Generate PDFs from templates without maintaining Chromium.

Peedief helps developers and automation builders create AI-assisted HTML templates, fill them with JSON, and generate production-ready PDFs for invoices, certificates, reports, receipts, and document workflows.

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Built for the people shipping document workflows

Use Peedief from code, automation tools, or AI-assisted builder workflows.

HTML to PDF API for Developers

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Perfect for:

  • Replacing Puppeteer, Playwright, wkhtmltopdf, or custom Chromium workers
  • SaaS platforms generating invoices, certificates, statements, and reports
  • AI-assisted apps that need reusable document templates from structured data
  • Products that need print CSS, page breaks, headers, footers, and A4 layouts to work reliably
curl -X POST "https://peedief.com/api/templates/by-name/invoice/pdf" \
  -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "contextJson": {
      "customerName": "John Doe",
      "invoiceNumber": "INV-001",
      "items": [
        {
          "description": "Product A",
          "quantity": 2,
          "price": 50.00
        }
      ],
      "total": 100.00
    },
    "fileName": "invoice-001.pdf"
  }'
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Create or generate template
2
POST data to API
3
Get PDF URL back

PDF Automation Workflows

Integrates with:

n8n
Make.com
Zapier
Power Automate
Common workflows:
  • • Form submission → certificate PDF
  • • Airtable/Sheets row → invoice or receipt
  • • CRM deal won → proposal or contract
  • • Monthly data export → client report
Webhook Trigger Example:
📊 Data collected from previous step
🔗 HTTP request to Peedief API
📄 PDF delivered to next workflow step
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Setup template
2
Configure webhook
3
Trigger workflow
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PDF generated

AI Template Generation

Also Available

Go from prompt to reusable PDF workflow:

  • Describe the document you need: invoice, certificate, receipt, report, or letter
  • Generate a structured HTML template with placeholders for your JSON data
  • Edit the layout, branding, fields, loops, and conditional sections
  • Use the same template from your API, Make scenario, Zap, or AI app
Example prompt:
“Create a clean A4 invoice template for a SaaS app.”
“Include line items, tax, totals, payment terms, and customer details.”
“Use this JSON shape and make repeated items render as rows.”
“Then generate a preview PDF I can approve.”

Everything between template design and PDF delivery

Create templates faster, send clean JSON, and let Peedief handle rendering, hosting, and delivery.

API-First PDF Generation

Send JSON to a reusable template and get a PDF URL back. No Chromium servers, Puppeteer queues, or rendering infrastructure to maintain.

AI Template Generation

Describe an invoice, certificate, report, or receipt and turn it into an editable HTML template that works with structured JSON data.

Production Rendering

Hosted PDF rendering with uptime monitoring, API keys, rate limits, and scalable infrastructure.

Automation Friendly

Built for Make, Zapier, n8n, Airtable, forms, CRMs, and any workflow builder that can send an HTTP request.

Preview Before Download

Every PDF response includes a previewUrl for approval flows, customer portals, support dashboards, and in-app document review.

previewUrl workflow

Preview every generated document before it goes out

Use the previewUrl returned by our API to show generated PDFs in-product, customer portals, approval screens, or support dashboards—no downloads, no browser juggling.

  • Secure iframe endpoint hosted on Peedief with global CDN delivery
  • Works anywhere HTML iframes are supported (React, Vue, Blade, Webflow, and more)
  • Perfect for customer previews, approvals, and internal review flows
<iframe
  title="Invoice Preview"
  src={previewUrl}
  width="100%"
  height="620"
  style={{ border: 0, borderRadius: 24 }}
/>

Works with the stack you already use

Drop PDF generation into apps, workflow automations, internal tools, and AI-built products with a simple REST API.

REST APIs
Node.js
Python
PHP
n8n
Make.com
Zapier
Power Automate

Trusted by Developers

See what others are building with Peedief

"Great assistance, super fast answers!"

