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Last updated March 13th, 2026

# Page 2 - Reviews of PDFShift

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RS

Roi S.  
Information system developer  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Proffesional and easy to use"

July 4, 2019

5.0

i am preparing shipping documents on my website and using PDFshift to print and send them

Pros

This software is very easy to use and the customer support are very fast and proffesional. since i have this software i have peice of mind, it is working very good without any issues.

Cons

For my purposes it is perfect, my use of this software is pretty simple, i have 0 problems

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GR

Greg R.  
Programmer / Analyst  
Education Management  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Super Easy PDF Creation"

July 3, 2019

5.0

We use PDFShift to create PDFs using HTML. Before we were using a PHP library to create them and it took a lot of time. We can not create a page in HTML and then turn it into a PDF quickly using the API.

Pros

PDFShift has awesome API and documentation. We were able to do the things that we needed to and more. It was easy to set up and start creating PDFs. Being able to use HTML to format and style the PDF was much easier to do.

Cons

We didn't have anything that we really struggled with or that we didn't like.

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AG

Amit G.  
Head Product & Technology  
Education Management  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "PDFShift solved problem easily"

October 10, 2019

4.0

I am overall happy with PDFShift services. The services are good and fulfills our expectations.

Pros

PDFShift solved our problem of document fidelity easily. It was very easy to integrate PDFshift within our PHP code and use it. PDFShift is doing wonderful job, providing nice feature through its APIs. API documentation is very easy. Before coming to this software we have spent almost 8 days with trial and error with another apis and toold but PDFShift nicely helped us. We implemented PDF conversion within few minutes. I liked your services.

Cons

Till now, I dont see feature wise any drawbacks or demerits in PDFshift although price seems on higher side which they can think to reduce.

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JK

Jordan K.  
Software Developer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Dynamic PDF generation was never easier"

June 19, 2019

4.0

We needed to export user data into a good readable format and send it via e-mail to our customers. We were already able to generate a nice looking webpage (HTML) but we needed a PDF to send it to the customers. So we looked how we can accomplish that. Most packages or services are just not that good.. they don't support css or just very old css tags or they require a desktop environment (instead of a headless server).

Pros

The simple and intuitive usage. You'll register and get directly an api key. The api is straight forward and good documented.

Cons

Nothing special. Probably I would say the pricing is too high, - but this depends on the viewport I guess. For a big company its a no-brainer.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Developer  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: I used a free trial

### "Great SAAS for converting HTML to PDF with fair pricing"

February 18, 2021

4.0

Great - looking forward to integrate our product with PDFShift.

Pros

I love the fact that you can simply send a url source, and include a cookie for authentication and BOOM --> you have a PDF ready to use.

Cons

I'm having some few issues getting the X-Response-StatusCode header working - but could be that I'm missing something.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
IT-consultant  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Perfect fit for our customer"

June 20, 2019

5.0

Our customer wanted to save dynamic pages as PDFs to print out and also email to their potential customers. PDFShift solved our problem of not wanting to install and configure a custom application on our customers limited backend.

Pros

It was easy getting started and getting something fast.

Cons

The documentation could be a bit clearer.

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TŠ

Tomáš Š.  
Founder  
Wine and Spirits  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "Great tool to generate PDF from HTML"

August 18, 2020

5.0

Printing html page to pdf.

Pros

How easy it is to use it, the results are great.

Cons

I had no troubles with usage of this service. No complains at all.

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GS

Greg S.  
Developer  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Great Service for Modern Dynamic PDF Generation"

July 3, 2019

5.0

We launched a dynamic quote tool, and use PDF shift to generate and store all the output to Google Drive. Works Great.

Pros

Simple to use API & handles modern HTML/CSS/SVG well.

Cons

Handeling page breaks is still a challenge for my applications

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MZ

Michael Z.  
CEO  
Entertainment  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Tried several HTML to PDF Converter and PDF shift was the best"

May 12, 2023

5.0

Pros

The only free converter which works with CSS grid layout properly.

Cons

At the moment there is nothing what bothered me.

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SR

Sergei R.  
CTO  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Pdfshift is probably the best html to pdf conversion tool on a market"

March 2, 2020

5.0

Pros

Strait forward setup process that does not require any 3rd party libraries and can be done fast. I tested 5 different conversion tools, including very popular ones and all of them either have conversion artefacts, have complex configuration or were much more expensive than pdfshift. Pdfshift just works and does the job right.

Cons

Error messages can be more informative - its not always easy to understand why product failed

Reason for choosing PDFShift

Pdfshift has better price, easy to use and flexible enough

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MP

Martin P.  
CEO  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "OK as a start into PDF generation"

June 19, 2019

4.0

Pros

It's easy to generate PDF files.

Cons

Unable to calculate VAT properly for businesses. Unable to use a password manager for logging in.

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DP

Donna P.  
Principal  
Translation and Localization  
Used the software for: 1-2 years

### "An easy way to generate pdfs from html pages"

July 3, 2019

5.0

Pros

We needed a way to (re)generate hundreds of attendee invoices in a corrected format. With PDFShift, we were able to easily accomplish this. Calling and using this software is well-defined and a piece of cake. It made an onerous task much easier. Highly recommended!

