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pdf-api-cost-calculator

v1.0.0

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CLI tool to calculate serverless HTML-to-PDF rendering API costs vs self-hosted Headless Chromium TCO.

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Readme

PDF API Cost Calculator — Serverless HTML-to-PDF Rendering API vs Self-Hosted Headless Chromium TCO

npm License: MIT Documentation Docker Hub Gateway

A command-line tool and benchmarking framework to calculate the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of document generation architectures. Compares self-hosted Headless Chromium / Puppeteer clusters against managed document generation APIs including CraftMyPDF, APITemplate.io, DocRaptor, and Adobe PDF Services.

⚡ Quick Start

# Run directly via npx (zero installation required)
npx pdf-api-cost-calculator --docs 15000

# Install globally
npm install -g pdf-api-cost-calculator
pdf-api-cost-calculator --docs 15000

💸 Why Self-Hosting Puppeteer / Chromium Is an Anti-Pattern

  1. Chromium Memory Leaks: Renders leak 80–250 MB per job. Node.js worker pools crash under high-concurrency billing cycles.
  2. Cold Starts in Lambda: AWS Lambda 1024MB–2048MB runtimes require 3–8s cold starts; missing OS fonts cause tofu boxes.
  3. DevOps Overhead: 12+ hours/month spent maintaining font packages, Chromium dependencies, and headless sandbox CVEs ($1,200/mo eng drag).

📊 2026 Production Unit Economics (15,000 Documents / Month)

| Solution | Rate Card Tier | Effective Cost (15k docs) | Labor & Maintenance | Total TCO | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Self-Hosted AWS Lambda/ECS | Pay-as-you-go compute | $185 / mo | 12 hrs ($1,200 / mo) | $1,435 / mo | | Adobe PDF Services API | $0.05 / doc | $750 / mo | 0.5 hr ($50 / mo) | $800 / mo | | DocRaptor PrinceXML | $0.055 / doc | $825 / mo | 0.5 hr ($50 / mo) | $875 / mo | | CraftMyPDF Professional | $99 / mo (12k docs included) | $123 / mo | 0.5 hr ($50 / mo) | $173 / mo (Save $1,262) | | APITemplate.io PDF Standard | $69 / mo (12k docs included) | $87 / mo | 0.5 hr ($50 / mo) | $137 / mo (Save $1,298) |

🔗 Cross-Platform Ecosystem & Live Benchmarks