"I tried Peedief on my platform and for my case usage it was almost perfect. I could create as many pdf templates as I wanted to and it was easy to connect. I just needed to add a feature for the preview of my created pdf before actually download it on the device. They helped me throught the whole process and delivered the release of the new version in just a week or two. Super happy about the choice!"
Fabio Rossi
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Simple, Transparent Pricing

Choose the plan that fits your needs

Free

$0
  • 5 PDF generations
  • Community support
  • Standard processing speed
  • Usage analytics dashboard
  • No watermark
  • Documentation
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Starter

$10/month
  • 500 PDFs/month
  • Email support
  • Standard processing speed
  • Usage analytics dashboard
  • No watermark
  • Documentation
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Basic

$15/month
  • 1,500 PDFs/month
  • Priority support
  • Standard processing speed
  • Usage analytics dashboard
  • No watermark
  • Documentation
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Premium

$50/month
  • 5,000 PDFs/month
  • Priority support
  • Priority processing speed
  • Usage analytics dashboard
  • No watermark
  • Documentation
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Why teams choose Peedief instead of rolling their own renderer

PDF generation looks simple until production: fonts, page breaks, headers, queues, browser crashes, and customer-specific templates.

🚀 Stop debugging Puppeteer in production

Keep your product focused on customers while Peedief handles HTML rendering, print CSS, page breaks, scaling, previews, and PDF delivery behind one API.

Rolling your own renderer:

  • Maintain Chromium, fonts, queues, and workers
  • Fight print CSS, A4 sizing, and page-break bugs
  • Rebuild template editing and preview flows yourself

With Peedief:

  • Create or generate templates once
  • Send structured JSON for each document
  • Get hosted PDF and preview URLs back
  • Support loops, conditions, and dynamic data lists

🔧 Templates your team can iterate on

Start from AI-generated templates, refine the HTML/CSS, map JSON fields, and reuse the same document workflow across your product and automation stack.

Template workflow:

  • AI-assisted starting points for common business documents
  • Editable HTML/CSS for precise brand and layout control
  • JSON placeholders, loops, conditionals, and nested data
  • Preview links for review, approval, and customer-facing portals

⚡ Production Ready

Enterprise-grade infrastructure with 99.9% uptime, global CDN, rate limiting, and authentication. Scale from prototype to millions of PDFs without changing a single line of code.

Enterprise Features:

  • 99.9% uptime SLA with monitoring
  • Global CDN for fast PDF delivery
  • API key authentication & rate limiting
  • Scales automatically with your usage

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about Peedief

What is Peedief?

Peedief is a template-to-PDF platform for developers and automation builders. Create or generate reusable HTML templates, pass JSON data through the API, and get hosted PDF and preview URLs back.

How is this different from Puppeteer or Playwright?

Puppeteer and Playwright are powerful, but you still own browser infrastructure, queues, fonts, Docker images, crashes, timeouts, and scaling. Peedief turns PDF rendering into an API so you can ship document workflows without maintaining Chromium.

How does AI template generation help?

Instead of starting with a blank HTML file, describe the document you need and use AI-assisted generation to create a structured template. Then refine the design, connect JSON fields, and reuse it from your app or automation workflow.

What template features are available?

Templates support custom HTML/CSS, dynamic data binding, nested JSON, repeated lists, conditional sections, page sizing, and print-friendly layouts for invoices, certificates, reports, receipts, statements, and contracts.

Can I use Peedief from Make, Zapier, n8n, or Airtable?

Yes. Any tool that can send an HTTP request can generate a PDF with Peedief. It works well for form submissions, CRM events, Google Sheets or Airtable rows, course completions, and scheduled report workflows.

Is there a free tier?

Yes. You get 5 free PDF generations so you can test templates, API calls, preview URLs, and your end-to-end workflow before upgrading.

Ready to Get Started?

Create your first template, send JSON, and get a production-ready PDF back.

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