Use cases
Any app that receives a file and has to inspect, secure, convert, understand, preview, optimise or deliver it.
Every row below names the operations that do the work and carries a status the product can defend. The rows marked live were driven end to end against the running platform with their outputs checked, not just their status codes.
For everyone: the Fix page and the extension
No account, no API. A website rejected your file; Fylane fixes it where it failed.
A website rejected your file
Live
HEIC to JPG, a photo under the size limit, a document as PDF — fixed in the form, no account needed.
image.convert · image.resize · convert · pdf.compress · image.to-pdf · thumbnail · inspect
Fixed on your device when it can be
Live
Image conversions, resizes and compressions run in the browser; nothing leaves the device and nothing is metered.
Fixed in the cloud only when you say so
Live
Office-to-PDF and scanned documents go through Fylane Cloud after a consent card names the file; the copy is deleted when the result arrives.
convert · pdf.compress
Free tools for the everyday conversions
Live
Compress, merge, split and rotate PDFs; Office to PDF; images converted, compressed and resized on your device; OCR — one page per job at fylane.dev/tools, no account.
pdf.compress · pdf.merge · pdf.split · pdf.rotate · pdf.remove-pages · pdf.encrypt · pdf.decrypt · pdf.watermark · pdf.render · image.to-pdf · image.convert · image.resize · image.crop · image.rotate · convert · extract-text · ocr · ocr.searchable-pdf
The heavy tools, on your own credits
Live
Audio and video conversion, transcription, background removal, summaries and translation have their own pages, show the cost of your file, and run in the console on the 500 free credits a month.
video.extract-audio · video.compress · video.convert · audio.convert · audio.transcribe · image.remove-background · ai.summarize · ai.translate
For developers: the capabilities
One asynchronous API. Each capability names the operations behind it; the operation names are the ones you send.
User upload normalisation
Live
Accept HEIC, TIFF, PNG, JPG, PDF, DOCX and the rest, and turn each into the format the application can rely on.
inspect · convert · image.convert · validation · uploads
Format detection
Live
The true type from the bytes, never the filename or the declared MIME.
inspect · validation
Corrupted-file detection
Live
Broken or truncated files are refused at completion, before the application touches them.
validation · inspect · pdf.inspect
File validation
Live
Size, format, dimensions, page count, encryption — rules enforced on the detected bytes.
validation · inspect · pdf.inspect · video.inspect · audio.inspect
Secure upload gateway
Live
Scan and validate arbitrary uploads before they reach the customer’s own servers.
scan · validation · uploads · webhooks
Malware protection
Live
Malicious files, suspicious PDFs, MIME spoofing and archive bombs, caught on arrival.
scan · pdf.inspect · archive.inspect · inspect
File sanitisation
Live
EXIF and GPS gone, PDF actions neutralised, a safer normalised copy produced.
sanitize · image.set-metadata
PII detection
Live
SSNs, emails, phone numbers, checksum-valid card numbers and IBANs, with positions.
detect-pii · extract-entities
PII redaction
Live
Removed, not covered: text masked in place, images and PDFs rebuilt from pixels.
redact · detect-pii
Archive processing
Live
Inspect ZIP, tar and gzip without extracting; pull one entry out under a cap; build a ZIP from up to ten files.
archive.inspect · archive.extract · archive.create
Profile photos and avatars
Live
Resize, crop, compress, strip EXIF, convert to WebP or AVIF, or take the avatar preset.
image.resize · image.crop · image.smart-crop · sanitize · image.convert · presets
Image editing basics
Live
Rotate after EXIF orientation, flip, crop by coordinates, watermark a corner, write copyright and artist losslessly.
image.rotate · image.flip · image.crop · image.watermark · image.set-metadata
Responsive image generation
Live
One upload, up to eight widths for phone, tablet, desktop and retina.
image.variants
Bulk image optimisation
Live, with a limit
An old library converted to WebP or AVIF at standard sizes, in batches.
A batch takes up to 10 files; a library is many batches, driven by the SDK with idempotency keys.
batches · image.convert · image.variants
Smart crop
Live
The subject stays in frame across aspect ratios.
image.smart-crop
Background removal
Live
Transparent product and profile images, by subject or by flat colour.
image.remove-background
Image understanding
Live, with a limit
Measured quality signals: sharpness, exposure, contrast, entropy, dominant colours.
