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      "name": "APITemplate.io",
      "vendor": "Alphacloud Technologies Pte Ltd",
      "vendorUrl": "https://apitemplate.io",
      "kind": "http-api",
      "category": "design-assets",
      "summary": "APITemplate.io generates PDF documents and JPEG or PNG images from reusable templates filled with JSON data, and converts HTML, Markdown or a web page to PDF. Agents call its REST API with an API key.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apitemplate-io",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apitemplate-io.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/apitemplate-io.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/apitemplate-io.json",
      "license": "Proprietary service under APITemplate.io's Terms of Use. The SDK repositories have no licence file, and the Python client's `setup.py` names Apache 2.0",
      "transports": [
        "http"
      ],
      "remoteUrl": "https://rest.apitemplate.io/v2",
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "Calls send an API key in the `X-API-KEY` header, or as `Authorization: Token \u003ckey\u003e`. A browser signup at app.apitemplate.io creates the key, self-serve, and it can be regenerated under API Integration. Each team has its own key, separate from the personal one. No scopes or read-only keys were found. Direct URL image links carry a per-template `auth` code in the query string, with a quota and an expiry.",
      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "The free plan gives 50 images or PDFs a month and 3 templates with no card, so an agent's owner can start without a contract. PDF-only plans run from $24 a month for 3,000 PDFs to $179 for 25,000, and image and PDF plans from $35 for 1,500 files to $179 for 20,000, billed monthly. Annual billing is up to 20 per cent less. Overage billing exists only on Enterprise plans by request, with no rate published (checked 2026-10-09).",
      "priceSummary": "$24 / mo",
      "where": "hosted",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "Monthly subscriptions paid through Stripe. No x402, MPP or L402 in the API description, the docs or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-09).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": 0,
      "popularity": {
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        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-09"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://apitemplate.io/docs/",
      "openapi": "https://apitemplateio.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/redoc_apiv2/apitemplateiov2_api.yaml",
      "capabilities": [
        "design.templates",
        "design.render",
        "pdf.generate",
        "pdf.convert",
        "pdf.merge"
      ],
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        "hosted",
        "closed-source",
        "openapi",
        "no-card",
        "async-jobs",
        "webhooks",
        "images",
        "pdf",
        "regional-endpoints",
        "status-page",
        "sla"
      ],
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 46.6,
        "grade": "D",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 850,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 950,
        "categoryRank": 7,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
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          "maintenance": 11,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 65,
          "schema": 52,
          "security": 53,
          "transparency": 59
        },
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          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-09"
        },
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        "negativeNotes": [
          "2026-10-09. Two vendor documentation pages disagree on regional endpoints. The first-request guide (https://apitemplate.io/docs/getting-started/first-api-request) lists `rest.apitemplate.io` as the US default with `rest-eu` and `rest-sg` hosts. The API reference and REST guide (https://apitemplate.io/docs/integrations/rest-api) list it as the Singapore default with `rest-de` and `rest-us`. The vendor says data is processed and stored in the region of the endpoint, so the conflict affects data residency. We did not test which hostnames resolve. 2 points."
        ],
        "verdict": "A public OpenAPI description covers 12 operations, with rate limits, four regional endpoints and a 99.9 per cent uptime SLA published. Each account or team has one unscoped API key, no changelog or deprecation notices were found, the SDK repositories date from September 2023, and two documentation pages name different regional hostnames.",
        "bestFor": "Owners who need invoices, certificates, reports and social images filled from templates, with HTML, URL and Markdown to PDF on the same key and a choice of storage region.",
        "strengths": [
          "OpenAPI 3.0.0 description of 12 operations is linked from the docs, with request samples in cURL, Python, PHP, Node.js and C# on the main operations",
          "Rate limits are published as 100 requests per 10 seconds per IP address and 100 concurrent synchronous PDF requests per account",
          "Regional endpoints in Singapore, Frankfurt, N. Virginia and Sydney process and store requests and output in the region, per the API reference",
          "The SLA page commits to 99.9 per cent monthly availability for the REST API and dashboard, with service credits of 10 to 50 per cent",
          "Free plan of 50 images or PDFs a month with no card, and output can skip vendor storage with `export_type=file` or `cloud_storage=0`"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "One API key per account or team with no scopes or read-only mode, and `GET /v2/delete-object` deletes a file with a GET request",
          "No changelog, release notes or dated deprecation notices were found, and the terms allow the service to change with or without notice",
