Launch HN: Onedoc (YC W24) – A better way to create PDFs

PDF Tools HTML To PDF PDF Conversion API

WeasyPrint Landing Page
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WeasyPrint

WeasyPrint is a visual rendering engine for HTML and CSS that can export to PDF.
Pricing:
- Open Source
Is there a reason you didn't consider something like Weasyprint? https://weasyprint.org I've gone through a number of systems to convert CV's, business cards, and other docs and it hasn't let me down yet.

#HTML To PDF #PDF Conversion API #PDF Tools 29 social mentions
PDF-LIB Landing Page
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PDF-LIB

Create and modify PDF documents in any JavaScript environment
Pricing:
- Open Source
#HTML To PDF #PDF Conversion API #PDF Tools 14 social mentions
Urlbox.io Landing Page
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Urlbox.io

Screenshot full page websites in retina resolution with Urlbox.io screenshot as a service API. Urlbox is the best provider of automated website screenshots offering many unique options and features.
Pricing:
- Paid
- Free Trial
- $29.0 / Monthly (5,000 requests)
#Screenshots #Website Screenshots #API 2 social mentions
DocRaptor Landing Page
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DocRaptor

As the only API powered by the Prince HTML-to-PDF engine, DocRaptor provides the best support for complex PDFs with powerful support for headers, page breaks, page numbers, flexbox, watermarks, accessible PDFs, and much more
Pricing:
- Paid
- Free Trial
- $15.0 / Monthly (125+ Documents)
It sounds like this is as advanced as DocRaptor[1]. They have what I consider to be the best PDF generation API, giving complete control over the documents you need to create. The pricing is similar. If you'd rather do it for free weasyprint[2] is the best open source alternative. Another more affordable option you might want to consider is Urlbox[3]. (Disclosure: I work on this) Urlbox's rendering engine is based on Chrome. It's been refined over the last 11 years to render pages as images or PDFs[4] that look great. I was a customer for 5 years before I joined the team. Everything we'd tried before Urlbox was a disappointment. Urlbox probably can't match the power of either Onedoc or DocRaptor, but pricing starts at less than $0.01 per document and drops significantly with scale. If your PDF looks great when saving as PDF in Chrome it should look identically brilliant with Urlbox. [1]: https://docraptor.com.

#Office & Productivity #Document Automation #PDF Tools 4 social mentions
DocSpring Landing Page

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DocSpring

DocSpring provides a PDF filling API that makes it easy for programmers to fill out and generate PDF documents.

For programmatic filling of PDFs, have a look at DocSpring: https://docspring.com.

#Documentation As A Service & Tools #Document Automation #Document Signing 4 social mentions
PlatoForms Landing Page
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PlatoForms

Convert PDFs to forms and let people fill them easily.
Pricing:
- Freemium
- Free Trial
- $12.0 / Monthly (Bronze)
For programmatically filling, checkout https://platoforms.com. It even provides a API playground, https://www.platoforms.com/docs/advanced/api-playground/, super easy to test the API on your actual PDF form.

#PDF Tools #PDF Editor #PDF Converter 2 social mentions