{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "convertapi", "name": "ConvertAPI", "vendor": "ConvertAPI, UAB", "vendorUrl": "https://www.convertapi.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "pdf-tools", "summary": "ConvertAPI is a REST API from ConvertAPI, UAB in Lithuania for file conversion and PDF work, with 300+ converters across Office, PDF, image, HTML and email formats, SDKs in nine languages and a hosted MCP server.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/convertapi", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/convertapi.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/convertapi.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/convertapi.json", "dns": "convertapi.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/ConvertAPI", "license": "Proprietary service. SDKs on GitHub; the npm SDK is MIT", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://mcp.convertapi.io", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "convertapi" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "convertapi" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "API tokens in `Authorization: Bearer`, separated by environment (Production or Development) with usage limits. JWTs with expiry and IP restriction, minted by `POST /token/jwt` or self-signed with HS256. One Master Token per account for admin endpoints, refreshable at once. The hosted MCP server signs in with OAuth. A `Token` query parameter is documented for links, with legacy `Secret` and `Auth` aliases.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Free trial of 250 conversions with no card, per llms.txt. Plans by conversion count (Developer 1,000 a month, Startup 5,000, Growth 15,000, Business 50,000, Enterprise 100K+), two months free yearly, overage billed per conversion. The pricing page draws prices by script and they were not readable on 6 November 2026 (https://www.convertapi.com/prices, https://www.convertapi.com/llms.txt).", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in llms.txt, the docs read or the OpenAPI document (checked 2026-11-06). Payments go through Paddle.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 4, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 177344, "pypiWeekly": 81556, "asOf": "2026-11-06" }, "docsUrl": "https://www.convertapi.com/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://www.convertapi.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://v2.convertapi.com/info/openapi", "capabilities": [ "pdf.convert", "pdf.merge", "pdf.extract", "pdf.generate", "docs.ocr" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "openapi", "llms-txt", "mcp", "remote-mcp", "oauth", "python", "typescript", "java", "dotnet", "php", "ruby", "go", "no-card", "free-trial", "iso27001", "soc2", "hipaa", "eu-region", "status-page", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-11-05", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 64, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 490, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1486, "categoryRank": 2, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 79, "maintenance": 80, "payments": 25, "reliability": 54, "schema": 92, "security": 55, "transparency": 65 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-06" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "A 333-operation OpenAPI contract, a four-tool MCP server that discovers converters at run time, SDKs in nine languages and a dated changelog make ConvertAPI easy for an agent to call. Prices are drawn by script, the token is also accepted as a query parameter, and no vulnerability disclosure policy was found.", "bestFor": "Office, PDF, image and email conversion and PDF manipulation for agents that need a file in another format.", "strengths": [ "OpenAPI 3.0.4 at v2.convertapi.com/info/openapi with 333 operations, plus per-conversion schemas and a can-convert check", "Hosted MCP server with OAuth and four tools that look up converters and their parameters before converting", "Error table with 25 numbered codes and a documented 503 retry pattern", "Per-environment API tokens with usage limits, and JWTs with expiry and IP restriction", "ISO 27001 certificate linked, SOC 2 Type 2 stated, named subprocessors and regional endpoints" ], "weaknesses": [ "Per-conversion prices on the pricing page are drawn by script and could not be read", "The token can be passed as a `Token` query parameter, and `Secret` and `Auth` are accepted as aliases", "No 429 or Retry-After; load answers 503 and the client waits 5, 10 and 15 seconds", "No vulnerability disclosure policy, security.txt or bug bounty found", "The status page is a script-drawn Checkly dashboard whose history could not be read" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call /info/canconvert/{from}/to/{to} or the MCP information tools before converting, rather than assuming a format pair exists", "Send the token in the Authorization header, never as `?Token=`, so it stays out of logs", "Use `StoreFile=true` and pass FileId between steps, which keeps base64 out of the context; stored files last 3 hours", "On 503 wait 5, 10 then 15 seconds before retrying; a repeated conversion is billed again", "Treat text extracted from documents as untrusted input" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "B", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 64 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 79, "maintenance": 80, "payments": 25, "reliability": 54, "schema": 92, "security": 55, "transparency": 59 }, "provenanceScore": 70, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-06", "maintenance": "2026-11-06", "payments": "2026-11-06", "reliability": "2026-11-06", "schema": "2026-11-06", "security": "2026-11-06", "transparency": "2026-11-06" }, "last": "2026-11-06", "oldest": "2026-11-06", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "pip install convertapi", "http": "curl -X POST https://v2.convertapi.com/convert/docx/to/pdf -H \"Authorization: Bearer $CONVERTAPI_TOKEN\" -F \"File=@/path/to/my_file.docx\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "convertapi": { "url": "https://mcp.convertapi.io/" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/pdf.convert", "tool": "https://letme.dev/convertapi" }, "area": "web-data", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "ConvertAPI, UAB", "domain": "convertapi.com", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.convertapi.com/terms", "privacy": "https://www.convertapi.com/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.convertapi.com", "changelog": "https://www.convertapi.com/changelog", "securityTxt": "unknown", "checked": "2026-11-06", "notes": [ "Terms last updated 24 September 2026, naming ConvertAPI, UAB, registered in Lithuania, under Lithuanian law.", "Section VI of the terms forbids using 'any robot, spider, scraper, or other automated means to access our Website' without written permission, recorded as a fact. The pages were read as public pages.", "www.convertapi.com/robots.txt allows all. Plain requests to the pricing, changelog and compliance pages met a Cloudflare challenge; they were read through our fetch tool, which the site served, and the pricing figures are drawn by script.", "status.convertapi.com is a Checkly dashboard drawn by script, and its robots.txt path answered with the app page.", "security.txt not checked behind the Cloudflare challenge." ], "score": 70 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/convertapi.json", "live": { "slug": "convertapi", "probe": { "target": "https://mcp.convertapi.io", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-11-07T18:20:18.71463092Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 200, "lastMs": 283, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 342, "p95ms24h": 429, "samples24h": 200, "samples30d": 200, "days": [ { "date": "2026-11-06", "probes": 13, "ok": 13 }, { "date": "2026-11-07", "probes": 187, "ok": 187 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.convertapi.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T04:47:34.941412928Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "convertapi", "version": "1.16.0", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:17:37.35276888Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "convertapi", "version": "2.0.1", "released": "2026-10-20", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:17:38.215770506Z" } ], "npmWeekly": 177344, "pypiWeekly": 81556, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://convertapi.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T16:01:51.603698275Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://www.convertapi.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T15:32:11.685443618Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://www.convertapi.com/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 403, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:27:18.630281923Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z" }, { "url": "https://www.convertapi.com/prices", "kind": "pricing", "status": 403, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:27:20.737622641Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z" }, { "url": "https://www.convertapi.com/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 403, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:27:22.78995525Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z" }, { "url": "https://www.convertapi.com/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 403, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:27:24.718729715Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z" } ], "mcpTools": { "url": "https://mcp.convertapi.io/", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T01:43:26.74047423Z", "status": "auth", "note": "asks for credentials before listing its tools", "changedAt": "2026-11-07T01:43:26.74047423Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T18:20:18.71463092Z" } }, "answer": "ConvertAPI scores 64 (B) on agent readiness against DocRaptor's 53.3 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. DocRaptor leads on reliability and payments \u0026 pricing.", "b": { "slug": "docraptor", "name": "DocRaptor", "vendor": "DocRaptor, LLC (Artifex Software)", "vendorUrl": "https://docraptor.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "pdf-tools", "summary": "DocRaptor is a hosted HTML-to-PDF and HTML-to-Excel API built on the Prince rendering engine, run by DocRaptor, LLC of Indianapolis, part of Artifex Software since October 2025. One POST returns the document; async, hosted and test modes exist.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/docraptor", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/docraptor.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/docraptor.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/docraptor.json", "dns": "docraptor.grade.anchorterminal.com", "repo": "https://github.com/DocRaptor/docraptor-python", "license": "MIT (client libraries)", "transports": [ "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.docraptor.com/docs", "packages": [ { "registry": "pypi", "name": "docraptor" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "docraptor" }, { "registry": "rubygems", "name": "docraptor" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "One API key per account from the dashboard, sent as the username of HTTP Basic auth with a blank password (preferred) or as the `user_credentials` query parameter, which the docs still offer. No scopes, no second key and no rotation guide found. Test documents are free with `test: true`.