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Best PDFMonkey Alternatives in 2026

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20 tools from PDF creation software ranked against PDFMonkey on the same published basis.

  1. 1
    Carbone Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb $29/mo7.9
    PDFMonkey vs Carbone
  2. 2
    ReportLab Free plan apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb £144/mo7.9
    PDFMonkey vs ReportLab
  3. 3
    PDF24 Compare PDF Free plan AndroidiOSLinuxMacWeb Free7.7
    PDFMonkey vs PDF24 Compare PDF
  4. 4
    PDF4me Merge & Split Free plan apiextensionWeb Free7.4
    PDFMonkey vs PDF4me Merge & Split
  5. 6
    Docmosis Free trial apiLinuxself-hostedWebWin $49/mo7.2
    PDFMonkey vs Docmosis
  6. 7
    Anvil PDF Generation APIAnvil Free plan apiWeb $99/mo6.9
    PDFMonkey vs Anvil PDF Generation API
  7. 8
    CraftMyPDF Free plan apiWeb $29/mo6.9
    PDFMonkey vs CraftMyPDF
  8. 9
    DocRaptorArtifex Software Inc. Free plan apiWeb $15/mo6.9
    PDFMonkey vs DocRaptor
  9. 10
    DocuGenerate Free plan apiWeb $19/mo6.9
    PDFMonkey vs DocuGenerate
  10. 11
    Formstack DocumentsFormstack (Intellistack, LLC) Free trial apiWeb $31.99/mo6.9
    PDFMonkey vs Formstack Documents
  11. 12
    APITemplate.io Free plan Web $19/mo6.8
    PDFMonkey vs APITemplate.io
  12. 13
    PDF Generator APIActual Reports OÜ Free trial apiself-hostedWeb €6.67/mo6.8
    PDFMonkey vs PDF Generator API
  13. 14
    Prince apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin $166.67/mo6.8
    PDFMonkey vs Prince
  14. 15
    Wondershare PDFelement AndroidiOSMacWebWin 6.8
    PDFMonkey vs Wondershare PDFelement
  15. 16
    Conga CLM apiMacWebWin 6.7
    PDFMonkey vs Conga CLM
  16. 17
    Adobe PDF Services APIAdobe Free plan Web Free6.6
    PDFMonkey vs Adobe PDF Services API
  17. 18
    PDFShiftSASU PDFShift Free plan Web $24/mo6.6
    PDFMonkey vs PDFShift
  18. 19
    CIB pdf brewer Free plan Win Free6.5
    PDFMonkey vs CIB pdf brewer
  19. 20
    Gotenberg apiLinuxself-hosted 6.3
    PDFMonkey vs Gotenberg
  20. 21
    HTML2PDF Free plan self-hosted Free6.3
    PDFMonkey vs HTML2PDF

PDFMonkey alternatives compared

#ToolScoreFree planFromRuns on
1Carbone7.9Free plan$29/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
2ReportLab7.9Free plan£144/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Web, Windows
3PDF24 Compare PDF7.7Free planFreeAndroid, iOS, Linux, Mac, Web, Windows
4PDF4me Merge & Split7.4Free planFreeAPI, Browser, Web
6Docmosis7.2No$49/moAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Web, Windows
7Anvil PDF Generation API6.9Free plan$99/moAPI, Web
8CraftMyPDF6.9Free plan$29/moAPI, Web
9DocRaptor6.9Free plan$15/moAPI, Web
10DocuGenerate6.9Free plan$19/moAPI, Web
11Formstack Documents6.9No$31.99/moAPI, Web
12APITemplate.io6.8Free plan$19/moWeb
13PDF Generator API6.8No€6.67/moAPI, self-hosted, Web
14Prince6.8No$166.67/moAPI, Linux, Mac, self-hosted, Windows
15Wondershare PDFelement6.8No—Android, iOS, Mac, Web, Windows
16Conga CLM6.7No—API, Mac, Web, Windows
17Adobe PDF Services API6.6Free planFreeWeb
18PDFShift6.6Free plan$24/moWeb
19CIB pdf brewer6.5Free planFreeWindows
20Gotenberg6.3No—API, Linux, self-hosted
21HTML2PDF6.3Free planFreeself-hosted
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Questions about PDFMonkey alternatives

What is the best alternative to PDFMonkey?

Carbone, number 1 in PDF creation software with a score of 7.9 out of 10. The others here: ReportLab, PDF24 Compare PDF, PDF4me Merge & Split and 16 more.

What is the best free alternative to PDFMonkey?

Carbone is the best-ranked alternative with a free plan. 13 of the 20 alternatives here publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.

How are these alternatives ranked?

Ranked on what each maker publishes, the fullest spec sheet first: how deeply the product is documented, the platforms it runs on, a free tier or trial to test it, and its standing.