Carbone
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What both publish
| Fact | Carbone | Gotenberg |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters | Bellevigny, France | France |
| Integrations | Official connectors cover Airtable, Bubble, Glide, Make, n8n, Ninox, Retool, Zapier, HubSpot, Odoo, Pipedrive, Salesforce, DocuSign and Subnoto. | Gotenberg is a standard HTTP API, and the maker provides an official PHP client; community clients are available for other major languages. |
| Notable limits | A generated document is counted for each 1 MB of injected JSON and images, and additional documents beyond a plan allowance are invoiced separately. | The documented AWS Lambda buffered invoke mode supports responses up to 6 MB. |
| Purpose | Carbone merges JSON data into document templates and generates files such as PDF, DOCX, XLSX and PPTX. | Gotenberg is a Docker-based HTTP API for converting documents to PDF. |
Carbone plans
- Cloud FreeFree
- On-Premise CommunityFree
- On-Premise FreeFree
- FreeFree
- Amazon Web Services$0.15, paid once
- Cloud Essential$29 a month
Gotenberg plans
No prices published.
Pick Carbone if…
Carbone suits teams that need to populate document templates from JSON or convert files through an API. Its hosting options may appeal to organizations choosing between cloud and self-hosted deployment.
Pick Gotenberg if…
You want what its maker publishes above — check its page for the details.