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free plan with 5 documents a month and unlimited watermarked test documents. Basic $15 a month for 125 documents, Professional $29 for 325, Premium $75 for 1,250, Max $149 for 5,000, Bronze $399 for 15,000, Silver $1,000 for 40,000, Enterprise on request. Overage per document by plan. Hosted documents cost extra (https://docraptor.com/plans).", "priceSummary": "$15 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the API docs, plans page or client libraries (checked 2026-11-03). Overage is billed to the plan's card.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 16960, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-11-03" }, "docsUrl": "https://docraptor.com/documentation", "openapi": "https://github.com/DocRaptor/docraptor-python/blob/master/docraptor.yaml", "capabilities": [ "pdf.generate", "pdf.convert" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "freemium", "free-tier", "async-jobs", "webhooks", "soc2", "python", "ruby", "javascript", "php", "java", "dotnet", "mit", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2023-09-05", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 53.3, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 947, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1486, "categoryRank": 7, "methodology": "0.7", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 63, "maintenance": 21, "payments": 35, "reliability": 68, "schema": 62, "security": 41, "transparency": 69 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-11-03" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "One POST turns HTML into a print-quality PDF or an Excel file, with published limits, free watermarked test documents and clients in seven languages. The single key can travel in a query string, there is no idempotency key, the terms page needs JavaScript our reader lacks, and nothing dated has changed since 2023.", "bestFor": "Agents that already have HTML and CSS and need print-quality PDFs with Prince's paged-media support, or an XLSX from an HTML table.", "strengths": [ "Synchronous `POST /docs` returns the document bytes in one call, with `async` and `callback_url` for jobs up to 600 seconds", "Generation time, concurrency and hosted output limits are published with numbers, and there is no cap on pages or input size", "Unlimited watermarked test documents on every plan, including Free, so an agent can check layout without spending quota", "SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA BAAs, a vulnerability disclosure policy and retention configurable down to deletion on download", "Official client libraries in Ruby, Python, Node, PHP, Java and C# generated from an OpenAPI description" ], "weaknesses": [ "One API key per account with no scopes, and the docs still offer it as the `user_credentials` query parameter", "No idempotency key; a retried request after a timeout makes and bills a second document", "The terms of service and the privacy link render through a script our reader can't run; DocRaptor's privacy policy was read on artifex.com instead", "No llms.txt, no public OpenAPI URL on docraptor.com, and no 429 or Retry-After guidance, concurrency overruns answer 403", "The changelog and client libraries have no dated change since 2023; the status page's incident history needs JavaScript and its feed is empty" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send the key as the HTTP Basic username with a blank password, never as `user_credentials` in the URL, and send `test: true` while iterating since test documents are free and watermarked", "Use `async: true` for documents that may take more than 60 seconds, then poll `/status/{status_id}` until `completed` and fetch `download_url` within the account's retention period", "Treat a 403 as either a permission problem or more than 30 simultaneous requests; back off and retry rather than fail the task", "JavaScript errors and, on pipelines before 7, console messages fail the document; set `javascript: true` only when the HTML needs it and define `docraptorJavaScriptFinished()` for async scripts", "Do not retry a synchronous POST blindly after a timeout; check the document log or listing first, since each success counts against the monthly quota" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.7", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 53.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 63, "maintenance": 21, "payments": 35, "reliability": 68, "schema": 62, "security": 41, "transparency": 54 }, "provenanceScore": 84, "checked": { "categories": { "ergonomics": "2026-11-03", "maintenance": "2026-11-03", "payments": "2026-11-03", "reliability": "2026-11-03", "schema": "2026-11-03", "security": "2026-11-03", "transparency": "2026-11-03" }, "last": "2026-11-03", "oldest": "2026-11-03", "stale": false, "staleAfterDays": 90 } }, "connect": { "install": "pip install docraptor", "http": "curl https://api.docraptor.com/docs -u \"$DOCRAPTOR_API_KEY:\" -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{\"test\":true,\"type\":\"pdf\",\"document_content\":\"\u003chtml\u003e\u003cbody\u003eHello World\u003c/body\u003e\u003c/html\u003e\"}' -o hello.pdf" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/pdf.generate", "tool": "https://letme.dev/docraptor" }, "area": "web-data", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Basic", "unit": "month", "usd": 