Any file to PDF — DOCX, Excel, PowerPoint, images, HTML

Any file in.
Perfect PDF out.

Convert Word, Excel, PowerPoint, images, and HTML to pixel-perfect PDFs with one API call. Sub-second response times, zero data retention. Your files are never stored.

DOCX Excel PowerPoint JPG / PNG TIFF HTML Merge Encrypt Split

Get Started — 100 pages/mo → See how it works

No credit card. No setup. First PDF in under 60 seconds.

            
            
            
            
            
            
            
          
// Convert a Word document to PDF
const form = new FormData()
form.append('file', wordFile)

const res = await fetch('https://pdfjet.dev/convert', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { Authorization: 'Bearer pj_...' },
  body: form,
})
// => PDF bytes (application/pdf)
const blob = await res.blob()
// Convert an Excel spreadsheet to PDF
const form = new FormData()
form.append('file', excelFile)

const res = await fetch('https://pdfjet.dev/convert', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { Authorization: 'Bearer pj_...' },
  body: form,
})
// Convert a PowerPoint presentation to PDF
const form = new FormData()
form.append('file', pptxFile)
form.append('password', 's3cret!')  // optional encryption

const res = await fetch('https://pdfjet.dev/convert', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { Authorization: 'Bearer pj_...' },
  body: form,
})
// Convert images (JPG, PNG, TIFF) to PDF
const form = new FormData()
form.append('file', imageFile)  // JPG, PNG, or TIFF

const res = await fetch('https://pdfjet.dev/convert', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { Authorization: 'Bearer pj_...' },
  body: form,
})
// => PDF bytes — auto-fitted to A4
// Convert raw HTML to PDF
const form = new FormData()
form.append('file', htmlFile)
form.append('format', 'html')

const res = await fetch('https://pdfjet.dev/convert', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { Authorization: 'Bearer pj_...' },
  body: form,
})
// Merge multiple PDFs into one
const form = new FormData()
form.append('files', pdfFile1)
form.append('files', pdfFile2)
form.append('files', pdfFile3)

const res = await fetch('https://pdfjet.dev/merge', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { Authorization: 'Bearer pj_...' },
  body: form,
})
// => merged PDF bytes (up to 50 files)
# Convert with cURL — any format
curl -X POST https://pdfjet.dev/convert \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer pj_..." \
  -F "[email protected]" \
  -o output.pdf

# With password protection:
curl -X POST https://pdfjet.dev/convert \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer pj_..." \
  -F "[email protected]" \
  -F "password=s3cret" \
  -o output.pdf

Why PDFjet

Every format in. Perfect PDF out.

Word, Excel, PowerPoint, images, HTML — convert any file to PDF with one API call. Plus merge, split, and encrypt built in. Zero data retention.

Formats

7 input formats, one endpoint

7→1

DOCX, DOC, XLSX, XLS, PPTX, PPT, JPG, PNG, TIFF, HTML — upload any file, get a pixel-perfect PDF back.

Fast

Sub-second. Save time & cost.

<0.3s

Most operations complete in under 300ms. No servers to manage, no infrastructure cost. Pay only for pages processed.

Privacy

Zero data retention

0 bytes

Your files are never stored. Stateless processing — data flows in, PDF flows out, nothing is kept. Ever.

Every plan gets the full toolkit. Your files are never stored.

📄

Word to PDFDOCX & DOC with full fidelity

📊

Excel to PDFXLSX & XLS spreadsheets

📺

PowerPoint to PDFPPTX & PPT presentations

🎨

Images to PDFJPG, PNG, TIFF — auto-fitted to A4

⚡

HTML to PDFPixel-perfect via Chromium

🔗

PDF MergingCombine up to 50 PDFs

🔒

Password EncryptionAES, one parameter

✂

PDF SplittingExtract pages or ranges to separate PDFs

🚫

Zero Data RetentionFiles are never stored — stateless processing

Pricing

Simple pricing. No surprises.

Billed per page processed. A 10-page PDF = 10 pages. Simple, transparent, predictable. Upgrade to unlock merge, split & encrypt.

Basic

$29/mo

5,000 pages/month

All basic features
Merge, split & encrypt
Up to 5 API keys
Zero data retention
Email support

Get Started

Faster, more capable, better value.

Sub-second response times, 7+ input formats, zero data retention — and better pricing than every alternative.

~0.3s

Merge, Split, Encrypt

3–5× faster than alternatives

~0.5s

Images & HTML

2–5× faster than industry avg

~1.6s

Office docs

1.5–3× faster (industry: 2–5s)

0 bytes

Data retained

Fully stateless — competitors store files

Head-to-head comparison

Capability	PDFjet	Adobe	pdfRest	ConvertAPI	PDFShift	PDF.co
HTML to PDF	0.5s
Office docs (DOCX, XLSX, PPTX)	1.6s
Images (JPG, PNG, TIFF)	0.5s
PDF merge	0.3s
PDF split	0.4s
Password encryption	0.3s
Zero data retention
Direct PDF bytes response
Mac app	Coming soon
Free tier	100/mo	500/mo	300/mo	1,500	50/mo	200/mo
Pricing	from $29/mo	enterprise	from $15/mo	from $15/mo	from $9/mo	from $49/mo

