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AI invoice parsing

Its AI Invoice Parser extracts structured invoice data without requiring vendor-specific templates and accepts custom fields.developer.pdf.co · read 15 Oct 2026

API transport

The web API is REST-based and requests are transmitted over HTTPS.pdf.co · read 15 Oct 2026

Company facts

LinkedIn lists Artifex Software as privately held, founded in 1993, headquartered in San Francisco and employing 11–50 people.linkedin.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Compliance

The security documentation states SOC 2 Type 2 compliance and AWS-hosted processing in SOC 1, SOC 2 and ISO 27001 certified data centers.developer.pdf.co · read 15 Oct 2026

Compression and barcodes

PDF.co provides PDF compression plus barcode reading and barcode generation APIs.pdf.co · read 15 Oct 2026

Credit expiration

Subscription credits reset at the start of each billing cycle and unused credits do not roll over.support.pdf.co · read 8 Oct 2026

Credit usage

Credits are charged by API endpoint and may be calculated per page or per API call; the site gives PDF merge as 2 credits per page and AI invoice parsing as 100 credits per call.support.pdf.co · read 8 Oct 2026

Developer tools

The Web API is REST-based and the site provides API documentation, source code samples, tutorials, and a Postman collection.pdf.co · read 8 Oct 2026

Documentation depth

The developer site contains API reference pages, quickstarts, integrations, webhooks, async jobs, response codes, credit tables, request limits and a knowledge base.developer.pdf.co · read 15 Oct 2026

Document parsing

Document Parser extracts fields, tables, values and barcodes from PDFs, JPGs and PNGs using reusable templates.developer.pdf.co · read 15 Oct 2026

Editing and management

The product lists PDF editing, form filling, merging, splitting, report generation, compression, barcode tools, and PDF security operations.pdf.co · read 8 Oct 2026

Extraction and parsing

Its APIs include AI invoice parsing, PDF conversion, document parsing, and document classification.pdf.co · read 8 Oct 2026

Free trial

The homepage advertises a 10,000-credit, one-month free trial without requiring a credit card.pdf.co · read 15 Oct 2026

Infrastructure

The security documentation says PDF.co is hosted on Amazon AWS and presently uses the us-west-2 Oregon region.developer.pdf.co · read 8 Oct 2026

Integrations

Official integrations include Make, Zapier, n8n, SharePoint, Airtable, Salesforce, Power Automate, UiPath, Blue Prism, Bubble and others.pdf.co · read 15 Oct 2026

Key features

PDF compression with low, medium, high, and aggressive presets · Advanced image, font, resolution, and quality controls for compression · Asynchronous processing with job-status checking for long-running documents · PDF conversion to and from formats including HTML, Excel, CSV, XML, JSON, and images · Document and PDF data extraction, including OCR and structured parsing · PDF editing, encryption, decryption, and form filling · PDF merging and splitting · Workflow integrations through Zapier, Make, n8n, and other platformsdeveloper.pdf.co · read 19 Sep 2026

Licence

The PDF.co MCP server and n8n node repositories are public MIT-licensed projects, while the hosted PDF.co API is a commercial service.github.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Limit: account and subscription handling

Trustpilot complaints include difficulty cancelling or accessing an account and one reviewer’s allegation of forced newsletter enrollment.trustpilot.com · read 15 Oct 2026

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