15, "note": "125 documents a month" }, { "item": "Professional", "unit": "month", "usd": 29, "note": "325 documents a month" }, { "item": "Premium", "unit": "month", "usd": 75, "note": "1,250 documents a month" }, { "item": "Max", "unit": "month", "usd": 149, "note": "5,000 documents a month" }, { "item": "Bronze", "unit": "month", "usd": 399, "note": "15,000 documents a month" }, { "item": "Silver", "unit": "month", "usd": 1000, "note": "40,000 documents a month" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "DocRaptor, LLC", "domain": "docraptor.com", "domainRegistered": "2010-05-17", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://docraptor.com/tos", "privacy": "https://artifex.com/legal/docraptor-privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.docraptor.com", "changelog": "https://docraptor.com/documentation/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-11-03", "notes": [ "The security FAQ names DocRaptor, LLC, an Indiana limited liability company, as the contracting entity and data processor, part of the Artifex Software group. Artifex announced the acquisition on 7 October 2025.", "docraptor.com/tos and the privacy link (legal.docraptor.com/legal.html) render through a script, so the terms are unread. The DocRaptor privacy policy on artifex.com, effective 19 November 2025, names Artifex Software Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary DocRaptor LLC.", "docraptor.com/robots.txt disallows /examples, /getting_started_examples, /samples, /templates and /tutorials, none of which were read. help.docraptor.com asks for a 1-second crawl delay, honoured.", "status.docraptor.com is an Atlassian Statuspage. Its front page showed no incidents on any of the days it lists on 3 November 2026; the history page needs JavaScript and history.rss redirects to an inactive feed.", "RDAP gives docraptor.com a registration date of 17 May 2010, used for firstReleased since the about page dates the product to 2010. /.well-known/security.txt returns 404; the disclosure policy is a help-centre article." ], "score": 84 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/docraptor.json", "live": { "slug": "docraptor", "probe": { "target": "https://api.docraptor.com/docs", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-11-07T18:20:21.260102361Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 1230, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 374, "p95ms24h": 761, "samples24h": 239, "samples30d": 700, "days": [ { "date": "2026-11-04", "probes": 87, "ok": 87 }, { "date": "2026-11-05", "probes": 185, "ok": 185 }, { "date": "2026-11-06", "probes": 241, "ok": 241 }, { "date": "2026-11-07", "probes": 187, "ok": 187 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.docraptor.com", "indicator": "none", "summary": "All Systems Operational", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T18:21:02.890614027Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "docraptor", "version": "1.0.1", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:22:00.635581314Z" }, { "registry": "pypi", "name": "docraptor", "version": "3.1.0", "released": "2023-09-27", "seenAt": "2026-11-06T23:22:00.343669844Z" } ], "githubStars": 11, "npmWeekly": 15194, "pypiWeekly": 19465, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://docraptor.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T16:01:22.12284753Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://docraptor.com/documentation/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:04:52.778274908Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "dc9f71c6f5c2" }, { "url": "https://artifex.com/legal/docraptor-privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T13:59:35.290694445Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "2c01afe7354e" }, { "url": "https://docraptor.com/tos", "kind": "terms", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T14:04:55.30644455Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "69a42e5eae6e" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-11-07T18:20:21.260102361Z" } }, "edges": [ { "by": 59, "category": "maintenance", "leads": "convertapi", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "reasons": { "a": "Closed service. Newest changelog entry 5 November 2026 (30). Twelve dated entries from 1 October to 5 November (20). Public changelog, support email, phone and form, and SDK repositories on GitHub; issue replies not sampled (10 of 15). Current official SDKs, npm 1.16.0 on 26 October and PyPI 2.0.1 on 20 October 2026 (15). The MCP repository's last commit is 12 May 2026 and has no LICENSE file though its README says MIT; SDK CI not checked (5 of 10). 30+20+10+15+5 = 80.", "b": "Read as a closed service with open-source clients. The last dated product change found is the changelog entry of 5 September 2023, and the client libraries were last tagged in 2023 (docraptor-python 3.1.0 on 19 July 2023, npm docraptor 1.0.1 on 28 December 2023); the about and security pages were rewritten after the October 2025 acquisition but carry no dated API change (0). No releases in the last 90 days (0). Support by email, site chat and a help centre with stated hours, and a per-document help request from the dashboard; GitHub issue replies couldn't be read (8 of 15). Official clients in six languages exist and still match the API, but none has shipped since 2023 (10). The Python client pins 2023 dependencies and its test suite runs through tox with no CI workflow in the repository (3). 