Detailed benchmarks 3-run average · Intel i7 · Cloudflare Tunnel

Operation	Avg	Min	Max
Merge 2 PDFs	0.31s	0.29s	0.35s
Split 10p → all	0.37s	0.31s	0.41s
Encrypt 1-page PDF	0.32s	0.31s	0.33s
PDF pass-through (5p)	0.34s	0.29s	0.41s
JPG → PDF	0.41s	0.32s	0.57s
PNG → PDF	0.53s	0.51s	0.57s
HTML → PDF	0.58s	0.36s	0.92s
TIFF → PDF	1.06s	1.02s	1.13s
DOCX → PDF	1.58s	1.55s	1.62s
XLSX → PDF	1.56s	1.55s	1.57s
PPTX → PDF	1.67s	1.57s	1.73s

Integration

Your language. 5 minutes to first PDF.

One API key, four endpoints, zero SDKs needed. Upload a file over HTTP, get back a PDF. Here's everything you need.

POST /convert All plans

Convert any supported file to PDF. Send the file as multipart form data and receive raw PDF bytes.

Bodyfile(multipart)

Optionalpasswordencrypt output PDF

Returnsapplication/pdf

POST /merge Basic+

Combine multiple PDFs into a single document. Upload 2+ PDF files and receive one merged PDF.

Tip: Need to merge non-PDF files? Convert them to PDF first via /convert, then merge the results.

Bodyfiles[](multipart, 2+ PDFs)

Optionalordercomma-separated indices

Returnsapplication/pdf

POST /split Basic+

Extract specific pages from a PDF. Specify page ranges and get back a new PDF with just those pages.

Bodyfile(multipart, PDF)

Requiredpagese.g. "1-3,5,8-10"

Returnsapplication/pdf

POST /encrypt Basic+

Password-protect an existing PDF. Upload a PDF and set a user password to restrict access.

Bodyfile(multipart, PDF)

Requiredpassworduser open password

Returnsapplication/pdf

Supported input formats

All formats below convert to PDF via /convert. More formats added regularly.

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.docx

Word

📊

.xlsx

Excel

📽️

.pptx

PowerPoint

🖼️

.png / .jpg

Images

🌐

.html

Web pages

✏️

.txt / .md

Plain text

📑

.csv

Spreadsheets

🎨

.svg

Vector graphics

📝

.odt

OpenDocument

📧

.eml

Email

📐

.rtf

Rich Text

📦

.epub

eBooks

Code examples

Copy-paste examples for every endpoint. Pick your language and go.

            
            
            
            
            
            
          
# Convert a Word document to PDF
curl -X POST https://pdfjet.dev/convert \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer pj_..." \
  -F "[email protected]" \
  -o output.pdf

# Convert with password protection
curl -X POST https://pdfjet.dev/convert \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer pj_..." \
  -F "[email protected]" \
  -F "password=s3cret" \
  -o protected.pdf
import { readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs'

const form = new FormData()
form.append('file', new Blob([readFileSync('report.docx')]), 'report.docx')

const res = await fetch('https://pdfjet.dev/convert', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: { Authorization: 'Bearer pj_...' },
  body: form,
})

const pdf = Buffer.from(await res.arrayBuffer())
writeFileSync('output.pdf', pdf)
import requests

res = requests.post(
    "https://pdfjet.dev/convert",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer pj_..."},
    files={"file": open("report.docx", "rb")},
)
with open("output.pdf", "wb") as f:
    f.write(res.content)
package main

import (
    "bytes"; "io"; "mime/multipart"
    "net/http"; "os"
)

func main() {
    body := &bytes.Buffer{}
    w := multipart.NewWriter(body)
    f, _ := os.Open("report.docx")
    part, _ := w.CreateFormFile("file", "report.docx")
    io.Copy(part, f)
    w.Close()

    req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://pdfjet.dev/convert", body)
    req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer pj_...")
    req.Header.Set("Content-Type", w.FormDataContentType())
    resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

    out, _ := os.Create("output.pdf")
    io.Copy(out, resp.Body)
}
$ch = curl_init('https://pdfjet.dev/convert');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_POST           => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER     => ['Authorization: Bearer pj_...'],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS     => ['file' => new CURLFile('report.docx')],
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
]);
$pdf = curl_exec($ch);
file_put_contents('output.pdf', $pdf);
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'

uri = URI('https://pdfjet.dev/convert')
req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
req['Authorization'] = 'Bearer pj_...'
req.set_form([['file', File.open('report.docx')]], 'multipart/form-data')

res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |h| h.request(req) }
File.write('output.pdf', res.body, mode: 'wb')

Authentication

Pass your API key in the Authorization header as a Bearer token. Keys start with pj_.

Response format

Success returns 200 with raw PDF bytes. Errors return JSON with an error field and appropriate status code.

Rate limits

100 pages/month free. Basic: 5,000 pages/month. Pro: 25,000 pages/month. Business: 100,000 pages/month. Limits reset on billing cycle. 429 when exceeded.

Works with any language that supports HTTP. No SDK required — just POST a file, get a PDF back.