PDF Toolkit: Merge, Split, Compress & Convert PDFs
Merge, split, compress and convert PDFs in one tool — batch jobs, no file-size limits.
In plain language.
One tool replaces the five browser tabs you'd normally open: merge, split, compress, rotate, watermark and convert PDFs on demand.
Send a batch of files and get back exactly the output you asked for — no ads, no upload limits, no watermarked "free trial" results.
Runs the same whether a person clicks Start or an AI agent calls it mid-workflow.
Document work in an automated pipeline usually means stitching together several single-purpose services, each with its own account, limits and failure mode — and free tiers that stop exactly when a real batch starts.
Compression here is structural rather than lossy: object streams are rebuilt and redundancy removed, leaving text and vector content untouched. That means the saving on an already-optimised file can be modest, which is why the before and after sizes are always returned rather than asserted.
Dependencies load on demand, so a merge never starts the browser engine that URL-to-PDF needs. Light operations stay light, which is what keeps a flat per-file price workable.
Nothing is written on failure. A run that does not produce a file produces no result and carries no result charge.
Input files are read from public links or from the run’s own storage, and produced files come back as direct download links. There is no imposed file-size limit and no page cap, which is usually where free tiers stop being useful.
There is no OCR and no editing of text inside a document: the toolkit works on pages and files rather than on their contents. Password-protected inputs are not processed, and URL-to-PDF renders a page as an anonymous visitor sees it.
Who it's for
- For operations and back office. Merge a month of signed delivery notes into one archive file, or split a combined scan into per-invoice documents, without uploading client paperwork to a consumer website.
- For finance teams. Compress a folder of statements before attaching them to a filing, with before and after byte counts returned rather than a reassuring message.
- For marketing. Render a live web page to PDF for an approvals trail, or watermark a draft deck before circulating it outside the company.
- For developers and AI agents. Call it inside a document pipeline: an agent handling an inbound email can split the attachment, take the pages it needs, and pass them on.
Pricing
$0.02 per successful result — pay only for the files you actually get back.
No subscription. Failed or empty inputs are never charged.
Fewer knobs. Better defaults.
Six actions, one Actor
Merge, split, compress, rotate, watermark and convert — pick the action per call.
No size ceiling
Batch jobs run at cloud scale instead of choking a browser tab.
Clean output, every time
Deterministic processing — the same input always produces the same file.
Same tool, callable as an MCP server.
PDF Toolkit runs on Apify, which means it's exposed as a remote MCP tool with no extra setup. Point any MCP-compatible agent (Claude, Cursor, and others) at the endpoint below.
View full API reference on Apify{ "action": "merge", "files": ["https://example.com/a.pdf", "https://example.com/b.pdf"] }
Related Insight
Before automating PDF work, define the boundaries
A practical checklist for inputs, network policy, page semantics, output contracts, retention, security and limits.
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