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Docmosis generates PDF and Word documents from templates written in Microsoft Word or LibreOffice, with plain text placeholders for data, repeating tables, conditions, images, barcodes and calculat...

API2PDF is a serverless conversion API that wraps headless Chrome, wkhtmltopdf and LibreOffice behind one REST endpoint. It turns HTML, URLs, Markdown and more than 100 Office and image formats int...

PDF.co is a PDF toolkit API from Artifex Software that covers the whole PDF lifecycle: HTML to PDF, HTML templates with Handlebars, form filling, merge and split, OCR, barcode reading and AI docume...

Apportunix builds 21 apps for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, and four of them handle documents. Document Creator adds a drag and drop report designer with barcodes, QR codes, translations...

Compart DocBridge is a customer communications management (CCM) platform from Böblingen, Germany, used by more than 1,500 companies in over 50 countries. Its Communication Suite designs, produces a...

Docxtemplater is a JavaScript library that fills Word, PowerPoint and Excel templates with JSON data. Templates are ordinary .docx files with tags such as {name}, loops and conditions, so anyone wh...

PDF-API.io is a PDF template API with two editors: a drag and drop designer for non technical users and an HTML and CSS editor for developers. Templates support repeatable table rows, conditional e...

Typsetter is a PDF generation API built on Typst, a modern typesetting language, instead of a headless browser. You design a template in its drag and drop editor or write Typst code, switch between...

PDFCrowd is one of the most established HTML to PDF conversion APIs: send a URL, an HTML file or an HTML string and get a highly configurable, pixel-perfect PDF back, with full CSS and JavaScript s...

PDFShift is a straightforward HTML to PDF conversion API: send a URL or an HTML string and get a pixel-perfect PDF back, with full CSS and JavaScript support, from a free tier up to enterprise volu...

html2pdf.app is a lightweight HTML to PDF conversion API: you send an HTML string or a URL and it returns a PDF, with full CSS customisation, a WordPress plugin and an online converter, priced by m...

DS Server is an on-premise document services backend that merges MS Word templates with JSON to generate PDF, PDF/A and DOCX files, with a browser-based Word-style editor, a document viewer with an...

ReportLayer is a template-based PDF generation service that turns JSON data into printable documents using a WYSIWYG designer, with a JavaScript SDK, React components, an embeddable designer for cu...

Xara API is a suite of content APIs — a white-label WYSIWYG editor, a document generator, social publishing and file conversion — that developers embed to add document editing and autom...

DocRocket.ai is an AI-native document platform for multi-tenant SaaS that generates branded PDFs and shareable web documents through an MCP connection to AI agents such as Claude, rather than a tra...

Unlayer’s Document Builder is an embeddable, drag-and-drop document editor SDK that SaaS and CRM platforms drop into their apps so their users can build proposals, invoices and contracts, wit...

cloudlayer.io is a document generation API that converts HTML, URLs and visual templates into PDFs and images using headless Chrome, with a drag-and-drop editor, SDKs for many languages, async and ...

Templated.io is a template-based generation platform that produces images, videos and PDFs from a drag-and-drop editor and a REST API, with SDKs, an embeddable white-label editor and no-code integr...

Orshot is a visual generation platform that turns reusable templates into images, PDFs and video, combining a canvas editor with a REST API, SDKs, an embeddable editor and no-code integrations. It ...

UPDF is an AI-powered PDF editor for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android that lets people edit text and images, annotate, reorganise pages, convert to and from Office formats, run OCR, fill and sign form...

APITemplate.io is a PDF and image generation API: you design a template in its drag and drop visual editor or in HTML with CSS and JavaScript, send JSON, and get back a PDF, JPEG or PNG. It also co...

CraftMyPDF is a template-based PDF and image generation platform from Singapore: you design templates in a drag-and-drop editor, send JSON through the REST API or a no-code tool such as Zapier, Mak...

PDF Noodle is a no-code PDF workflow platform with an AI-assisted template builder. Users can generate invoices, reports, and contracts by describing what they need or uploading a reference design....

PDFMonkey is a PDF generation API hosted in Paris: you build a template in HTML with Liquid or in its drag and drop Builder, send JSON, and get back a PDF or an image. Plans start at €5 a mont...