0 + 0 + 8 + 10 + 3 = 21." }, "scores": { "a": 80, "b": 21 } }, { "by": 30, "category": "schema", "leads": "convertapi", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "reasons": { "a": "OpenAPI 3.0.4 at v2.convertapi.com/info/openapi, 333 operations with token, JWT and secret schemes, plus per-conversion documents and wildcard listings (25). A long llms.txt written for agents (10). llms.txt tells agents to discover conversions rather than assume them and explains workflows and storage; converter pages describe each parameter (16 of 20). Per-converter parameter schemas in the OpenAPI document, validated by the MCP convert tool (12 of 15). 25 numbered error codes with meanings and examples throughout (14 of 15). v2 API and a dated public changelog (15). 25+10+16+12+14+15 = 92.", "b": "An OpenAPI 3.0 description, docraptor.yaml with seven operations and a Doc schema, is public in the client repositories and generates the libraries, but it is not served from docraptor.com (18). No llms.txt and no Markdown twins (0). The API parameters page describes each option, when to use async, how pipelines map to Prince and JavaScript engines, and why both JavaScript engines shouldn't be enabled together (14). Options are listed with their allowed values and defaults, and the OpenAPI Doc schema types them, though nested `prince_options` are documented in prose (11). Examples in seven languages, a status-code page, an XML error example and the async failure body (11). Pipelines are versioned with a dated changelog, but its last entry is 5 September 2023 and the API path carries no version (8). 18 + 0 + 14 + 11 + 11 + 8 = 62." }, "scores": { "a": 92, "b": 62 } }, { "by": 16, "category": "ergonomics", "leads": "convertapi", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "reasons": { "a": "Four MCP tools that list, search and describe converters before one convert tool (25). `StoreFile=true` returns a URL and FileId instead of base64, and converters can be filtered by tag or search; nothing to paginate (14 of 20). Numbered codes such as 4014 balance exhausted and 5003 password protected an agent can act on (17 of 20). No idempotency key; a repeated conversion is billed again, and MCP tool annotations weren't found (8 of 20). SDKs in nine languages and a CLI, with one required file parameter on most converters (15). 25+14+17+8+15 = 79.", "b": "Responses are the document bytes or a small JSON status, with `X-DocRaptor-Num-Pages` on PDFs, and test mode avoids spending quota (18). The document listing takes `page` and `per_page` (default 100); there is nothing else to page (12). XML error messages state the cause, the status-code page maps 400, 401, 403 and 422 to causes, and JavaScript errors are returned with the failure (14). No idempotency key and no safe-retry guidance; a retried POST makes a second document, and only test documents are free (4). Two parameters make a document, defaults are sensible, and official clients exist in Ruby, Python, Node, PHP, Java and C# (15). 18 + 12 + 14 + 4 + 15 = 63." }, "scores": { "a": 79, "b": 63 } }, { "by": 14, "category": "reliability", "leads": "docraptor", "name": "Reliability", "reasons": { "a": "Hosted lines. status.convertapi.com is a Checkly dashboard drawn by script, so its components were not confirmed (10 of 20) and no history could be read (5). Concurrency per plan is published (1 to 4 concurrent conversions), with no request-rate figure (12 of 15). Under load the API answers 503 and llms.txt gives a 5, 10 and 15 second retry pattern; no 429, Retry-After or idempotency key (12 of 15). The compliance page states '99,95% monthly uptime' and says the SLA sits in the terms, but the terms read on 6 November state no uptime figure (5 of 10). Generally available (10). 10+5+12+12+5+10 = 54.", "b": "Read with the hosted lines. status.docraptor.com is an Atlassian Statuspage with components (20). Its front page reported no incidents on any of the days it lists, the history page needs JavaScript our reader lacks, and history.rss redirects to an inactive feed, so the record is clean for the days we could read and unread beyond them (20). The limits page gives numbers, 60 seconds synchronous, 600 asynchronous, 30 simultaneous requests and 100 MB hosted output (15). Too many simultaneous requests answer 403 with no Retry-After or backoff guidance, callbacks are retried up to three times, and there is no idempotency key (3). No SLA found; the about page's 99.99 per cent uptime is a marketing figure and the terms are unread (0). GA (10). 20 + 20 + 15 + 3 + 0 + 10 = 68." }, "scores": { "a": 54, "b": 68 } }, { "by": 14, "category": "security", "leads": "convertapi", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "reasons": { "a": "Tokens per environment with usage limits, JWTs with expiry and IP restriction, a separate Master Token for admin endpoints, OAuth on the hosted MCP (30), less 10 for the documented `Token` query parameter and its `Secret` and `Auth` aliases (20 of 30). Usage limits per token, but no read-only token, and stored files can be deleted (8 of 20). Extracted text and OCR output come from the documents, with no prompt-injection guidance (3 of 15). Usage statistics and per-environment consumption through the Master Token (10 of 15). ISO 27001 certificate linked, SOC 2 Type 2 stated with the report on request, cyber insurance; no disclosure policy, security.txt or bug bounty found (14 of 20). 