# pdfedge

> Make, change, fill and read PDFs. Free browser tools at https://pdfedge.com/tools/ (files never leave the device)
> and an API with an MCP server for code and agents.

API base: https://api.pdfedge.com (send X-API-Key; a free key, 150 documents a month: https://dash.pdfedge.com/)
Plans: Free 150 documents a month; Starter $9 (2,000), Growth $29 (10,000), Scale $79 (40,000): https://dash.pdfedge.com/#pricing
Reference: https://dash.pdfedge.com/docs
MCP: https://mcp.pdfedge.com (the same key as a bearer token)
Operations: merge, split, pages (reorder, delete, rotate, insert, resize), stamp (text, image, QR, watermark, page numbers),
fill (form fields by name, or overlay boxes on any PDF), templates, compress (photos redrawn at the size they're shown), protect (AES-256),
unlock, extract (text, markdown, fields, meta),
HTML (with Mustache variables, headers, footers), public URLs and images to PDF. Files go in by id, URL, base64, raw body or multipart; every result is a file whose id feeds the next call.
Cost: one document per 50 pages. Files are deleted after 24 hours unless kept longer.

## Tools
- https://pdfedge.com/editor: Field editor. Draw boxes where values go on any PDF, fill and download it, or save it to your account as a template (POST /v1/templates) and fill it by id.
- https://pdfedge.com/tools/fill-any-pdf: Fill any PDF. Click a blank and type, on flat and scanned forms with no fields as well as real PDF forms. Tick boxes, add your signature and the date, and download.
- https://pdfedge.com/tools/sign-pdf: Sign a PDF. Draw or type your signature once, put it anywhere on any page, and add the date. The PDF never leaves your device.
- https://pdfedge.com/tools/merge-pdf: Merge PDF. Put PDFs together in the order you choose, taking all of each file or just some pages. Form fields stay fillable.
- https://pdfedge.com/tools/compress-pdf: Compress PDF. Make a PDF small enough to email or upload. Photos are redrawn at the size they're shown on the page and saved as JPEG; text, drawings and form fields aren't touched.
- https://pdfedge.com/tools/split-pdf: Split PDF. Cut one PDF into many: every few pages, one file per page, or the ranges you write. You get a zip.
- https://pdfedge.com/tools/organize-pdf: Rotate, delete & reorder pages. See every page, drag them into a new order, turn them the right way up and take out the ones you don't want. Deleted pages are removed from the file, not just hidden.
- https://pdfedge.com/tools/add-page-numbers: Add page numbers. Number every page, or skip the cover. Any wording, any corner, placed right on rotated pages too.
- https://pdfedge.com/tools/watermark-pdf: Watermark PDF. Write DRAFT, CONFIDENTIAL or anything else across every page, faint and on the diagonal. Text in any language.
- https://pdfedge.com/tools/images-to-pdf: JPG and PNG to PDF. One page per image, in your order. Phone photos come out the right way up.
- https://pdfedge.com/tools/pdf-to-jpg: PDF to JPG. Every page as a JPG or PNG, at screen or print resolution. One page downloads as the image; several come in a zip.
- https://pdfedge.com/tools/fill-pdf-form: Fill a PDF form. Type into a PDF's form fields, tick its boxes, pick its options, and download a finished copy. Any language works.
- https://pdfedge.com/tools/protect-pdf: Protect PDF with a password. Lock a PDF so it opens only with your password, encrypted with AES-256. Choose whether it can be printed or copied from.
- https://pdfedge.com/tools/unlock-pdf: Unlock PDF. Have the password and tired of typing it? Save a copy that opens without one. This does not guess passwords.
- https://pdfedge.com/tools/pdf-to-text: PDF to text. Get the words out of a PDF, page by page, as plain text. Pages with no text layer (scans) are pointed out instead of coming back blank.

## Forms, ready to fill (the IRS's own PDFs, filled in the browser)
- https://pdfedge.com/forms/w-9: Form W-9 (Rev. March 2024), Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification.
- https://pdfedge.com/forms/w-4: Form W-4 (2026), Employee's Withholding Certificate.
- https://pdfedge.com/forms/w-8ben: Form W-8BEN (Rev. October 2021), Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax Withholding and Reporting (Individuals).

## Questions
- https://pdfedge.com/faq: Are files uploaded, what the limits are, what counts as a document, how long API files are kept.