Quality signals and metadata are measured; labels, captions and object detection are not offered.
image.analyze · image.metadata
DOCX, PPTX and XLSX to PDF
Live
Universal browser and download output from Office documents.
convert
PDF to images
Live
Page previews, thumbnails, social previews and viewer tiles.
pdf.render · preview · thumbnail
Images to PDF
Live
Scans and photos combined into one document, a page each.
image.to-pdf
PDF manipulation
Live
Merge, split, reorder, rotate, remove pages, compress, watermark, encrypt, decrypt, set metadata.
pdf.merge · pdf.split · pdf.reorder · pdf.rotate · pdf.remove-pages · pdf.pages · pdf.compress · pdf.watermark · pdf.encrypt · pdf.decrypt · pdf.set-metadata · pdf.form
Scanned-document OCR
Live
Scans and photos into text, page by page, with progress while it runs.
ocr · ocr.layout · ocr.table
Searchable PDFs
Live
A text layer under the scan, appearance untouched.
ocr.searchable-pdf
Bulk OCR
Live, with a limit
A scanned archive made searchable, batch by batch.
Batches of 10; the estimator prices each run before it starts.
batches · ocr · ocr.searchable-pdf · estimate
Spreadsheet imports
Live
XLSX and CSV into normalised rows, columns and JSON.
sheet.parse · sheet.extract · csv.normalize
CSV clean-up
Live
Delimiters, encodings, malformed rows, headers and quoting repaired to RFC 4180.
csv.normalize · normalize
Presentation processing
Live
Slide text, titles and notes, plus previews of a deck.
slides.extract · preview · convert
File previews
Live
Thumbnails and page previews for any app, without its own rendering fleet.
preview · thumbnail · video.thumbnail
Document classification
Live
Invoice, resume, contract, receipt — your classes or the standard set, with confidence.
ai.classify
Custom structured extraction
Live
A flat schema of fields in, validated JSON out, null where the document does not say.
ai.extract
AI document summaries
Live
Concise, detailed or bulleted summaries from the in-sandbox model; the document never leaves.
ai.summarize
Document Q&A with citations
Live
A question about a document, answered by the in-sandbox model from the passages that match it, with citations to page and section; says so when the document does not contain the answer.
ai.answer · ai-ready
Language detection
Live
The document’s language, with runners-up and a reliability flag, before OCR or extraction.
detect-language
Translation workflows
Live, with a limit
Extracted content translated into one of sixteen languages by the in-sandbox model, the document never leaving.
One pass covers the model’s window of 6,000 characters; a longer document is translated up to it and the output is flagged truncated. Split first for more.
ai.translate · extract-text · detect-language
Cost estimation
Live
How many credits a large OCR, video or document run will consume, before it runs.
estimate · spend-cap
Private file delivery
Live
Processed files served through short-lived signed URLs.
signed-urls
CDN delivery
Live, with a limit
Downloads signed for an edge distribution instead of the bucket.
Built into the API and the staging and production stacks; switched off on the development environment. A signed bucket URL is always the fallback.
cdn · signed-urls
Automatic file clean-up
Live
Retention set per project; originals and outputs expire on schedule.
retention
Batch processing
Live, with a limit
One operation across many files, each a job with its own retries and outcome.
A batch is up to 10 files. Larger runs are many batches; the SDKs paginate them.
batches · idempotency · webhooks
Bulk migration
Live, with a limit
Thousands or millions of existing files, processed in batches.
Batches of 10 and per-organisation velocity ceilings (60 jobs a minute) bound the throughput today; raise them with us before a migration.
batches · idempotency · estimate
Developer workflow automation
Live
Scan, convert, extract and thumbnail chained into one job, a webhook at the end, no workers to run.
pipelines · webhooks · scan · convert · extract-text · thumbnail
AI applications
AI and RAG ingestion
Live
PDF, DOCX, PPTX and images into clean Markdown, tables, chunks and metadata.
ai-ready · extract-text · ocr · slides.extract · sheet.extract
Chat-with-document preparation
Live
Files prepared for question answering with page and section references in the chunks.
ai-ready
Knowledge-base ingestion
Live
Company documents into normalised, searchable content.
ai-ready · extract-text · detect-language
SaaS
Customer-support software
Live
Screenshots, PDFs, videos and documents on a ticket inspected, previewed and read.
inspect · preview · extract-text · video.thumbnail · scan
Invoice and report generation workflows
Live
Generated PDFs validated, compressed and stamped before delivery.
pdf.inspect · pdf.compress · pdf.set-metadata · pdf.watermark · validation
E-commerce and marketplaces
E-commerce product images
Live
Large seller uploads into web sizes, thumbnails and WebP or AVIF variants in one job.
image.variants · thumbnail · image.convert · image.remove-background
Restaurant platforms
Live
Menu PDFs read and previewed; dish photos into optimised thumbnails.
extract-text · preview · thumbnail · image.variants
Marketplace listings
Live, with a limit
Listing photos and videos processed, thumbnails and previews made, metadata stripped.
