CraftMyPDF PDF editor and API: $15K a month, self-reported in 2023

CraftMyPDF sells software for generating PDF documents and images through templates and APIs. Its $15K a month was reported by the founder in an interview (not independently verified), as of April 4th, 2023.

What it actually sells

CraftMyPDF sells automated PDF document and image generation software with templates, forms, and APIs. “Design professional PDF templates visually with our easy-to-use editor.” Its editor supports drag-and-drop templates, fillable forms, expressions, formatting, conditional logic, and custom JavaScript.

Its API supports synchronous or asynchronous PDF and image generation. “Our cloud-based API helps you to generate PDF documents or images.” The product also converts existing PDFs into fillable templates, with field detection, expected data types, and generated labels.

How it charges

Annual Plus pricing is $49 monthly or $490 per year. This is the pricing stated in the site's Plus example. The site also offers free signup without a credit card requirement.

Where customers come from

The visible customer sign-up surface shown on the site is free signup without a credit card requirement.

What stands out

CraftMyPDF completed a SOC 2 Type II audit. Regional generation is available in the US, EU, Singapore, and Australia. The site states that regional availability supports data residency and lower latency.

From the official site

CraftMyPDF powers automated document workflows for teams that need fast, reliable, and scalable PDF generation.

Design professional PDF templates visually with our easy-to-use editor.

Our cloud-based API helps you to generate PDF documents or images.

Excerpts from the official website, fetched October 1, 2026.

Where it sits in the data

CraftMyPDF's $15K a month is higher than 71% of the 6,604 projects with founder-reported monthly revenue in our dataset; the median across them is $2K. Snapshot: 2026-09-30. The dataset only covers founders who chose to publish their numbers, so it leans toward businesses that work; use it for scale, not as an average.

Currency

All figures are in US dollars as published. A rough yuan or euro conversion is not applied here because prices, taxes and acquisition costs differ by country.

Could you build something like this?

My view is that this needs real work. The buyer would be teams with recurring PDF document and image generation workflows. A builder would need to establish demand through direct conversations, document repeated use cases, and validate requirements around templates, forms, APIs, and generation speed.

Distribution would have to come from a website, free signup flow, developer outreach, and direct sales to teams. Building the product would require reliable document rendering, template storage, API operations, field detection, data handling, and security controls. Regulation, customer support, and competition would add ongoing work.

Verdict: Needs real work.

One thing to take from it

The useful lesson is to examine the product’s workflow coverage, API model, pricing, signup surface, audit status, and regional generation choices together when assessing a document software business.

Sources

CraftMyPDF official website, fetched October 1, 2026
CraftMyPDF pricing page, fetched October 1, 2026
CraftMyPDF about page, fetched October 1, 2026
Starter Story founder interview: revenue reported by the founder in an interview (not independently verified), as of April 4th, 2023

Revenue, team and start-cost figures are what the founder reported at the interview date, not current figures and not a prediction of what you will earn. Product and pricing facts come from the business's own website as checked on 30 September 2026. Method & sources · Disclosure