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Website Terms of Use

The terms that govern your use of this website.

Last updated: 2026-06-28

These Terms govern your use of the website getnextpdf.com (the “Site”), operated by PATEON Network Technology Inc. (“PATEON”, “we”).

1. Acceptance and scope

By using the Site you agree to these Terms. They govern the website only. Your use of the NextPDF software is governed separately: the open-source Core and Connect under the Apache License 2.0, and NextPDF Pro and NextPDF Enterprise under their commercial license agreement and EULA. Where these Terms and a product license differ on a product matter, the product license controls.

2. Intellectual property and brand

The Site’s content, layout, copy, logos, and the NextPDF name and prism mark are the property of PATEON or its licensors. The Apache License 2.0 covers the Core code only — it is not permission to use the NextPDF name or logo. See the trademark guidance in the project’s TRADEMARK.md. Laravel, Symfony, CodeIgniter, and Cloudflare are trademarks of their respective owners; NextPDF is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.

3. Permitted use

Use the Site lawfully and do not: interfere with its operation or security; scrape or automate beyond what robots.txt permits; probe, rate-limit-evade, or attempt unauthorised access; or use the Site to infringe others’ rights. We may suspend access for abuse.

4. Free vs. commercial editions

NextPDF Core and Connect are free and open source (Apache-2.0). NextPDF Pro and Enterprise require a separate commercial license. The Site itself does not grant any product license.

5. Payment processing and Merchant of Record

When you buy a NextPDF Pro or Enterprise licence, your purchase is sold to you by our Merchant of Record (MoR) — an authorised reseller that acts as the seller of record for the order.

Our order process is conducted by our online reseller Paddle.com. Paddle.com is the Merchant of Record for all our orders. Paddle provides all customer service inquiries and handles returns. Technical support for the NextPDF software is also available directly from PATEON. See the Paddle buyer terms (opens in a new tab).

Your relationship therefore involves two separate agreements:

  • Your purchase is a contract between you and the Merchant of Record. The MoR takes payment, issues the invoice and receipt, calculates and collects any VAT or sales tax due for your location, and handles billing enquiries, refunds, and payment disputes (including chargebacks).
  • Your licence to use the software is granted by PATEON under the EULA and your order Schedule. PATEON does not itself process card payments or issue invoices to buyers.

Refund and cancellation terms, including your statutory rights, are set out in the Refund & Cancellation Policy. For product help, contact PATEON; for billing, tax, or refund matters, the Merchant of Record’s buyer support is the right channel.

A chargeback or payment reversal raised to circumvent the published refund process — as opposed to a genuine billing dispute, a statutory refund, or a refund granted by the Merchant of Record — may, where the order is reversed and not cured, lead to suspension or revocation of the affected licence. A legitimate dispute, a statutory refund, an unauthorised-payment claim, or a Merchant-of-Record buyer- protection refund is not treated as abuse.

The Site links to external resources (including the documentation at nextpdf.dev and the package registry). We are not responsible for third-party content or availability.

7. Disclaimers and liability

The Site is provided “as is” without warranties of any kind, to the maximum extent permitted by law. To that extent, PATEON is not liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of the Site. Nothing here excludes liability that cannot be excluded by law, and your mandatory local consumer rights are preserved.

8. Changes

We may update these Terms; the effective date above will change. Continued use after an update constitutes acceptance, to the extent permitted by law.

9. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of Taiwan. For business users, the Taipei District Court is the exclusive forum. If you deal as a consumer, nothing in this clause deprives you of the protection of the mandatory provisions — including the competent courts and the remedies — of the law of your country of habitual residence; those rights and that forum prevail over this clause to the extent the law so requires.