Cons

There were really no cons for using this software

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Akhilesh M.  
Software Test Engineer  
Telecommunications  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Best way to convert HTML to PDF."

July 7, 2020

5.0

We use it for converting HTM pages and PDFShift has not disappointed us so far.

Pros

The HTML pages can be easily converted without any hassles into PDF and have been very helpful for my team.

Cons

It can only convert HTML pages and as my team grew, we needed conversion of different file formats into PDF which was not possible.

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AW

Andrew W.  
Developer  
Religious Institutions  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "PDFShift"

July 4, 2019

4.0

Pros

PDFShift has a very easy to use endpoint for PDF file conversion. As a developer of a custom report generator software, the common usage and acceptance of PDF files by our users has made PDF file generation very important. As the report files are webpages generated from a backend script, it was crucial to be able to convert the HTML code into PDF - PDFShift performs this very well as compared to other solutions

Cons

PDFShift works very well and I do not have any complaints

Reason for choosing PDFShift

PDFShift simply worked much better. Other services and products could convert HTML to PDF but were very basic, and the output file was not as consistent as the input

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FS

François S.  
VP of Engineering  
Financial Services  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Perfect"

June 20, 2019

5.0

Really smooth experience

Pros

Easy to use, efficient and clean. The clear documentation has been really helpful to begin

Cons

I had a few bugs, but I found workarounds or real solutions with the PDFShift team so nothing to worry about

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Zain T.  
Web Developer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: I used a free trial

### "Best pdf converter out there "

November 25, 2019

5.0

Pros

Everything is well documented and therefore it is very easy for anyone to use it.

Cons

The free trial gives only 50 conversions per month. I would like it if the conversion limit were refreshed daily

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mA

munnazzah A.  
Frontend Developer  
Information Technology and Services  
Used the software for: I used a free trial

### "PDF SHIFT IS THE BESTTT"

December 3, 2019

5.0

Pros

love the ease of use of pdfshift. I have used alot of other Api for the same purpose but i found this more easy and usable.

Cons

For me the only con is the money otherwise it is perfect.

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RK

Raghav K.  
Software Developer  
Education Management  
Used the software for: 6-12 months

### "Great API and Service"

July 3, 2019

4.0

Very good. Would recommend to others.

Pros

Its simplicity of integration. The documentation was also great.

Cons

The occasional errors it returned and the rate limiting.

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VR

Verified Reviewer  
Product Manager  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Great way to solve a common problem "

July 9, 2019

4.0

Pros

How easy it was to generate custom invoices with it.

Cons

Batch processing could be faster but not a big issue

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Vipin C.  
Senior Software Engineer  
Environmental Services  
Used the software for: I used a free trial

### "A very good product"

November 28, 2019

5.0

One of the best PDF converter I found on the internet

Pros

I liked the simple registration process and the API is very simple to use and works like a charm. The pdf output is really great and nice. The site has good examples of how to use the API in various technologies

Cons

nothing as of now. this product is working in a good manner

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sS

shashank S.  
Software developer  
Computer Software  
Used the software for: I used a free trial

### "Work at ease"

June 20, 2019

5.0

Good

Pros

I like the mose easy to use and package library they provided with multiple options so that we can manually covert html to pdf with the way we wanted with different fomat size paper and styling.

Cons

Sometimes the page broked when table structure data and some of the fonts are not available. they provided less pdf with basic

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SE

Stefano E.  
web programmer and developer  
Computer Networking  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "An amazing software"

June 21, 2019

5.0

it is like when you like a girl, really a lot, you think she's the one.,AND SHE THINKS THE SAME ABOUT YOU! :D love you guys keep on the wonderful work

Pros

The easyness of the usage, installation, and the perfect pdf created.

Cons

i spent 5 minutes thinking about it, but i didn' find anything you are amazing

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JG

Jack G.  
Director  
Design  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Easiest PDF generator out there"

June 19, 2019

4.0

I used PDFShift in a client project to streamline saving and printing outputs of an assessment generator — effortless integration.

Pros

Easy implementation in PHP. Fastest rendering that I've tried to date

Cons

Pricing is a little high for start-ups that have little cashflow but high demand for PDF conversion

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TE

Tanner E.  
Developer  
Graphic Design  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "The best for the price"

July 3, 2019

4.0

I can't talk about the specific software PDFShift was used for, but It saved our development team a lot of time and money! Overall, the product is great and the customer support is even better! Don't stop improving PDFShift.

Pros

PDFShift uses an extremely friendly API, and supports almost any language you would want to use it with.

Cons

The PDF file size caps can be very restrictive. PDF's are much larger than their webpage counterpart. A webpage may only be 5mb, but once converted to a pdf it could be 50mb! I ran into some trouble with this - so be careful and test your use case before committing.

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GR

Gerson R.  
Web Dev Intern  
Hospital & Health Care  
Used the software for: Less than 6 months

### "Very good and did what I wanted"

July 3, 2019

5.0

Very good and eventually got it to work how I wanted

Pros

How simple set up was, and making a request to get a conversion

Cons

Could convert differently than I wanted, sometimes had to fiddle with what was being sent

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