Document generation, Workflow automation and APIs

Last updated: 28 September 2026. Prices verified on vendor pricing pages on 28 September 2026, monthly billing. Carbone is a good tool. It merges JSON into Word, LibreOffice, Excel and PowerPoint t...

À partir du 1er septembre 2026, toutes les entreprises françaises devront pouvoir recevoir des factures électroniques, et les grandes entreprises et ETI devront les émettre. Bonne nouvelle : vous n...

Seit dem 1. Januar 2025 muss jedes deutsche Unternehmen E-Rechnungen im B2B empfangen können, und ab 2027 auch selbst ausstellen. Die gute Nachricht: Sie müssen dafür keine eigene XML-Engine bauen....

Is your ERP or invoicing software already producing compliant electronic invoices? In France the obligation has been live since 1 September 2026, and more countries follow every year. If your provi...

Since 1 September 2026, electronic invoicing is no longer a plan but an obligation in France, and other countries are on the same path. If you build software, an ERP, or a SaaS product used by busi...

Our dedicated deployment is now available in London. It joins Virginia, Frankfurt and Sydney as our fourth region, which means UK companies can run PDF Generator API on infrastructure where their d...

Last month we shipped an AI Assistant inside the template editor. It exists because the same criticism kept coming back at us from users and from the AI models people ask about us before they visit...

Kintone is unusually good at letting ordinary teams build the app they actually need. A quote tracker, an inspection log, an order pipeline, built by the people who use it, without a developer in t...

We spend a good part of last weeks reading what people say about PDF Generator API. Lately that includes what AI says about us, because more and more buyers ask ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity befo...

Last updated: 28 September 2026. Prices verified on vendor pricing pages on 28 September 2026, monthly billing, in the currency each vendor publishes. Almost every PDF generation API can turn a tem...

Odoo makes it easy to send a quotation. Making that quotation look like it came from your brand, and not from a default template every other Odoo user is also sending, is where most teams hit a wal...

People looking for a barcode generator usually fall into one of two camps. The first camp needs a barcode image right now: one EAN for a product listing, one Code 128 for a warehouse bin, done in a...

Anyone can design a single label by hand. The harder question, once a business starts scaling, is what happens at the hundredth label or the ten thousandth: does the label generator keep the layout...

If you are building a Make scenario and need it to produce a PDF from your data, you will run into the same handful of names pretty quickly. But choosing between them is not just about which one ge...

Most e-signature APIs assume you already have a finished PDF. PDF Generator API works the other way around: you can generate a document from your own templates and data, or bring in a PDF you alrea...

You need to send one clean invoice. Not set up accounting software, not start a trial, not hand your client details to a tool that wants your email first. Just one invoice that looks right. That is...

Most people looking for a QR code generator want three things: it needs to be free, it needs to work, and it should not require jumping through hoops. The problem is that many tools marketed as ...

You have two options when it comes to generating documents at scale. You build your own PDF generation in house, or you integrate a specialized PDF generation API. This choice has always been nuanc...

Connect Any MCP Server to Your AI Agent If you have been building AI agents in n8n, you have probably hit the same wall. You want the agent to call an external API, so you add an HTTP Request node,...

We just shipped an MCP server for the PDF Generator API. On the surface, that’s a small thing: a new way to call the same API you’ve always been able to call. But it’s also a smal...

Introduction The PDF Association published a striking number this week: more than 50,000 GitHub repositories mention PDF in the first quarter of 2026 alone, with growth rising sharply since mid 202...

Running an ecommerce store involves more than just accepting orders. Each order needs to be processed, documented, printed, and often shared with customers or internal teams. While this part of the...

Managing liability waivers is a necessary part of many businesses, from events and fitness studios to rentals and tourism. But while waivers are essential for legal protection, the way they are han...

KYC (Know Your Customer) and AML (Anti Money Laundering) are essential components of modern compliance frameworks. Their primary purpose is to verify customer identities, assess risk, and prevent f...

Across Europe, electronic invoicing is quickly moving from a digital convenience to a regulatory requirement. Many EU countries already require structured e-invoices for Business-to-Government (B2G...

A Practical Look at the Most Capable PDF Generation Platforms Updated for 2026: for a wider comparison, see Best PDF Generation APIs in 2026: 10 APIs compared on price and features. It adds Typsett...

Over the past months we have seen something remarkable. A steady rise in developers and automation creators from the n8n community who discovered PDF Generator API and started using it as their pre...

Let’s be honest: manual document creation is a drag. It’s the repetitive, time-consuming task that quietly eats away at your team’s productivity. Every invoice, report, or certifi...

Most businesses already have a library of PDFs. Invoices, contracts, application forms, or marketing materials. They look good, the layout is approved, and people are used to working with them. But...

When SaaS companies add document generation to their product, one of the first challenges they face is data structure mismatch. Customer orders, product details, or nested JSON often don’t look the...

Tired of “free” QR code creators that ask you to pay after one week, just when your QR code finally starts being used? At pdfmake.com, our QR Code Generator is truly free — no hidden charges, no ti...

We have some exciting news to share that’s been months in the making. Actual Reports OÜ is now officially ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified! While it’s fantastic to have the certificate, we wanted to pu...

In any modern business, PDF documents are a constant. We use them for contracts, invoices, reports, and forms. But managing these documents—filling them out, securing them, preparing them for shari...

In today’s fast-paced digital environment, manual document creation is a significant bottleneck. Repetitive tasks like generating invoices, creating reports, or personalizing contracts consum...

Manual data entry and document creation waste time and resources. With our new Web Forms feature for PDF Generator API, you can easily collect information from customers or teams and generate profe...

