ConvertAPI
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ConvertAPI Great service to include in your product
What do you like best about the product?
ConvertAPI was super easy to implement allowing my developers to focus on other things core to our product
What do you dislike about the product?
Although the cost of ConvertAPI is attractive, it could always be cheaper. We also burned a lot of conversions time on development and testing so it would be nice to have a free trial/developer license to get started.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Converting ppt and pptx files to pdf so users would not have to have Microsoft Office installed to view files. As well, by converting to pdf we could add some tracking and other tools to the application viewer.
Reliable and easy to use file convert service
What do you like best about the product?
We use ConvertAPI for over a year now, and we are happy with their service. The best part is they are adding more converters over time and increasing performance resulting in bill savings :)
ConvertAPI support responds fast and always with a good solution.
ConvertAPI support responds fast and always with a good solution.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is nothing to dislike about ConverAPI :)
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We get many different file formats that need to be converted to PDF, and ConvertAPI supports >95% of our needs.
ConvertAPI
What do you like best about the product?
Very easy integration to our CRM System. With the free plan, it really gave an idea of what the process looked like before we made the purchase. Very clean dashboard and good support all around.
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing to complain about at all as everything is very smooth and well-rounded. I've heard no complaints from any colleagues.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Great product for document conversion. Easy to implement in code. Very self-explanatory. Great for providing our customer's official documents.
Easy API to use
What do you like best about the product?
ConvertAPI has been a reliable service for converting even legacy Word Document files to PDF. ConvertAPI has also been helpful in re-exporting PDF files with unexpected password protection metadata when the document is already accessible. Their integration libraries make development more straightforward too.
What do you dislike about the product?
Could improve documentation on error states in their integration libraries. Also, customer support resent links to their existing libraries and Github issues instead of helping debug our particular problem.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
PDF conversion as a service.
ConvertAPI, a professional solution for PDF exports
What do you like best about the product?
The ConvertAPI service is a company that specializes in helping businesses convert data into various formats, including PDFs which we use. They have access to the latest technology and are experts in the field of data conversion.
One of the main benefits of an API service provider is that they are experts in their field because they have special training for a specific type of task. The ConvertAPI PDF export API is an example of this - they can convert almost any type of file from one format to another. We use the pre-paid plan, which allows you to use credits for using the service at any rate you need and not have to worry about fluctuations in usage. E.g., we are not charged a monthly premium when the service is not used.
The resulting PDF files are accurate to the source, and the API allows an easy connection and retrieval of the file. Support is very often quick to respond in the rare case of an issue.
One of the main benefits of an API service provider is that they are experts in their field because they have special training for a specific type of task. The ConvertAPI PDF export API is an example of this - they can convert almost any type of file from one format to another. We use the pre-paid plan, which allows you to use credits for using the service at any rate you need and not have to worry about fluctuations in usage. E.g., we are not charged a monthly premium when the service is not used.
The resulting PDF files are accurate to the source, and the API allows an easy connection and retrieval of the file. Support is very often quick to respond in the rare case of an issue.
What do you dislike about the product?
On rare occasions we had problems with getting a response from the service but support was quick to respond and followed up. It would be good to have more options in the statistics and reporting part of the control panel. Given the amount of data collected, there are many opportunities for reports to be generated and analyzed.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use it for converting HTML to PDF files. It has allowed us to focus on the core service of our application and rely on an external partner for the PDF export feature.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Make sure to check up on the documentation as it covers plenty of options available.
Excellent developer friendly tools to get your API calls perfect without code!
What do you like best about the product?
Converting pages into great-looking printable PDFs or converting PDF or MS Office uploads into searchable text was simple. Made more accessible by the great developer-friendly testing tools online.
What do you dislike about the product?
There were too few free credits for testing multiple products (it only starts with 1500).
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Searchable uploads and beautiful printable PDFs help me build a great user experience.
Bad Customer Support
What do you like best about the product?
Their API converted our PDFs to Powerpoint very accurately except for the fonts, and it was pretty easy to integrate with.
What do you dislike about the product?
Customer support did not respond to multiple reach-outs between May 27 and June 11, and they now appear to have stopped replying to me completely.
The only issue we had with their service was that the fonts embedded in our PDFs were not being used in the converted Powerpoint. I was told that normally you have to pay 300 EUR a month (a much higher plan than we otherwise need) to upload fonts, but that in my case they would add our two fonts on their "next system update" This was on May 27th. I continued to follow-up for the next two weeks asking for updates and got no responses. Finally on June 11, I was just told it would be installed on their "next system update" but that they couldn't give me any ETA. I pressed them on this because we are a software company trying to launch a feature, and needed some idea of the time frame. And so far I've gotten zero responses back from their support team.
