Overview
PDF-app is a secure, developer-focused PDF automation API for creating and editing PDFs at scale. The platform offers programmatic PDF generation from templates and data, editing existing PDFs (text, images, form fields, annotations), and capabilities like merging, splitting, watermarking, password protection, and other security controls. It emphasizes security, audit trails, and integration with automation platforms, plus developer-friendly docs and SDKs. The site also notes that pricing and some pages could not be read completely. API documentation indicates RESTful endpoints, API-key or OAuth authentication, examples in curl/Python/Node, and features like metadata, signatures, and performance best practices. Integrations with Make, Zapier, and n8n are implied, and signup provides sandbox access and API keys. This description reflects the information gathered from the checked pages (Homepage, API docs, Features, Integrations, Signup, TOS/Privacy) and known external references.
Key Features
Programmatic PDF generation from templates/data
Create PDFs programmatically from templates and input data.
Editing PDFs
Edit text, images, form fields, and annotations.
Merging and splitting
Combine multiple PDFs and split documents.
Watermarking
Apply watermarks to PDFs.
Security controls
Password protection, TLS, access controls, and audit trails.
Signatures
Support for digital signatures.
Who Can Use This Tool?
- Developers:Access API keys, sandbox, and SDKs to integrate PDF automation into apps
- Automation teams:Integrate into automation workflows using Zapier, Make, n8n
- Finance:PDF processing for financial documents at scale
- Healthcare:Secure handling of patient PDFs and compliance
- Education:Generate and edit PDFs for educational materials at scale
Pricing Plans
Pricing information is not available yet.
Pros & Cons
✓ Pros
- ✓Developer-focused API and SDKs
- ✓Security focus with audit trails
- ✓Wide range of PDF operations (create, edit, merge, split, watermark, signatures)
- ✓Integrations with automation platforms (Make, Zapier, n8n)
✗ Cons
- ✗Pricing details not retrievable from the Pricing page
- ✗Some pages (Integrations) not fully readable
- ✗Exact API endpoint names and sample payloads not fully extracted
- ✗Full Terms & Privacy text not completely extractable
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