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CloudConvert vs iLovePDF
CloudConvert is a job-based file-conversion platform spanning audio, video, image, document, ebook, spreadsheet, presentation, and archive formats, plus utility tasks like merging, watermarking, and thumbnailing. The v2 REST API authenticates with Bearer API keys or OAuth2, offers regional EU/US endpoints, and includes a free sandbox mode for testing without consuming conversion credits.
The developer platform behind iLovePDF has been rebranded iLoveAPI, offering a REST toolkit for manipulating PDFs (merge, split, compress, convert, encrypt, add page numbers) plus editing images in formats like JPG, PNG, HEIC, and WEBP. Authentication exchanges a public/secret key pair for a short-lived JWT bearer token, and new accounts get 2,500 free credits per month before usage-based billing kicks in.
| CloudConvert | iLovePDF | |
|---|---|---|
| Authentication | API Key | API Key |
| Pricing | freemium | freemium |
| Formats | JSON, MP4, MP3, PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, JPG, PNG, ZIP, EPUB | PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, JPG, PNG, GIF, WEBP, HEIC, JSON |
| CORS | yes | yes |
| HTTPS | Yes | Yes |
CloudConvert supports 11 response formats, while iLovePDF offers fewer — pick CloudConvert for more integration flexibility.