PDF Craft or OpenL?
Turn scanned books into readable EPUBs and papers into editable Markdown, with translation when you need it. Compare PDF Craft with OpenL for the way you read and take notes.
Compare the features you will use
| What matters to you | PDF Craft | OpenL Doc Translator |
|---|---|---|
| Your downloads | Convert PDF to EPUB or Markdown, or translate it to PDF. EPUB translation returns an EPUB. | EPUB translation offers translated and bilingual downloads with book structure preserved. |
| Reading the original | Choose a bilingual EPUB with each original paragraph followed by its translation. | A bilingual version includes the original and translated text. |
| AI assistant access (MCP) | Built-in MCP support lets your AI assistant convert and translate documents and retrieve the results. | No public MCP setup documentation found. |
| Integration with your app (API) | Document conversion and translation API with task submission, progress tracking and downloads. | Document translation API available through RapidAPI. |
| Your files | PDFs, scanned PDFs and EPUBs. | EPUBs, PDFs and office files including Word, PowerPoint and Excel. |
| Pricing | Standard conversion costs $0.30 per 100 pages, or $0.60 including translation. EPUB translation costs $1.10 per 100,000 source words. Pay as you go, with no subscription. | A daily free preview allowance; full document translation is paid separately. |
Let your AI assistant handle the documents
Connect PDF Craft through MCP to let a compatible AI assistant convert papers, translate ebooks, check progress and retrieve results. Ask for what you need while reading or taking notes, and make document processing part of the conversation.
Connect your AI assistantRead scanned books and build on what you read
If you want a scanned PDF as an EPUB with adjustable text, or passages you can work with in Markdown notes, PDF Craft brings conversion and translation together. Choose your output, download it, and keep reading or writing.
Read scanned booksTranslate a wider range of office files
If your day also involves Word documents, presentations and spreadsheets, OpenL supports more file types for translating them in one service.