Software and IT
PDF tools, e-signatures and an API for software and IT companies
Get order forms and contracts signed, assemble security questionnaires and policy packs, convert documentation both ways and add PDF features to your own product with an API. Server jobs run in London.
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£6.99 per user a month, billed yearly · from 2 users
What tech teams use it for
Built for sales, security and engineering
Order forms and contracts, signed
Compare the customer’s redlines with your template, then send the agreed version for signature in the order your process needs.
Security questionnaires and policy packs
Convert policies from Word, merge them into one pack for a customer’s security review and protect it with a password. The customer gets one document to review instead of a folder of links.
Documentation in both directions
Turn a saved HTML page into a PDF for a customer, or turn a PDF into Markdown with headings, lists and tables for your docs repository.
PDF features in your product
Call the same tools from your code with the PDF API: compress, convert, recognise text and send for signature, with webhooks and a free sandbox.
Specs and diagrams reviewed
Add comments and highlights to a specification or an architecture diagram, or export pages as images for a ticket or a slide. Reviewers can work on the PDF directly, without the original design tool.
Logs and screenshots shared safely
Redact keys, emails and customer names from logs and screenshots saved as PDF, and strip hidden metadata before sending them to a vendor.
Where Macaaw fits in a tech company
Software companies close deals with contracts, pass audits with policy packs and support customers with documentation. Macaaw covers those documents without another heavy system to run. Sales, security and support teams work in the browser; engineers can use the same tools through the API. There is nothing to install or maintain, and new starters can use it the day they join.
20 of the 40 tools run entirely in the browser, so files never leave the device. Server tools run in London and delete files within 2 hours. Business workspaces can require passkeys or two-step sign-in, limit sign-in methods and keep an audit log for a year.
The PDF API uses the same tools as the website, with API keys, idempotent requests and webhooks signed so you can check they came from us. The sandbox is free for every signed-in account, and live keys come with Pro and Business.
Playbook
A customer contract in four steps
From redlines to a countersigned order form without leaving the browser.
Compare the redlines
Compare the customer’s returned draft with your template to see every change.
Agree the final version
Convert the agreed version to PDF and merge in the order form and any schedules. Check the schedules carry the same version number.
Send in order
Add the customer’s signer first and your own signatory second, with reminders on.
Close the loop
Download the signed PDF with its certificate, or get it automatically through a webhook if you send through the API.
Business plan
One plan for the whole team
Sales, security and support on one plan; engineers use the API keys that come with it.
£6.99per user a month, billed yearly · or £9.99 monthly
- 200 signature requests per user a month, pooled
- Up to 20 signers on each document
- 1,000 pages of text recognition per user a month, pooled
- 500 Office conversions per user a month, pooled
- Files up to 500 MB and 200 files in one task
- Members, roles, shared workflows and central billing
- UK serversServer tools run in London.
- Deleted within 2 hoursFiles from our tools, or the moment you press Delete.
- UK GDPRA data processing agreement on Business.
- Audit trailEvery signed PDF carries its signing certificate.
Questions
Tech teams ask
Is there a free sandbox for the API?
Yes. Every signed-in account can create sandbox keys for free, with small limits, so you can build and test before going live.
Can we embed signing in our app?
Yes. The API supports documents and e-signature with embedded signing and webhooks, so your users sign without leaving your product.
Can we require passkeys for our team?
Yes. A Business workspace can require two-step sign-in by passkey or authenticator app for every member.
Where is data processed?
Browser tools run on the device. Server tools and the API run in London and delete task files within 2 hours.
Can PDF to Markdown handle tables?
Yes. It keeps headings, paragraphs, lists and tables as Markdown, and runs in your browser.
Are API webhooks signed?
Yes. Each webhook carries a signature you can check with the shared key you set for the webhook, so your system only acts on events that came from Macaaw. Requests can also carry an idempotency key, so a retried call never runs the same task twice.
Legal information on this page is general guidance for England and Wales, not legal advice. Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own rules, and deeds or documents that must be witnessed need extra formalities.
Documents handled, so the team can ship.
Try Business free for 30 days, or start in the API sandbox.