern HTML5/CSS3 and webfonts accurately
- Supports both raw HTML and URLs without exposing your pages publicly
- Affordable, conversion-based pricing that scales with usage
Cons
- Limited to HTML/URL-to-PDF conversion, not a broader document toolkit
- Conversion caps may be restrictive for very high-volume use without an enterprise plan
- Enterprise and custom-volume pricing requires contacting sales
- Smaller, lesser-known vendor compared to established PDF API providers
Key Features
One-Call HTML to PDF API
Generate a PDF from a URL or raw HTML with a single authenticated POST request.
Browser-Based Render Engine
Rendering is built on the latest web browser technology, faithfully rendering HTML5, CSS3, and webfonts.
Raw HTML Support
Convert raw HTML directly without making your page publicly accessible, as well as standard URLs.
Design Customization
Set custom headers and footers, inject custom CSS and JavaScript, and control page orientation and media emulation.
Lazy-Load Capture
Render PDFs only after content has fully loaded, with three waiting options for lazy-loaded items.
Amazon S3 Storage
Save generated PDFs directly to Amazon S3 instead of downloading large files to your own server.
Multi-Language Code Samples
Integration snippets provided for cURL, Python, JavaScript, PHP, Ruby, Java, C#, and Go.
20+ Conversion Options
Fine-tune output with more than 20 options including orientation, media type, and custom CSS.
Pricing
- 50 monthly conversions
- All features included
- No credit card required
- 1,000 monthly conversions
- All features included
- 5,000 monthly conversions
- All features included
- 10,000 monthly conversions
- All features included
Best For
Dynamic Invoices
Generate branded PDF invoices on the fly from HTML templates for billing and accounting flows.
Certificates at Scale
Issue PDF certificates programmatically, as online academies do for thousands of student completions.
Resumes and Documents
Convert HTML-based resumes and structured documents into polished, downloadable PDFs.
Reports and Statements
Produce report or statement PDFs from web pages, with custom headers, footers, and styling.
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