I hope the year has started well for you and turbulence related to the tariff war has not impacted your business in a bad way. I am reaching out to share some exciting developments and updates on o...

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of PDFViewer, a powerful and user-friendly JavaScript library designed to revolutionize how you integrate PDF viewing functionality into your web applica...

A variety of auto-generated label styles including barcode, created using PDF Generator API

The EU AI Act represents a bold and forward-looking initiative aimed at regulating the development and deployment of AI within a structured, risk-based framework. It seeks to ensure that AI systems...

In today’s hyper-competitive tech landscape, scaling isn’t just about having a brilliant idea—it’s about execution, partnerships, and anticipating challenges. Many tech companies, whether in fintec...

For the past two years, I worked as the Head of Sales Solutions at Foxway Recommerce. Our business was straightforward—buy used smartphones, refurbish them, and sell them through various sales chan...

Product Updates 2024 was a good year for us. Over 66 million documents were generated via our service, and a fair share of those were yours. In addition to that, some of the biggest improvements th...

Introduction Google Sheets, a widely-used cloud-based spreadsheet application, empowers teams to manage, analyze, and collaborate on data seamlessly in real time. However, there’s often a need to t...

As digital documents continue to dominate the way businesses and individuals exchange information, the need for smarter, more efficient document processing has never been greater. Start of AI-power...

In a world where digital documents reign supreme, PDFs remain a cornerstone of communication across industries. From legal briefs to healthcare reports, PDFs provide a reliable format for sharing i...

Introduction Integrating a tool like PDF Generator API into your existing workflow can bring numerous benefits, from streamlining document creation to empowering teams with automated solutions. How...

PDF forms have become a standard in digital document management, offering a reliable way to collect and present information. Understanding the difference between fillable and non-fillable PDF forms...

PDF Generator API is a highly scalable API and embeddable document editor that can be easily integrated into an existing product by any software provider or developer. By incorporating the PDF Gene...

This guide provides an in-depth look at what QR codes are, how they work, and their various applications, helping you understand their importance and how to utilize them effectively with PDF Genera...

Generating customized PDFs manually can be a tedious and time-consuming task. Automating this process can save significant time and effort, leading to increased efficiency. This guide explores the ...

1 Introduction to PDF Generation in C# A key factor of ongoing C# programming is PDF creation, which gives programmers the ability  to generate, edit, and manage papers dynamically. For the reason ...

Introduction Certificates are a staple in company culture, serving as tokens of appreciation for employees’ achievements. The practice holds numerous advantages, contributing to a positive wo...

Introduction Modern web applications often require PDF integration to enhance user experiences. PDF.js, a robust open-source JavaScript library developed by Mozilla, is the preferred tool for this ...

Introduction While PDFs offer advantages like printability and offline viewing, HTML provides benefits like searchability and accessibility. Users may choose to convert HTML to PDF for various reas...

I need to Generate PDFs Programmatically – Should I Build or Buy? As organizations grow, so does their demand for software that can make routine tasks smoother and more automated. Inevitably,...

Generating PDF documents automatically is a must-have feature for many applications today, whether you’re creating invoices, generating reports, or handling various forms of documentation. With so ...

In our recent blog post on the history and evolution of the PDF format over the past 30 years, we explored how the format came to be, which problems or issues it was meant to tackle to begin with, ...

In a constantly evolving world, the PDF format remains a steadfast presence in our digital lives. The Portable Document Format, better known as PDF, was introduced by Adobe in the early 1990s, and ...

In today’s digital age, PDF documents have become the standard for sharing, storing, and accessing information. Whether it’s a complex financial report, a legal contract, or a simple us...

The Portable Document Format, commonly known as PDF, has played a significant role in the digital world since its introduction back in 1993. This file format, launched by Adobe Systems 30 years ago...

Whether you are a full-stack web developer, a back-end engineer, or a front-end specialist, one common need binds all developers: the ability to create, manage, and distribute documents. This is wh...

Documents are a fundamental need of any business. While developing a website or an app for a business, you must create different document templates for the business’s specific needs, such as ...

Looking for current pricing? Our 2026 comparison of the best PDF generation APIs covers 10 APIs, including Typsetter, PDF-API.io, Carbone, PDFMonkey, APITemplate.io, PDFShift and Gotenberg, with pr...

These days, APIs are everywhere – they help us build complex automation solutions by stitching together applications built by different providers from all corners of the globe. An API (or App...

Whichever industry you are in, how you interact with your customers is crucial to your business success. The buying decisions of customers are, more often than not, based on purely emotional argume...

You have two options when it comes to choosing a document automation system. You can either build the tools you need in-house or buy a specialized, industry-specific solution. The most forward-thin...

The year 2023 is here; as usual, this is the time to look back and reflect on the past year’s successes and learnings. 2022 was an excellent year for PDF Generator API – we strengthened...

Poor or non-existent documentation is one of the five reasons why developers never use your API. So we wanted to make sure that our API documentation is clear, complies with standards, and, most im...

Generating API documentation There are many different tools and services that allow you to display live API documentation from the OpenAPI specification. You can either self-host the API documentat...

Create personalized invoices, packing slips, labels and more, directly from your e-commerce platform in an easy way The potential of e-commerce platforms is gaining momentum, and not only in recent...

2021 in numbers In 2021 PDF Generator API generated over 90M (you read right — that is ninety million!) documents on a total of 348 000 different templates. In total, ...

It is time to reveal something big that we have been working on for a while. Today we released our API v4 to deliver more value and features to our existing and new users. Our team has wo...