cloudlayer.io facts and figures
Explore verified figures, plan capacities, integration counts, comparison sources, and public platform data. All values are derived directly from live platform models.
What is cloudlayer.io?
Design the template in a visual editor or work with its HTML and CSS source. Supply data through a hosted form, application request, connector, scheduled capture, or batch. The selected workflow produces a supported PDF, image, or video result.
A PDF API is only one part of the product. It also covers page capture and extraction, hosted forms, e-signature, schedules, connectors, and team access. These features share templates, assets, jobs, and delivery paths.
What do the plans cost?
Compare monthly price with render allowance, template count, storage, and internal-user quantity. A quoted plan shows its published starting amount.
| Plan | Price | Renders | Templates | Storage | Internal users |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | 50 | 3 | 1 GB | 1 |
| Starter 1 | $9 | 1,000 | 5 | 5 GB | 1 |
| Starter 2 | $29 | 5,000 | 5 | 5 GB | 1 |
| Starter 3 | $49 | 10,000 | 5 | 5 GB | 1 |
| Business 1 | $89 | 20,000 | 50 | 100 GB | 5 |
| Business 2 | $199 | 50,000 | 50 | 100 GB | 5 |
| Business 3 | $349 | 100,000 | 50 | 100 GB | 5 |
| Enterprise | From $1,000 | 100,000 | uncapped | 1 TB | uncapped |
One completed output consumes one render. See the pricing page for included features, limit behavior, and the distinction between internal users and usage.
Which product catalog counts are published?
Each count below is calculated from its catalog or registry. The final column links to the page or repository where the listed items can be inspected.
- 8 official SDKs: .NET, F#, Go, Java, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Ruby every one is a public repository
- 35 payment gateways a form can take money through listed by name on the forms page
- 732 connectors listed by name, with 727 named actions between them each one listed with its own actions
- 12 Zapier operations published in the Zapier directory
- 42 vendors with a published comparison each carries the date its source was read
Which vendor comparisons are available?
Each comparison records the vendor source and the date it was reviewed. Treat that date as part of the comparison: pricing and product behavior may change after it.
| Vendor | Comparison | Their page read on |
|---|---|---|
| Adobe PDF Services API | Adobe PDF Services API alternative | August 2026 |
| API2PDF | API2PDF alternative | August 2026 |
| ApiFlash | ApiFlash alternative | August 2026 |
| APITemplate.io | APITemplate.io alternative | August 2026 |
| Apryse | Apryse alternative | August 2026 |
| Aspose | Aspose alternative | August 2026 |
| CaptureKit | CaptureKit alternative | August 2026 |
| CraftMyPDF | CraftMyPDF alternative | August 2026 |
| CustomJS | CustomJS alternative | August 2026 |
| Docamatic | Docamatic alternative | August 2026 |
| DocRaptor | DocRaptor alternative | August 2026 |
| DocsAutomator | DocsAutomator alternative | August 2026 |
| DocuGenerate | DocuGenerate alternative | August 2026 |
| Documint | Documint alternative | August 2026 |
| Docusign | Docusign alternative | August 2026 |
| Formstack | Formstack alternative | August 2026 |
| Gotenberg | Gotenberg alternative | August 2026 |
| HTMLCSStoImage | HTMLCSStoImage alternative | August 2026 |
| htmldocs | htmldocs alternative | August 2026 |
| IronPDF | IronPDF alternative | August 2026 |
| Jotform | Jotform alternative | August 2026 |
| Nutrient | Nutrient alternative | August 2026 |
| OneSimpleAPI | OneSimpleAPI alternative | August 2026 |
| PandaDoc | PandaDoc alternative | August 2026 |
| PDF Generator API | PDF Generator API alternative | August 2026 |
| PDF.co | PDF.co alternative | August 2026 |
| Pdfcrowd | Pdfcrowd alternative | August 2026 |
| pdfEndpoint | pdfEndpoint alternative | August 2026 |
| pdflayer | pdflayer alternative | August 2026 |
| PDFMonkey | PDFMonkey alternative | August 2026 |
| PDFShift | PDFShift alternative | August 2026 |
| PDFSwitch | PDFSwitch alternative | August 2026 |
| Puppeteer | Puppeteer alternative | August 2026 |
| ScrapFly | ScrapFly alternative | August 2026 |
| Screenshot Machine | Screenshot Machine alternative | August 2026 |
| ScreenshotAPI | ScreenshotAPI alternative | August 2026 |
| Screenshotlayer | Screenshotlayer alternative | August 2026 |
| ScreenshotOne | ScreenshotOne alternative | August 2026 |
| SnapRender | SnapRender alternative | August 2026 |
| Templated.io | Templated.io alternative | August 2026 |
| Urlbox | Urlbox alternative | August 2026 |
| wkhtmltopdf | wkhtmltopdf alternative | August 2026 |
Which figures should you not attribute to cloudlayer.io?
Product controls and plan limits do not prove company performance, certification, or adoption. The following figures are not published on this site and should not be inferred.
- No uptime percentage. The public status history does not state one. Use the contracted SLA when one applies to the account.
- SOC 2 report status. Cloudlayer has not obtained a SOC 2 report. Do not infer certification from the controls on this page. The security page describes how product controls work.
- No customer, document, or user count. This site does not publish an adoption total for any of those categories.
- No named customer proof. This site does not publish a customer logo, case study, or attributed testimonial as evidence.
- No universal latency or throughput figure. Template complexity, remote assets, queue state, concurrency, and output shape affect a workload. Test a representative job instead of applying one benchmark to every document.
Common cloudlayer.io fact questions
What is cloudlayer.io?
cloudlayer.io is a document automation platform. Design a template visually or edit its HTML and CSS. Add data from a form, API request, scheduled capture, connector, or batch. Produce a supported document, image, or video. The wider workflow also covers collection, signing, storage, and delivery.
What does cloudlayer.io cost?
The cheapest paid step is $9 per month, and larger requirements extend to a quoted tier. The table on this page lists the price, render allowance, template count, storage, and internal-user quantity for each published step.
What does cloudlayer.io not claim?
There is no published uptime percentage. Cloudlayer has not obtained a SOC 2 report. Do not infer certification from the controls on this page. There is also no customer count, document count, named testimonial, or universal speed figure. Product controls, status history, and plan limits do not imply those claims.
Use the machine-readable site indexes
/llms.txt indexes product, comparison, and documentation pages. /llms-full.txt provides the combined documentation corpus for a single fetch. Both are also served as HTML at /llms.html and /llms-full.html, providing a browser-readable alternative to the text files.