Glyfa vs PDFMonkey
Glyfa
glyfa.dev
PDFMonkey
pdfmonkey.ioSide by side
| Figure | Glyfa | PDFMonkey |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $19/mo | €5/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 3 | 12 |
| Spec score · HTML to PDF APIs | 7.5 (#27) | 8.5 (#3) |
| Integrations | Customers can supply tax amounts and rates from Stripe Tax, TaxJar, Avalara, or their own logic; Glyfa says it does not calculate tax. | Official integrations and connectors include Zapier, Make, n8n, Workato, Bubble, Glide and InvoiceBerry. |
| Product | Glyfa is a developer-facing API that generates PDF documents from HTML templates and JSON data. | PDFMonkey is a document generation API that lets users design templates and send dynamic data to generate documents. |
| Rendering | Glyfa renders modern HTML, CSS, and JavaScript with Chromium, and says most documents finish in 1–2 seconds. | PDF files are rendered in a Chrome-based browser, supporting HTML, CSS, JavaScript, external fonts, images, charts and other web technologies. |
| Security | The maker says renders run in isolated, non-root browsers with sanitized HTML and no access to internal networks. | PDFMonkey states that connections use HTTPS/TLS, payload data is encrypted at rest, generated files are private S3 objects, and download URLs expire after one hour. |
| Self-hosting | Glyfa describes its open core as AGPL-licensed and self-hostable on the customer’s infrastructure. | The product documentation describes a hosted service and provides no self-hosted PDFMonkey deployment package. |
| Support | The Free plan includes community support, Developer includes email support, and Business includes priority email support. | Support is provided through in-app chat and [email protected], with typical replies within a few hours during Central European business hours. |
Plans
PDFMonkey
- 30-day TrialFree
- 30-day TrialFree
- FreeFree
- FreeFree
- Starter€5 a month
- Starter€5 a month
- Pro€15 a month
- Pro€15 a month
- Pro+€60 a month
- Pro+€60 a month
In their own words
PDFMonkey
PDFMonkey is a cloud document-generation API that turns templates and dynamic data into files. Templates can be built in a visual drag-and-drop editor or written in HTML, CSS, and Liquid; JSON data can be sent through the REST API to generate documents. Its Chrome-based renderer supports JavaScript, external fonts, images, charts, and other web technologies. Outputs include PDF, PNG, WebP, and JPG, and bulk generation from datasets is supported. Connectors include Zapier, Make, n8n, Workato, Bubble, Glide, and InvoiceBerry; developer tools include Ruby and Node.js SDKs and webhooks. API traffic uses HTTPS/TLS, dynamic data is stored in encrypted database columns, and generated files are kept in private S3 buckets with one-hour presigned URLs. PDFMonkey states that it has no formal SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certification. The free plan allows 20 documents per month with one-day retention and a 30-second generation limit, and excludes external images, fonts, CSS, and JavaScript. Paid plans start at €5/mo.