Now we are probably going to have to switch to a different service. I would have rather they just told me "no" originally, as we've now wasted time integrating with their service and will have to rip it out and start over.
The only issue we had with their service was that the fonts embedded in our PDFs were not being used in the converted Powerpoint. I was told that normally you have to pay 300 EUR a month (a much higher plan than we otherwise need) to upload fonts, but that in my case they would add our two fonts on their "next system update" This was on May 27th. I continued to follow-up for the next two weeks asking for updates and got no responses. Finally on June 11, I was just told it would be installed on their "next system update" but that they couldn't give me any ETA. I pressed them on this because we are a software company trying to launch a feature, and needed some idea of the time frame. And so far I've gotten zero responses back from their support team.
Now we are probably going to have to switch to a different service. I would have rather they just told me "no" originally, as we've now wasted time integrating with their service and will have to rip it out and start over.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Converting PDFs to Powerpoint files.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If it works out of the box, great. If you need support - look elsewhere.
Stop trying to handle file conversions yourself
What do you like best about the product?
It is so amazingly easy to use, yet sophisticated enough for our complex needs.
What do you dislike about the product?
I have some needs for on-premise use which is not supported by ConvertAPI
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Been able to reduce bugs and time spent maintaining logic with the file conversion processes. ConvertAPI is incredibly stable and reliable.
We literally couldn't have done it without ConvertAPI
What do you like best about the product?
In 3 words: It just works and keeps on working ;)
We use it in a Zapier complex automation loop to convert Google Docs and an invoice to PDF among other things.
Finding a solution that requires little to no setup, works time after time and is reasonably priced is pretty tough - and I should know, I tested more than 5 solutions before finding ConvertAPI.
The one time that I had questions, support was responsive and gave me a correct answer so for the time being, I'm happy in that area as well...
We use it in a Zapier complex automation loop to convert Google Docs and an invoice to PDF among other things.
Finding a solution that requires little to no setup, works time after time and is reasonably priced is pretty tough - and I should know, I tested more than 5 solutions before finding ConvertAPI.
The one time that I had questions, support was responsive and gave me a correct answer so for the time being, I'm happy in that area as well...
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing so far per say.
The only area of improvement that I could even nitpick around and this is being overly critical is the fact that conversion times vary somewhat at times and it would be easier to predict budget if they were truly the same each time for the same types and sized documents.
The only area of improvement that I could even nitpick around and this is being overly critical is the fact that conversion times vary somewhat at times and it would be easier to predict budget if they were truly the same each time for the same types and sized documents.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Well, I needed to be able to convert to PDF in a Zapier workflow in a reliable way and I tested 5 other Zapier 'PDF' solutions and none of them worked as well or were as flexible with their free plan to allow me to 'test'.
As these resulting emails that contains these documents need to not be editable, conversion to PDF is obvious and a solution like ConvertAPI makes it easy peasy.
I'm sure that I get to learn more about ConvertAPI's capabilities it could be useful to us for other functionalities.
As these resulting emails that contains these documents need to not be editable, conversion to PDF is obvious and a solution like ConvertAPI makes it easy peasy.
I'm sure that I get to learn more about ConvertAPI's capabilities it could be useful to us for other functionalities.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Definitely check out everything while using their Free plan, and don't hesitate to contact them if you have questions... It worked for me.
Great tool for research, and a great tool for presentations
What do you like best about the product?
I love the ability to get just pure text from a PDF! It may be my favorite thing about the app! While I did not use the watermark feature at all, I know another member of the team used it frequently for media purposes such as electronic posters and powerpoint presentations.
What do you dislike about the product?
It's not so much that I dislike it, but I do wish that I could take a PowerPoint presentation and extract text from it. Also I do think that it would be beneficial to have a more thorough and user friendly demo area where users could play around with the various tools that ConvertAPI has.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
ConvertAPI is a ton of help when it comes to research! So many scholarly journals are in PDF form. Having the ability to convert them to text and search for keywords in that text is an enormous help when doing research! This cuts down on time and helps us achieve goals faster.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Take time to learn all the details of the app. Find the tasks that ConvertAPI can help you with the most and spend the time learning all the ways that it can help. There may be features that could save you a ton of time that you do not even know about if you do not take the time to learn it all! I found Youtube to be a great resource in researching the different things I could do with ConvertAPI.
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