RenderPDFs vs DocRaptor
Built for CSS Paged Media print layouts. Prohibitively expensive for standard use cases.
Pricing
Prices as publicly listed at time of writing. Verify on each vendor's pricing page.
Features
| Feature | RenderPDFs | DocRaptor |
|---|---|---|
| HTML → PDF | ✓ | ✓ |
| URL → PDF | ✓ | ✓ |
| Markdown → PDF | ✓ | ✗ |
| Image → PDF | ✓ | ✗ |
| Built-in templates (invoice, contract…) | ✓ | ✗ |
| PDF merge | ✓ | ✗ |
| MCP server (Claude, Cursor, Windsurf) | ✓ | ✗ |
| Official Node.js SDK | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free plan — no credit card | ✓ | ✗ |
| Cloud file storage (store: true) | ✓ | ✗ |
Verdict
DocRaptor's Prince engine is the gold standard for CSS Paged Media (running headers, footnotes, complex print layouts). For everything else — invoices, reports, Markdown docs — RenderPDFs is dramatically cheaper and ships far more features out of the box.
Migrating from DocRaptor?
If you're not using @page rules or running headers, migration is straightforward. Swap the endpoint, update the auth header, and your HTML payloads work immediately.
Common questions
Does DocRaptor have a free plan?▾
DocRaptor's free tier only generates watermarked test PDFs. RenderPDFs gives you 100 real, clean PDFs per month — forever, no credit card.
Does RenderPDFs support CSS Paged Media?▾
RenderPDFs uses Chromium, which supports most modern CSS including @media print and basic @page rules. For advanced CSS Paged Media features (widow/orphan control, running elements, complex footnotes), DocRaptor's Prince engine has deeper support.
What is the MCP server?▾
It's a Model Context Protocol endpoint so AI assistants like Claude and Cursor can generate PDFs from natural language. DocRaptor has no equivalent.
Other comparisons
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