PDFFleet

PDFFleet / PDFShift alternative

PDFShift alternative

The PDFShift alternative
with Same Chromium engine, a more generous free tier.

PDFShift and PDFFleet both render with headless Chromium, so output quality is identical. PDFFleet's $4/mo Hobby plan (10,000 PDFs) undercuts PDFShift's per-credit pricing (PDFShift's Business tier is ~$99/mo for 25,000 credits) and adds a larger free tier (100 vs 50/month) plus a high-volume Pro plan at $29/mo for 150,000 PDFs. PDFShift pricing is slider-based; figures from their pricing page June 2026.

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PDFFleet vs PDFShift

FeaturePDFShiftPDFFleet
Free tier50 / mo✓ 100 PDFs / mo
Cheapest paid plan~$99/mo · 25,000 credits (Business)$4/mo · 10,000 PDFsflat pricing, far cheaper
High-volume tier$499/mo · 250,000 credits$29/mo · 150,000 PDFs
Render engineheadless ChromiumHeadless Chromium
HTML / URL / template input✓✓
Per-document overage feesvaries✓ none — flat pricing

PDFShift pricing verified June 2026 from https://pdfshift.io/pricing. PDFFleet pricing: 100/mo free, $4/mo for 10,000, $29/mo for 150,000. Check each provider's current pricing page.

migration

Switch in one line

PDFShift uses a similar JSON POST API. Swap the base URL from api.pdfshift.io to pdffleet.com/v1/pdf and change your API key — your HTML and payload structure stay the same.

Before — PDFShift

POST to their endpoint.

POST https://api.pdfshift.com/render
{"html":"<h1>Hello</h1>"}

After — PDFFleet

POST to ours with HTML or a URL.

POST https://pdffleet.com/v1/pdf
{"html":"<h1>Hello</h1>"}
faq

PDFShift alternative — questions

Is PDFFleet a good PDFShift alternative?

PDFShift and PDFFleet both render with headless Chromium, so output quality is identical. PDFFleet's $4/mo Hobby plan (10,000 PDFs) undercuts PDFShift's per-credit pricing (PDFShift's Business tier is ~$99/mo for 25,000 credits) and adds a larger free tier (100 vs 50/month) plus a high-volume Pro plan at $29/mo for 150,000 PDFs. PDFShift pricing is slider-based; figures from their pricing page June 2026.

How does PDFFleet's pricing compare to PDFShift?

PDFFleet's cheapest paid plan is $4/month for 10,000 PDFs; PDFShift's Business tier is ~$99/mo for 25,000 credits and its high-volume Shift 250k plan is $499/mo (pricing is slider-based). PDFFleet also has a free tier of 100 PDFs/month, and a Pro plan at $29/month for 150,000 PDFs. Prices verified June 2026 — check each provider's current pricing page.

Do I have to rewrite my code to switch from PDFShift?

PDFShift uses a similar JSON POST API. Swap the base URL from api.pdfshift.io to pdffleet.com/v1/pdf and change your API key — your HTML and payload structure stay the same.

Is there a free tier?

Yes. PDFFleet includes 100 PDFs per month free, forever, with no credit card required.

More PDFs, lower price than PDFShift

Start free with 100 PDFs/mo · then $4/mo for 10,000 · switch in one line

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