Moderation signals are not offered; everything else in the listing flow is live.
image.variants · video.thumbnail · video.convert · sanitize · preview
Accounting and finance
Invoice and receipt processing
Live
Vendor, number, dates, tax, total and line items out of invoices and receipt photos.
ocr · ai.extract · ocr.table · ai.classify · extract-entities
Accounting software
Live
Statements, purchase orders and spreadsheets parsed into rows and fields.
sheet.parse · csv.normalize · ai.extract · ocr.table · pdf.form
Fintech onboarding
Live
Pay stubs, statements, proof of address and forms read and classified.
ai.classify · ai.extract · ocr · pdf.form · detect-pii
HR and recruiting
Resume processing and job applications
Live
PDF, DOCX or a photo of a resume: OCR when needed, text, entities, a preview employers can search.
extract-text · ocr · ai.extract · extract-entities · preview · convert
Legal
Contract processing and legal preview
Live
Parties, dates, amounts, renewal and termination terms; DOCX and PDF as browser-ready pages.
ai.extract · extract-text · preview · convert · redact · pdf.watermark
Document signing apps
Live
Office files to PDF, pages rendered, previews prepared for signature.
convert · pdf.render · preview · pdf.form · pdf.set-metadata
Education
Education platforms and submissions
Live
Assignments, lectures, PDFs and decks previewed, normalised and made searchable.
convert · preview · extract-text · slides.extract · ai-ready
Media and social
Video upload platforms
Live
MOV, MKV and WebM into MP4 or HLS; resize, compress, thumbnail — with progress while it runs.
video.convert · video.stream · video.resize · video.compress · video.thumbnail · video.clip
Video transcription
Live
The soundtrack extracted, transcribed, and returned as captions with timings.
video.captions · video.extract-audio · audio.transcribe
Podcast and audio apps
Live
Convert, normalise to broadcast loudness, trim and transcribe.
audio.convert · audio.normalize · audio.trim · audio.transcribe · audio.inspect
Social and messaging media
Live
Uploads standardised, thumbnails and compressed previews made, metadata stripped.
video.convert · video.thumbnail · image.variants · sanitize · image.convert
CMS and media platforms
Live
Uploaded media resized, converted and optimised on arrival, delivered from the edge.
image.variants · image.convert · video.convert · webhooks · signed-urls
Dating apps
Live, with a limit
Profile photos and videos processed and stripped of metadata.
Moderation signals are not offered.
image.smart-crop · sanitize · video.convert · video.thumbnail
Insurance
Insurance claims
Live
Accident photos, estimates, forms, reports and receipts processed as one claim.
image.metadata · sanitize · ocr · ai.extract · pdf.form · image.to-pdf
Real estate and construction
Real-estate software
Live
Listing photos optimised; leases, contracts and disclosures read.
image.variants · image.smart-crop · ai.extract · extract-text · pdf.merge
Construction software
Live
Site photos, inspection reports, plans and PDFs processed and previewed.
image.variants · image.metadata · pdf.render · preview · ocr
Logistics
Logistics and proof of delivery
Live
Delivery photos compressed and stored privately; bills of lading read.
image.convert · sanitize · signed-urls · retention · ocr · ai.extract
Cloud storage and file sharing
Cloud-storage preview
Live
DOCX, PPTX, PDF, images and video previewed without a download.
preview · thumbnail · video.thumbnail · video.stream
Not yet
Things people ask for that Fylane does not do today. Listed so nobody has to find out after integrating.
Image moderation
Not yet
Adult, violence and unsafe-content scores.
No moderation model runs in the sandbox today. Nothing on the platform returns a safety score.
Dynamic image transformations by URL
Not yet
Width, format and quality requested in a URL, rendered on demand.
Every variant is a job today. `image.variants` covers the common sizes in one; on-demand URL rendering does not exist.
Document splitting
Not yet
Several documents inside one long scan, detected and separated automatically.
Splitting by named page ranges exists (`pdf.split`); detecting the boundaries automatically does not.