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| Fact | Carbone | PDF Mage |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters | Bellevigny, France | London, England, United Kingdom |
| Integrations | Official connectors cover Airtable, Bubble, Glide, Make, n8n, Ninox, Retool, Zapier, HubSpot, Odoo, Pipedrive, Salesforce, DocuSign and Subnoto. | The maker documents API access using an X-Api-Key HTTP header and provides a test method that returns a sample PDF download URL. |
| PDF controls | PDF conversion includes password encryption, PDF/A archival profiles, PDF/UA accessibility tags, watermarks, print permissions and page selection. | API options include page orientation and size, margins, image and link handling, compression, password protection, and printing, copying, and editing permissions. |
| Purpose | Carbone merges JSON data into document templates and generates files such as PDF, DOCX, XLSX and PPTX. | PDF Mage is a browser addon that saves a web page as a PDF file and downloads it to your device. |
Carbone plans
- Cloud FreeFree
- On-Premise CommunityFree
- On-Premise FreeFree
- FreeFree
- Amazon Web Services$0.15, paid once
- Cloud Essential$29 a month
PDF Mage plans
- FreeFree
- PDF Mage Pro—
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 PDF Mage if…
It suits people who need to save online pages as PDFs and developers converting HTML or URLs through an API. Chrome and Firefox users can use the extension, while web-based API workflows can automate conversion.