Terms of Service

1. Acceptance

By accessing paperbase.dev or calling the Paperbase API, you agree to these terms. If you are using Paperbase on behalf of an organisation, you represent that you have authority to bind it to these terms.

2. Service description

Paperbase provides a hosted PDF generation API. You send HTML or Markdown; we return a paginated, styled PDF and a preview image via signed URLs. During Phase 1, the service is free up to 100 renders per workspace per calendar month.

3. API keys and accounts

Each workspace receives one pb_live_ API key upon signup. You are responsible for keeping your key confidential. Do not embed live keys in client-side code or public repositories. If you suspect a key has been compromised, regenerate it from the dashboard immediately.

Test keys (pb_test_) expire after 24 hours and do not count against the monthly quota. They may be obtained without an account via POST /v1/keys/test.

4. Acceptable use

You must not use Paperbase to:

• Generate or distribute illegal, fraudulent, or harmful content.
• Render documents that infringe third-party intellectual property rights.
• Attempt to probe, scan, or exploit the API infrastructure (SSRF, DoS, fuzzing).
• Circumvent the monthly quota by creating multiple workspaces.
• Resell or sublicense API access without written permission.

We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these rules at our discretion, without prior notice in serious cases.

5. Quota and availability

The free tier is capped at 100 renders per workspace per calendar month. Requests over the limit return 429 PB_MONTHLY_QUOTA_EXCEEDED. Quotas reset on the first of each month (UTC). We aim for high availability but do not guarantee a specific SLA during Phase 1.

6. Data and content

You retain all rights to the content you submit. You grant Paperbase a limited licence to process and temporarily store that content solely to deliver the service. Rendered files are deleted automatically after 24 hours (live keys) or 1 hour (test keys). We do not read, analyse, or train on the content of your documents.

7. Intellectual property

The Paperbase name, logo, API, and documentation are owned by Paperbase. The SDK (paperbase npm package) is published under the MIT licence — see the package repository for the full licence text.

8. Disclaimer of warranties

The service is provided “as is” and “as available” without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. We do not warrant that the service will be error-free or uninterrupted.

9. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Paperbase will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of the service, including lost profits or data, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.

10. Changes

We may update these terms as the service evolves. Continued use of the service after the effective date of a revision constitutes acceptance of the updated terms. We will notify registered users by email of material changes at least 14 days in advance.

11. Contact

Questions about these terms: legal@paperbase.dev.