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MintRender vs Placid

Placid makes images, PDFs and videos from templates, with a template editor, a REST API, a URL API, no-code integrations and an MCP server. Below are the prices, the credit rules and the features of both, and when each one is the better pick for you.

Facts about Placid checked on placid.app on 1 November 2026. Each one links its source. MintRender is not connected with Placid.

Pick Placid when

  • You make about 25,000 files a month: Placid's Business plan is cheaper per file there (see the table).
  • You want unused credits to roll over (up to twice the monthly amount), and unlimited free previews.
  • You need video, or CMYK PDFs at 300 dpi for print.

Pick MintRender when

  • You make about 1,000 or 5,000 files a month: MintRender costs less there (see the table).
  • You make PDFs: one PDF page is one credit at MintRender and two at Placid.
  • You want overage instead of a hard stop when a busy month needs more files.
  • You want a free plan that renews each month, and SVG output.

Price per 1,000 files

The cheapest monthly plan for each volume, with overage where the plan has it. Monthly billing, USD. source

Files a monthPlacidMintRender
1,000$39 per 1,000
Pro: $39 a month		$19 per 1,000
Starter: $19 a month
5,000$17.80 per 1,000
Business: $89 a month		$7.80 per 1,000
Pro: $39 a month
25,000$3.56 per 1,000
Business: $89 a month		$3.96 per 1,000
Business: $99 a month
Freea free trial with a few credits, no card; no free plan on the page source100 files a month, every month, no card

Credit rules

Placid

  • 1 image = 1 credit; 1 PDF page = 2 credits; every 10 seconds of video = 10 credits. Previews are free. source
  • No overage: when credits run out, you cannot make more until the next month. source
  • Unused credits roll over, up to twice the monthly amount. source

MintRender

  • One image or one PDF page costs one credit, for every template and every format.
  • If you send the same template and data again, you get the stored file for free. Previews, test keys and failed renders also cost nothing.
  • Extra credits are off until you turn them on, and you set a monthly spending limit. Unused credits do not carry over.

Formats and features

PlacidMintRender
FormatsJPEG, PNG, WebP, PDF, video sourcePNG, JPEG, WebP, SVG, PDF
Template editor in the browseryes sourceyes
REST APIyes sourceyes
Signed image links (no API call)yes (URL API; signing is optional) sourceyes
MCP server for AI assistantsyes sourceyes
PDF outputyes sourceyes
Video outputyes, up to 1920 × 1080 sourceno (planned)
Many files from a CSV filenot stated sourceyes
Zapieryes sourceno (planned)
Makeyes sourceyes, with the HTTP module (guide)
n8nyes sourceyes, workflow files

Move from Placid

Make the template again in the MintRender editor (or start from a template), give each changing layer the same field name, then change the API call.

Placid source

curl -X POST https://api.placid.app/api/rest/images \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PLACID_TOKEN" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{    "template_uuid": "ospo24ysn",    "create_now": true,    "layers": {      "title": { "text": "Meet Singh" },      "subline": { "text": "Employee of the month" },      "img": { "image": "https://example.com/photo.jpg" }    }  }'

MintRender

curl -X POST https://mintrender.com/v1/render \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $MINTRENDER_KEY" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{    "template": "YOUR_TEMPLATE_ID",    "data": {      "title": "Meet Singh",      "subline": "Employee of the month",      "img": "https://example.com/photo.jpg"    },    "format": "png"  }'
  • template_uuid becomes template. Each layer in layers becomes one field in data, with its text or image as the value.
  • Placid answers with a status and an image_url when the image is finished. MintRender answers with the file's URL when it is done.

Sources

Placid is a name of its owner, used here only to compare. Found a fact that changed? Write to support@mintrender.com and we check it again.