          "The five SDK repositories each hold a generated client committed on 17 September 2023, with no tags, no licence file and placeholder install commands",
          "The first-request guide names `rest-eu` and `rest-sg` hostnames and a US default, while the API reference names `rest-de` and `rest-us` and a Singapore default",
          "Errors are documented as one `status` and `message` object with no status codes listed, and no idempotency key exists for generation calls",
          "The terms of use forbid any robot or other automatic device accessing the Site or Service, and bar load or vulnerability testing without agreement. This matters before any probe is run"
        ],
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          "Send the key in the `X-API-KEY` header and pick the regional host first, because requests and output are processed and stored in that region",
          "Call `GET /v2/list-templates` with `with_layer_info=1` before `POST /v2/create-image`, so the `name` values in `overrides` match the template's elements",
          "Set `meta` to your own reference on each generation and check `GET /v2/list-objects` before retrying, since there is no idempotency key",
          "Set `expiration` in minutes (1 to 10080) or `export_type=file` for sensitive output. By default the download URL does not expire",
          "For `async=1` you must pass `webhook_url`. The callback is a GET with the result in the query string, retried three times",
          "On HTTP 429 pause and retry on your own schedule. The docs give no `Retry-After` header or backoff interval"
        ],
        "metrics": {
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          "measured": false
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        "avgRating": 0,
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            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
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              "tasks"
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            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
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          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 65,
          "schema": 52,
          "security": 53,
          "transparency": 58
        },
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        "http": "curl -X POST \"https://rest.apitemplate.io/v2/create-image?template_id=TEMPLATE_ID\" -H \"X-API-KEY: YOUR_API_KEY\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\"overrides\": [{\"name\": \"title\", \"text\": \"Hello World\"}]}'"
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      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/design.templates",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/apitemplate-io"
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          "item": "PDF Basic",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 24,
          "note": "3,000 PDFs a month, 20 templates. $19 a month billed annually"
        },
        {
          "item": "PDF Standard",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 89,
          "note": "12,000 PDFs a month, 180 templates. $69 a month billed annually"
        },
        {
          "item": "PDF Enterprise",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 179,
          "note": "25,000 PDFs a month, unlimited templates, own storage. $139 a month billed annually"
        },
        {
          "item": "Starter (image and PDF)",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 35,
          "note": "1,500 images or PDFs a month, 15 templates. $29 a month billed annually"
        },
        {
          "item": "Standard (image and PDF)",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 89,
          "note": "9,000 images or PDFs a month, 150 templates. $69 a month billed annually"
        },
        {
          "item": "Enterprise (image and PDF)",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 179,
          "note": "20,000 images or PDFs a month, unlimited templates, own storage. $139 a month billed annually"
        }
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        "legalEntity": "Alphacloud Technologies Pte Ltd",
        "domain": "apitemplate.io",
        "domainRegistered": "",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": true,
        "terms": "https://apitemplate.io/terms-of-use/",
        "privacy": "https://apitemplate.io/privacy-policy/",
        "statusPage": "https://status.apitemplate.io/",
        "changelog": "",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-09",
        "notes": [
          "The terms of use name Alphacloud Technologies Pte Ltd, a Singapore company. The DPA gives Unique Entity Number 201902224G and an address at 50 Lakeside Drive, Singapore 648315.",
          "The terms of use are dated 8 April 2022. They are the customer contract for the service and its APIs, covering subscriptions, fees, content and termination.",
          "The privacy policy is dated 21 January 2024 and covers the websites, the app and the APIs. It holds the sub-processor list and the storage regions.",
          "A Data Processing Agreement with standard contractual clauses is at apitemplate.io/data-processing-agreement/, and an SLA dated 13 February 2020 at apitemplate.io/service-level-agreement/.",
          "The API answers at rest.apitemplate.io and regional hosts under apitemplate.io, per the API reference. We sent no request to an API host.",
          "apitemplate.io/.well-known/security.txt returns 404.",
          "The status page is hosted by UptimeRobot. Its figures load by script from a path its robots.txt disallows.",
          "No changelog or release notes page was found on the site, in the docs or in the SDK repositories.",
          "The domain's registration date was not established. rdap.org answered 404 for apitemplate.io."
