Acceptable Use Policy

The deal

pdfmcp is free and deliberately generous: 250 guaranteed operations per key per day, paced at 60 per hour, plus unlimited burst operations whenever the machine has spare capacity. In return we ask one thing: don't abuse it. This page defines abuse.

Hard caps (always on)

Maximum file size 100 MB · maximum 500 pages per file · maximum 120 CPU-seconds per job · maximum 2 concurrent jobs per key · anonymous web/API use is rate-limited per IP. These caps protect the shared machine; they are not a sales funnel and there is no paid way around them.

Prohibited

Uploading malware, or files crafted to exploit parsers, decompress into bombs, or otherwise attack the processing pipeline. Every upload passes an inspection gauntlet (file-identity checks, antivirus scan, structural validation, active-content scan, resource-bomb checks) before anything processes it; rejections return a machine-readable “rejected_by_security_module” error.

Submitting content that is illegal to process, or that you have no right to process.

Evading limits: multiple accounts for quota, rotating keys or IPs to defeat rate limits, or sharing/reselling API keys.

Attacking the Service itself: credential stuffing, vulnerability scanning beyond what our security policy invites, denial-of-service attempts, or probing other users' jobs, keys or files.

Using the Service to send spam, generate bulk deceptive documents, or strip provenance metadata from media you intend to pass off as authentic human work in violation of law or platform rules.

What happens then

Automated controls act first: rate limits, queue demotion to burst, and security rejections. For deliberate or repeated abuse we may revoke keys or accounts without notice. Security researchers acting under the disclosure policy on the security page are explicitly welcome.

See also the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Report problems or appeal an enforcement action: [email protected].