20+8+3+10+14 = 55.", "b": "One API key per account with no scopes, sent as the HTTP Basic username, and the docs offer `user_credentials` in the query string as a second method, which costs the 10 points for a secret in a URL (0 of 30). Test mode limits spend but there is no read-only key, and the destructive action, expiring a hosted document, needs no confirmation (6). The API renders the caller's HTML and returns a PDF or spreadsheet, not text for the model to read (10). The dashboard's document log records each job with input, output and log when the account's retention allows, and an IP listing API exists; no per-key audit log (8). SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA BAAs, annual third-party penetration tests, a vulnerability disclosure policy with security@docraptor.com and DPF registration, but no security.txt (17). 0 + 6 + 10 + 8 + 17 = 41." }, "scores": { "a": 55, "b": 41 } }, { "by": 10, "category": "payments", "leads": "docraptor", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "reasons": { "a": "No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Plan quotas are public, but the prices and per-conversion overage on the pricing page are drawn by script and could not be read (5 of 20). A free trial of 250 conversions with no card, per llms.txt (20). A person signs up in a browser (0). 0+5+20+0 = 25.", "b": "No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Plan prices are public and the plans page says overage is a per-document price by plan, with the per-document figures shown through a plan selector that our reader saw only for the Free plan (15). The Free plan has 5 documents a month and unlimited watermarked test documents, but the signup form shows card fields and no page says whether the Free plan needs a card (10). A person signs up in a browser (0). 0 + 15 + 10 + 0 = 35." }, "scores": { "a": 25, "b": 35 } } ], "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "ConvertAPI, UAB", "b": "DocRaptor, LLC (Artifex Software)", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://mcp.convertapi.io", "b": "https://api.docraptor.com/docs", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary service. 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"docraptor": 21, "edge": "convertapi", "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 4, "convertapi": 65, "docraptor": 69, "edge": "docraptor", "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "ConvertAPI scores 64 (B) on agent readiness against DocRaptor's 53.3 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. 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The single key can travel in a query string, there is no idempotency key, the terms page needs JavaScript our reader lacks, and nothing dated has changed since 2023." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/convertapi-vs-docraptor", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/convertapi-vs-docraptor.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/convertapi-vs-docraptor.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/convertapi-vs-docraptor.min.md" }, "markdown": "ConvertAPI scores 64 (B) on agent readiness against DocRaptor's 53.3 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. DocRaptor leads on reliability and payments \u0026 pricing. Both do pdf conversion.\n\n- ConvertAPI: grade B, 64/100, rank #490 of 1486. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/convertapi.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/convertapi.json\n- DocRaptor: grade D, 53.3/100, rank #947 of 1486. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/docraptor.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/docraptor.json\n- Best PDF manipulation and conversion APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/pdf-tools/index.md\n- All 53 pdf comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pdf-tools/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### ConvertAPI (B)\n\nGood for: Office, PDF, image and email conversion and PDF manipulation for agents that need a file in another format.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 92 against 62\n- Agent ergonomics, 79 against 63\n- Security \u0026 auth, 55 against 41\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 80 against 21\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: Per-conversion prices on the pricing page are drawn by script and could not be read\n\n### DocRaptor (D)\n\nGood for: Agents that already have HTML and CSS and need print-quality PDFs with Prince's paged-media support, or an XLSX from an HTML table.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 68 against 54\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 35 against 25\n\nWatch for: One API key per account with no scopes, and the docs still offer it as the `user_credentials` query parameter\n\n\n## Why the edge\n\n### Maintenance \u0026 community: ConvertAPI +59\n\n- ConvertAPI (80): Closed service. Newest changelog entry 5 November 2026 (30). Twelve dated entries from 1 October to 5 November (20). Public changelog, support email, phone and form, and SDK repositories on GitHub; issue replies not sampled (10 of 15). Current official SDKs, npm 1.16.0 on 26 October and PyPI 2.0.1 on 20 October 2026 (15). The MCP repository's last commit is 12 May 2026 and has no LICENSE file though its README says MIT; SDK CI not checked (5 of 10). 30+20+10+15+5 = 80.\n- DocRaptor (21): Read as a closed service with open-source clients. The last dated product change found is the changelog entry of 5 September 2023, and the client libraries were last tagged in 2023 (docraptor-python 3.1.0 on 19 July 2023, npm docraptor 1.0.1 on 28 December 2023); the about and security pages were rewritten after the October 2025 acquisition but carry no dated API change (0). No releases in the last 90 days (0). Support by email, site chat and a help centre with stated hours, and a per-document help request from the dashboard; GitHub issue replies couldn't be read (8 of 15). Official clients in six languages exist and still match the API, but none has shipped since 2023 (10). The Python client pins 2023 dependencies and its test suite runs through tox with no CI workflow in the repository (3). 