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What both publish
| Fact | Carbone | Prince |
|---|---|---|
| Audience | Carbone says its customers span finance, healthcare, insurance, legal, public sector, retail, energy, software and telecom. | The maker describes a separate Prince for Books branch aimed at pagination and hyphenation quality requested by book publishers. |
| Headquarters | Bellevigny, France | Melbourne, Australia |
| Integrations | Official connectors cover Airtable, Bubble, Glide, Make, n8n, Ninox, Retool, Zapier, HubSpot, Odoo, Pipedrive, Salesforce, DocuSign and Subnoto. | Maker-provided integration packages include Python and Node.js packages that bundle the engine, plus Java, C#/.NET, and PHP wrappers. |
| Purpose | Carbone merges JSON data into document templates and generates files such as PDF, DOCX, XLSX and PPTX. | Prince converts HTML into PDFs for printing, downloading, and archiving, and typesets HTML content for publishing. |
Carbone plans
- Cloud FreeFree
- On-Premise CommunityFree
- On-Premise FreeFree
- FreeFree
- Amazon Web Services$0.15, paid once
- Cloud Essential$29 a month
Prince plans
- Desktop License$495, paid once
- Per Server Academic Discount$1,900, paid once
- Commercial Site License$2,000 a year
- Per Server License$3,800, paid once
- OEM LicensePriced on request
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 Prince if…
You want what its maker publishes above — check its page for the details.