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      "vendor": "CloudConvert (Lunaweb GmbH)",
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      "license": "Proprietary service under CloudConvert's terms of service. The SDKs and the CLI on GitHub are MIT",
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        {
          "registry": "pypi",
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      "pricing": "freemium",
      "pricingNotes": "Free plan with 10 conversion credits a day and no card, limited to 1 GB files, 5 minutes of processing and 5 concurrent tasks. Paid credits come as prepaid packages that never expire or as monthly subscriptions, from 500 to 1,000,000 credits. A conversion costs a base of 1 credit (2 for Office or iWork to PDF, 4 for PDF to Office) plus 1 a minute after the first, and only successful conversions are charged. The price per credit is drawn by a script and was not readable. The API page says prices start at $0.008 a file at 10,000 files. A sandbox API runs test files without credits (https://cloudconvert.com/pricing, checked 2026-10-09).",
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        "docs.ocr"
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        "dotnet",
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          "security": 71,
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        "bestFor": "An agent that converts between many file formats, merges to PDF, or needs OCR, PDF/A, encryption and page operations in one job, with storage on S3, Azure or Google Cloud.",
        "strengths": [
          "API keys are created with any of six scopes (`user.read`, `user.write`, `task.read`, `task.write`, `webhook.read`, `webhook.write`) and can be revoked",
          "The terms of service promise 99.9 per cent monthly uptime, with 1 per cent of the last invoice refunded per 10 minutes of unavailability",
          "Hosted MCP server at `https://mcp.cloudconvert.com` since 3 September 2026, with 24 tools and OAuth sign-in instead of a pasted key",
          "Files are deleted after 24 hours at the latest, and regional endpoints keep processing in Germany or in Virginia",
          "A 429 answer carries `Retry-After`, and the rate-limited endpoints return `X-RateLimit-Limit` and `X-RateLimit-Remaining`"
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          "No OpenAPI document and no API changelog were found. The blog has one post since August 2024",
          "The price per credit is drawn by a script on the pricing page, so no price table is readable without a browser",
          "Rate limits are described as dynamic, with no fixed number per plan",
          "No idempotency key. The docs ask callers not to retry failed tasks automatically",
          "MCP tools take input files only as HTTP or HTTPS URLs, so local attachments fail in clients that do not turn uploads into links",
          "The terms forbid using the API to run a stand-alone raw file conversion service"
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          "Build each job from an import task, one or more processing tasks and an `export/url` task, then read the download links from the export task's `result.files`",
          "Call `GET /v2/operations` with `include=options` to find the options a format pair accepts before creating a `convert` task",
          "Do not retry a failed task automatically. CloudConvert retries retryable errors itself, and a retry endpoint creates a new task",
          "Download output within 24 hours. Tasks, files and export URLs are deleted after that",
          "Use `https://sandbox.api.cloudconvert.com/v2` for tests. It consumes no credits and accepts only a fixed set of approved test files"
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          "payments": 35,
          "reliability": 80,
          "schema": 59,
          "security": 71,
          "transparency": 64
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        "provenanceScore": 85
      },
      "connect": {
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        "terms": "https://cloudconvert.com/terms",
        "privacy": "https://cloudconvert.com/privacy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.cloudconvert.com",
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          "The imprint names Lunaweb GmbH, Nördliche Münchner Straße 47, 82031 Grünwald, Germany, commercial register Amtsgericht München HRB 238086.",
          "The terms of service are dated 12 April 2022 and say they apply to the entire website and any API usage. They incorporate the privacy policy, dated 17 April 2026.",
          "security.txt names a contact address, expires on 8 April 2027 and says there is no formal bug bounty.",
          "RDAP for cloudconvert.com gives a registration date of 2008-10-02.",
          "No API changelog was found. The blog carries product announcements, one of them since August 2024.",
          "The status page runs on Better Stack."