0 + 0 + 8 + 10 + 3 = 21.\n\n### Schema \u0026 documentation: ConvertAPI +30\n\n- ConvertAPI (92): OpenAPI 3.0.4 at v2.convertapi.com/info/openapi, 333 operations with token, JWT and secret schemes, plus per-conversion documents and wildcard listings (25). A long llms.txt written for agents (10). llms.txt tells agents to discover conversions rather than assume them and explains workflows and storage; converter pages describe each parameter (16 of 20). Per-converter parameter schemas in the OpenAPI document, validated by the MCP convert tool (12 of 15). 25 numbered error codes with meanings and examples throughout (14 of 15). v2 API and a dated public changelog (15). 25+10+16+12+14+15 = 92.\n- DocRaptor (62): An OpenAPI 3.0 description, docraptor.yaml with seven operations and a Doc schema, is public in the client repositories and generates the libraries, but it is not served from docraptor.com (18). No llms.txt and no Markdown twins (0). The API parameters page describes each option, when to use async, how pipelines map to Prince and JavaScript engines, and why both JavaScript engines shouldn't be enabled together (14). Options are listed with their allowed values and defaults, and the OpenAPI Doc schema types them, though nested `prince_options` are documented in prose (11). Examples in seven languages, a status-code page, an XML error example and the async failure body (11). Pipelines are versioned with a dated changelog, but its last entry is 5 September 2023 and the API path carries no version (8). 18 + 0 + 14 + 11 + 11 + 8 = 62.\n\n### Agent ergonomics: ConvertAPI +16\n\n- ConvertAPI (79): Four MCP tools that list, search and describe converters before one convert tool (25). `StoreFile=true` returns a URL and FileId instead of base64, and converters can be filtered by tag or search; nothing to paginate (14 of 20). Numbered codes such as 4014 balance exhausted and 5003 password protected an agent can act on (17 of 20). No idempotency key; a repeated conversion is billed again, and MCP tool annotations weren't found (8 of 20). SDKs in nine languages and a CLI, with one required file parameter on most converters (15). 25+14+17+8+15 = 79.\n- DocRaptor (63): Responses are the document bytes or a small JSON status, with `X-DocRaptor-Num-Pages` on PDFs, and test mode avoids spending quota (18). The document listing takes `page` and `per_page` (default 100); there is nothing else to page (12). XML error messages state the cause, the status-code page maps 400, 401, 403 and 422 to causes, and JavaScript errors are returned with the failure (14). No idempotency key and no safe-retry guidance; a retried POST makes a second document, and only test documents are free (4). Two parameters make a document, defaults are sensible, and official clients exist in Ruby, Python, Node, PHP, Java and C# (15). 18 + 12 + 14 + 4 + 15 = 63.\n\n### Reliability: DocRaptor +14\n\n- ConvertAPI (54): Hosted lines. status.convertapi.com is a Checkly dashboard drawn by script, so its components were not confirmed (10 of 20) and no history could be read (5). Concurrency per plan is published (1 to 4 concurrent conversions), with no request-rate figure (12 of 15). Under load the API answers 503 and llms.txt gives a 5, 10 and 15 second retry pattern; no 429, Retry-After or idempotency key (12 of 15). The compliance page states '99,95% monthly uptime' and says the SLA sits in the terms, but the terms read on 6 November state no uptime figure (5 of 10). Generally available (10). 10+5+12+12+5+10 = 54.\n- DocRaptor (68): Read with the hosted lines. status.docraptor.com is an Atlassian Statuspage with components (20). Its front page reported no incidents on any of the days it lists, the history page needs JavaScript our reader lacks, and history.rss redirects to an inactive feed, so the record is clean for the days we could read and unread beyond them (20). The limits page gives numbers, 60 seconds synchronous, 600 asynchronous, 30 simultaneous requests and 100 MB hosted output (15). Too many simultaneous requests answer 403 with no Retry-After or backoff guidance, callbacks are retried up to three times, and there is no idempotency key (3). No SLA found; the about page's 99.99 per cent uptime is a marketing figure and the terms are unread (0). GA (10). 20 + 20 + 15 + 3 + 0 + 10 = 68.\n\n### Security \u0026 auth: ConvertAPI +14\n\n- ConvertAPI (55): Tokens per environment with usage limits, JWTs with expiry and IP restriction, a separate Master Token for admin endpoints, OAuth on the hosted MCP (30), less 10 for the documented `Token` query parameter and its `Secret` and `Auth` aliases (20 of 30). Usage limits per token, but no read-only token, and stored files can be deleted (8 of 20). Extracted text and OCR output come from the documents, with no prompt-injection guidance (3 of 15). Usage statistics and per-environment consumption through the Master Token (10 of 15). ISO 27001 certificate linked, SOC 2 Type 2 stated with the report on request, cyber insurance; no disclosure policy, security.txt or bug bounty found (14 of 20). 20+8+3+10+14 = 55.