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Selectpdf vs turbopuffer

turbopuffer scores higher on the AgentReady, 53/100 against 47/100. They differ on 6 of the 41 signals. Which ones decides whether an agent can adopt them without a person watching.

What each one is

Selectpdf. SelectPdf is a battle-tested HTML to PDF toolkit providing a .NET Library for self-hosted embedding and a REST API for any language.

turbopuffer. turbopuffer is a fast, object-storage native search engine providing vector and full-text search built on object storage.

Where Selectpdf is ahead

Selectpdf passes clear canonical domain, and turbopuffer does not. That is discover, whether an agent can find the product at all without being told it exists.

It also holds understand: authentication documented. turbopuffer misses it.

Where turbopuffer is ahead

turbopuffer passes llms-full.txt / full agent docs, and Selectpdf does not. That is discover, whether an agent can find the product at all without being told it exists.

It also holds adopt: no mandatory sales call. Selectpdf misses it.

And on operate, structured, predictable output and observable execution. Selectpdf misses those.

What neither does

Both fail mcp discoverable, structured api reference, openapi / spec quality, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented, limits / constraints documented, agent-compatible signup flow, programmatic credential creation, cli available, mcp integration available, machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable, agent compatibility verified. If your agent needs any of those, you will be building it yourself either way.

Score, pillar by pillar

The AgentReady splits into four pillars, scored separately, because a product can be easy to find and still impossible to adopt.

Discover. Both sit at 80/100 here. Selectpdf misses llms-full.txt / full agent docs, mcp discoverable; turbopuffer misses clear canonical domain, mcp discoverable.

Understand. Selectpdf leads 31 to 23. Selectpdf misses structured api reference, openapi / spec quality, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented, limits / constraints documented; turbopuffer misses structured api reference, openapi / spec quality, authentication documented, request examples provided, response examples provided, errors and status codes documented, limits / constraints documented.

Adopt. turbopuffer leads 60 to 52. Selectpdf misses no mandatory sales call, agent-compatible signup flow, programmatic credential creation, cli available, mcp integration available; turbopuffer misses agent-compatible signup flow, programmatic credential creation, cli available, mcp integration available.

Operate is whether an agent can run against it in production and recover when a call fails. turbopuffer leads 47 to 24. Selectpdf misses structured, predictable output, machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable, observable execution, agent compatibility verified; turbopuffer misses machine-readable errors, retry behavior documented, idempotency support, rate-limit behavior predictable, agent compatibility verified.

Pricing

Selectpdf starts at $19/mo and has a free tier. turbopuffer starts at $16/month with no free tier.

Signal by signal

Which to pick

turbopuffer clears more of the signals an agent needs, so it is the safer default for unattended use. Full profiles: Selectpdf and turbopuffer. Alternatives to each: Selectpdf, turbopuffer.

An agent can fetch this as data: POST /v1/compare {"slugs": ["selectpdf", "turbopuffer"]}