PDFShift tech stack

An API to convert HTML/CSS documents to PDF. PDFShift is the reliable, Up-to-date and high-fidelity conversion API with no maintenance costs.

pdfshift.io ↗Checked Sep 2026

Foundation

“Listed in their tool stack on Starter Story (email)” — the maker, May 2024 ↗

“Listed in their tool stack on Starter Story (email)” — the maker, May 2024 ↗

“Listed in their tool stack on Starter Story (stack)” — the maker, May 2024 ↗

On its website: HTTP: api.pdfshift.io responds with x-nextjs-prerender source · Oct 2026 ↗

Money

“Listed in their tool stack on Starter Story (payments)” — the maker, May 2024 ↗

“Listed in their tool stack on Starter Story (payments)” — the maker, May 2024 ↗

In its subprocessor list: Stripe | Our payment gateway. This allows us to accept credit card payments securely. The sole purpose is to increase security regarding the handle of sensible payments informations such as your credit cards d… source · Oct 2026 ↗

Shipping

In its subprocessor list: Amazon Web Services | We use Amazon S3 to store the generated PDF when the "filename" parameter is provided (automatically deleted after 2 days). We also use Cloudwatch to monitor the health of our servers (with no sensiti… source · Oct 2026 ↗
On its website: HTTP: pdfshift.io responds with x-nf-request-id; HTTP: www.pdfshift.io responds with x-nf-request-id source · Oct 2026 ↗
In its subprocessor list: Sentry | We use sentry to track any issues that occurs in order to better debug them and improve the service faster. source · Oct 2026 ↗

Growth

“Listed in their tool stack on Starter Story (email)” — the maker, May 2024 ↗

In its subprocessor list: Amplitude | We track a few key metrics on our service and Amplitude help us visualize them. All the data are anonymized. source · Oct 2026 ↗
In its subprocessor list: Plausible | We use this service to understand general usage, traffic sources and to measure campaign success. We choose Plausible for its focus on privacy (no cookies or trackers are installed on our visitor’s co… source · Oct 2026 ↗

Other tools

Other

“Listed in their tool stack on Starter Story (platform)” — the maker, May 2024 ↗

On its website: HTTP: api.pdfshift.io responds with x-vercel-id source · Oct 2026 ↗

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