Volume / ScalingComparison

pdfmyhtml vs PDFCrowd

Name: pdfmyhtml
Brand: pdfmyhtml

PDFCrowd is the volume scaling play; pdfmyhtml is the simpler indie choice.

Last verified: 2026-05-10 · PDFCrowd homepage ↗

Pricing snapshot

pdfmyhtml

$0 / $9.50 / $24.50 (Founder's Deal)

Free tier permanent · Founder's Deal locked through 2026 · On-Demand Pass $7 one-time / 1,000 credits never expire.

PDFCrowd

Trial 100 credits/30d

Free tier: Trial only — 100 credits valid for 30 days, then required to subscribe. Full ladder: Trial 100 credits/30d · paid ladder $1/mo (10 credits) → $2,630/mo (3M credits) · credit = output bytes (1 credit = 0.5MB output).

Feature comparison

Feature	pdfmyhtml	Them
Free tier (permanent)	50 credits/mo permanent	✗ Trial only (100 / 30d)
Credit definition	1 credit = 1 PDF (typical sizes)	1 credit = 0.5MB output (variable per PDF)
Pricing predictability	Fixed credits per plan	Variable: large PDFs eat extra credits
Hosted templates	✓ Jinja2 / Handlebars editor	✗
Volume ceiling	10,000 / mo (Pro)	Up to 5M credits/mo at $2,630/mo
Entry price	$9.50 / mo (Founder's)	$1 / mo for 10 credits (very entry-level)
WordPress plugin	✗ (n8n integration instead)	✓
API surface	Single endpoint per use case	Multiple endpoints + flags for fine-tuning

When to pick PDFCrowd

Pick PDFCrowd if you process hundreds of thousands of PDFs per month, want maximum scaling headroom up to multi-million-credit tiers, or need a WordPress plugin for non-developer customers.

When to pick pdfmyhtml

Pick pdfmyhtml if you're an indie SaaS or small team with 100-10,000 PDFs/mo and want predictable subscription pricing (credit = 1 PDF, not bytes), template hosting, and a permanent free tier.

Code: same PDF, both APIs

PDFCrowd

# PDFCrowd — convert HTML to PDF
curl -X POST "https://api.pdfcrowd.com/convert/24.04/" \
  -u "USERNAME:API_KEY" \
  -F "input_format=html" \
  -F "html_string=<h1>Invoice</h1>" \
  -o invoice.pdf

# Returns the PDF binary directly.
# Variable credit cost based on output size (1 credit per 0.5MB).

pdfmyhtml

# pdfmyhtml — same PDF, different API
curl -X POST https://api.pdfmyhtml.com/v1/html-to-pdf \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "html": "<h1>Invoice</h1>", "wait": true }'

# Returns:
# { "job_id": "...", "status": "COMPLETED",
#   "download_url": "https://s3.../output.pdf?signature=..." }

Note: PDFCrowd has more flags + parameters (page-size, orientation, headers, etc.) baked into the URL/form params. pdfmyhtml keeps the JSON body minimal and renders to A4 default; advanced page control is on our roadmap.

Try pdfmyhtml free

50 credits, no credit card. Founder's Deal: $9.50/mo for 2,500 PDFs (only 50 spots).