Anvil is a document API for developers and AI agents: it fills existing PDFs from JSON, generates PDFs from HTML, CSS or Markdown, sends Etch electronic signature packets and runs Workflows built f...

Apryse sells document SDKs for viewing, editing, annotating, redacting, converting and signing PDF and Office files on web, mobile and server, with a Server SDK for .NET, Java, C++, Node.js, Python...

Pdftools enables teams to efficiently process PDF documents at scale. It integrates seamlessly with .NET, Java, C, and Python applications, supports high-volume workflows through the Conversion Ser...

pdfRest is a PDF processing API built on the Adobe PDF Library: more than 40 tools convert HTML and Office files to PDF, compress, merge, split, OCR, redact, encrypt, watermark and digitally sign e...

Export SDK is a platform that enables easy design and generation of PDF documents using templates. It offers a REST API, JavaScript SDK, and integration with Zapier, allowing connections to various...

pdfFiller is a cloud-based platform that allows users to edit, fill, sign, and manage PDF documents seamlessly. It supports collaboration, electronic signatures, and advanced security features to s...

Hybiscus is a PDF-as-a-Service for generating high quality, well designed PDF reports without the need for any design skills or any complex dependencies such as LaTeX. To generate a PDF, you simply...

IronPDF is a PDF library from Iron Software for .NET, Java, Python and Node.js. You add it to your own application, render HTML, Razor views or URLs to PDF with a Chrome rendering engine, and edit ...

Looking at more options than these two? We compare eight tools in Carbone alternatives in 2026, and the wider market in our roundup of the best PDF generation APIs in 2026. Carbone is a template-ba...

iLovePDF is an online platform that offers a wide range of tools for working with PDF documents. It allows users to merge, split, compress, convert, edit, and digitally sign PDF files easily throug...

PDF Guru is an online platform for editing, converting, compressing, and securing PDF files directly from your browser. It offers tools like file merging, digital signing, and format conversion wit...

Fill is an eSignature platform that lets you sign documents online quickly and securely. It helps individuals and businesses streamline document signing, sharing, and tracking. Pricing Fill offers ...

AirSlate WorkFlow is a no-code automation platform that allows businesses to create, manage, and automate document workflows and business processes. It combines e-signatures, robotic process automa...

Documint is a cloud-based platform for automating document generation from dynamic data. It allows you to create templates and automatically fill documents from various sources such as Airtable, Za...

PandaDoc is a document workflow platform for sales and operations teams: you build proposals, quotes and contracts in its editor, route them for approval and electronic signature, and see when reci...

PlatoForms is an online platform that turns PDF documents into fillable web forms. It allows users to collect data, generate completed PDFs, automate workflows, and integrate with third-party tools...

Legito is a document automation and management platform that helps organizations create, manage, and sign documents with customizable templates, workflows, and legal compliance features. Its powerf...

Wondershare PDFelement is an AI-powered, cross-platform PDF solution that enables users to create, edit, convert, and sign documents with ease. It combines intuitive editing tools, batch processing...

Sodapdf and PDF Generator API both address PDF-related needs but cater to different primary use cases. Sodapdf.com offers a broad suite of tools for end-users and businesses to edit, convert, merge...

Adobe Document Generation API is one of Adobe’s Acrobat Services (PDF Services) APIs: you tag a Microsoft Word template with Adobe’s Document Generation Tagger, send JSON, and get back ...

iText DITO is a template based document generation product from iText: business users design templates in a browser editor, white labeled since version 2.5, and developers generate PDFs through a s...

Eledo helps users automate their document creation processes, reduce time spent on repetitive tasks, and streamline workflows. While many document automation platforms support background images on ...

DocRaptor is a hosted HTML to PDF and HTML to Excel API built on the Prince rendering engine and run by Artifex Software: you write the HTML and CSS for every document in your own code, send it to ...

According to Docspring, their solution makes it easy for developers to fill out PDF forms. While sporting many of the same features as PDF Generator API, Docspring does not have the capability to c...

Formstack Documents generates documents from Word, Excel, PowerPoint and fillable PDF templates or its drag and drop builder, merging data from Formstack Forms, Salesforce, HubSpot, SharePoint or i...