Apdf vs PDF4me API

Apdf generates and tracks PDFs through an API, sending reader activity to apps or AI agents. PDF operations include HTML-to-PDF generation, merging, splitting, compression, watermarking, OCR, and password security. Reader analytics report opens, page reads, time spent, downloads, prints, and other events. Tokenized recipient links associate activity with named readers and can be deactivated or revoked. Recipients use a hosted browser viewer without installing an app or plugin; they can annotate PDFs and submit form fields, with captured information delivered as structured data. Event-based automations send webhooks to external endpoints. The site describes MCP connections for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and Gemini, alongside webhook examples involving Slack, HubSpot, Pipedrive, and S3. Apdf says data is hosted in the EU, encrypted in transit and at rest, and handled in a GDPR-compliant manner. The free Hobby plan includes 3 tracked documents and 500 PDF operations per month. Pro costs $39 a month, billed $39 / mo; Business costs $149 a month, billed $149 / mo.

PDF4me API provides document-processing endpoints and SDKs for developers, alongside browser-based PDF tools. The API supports conversion, OCR, signing and parsing; the web tools can convert, merge, compress, split, sign and edit PDFs. AI processing can parse invoices, classify files and extract structured data as JSON. SDKs are available for C#, Java, Python, JavaScript (Node.js) and Salesforce Apex. Listed integrations include Power Automate, Make, Zapier, n8n, RapidAPI, Microsoft Teams and Google Workspace, and the maker also offers no-code automation for workflow builders. Most endpoints use one call per document, while high-quality conversions, OCR and AI features use one call per page. The service says documents are processed in EU or US regions depending on account setup, deleted within minutes after completion and not retained for training. Free one-time call packs are listed from 500 to 25,000 calls. A custom sales option is listed for more than 25,000 calls, without a stated price.