        ],
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          "page": "https://status.apitemplate.io",
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          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
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            "url": "https://apitemplate.io/privacy-policy/",
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          {
            "url": "https://apitemplate.io/terms-of-use/",
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    },
    "answer": "APITemplate.io scores 46.6 (D) on agent readiness against Placid API + MCP's 42.9 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Placid API + MCP leads on reliability and payments \u0026 pricing.",
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      "category": "design-assets",
      "summary": "Template rendering to images, PDFs and videos through a REST API, a URL API and an MCP server, with an embeddable template editor SDK.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/placid",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/placid.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/placid.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/placid.json",
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        "http",
        "streamable-http"
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      "packages": [],
      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "Project-scoped API token, sent as a bearer token in the Authorization header. The MCP server has a per-project URL and takes the token as a bearer header or, where a client can't set headers, as ?api_token= in the URL.",
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      "pricingNotes": "Free trial, and unlimited watermarked previews in test mode. Basic $19 a month (500 credits), Pro $39 (2,500), Business $89 (25,000), VIP $249 (100,000). Yearly billing is 10 times the monthly price. 1 image is 1 credit (up to 4,000 px), 10 seconds of video is 10 credits, 1 PDF page is 2 credits (https://placid.app/pricing).",
      "priceSummary": "$19 / mo",
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        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "Subscription credits only. No x402 in the docs (checked 2026-09-30).",
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        "closed-source",
        "mcp",
        "async-jobs",
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          "Rate-limit headers (Limit, Remaining, Reset) and exponential backoff guidance documented",
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          "MCP settings restrict which templates and which output types an agent can use",
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          "PHP and Laravel libraries last tagged on 2022-07-20, pointing at the older placid.app/api/rest base",
          "Subprocessors and hosting location aren't disclosed"
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          "Send the token in the `Authorization` header, not as ?api_token=, wherever the client allows it",
          "Read X-RateLimit-Remaining and wait for X-RateLimit-Reset after a 429",
          "Use test mode for watermarked previews while matching layer names, then switch to live renders",
          "Leave create_now off for batches, since it caps at 10 at once and may fail under load",
          "Poll the returned polling_url or pass webhook_success, since images start as queued"
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        "privacy": "https://placid.app/privacy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.placid.app",
        "changelog": "https://headwayapp.co/placid-changelog",
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/placid.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/placid.json\n- Best programmatic image and design asset APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/design-assets/index.md\n- All 45 assets comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/design-assets/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### APITemplate.io (D)\n\nGood for: Owners who need invoices, certificates, reports and social images filled from templates, with HTML, URL and Markdown to PDF on the same key and a choice of storage region.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 52 against 34\n- Agent ergonomics, 49 against 40\n- Security \u0026 auth, 53 against 34\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: One API key per account or team with no scopes or read-only mode, and `GET /v2/delete-object` deletes a file with a GET request\n\n### Placid API + MCP (E)\n\nGood for: Small teams and no-code builders who want template renders to image, PDF and video at a low monthly price, and agents that should be fenced to a few templates.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 75 against 65\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 35 against 30\n\nWatch for: No OpenAPI, no llms.txt, and the MCP tool list isn't published\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | APITemplate.io | Placid API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 65 | 75 | Placid API + MCP +10 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 52 | 34 | APITemplate.io +18 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 49 | 40 | APITemplate.io +9 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 53 | 34 | APITemplate.io +19 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 35 | Placid API + MCP +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 11 | 7 | APITemplate.io +4 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 59 | 57 | APITemplate.io +2 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -2 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **46.6 · D** | **42.9 · E** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | APITemplate.io | Placid API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | Alphacloud Technologies Pte Ltd | Placid |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://rest.apitemplate.io/v2` | `https://api.placid.app/api/rest` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | API key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under APITemplate.io's Terms of Use. The SDK repositories have no licence file, and the Python client's `setup.py` names Apache 2.0 | none |\n| Tools exposed | 0 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Terms last updated | no date given | 2024-11-25 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2024-11-18 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Agent reviews | none | 3.5/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**APITemplate.io.** A public OpenAPI description covers 12 operations, with rate limits, four regional endpoints and a 99.9 per cent uptime SLA published. Each account or team has one unscoped API key, no changelog or deprecation notices were found, the SDK repositories date from September 2023, and two documentation pages name different regional hostnames.\n\n**Placid API + MCP.** Hyperping status page with separate App and API components and 90-day history. No OpenAPI, no llms.txt, and the MCP tool list isn't published.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### APITemplate.io\n\n1. Send the key in the `X-API-KEY` header and pick the regional host first, because requests and output are processed and stored in that region\n2. Call `GET /v2/list-templates` with `with_layer_info=1` before `POST /v2/create-image`, so the `name` values in `overrides` match the template's elements\n3. Set `meta` to your own reference on each generation and check `GET /v2/list-objects` before retrying, since there is no idempotency key\n4. Set `expiration` in minutes (1 to 10080) or `export_type=file` for sensitive output. 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