Templated.io is a template-based generation platform that produces images, videos and PDFs from a drag-and-drop editor and a REST API, with SDKs, an embeddable white-label editor and no-code integrations. It suits marketing and automated graphics, while PDF Generator API focuses on data-driven business documents. The comparison below breaks down where each platform fits.
Pricing
Templated.io and PDF Generator API are both credit-based. Templated.io spans images, video and PDFs from a canvas editor and is priced in US dollars; PDF Generator API is focused on data-driven document generation, billed by credits in euros.
Templated.io
Image, video & PDF generation · credit-based
- Free trial$0
- Starter$29/mo
- Scale$79/mo
- Enterprise$179/mo
Free trial gives 50 credits. Paid plans bill monthly credits (1,000 on Starter up to 25,000 on Enterprise) — 1 credit per image or per PDF page, video by resolution and length — with the embeddable editor from the Scale plan up. Prices shown for annual billing.
PDF Generator API
Cloud plans · billed by credits · 14-day free trial
- Individualfrom €8/mo
- Teamfrom €52/mo
- Scales to250k credits/mo
Individual starts at 50 credits and 5 templates; Team starts at 1,000 credits, 25 templates and 10 workspaces, with unlimited templates and the embedded editor on higher tiers. Every plan includes a 14-day free trial.
Conclusion
Templated.io is a fast, developer-friendly platform for generating branded images, videos and PDFs from templates, and its embeddable editor and no-code integrations make it easy to slot into a marketing stack. Its templates are visual designs, so for structured documents it does not offer fillable PDF form fields, signature fields, or the ability to reuse an existing PDF as a template.
If you need to generate business documents such as invoices, contracts and statements from your data, PDF Generator API is built for that, with a REST API, an embeddable template editor, fillable form and signature fields, and enterprise compliance including HIPAA, ISO 27001 and dedicated EU or US deployment that Templated.io does not offer here. Cloud plans start at €8/month with a 14-day free trial, or you can talk to our team about your use case.