\n- DocRaptor (41): One API key per account with no scopes, sent as the HTTP Basic username, and the docs offer `user_credentials` in the query string as a second method, which costs the 10 points for a secret in a URL (0 of 30). Test mode limits spend but there is no read-only key, and the destructive action, expiring a hosted document, needs no confirmation (6). The API renders the caller's HTML and returns a PDF or spreadsheet, not text for the model to read (10). The dashboard's document log records each job with input, output and log when the account's retention allows, and an IP listing API exists; no per-key audit log (8). SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA BAAs, annual third-party penetration tests, a vulnerability disclosure policy with security@docraptor.com and DPF registration, but no security.txt (17). 0 + 6 + 10 + 8 + 17 = 41.\n\n### Payments \u0026 pricing: DocRaptor +10\n\n- ConvertAPI (25): No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Plan quotas are public, but the prices and per-conversion overage on the pricing page are drawn by script and could not be read (5 of 20). A free trial of 250 conversions with no card, per llms.txt (20). A person signs up in a browser (0). 0+5+20+0 = 25.\n- DocRaptor (35): No x402, MPP or L402 (0). Plan prices are public and the plans page says overage is a per-document price by plan, with the per-document figures shown through a plan selector that our reader saw only for the Free plan (15). The Free plan has 5 documents a month and unlimited watermarked test documents, but the signup form shows card fields and no page says whether the Free plan needs a card (10). A person signs up in a browser (0). 0 + 15 + 10 + 0 = 35.\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | ConvertAPI | DocRaptor | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 54 | 68 | DocRaptor +14 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 92 | 62 | ConvertAPI +30 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 79 | 63 | ConvertAPI +16 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 55 | 41 | ConvertAPI +14 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 25 | 35 | DocRaptor +10 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 80 | 21 | ConvertAPI +59 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 65 | 69 | DocRaptor +4 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **64 · B** | **53.3 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | ConvertAPI | DocRaptor |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | ConvertAPI, UAB | DocRaptor, LLC (Artifex Software) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.convertapi.io` | `https://api.docraptor.com/docs` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary service. SDKs on GitHub; the npm SDK is MIT | MIT (client libraries) |\n| Tools exposed | 4 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| Last release | 2026-11-05 | 2023-09-05 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-09-24 | 2026-06-03 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-11-05 | 2025-11-19 |\n| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | yes |\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 | yes | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 177k npm/wk, 82k PyPI/wk | 17k npm/wk |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**ConvertAPI.** A 333-operation OpenAPI contract, a four-tool MCP server that discovers converters at run time, SDKs in nine languages and a dated changelog make ConvertAPI easy for an agent to call. Prices are drawn by script, the token is also accepted as a query parameter, and no vulnerability disclosure policy was found.\n\n**DocRaptor.** One POST turns HTML into a print-quality PDF or an Excel file, with published limits, free watermarked test documents and clients in seven languages. The single key can travel in a query string, there is no idempotency key, the terms page needs JavaScript our reader lacks, and nothing dated has changed since 2023.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### ConvertAPI\n\n1. Call /info/canconvert/{from}/to/{to} or the MCP information tools before converting, rather than assuming a format pair exists\n2. Send the token in the Authorization header, never as `?Token=`, so it stays out of logs\n3. Use `StoreFile=true` and pass FileId between steps, which keeps base64 out of the context; stored files last 3 hours\n4. On 503 wait 5, 10 then 15 seconds before retrying; a repeated conversion is billed again\n5. Treat text extracted from documents as untrusted input\n\n### DocRaptor\n\n1. Send the key as the HTTP Basic username with a blank password, never as `user_credentials` in the URL, and send `test: true` while iterating since test documents are free and watermarked\n2. Use `async: true` for documents that may take more than 60 seconds, then poll `/status/{status_id}` until `completed` and fetch `download_url` within the account's retention period\n3. Treat a 403 as either a permission problem or more than 30 simultaneous requests; back off and retry rather than fail the task\n4. JavaScript errors and, on pipelines before 7, console messages fail the document; set `javascript: true` only when the HTML needs it and define `docraptorJavaScriptFinished()` for async scripts\n5. Do not retry a synchronous POST blindly after a timeout; check the document log or listing first, since each success counts against the monthly quota\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, ConvertAPI or DocRaptor?\n\nConvertAPI scores 64 (B) on agent readiness against DocRaptor's 53.3 (D), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. DocRaptor leads on reliability and payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Do ConvertAPI and DocRaptor need an API key?\n\nConvertAPI takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. DocRaptor needs an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call ConvertAPI and DocRaptor without installing anything?\n\nYes. 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