PDFSwitch converts HTML to PDF with temporary S3 links. cloudlayer.io generates documents from templates with persistent delivery options.
| Feature | PDFSwitch | cloudlayer.io |
|---|---|---|
| Rendering Engine | Chromium | Chromium |
| PDF Generation | ✓ | ✓ |
| Image Generation | ✕ | ✓ |
| Template System | Headers/footers only | Nunjucks |
| Visual Template Editor | ✕ | ✓ |
| JavaScript Execution | ✓ | ✓ |
| Webhook Notifications | ✕ | ✓ |
| Cloud Storage | Temp S3 (2 days) | Persistent S3/GCS |
| CDN Asset Hosting | ✕ | ✓ |
| Multiple SDKs | ✕ | 8 languages |
| Starting Price | $9/mo (1K) | $49/mo (5K) |
PDFSwitch only supports header/footer templates — not full document templates with data merging.
Files uploaded to S3 are auto-deleted after 2 days. No persistent storage, no CDN hosting.
No image generation and no official SDKs for any language. You're building HTTP calls from scratch.
Create your cloudlayer.io account and get an API key in under a minute. No credit card required. Full API access from day one.
Bring your existing HTML templates or build new ones with the visual editor or Nunjucks. Upload fonts and assets to our CDN.
Swap the PDFSwitch endpoint with cloudlayer.io. Our REST API accepts HTML, template IDs, or URLs — most migrations take minutes.
Nunjucks templates with loops, conditionals, and filters. Design once, generate thousands of documents from JSON.
Upload to S3 or GCS with persistent URLs. Host assets on our built-in CDN. No auto-deletion.
Generate both formats with SDKs for Node.js, Python, PHP, Ruby, Go, Java, C#, and F#.
Full API access, visual template editor, PDF + image generation, webhooks, and cloud delivery. No credit card required — start your 30-day free trial.
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