FPDF Alternatives

FPDF is described as 'PHP class which allows to generate PDF files with pure PHP, that is to say without using the PDFlib library. F from FPDF stands for Free: you may use it for any kind of usage and modify it to suit your needs' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to FPDF for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, SaaS, Mac, Windows and Linux apps. The best FPDF alternative is htmldocs, which is free. Other great apps like FPDF are PDFShift, DocRaptor, Pdfcrowd and Docamatic.

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  1. htmldocs icon
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    An online document editor for creating and automating generation of PDF documents from HTML/CSS. No installation required, REST API, and free to use. Hundreds of templates from invoices, reports, resumes, legal documents, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • htmldocs is the most popular SaaS alternative to FPDF.

    • htmldocs is the most popular free alternative to FPDF.

    • htmldocs is Free and ProprietaryFPDF is also Free and Proprietary
  2. PDFShift icon
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    Convert any HTML documents to PDF with a single POST request.

    44 PDFShift alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
    • PDFShift is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to FPDF.

    • PDFShift is Free Personal and ProprietaryFPDF is Free and Proprietary
  3. DocRaptor icon
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    DocRaptor is a high-quality HTML to PDF API, powered by the Prince PDF library. Prince + DocRaptor makes it easy to create really complex and accessible PDFs with forms, headers/footers, varying layouts, page floats, and more.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  4. Pdfcrowd icon
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    Pdfcrowd lets you convert HTML to PDF online. Create PDF from HTML or web pages directly in your browser or in your Python, Ruby, .NET, Java, and PHP apps via our API.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
    • Pdfcrowd is the most popular commercial alternative to FPDF.

    • Pdfcrowd is Paid and ProprietaryFPDF is Free and Proprietary
  5. Docamatic icon
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    Easily generate high quality PDF documents from HTML or templates. Fast, scalable and privacy focused PDF generation API.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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    Easily generate PDF invoices, tickets, reports and documents with HTML to PDF API. Lightning-fast service, rich features, code samples for Java, C#, PHP, Nodejs.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  7. PDFSwitch icon
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    Convert any HTML document or URL to PDF with a single API request.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  8. cloudlayer.io icon
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    cloudlayer.io is a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution that offers you the powerful ability to convert any HTML that Chrome can render to an image or PDF through an easy to use REST based API. It will render URLs provided to it or custom HTML, all with the power of a massive...

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  9. pdflayer icon
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    Free, powerful HTML to PDF API supporting both URL and raw HTML conversion. Unlimited document size, lightning-fast and compatible PHP, Python, Ruby, etc.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. PDFBix icon
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    Pdfbix is a tool to convert your HTML or URL to pdf. You can generate pdf at the cost of setting up your own server.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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    PlutoPrint is a lightweight and easy-to-use Python library for generating high-quality PDFs and images directly from HTML or XML content. It is based on PlutoBook’s robust rendering engine and provides a simple API to convert your HTML into crisp PDF documents or vibrant image...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
     
    • PlutoPrint is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to FPDF.

    • PlutoPrint is the most popular Open Source alternative to FPDF.

    • PlutoPrint is Free and Open SourceFPDF is Free and Proprietary
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    WkHTMLtoPDF without having to manage setup/infrastructure. Converts html or urls to pdf with all the wk options you're used to. Free demo included.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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