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        "score": 85
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      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/cloudconvert.json",
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        "vendorStatus": {
          "page": "https://status.cloudconvert.com",
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          "summary": "no machine-readable status found",
          "checkedAt": "2026-10-10T00:50:14.754320673Z"
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        "versions": [
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            "registry": "github",
            "name": "cloudconvert/cloudconvert-node",
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          {
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      "category": "pdf-tools",
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      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pdf-co",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pdf-co.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pdf-co.min.md",
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          "name": "pdfco-mcp"
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      "auth": "api-key",
      "authNotes": "`x-api-key` header. The MCP server reads the key from X_API_KEY.",
      "pricing": "paid",
      "pricingNotes": "Credit subscriptions. Basic $9.99 a month ($8.99 billed yearly) for 16,500 credits, Personal $24.99 ($22.49) for 37,000, Business 1 $49.99 ($44.99) for 80,500, Business 2 $99.99 ($89.99) for 159,850, Business 3 $300 ($270) for 483,000, Enterprise above 500,000. Monthly prices worked out from the yearly totals. Credits per page or per call vary by endpoint, e.g. merge 2 a page, PDF to text 21, Document Parser 42, AI invoice parser 100. A free trial exists but its size isn't on the page (https://pdf.co/pricing).",
      "priceSummary": "$9.99 / mo",
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      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402 in docs, MCP README or pricing (checked 2026-09-30).",
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      "openapi": "https://developer.pdf.co/openapi.json",
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        "llms-txt",
        "async-jobs",
        "webhooks",
        "python"
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      "lastRelease": "2026-07-28",
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          "Credit cost of each endpoint published per page or per call, from 2 for merge to 100 for the AI invoice parser",
          "Manipulation and extraction in one API, with 38 MCP tools covering both",
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          "Rate limits moved to per-minute windows in June 2026 but the numbers aren't published, and 429 carries no documented Retry-After",
          "No SLA, no security.txt, and terms that allow changes without notice",
          "MCP server has no tool annotations, no read-only mode and no tests, and `upload_file` reads any absolute path",
          "Trial size and card requirement aren't stated anywhere we looked"
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          "Upload local files with `upload_file` or the presigned upload first, then pass the returned URL",
          "Read the `content` field, not `status`. The MCP server says `working` even when the API returned an error",
          "Call `wait_job_completion` after each job. Every MCP call runs async and returns a job id",
          "Download results within the hour. Output links expire after 60 minutes by default",
          "Keep the key in `X_API_KEY` and leave the `api_key` argument empty"
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        "provenanceScore": 60
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              "env": {
                "X_API_KEY": "${PDFCO_API_KEY}"
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          "item": "Personal",
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          "item": "Business 3",
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        "privacy": "https://pdf.co/resources/legal/privacy",
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pdf-co.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/pdf-co.json\n- Best PDF manipulation and conversion APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/pdf-tools/index.md\n- All 24 pdf comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pdf-tools/index.md\n- Best document parsing, OCR and extraction APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/document-extraction/index.md\n- All 109 documents comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/document-extraction/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### CloudConvert API (B)\n\nGood for: An agent that converts between many file formats, merges to PDF, or needs OCR, PDF/A, encryption and page operations in one job, with storage on S3, Azure or Google Cloud.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 80 against 20\n- Agent ergonomics, 71 against 49\n- Security \u0026 auth, 71 against 23\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 35 against 20\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 68 against 34\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 75 against 51\n\nWatch for: No OpenAPI document and no API changelog were found. The blog has one post since August 2024\n\n### PDF.co API + MCP (F)\n\nGood for: An agent that needs many PDF operations from one vendor and can handle files by URL.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 74 against 59\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n\nWatch for: No status page. status.pdf.co redirects to betterstack.com/uptime\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | CloudConvert API | PDF.co API + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 80 | 20 | CloudConvert API +60 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 59 | 74 | PDF.co API + MCP +15 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 71 | 49 | CloudConvert API +22 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 71 | 23 | CloudConvert API +48 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 35 | 20 | CloudConvert API +15 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 68 | 34 | CloudConvert API +34 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 75 | 51 | CloudConvert API +24 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **66.4 · B** | **37.9 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | CloudConvert API | PDF.co API + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | CloudConvert (Lunaweb GmbH) | PDF.co (Artifex Software) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.cloudconvert.com/v2` | `https://api.pdf.co/v1` |\n| Transports | HTTP | HTTP, stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service under CloudConvert's terms of service. 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No OpenAPI document or changelog was found, and the per-credit price is drawn by a script on the pricing page.\n\n**PDF.co API + MCP.** OpenAPI 3.0.1 document with structured error bodies for 400 to 454, plus llms.txt and Markdown docs. No status page. status.pdf.co redirects to betterstack.com/uptime.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### CloudConvert API\n\n1. Build each job from an import task, one or more processing tasks and an `export/url` task, then read the download links from the export task's `result.files`\n2. Call `GET /v2/operations` with `include=options` to find the options a format pair accepts before creating a `convert` task\n3. Do not retry a failed task automatically. CloudConvert retries retryable errors itself, and a retry endpoint creates a new task\n4. Download output within 24 hours. Tasks, files and export URLs are deleted after that\n5. Use `https://sandbox.api.cloudconvert.com/v2` for tests. It consumes no credits and accepts only a fixed set of approved test files\n\n### PDF.co API + MCP\n\n1. Upload local files with `upload_file` or the presigned upload first, then pass the returned URL\n2. Read the `content` field, not `status`. The MCP server says `working` even when the API returned an error\n3. Call `wait_job_completion` after each job. Every MCP call runs async and returns a job id\n4. Download results within the hour. Output links expire after 60 minutes by default\n5. Keep the key in `X_API_KEY` and leave the `api_key` argument empty\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, CloudConvert API or PDF.co API + MCP?\n\nCloudConvert API scores 66.4 (B) on agent readiness against PDF.co API + MCP's 37.9 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. PDF.co API + MCP leads on schema \u0026 documentation.\n\n### Do CloudConvert API and PDF.co API + MCP need an API key?\n\nCloudConvert API takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. 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