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What do you like best about Carbone?

We have implemented this solution in our WEWIS department in the Flemish government. We had several issues on our side and functionalities that lacked from the on-premise build, but they were very quick to help us with any issue we had. They also implemented these new functionalities that we needed very fast in their newest releases. The tool is easy to use and you can modify it the way your company likes to a great extend. Our services will use Carbone very frequently and so far so good, the integration was also a piece of cake for our infra team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Carbone?

Their documentation on their website still lacks some functionalities I believe with the newest builds. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Carbone solving and how is that benefiting you?

It's making rendering document with data digitally really easy. It's much more efficient then what we previously had in our department. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Carbone Overview

What is Carbone?

Streamline your document generation with Carbone. Create templates using popular editors like Word, Excel, LibreOffice, or Google Docs, and provide data in JSON format. Carbone seamlessly merges your data into templates to generate professional reports. Supported documents: PDF, DOCX, XLSX, ODT, ODS, PPTX, ODP, XML, HTML, IDML, JPEG, PNG, EPUB, TXT and CSV 🎨 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 Anyone can create and edit templates; you don't have to ask a developer to make a change. The template separates design and logic: - Add Carbone tags, a low-code templating language, to inject data dynamically, such as text, images, barcodes, charts, lists, HTML content, signatures, and colours. - Compute complex calculations with built-in aggregators. - Format any data with "formatters": numbers, currencies, strings, and lists. - Hide or print sections or elements conditionally - Translate documents into multiple languages - Anything related to styling, layouts, and paginations must be created with the power of your text editor. ⚡️ 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 - Easily set up automation with pre-configured integrations for Salesforce, HubSpot, Airtable, Monday, Bubble, Zapier, Make, and N8N. - Developers can quickly get started with SDKs available in Node, Golang, PHP, Java, Python, Rust, and JavaScript. - We guarantee 99.999% availability. - An on-premise and private cloud version is available for offline or privacy requirements. ✅ 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 - Microsoft Word / Excel / Powerpoint - LibreOffice Text / Spreadsheet / Presentation - Google Doc / Sheet - Apple Pages - WYSIWYG editor - Code Editor 🛟 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 The engineering team is available on the live chat to solve your issues in a few minutes, help you design templates, or answer any questions related to Carbone. The support is available from 9 am to 6 pm, Monday to Friday (Europe/Paris UTC+2). 📍 𝗘𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 Automate Invoices, Contracts, Reports, Receipts, Agreements, Financial Statements, Budget Reports, Performance Reviews, Recruitment Reports, SOPs, Project Plans, Inventory Records, Purchase Orders, Policies, User Manuals, and more with Carbone. Try Carbone today to enhance your document workflow!

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Carbone is the most powerful turnkey solution to automate the generation of all your documents, reports and PDF. Low-code: no need to code to create your template. Use naturally and without constraint your Word, Excel, PowerPoint, LibreOffice, Google Docs, and much more. Save time using a straightforward API and one tool for everything: Invoices, Reports, Mail, … Golang, Python, PHP, Node.js and JavaScript SDK are available, and we provide easy integration with no-code tools on the market.


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CarboneIO
Year Founded
2021
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Carbone is a document generator that utilizes templates created in your text editor, offering limitless design possibilities. Streamline the generation of various documents such as invoices, spreadsheets, financial statements, shipping labels, expense reports, tax documents, transaction summaries, customer statements, presentations, form summaries, planning sheets, tickets, and more! It supports a wide range of formats including PDF, DOCX, XLSX, ODT, PPTX, ODS, XML, CSV, and more.


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Elmira A.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Wonderful customer support"
Besides the fact that Carbone is a very useful tool, which allows creating complex files in a PDF, it also has the best customer support possible. ...
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5.0 out of 5
"Excellent"
Easy to use, great customer support, lots of different customisation options and therefore easy to integrate.
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4.5 out of 5
"Amazing work Carbone!"
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Carbone Demo - Create advanced dynamic reports, including text, image, chart, barcode, colours, signatures, HTML, Form.
Left document: real estate document / Center: Server invoice / Right: Shipping label
Carbone Demo - Design from you favorite text editor: MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint, LibreOffice, OpenOffice, Google Doc, Pages
Left: Security report / Center: Clinical test results / Right: Human resources review
Carbone Demo - Automate document with the Carbone API or Automation services: Zapier, Make, Bubble
Left: Graduation program / Center: Medical prescription / Right: Construction and renovation report
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What do you like best about Carbone?

Carbone makes it incredibly easy to generate reports using Microsoft Word or Excel templates, allowing for customizable layouts. It supports JSON data, which is especially useful for handling complex or multi-level data structures. With Carbone, there's no need to install or implement software on our servers to process reports, saving both time and resources.

The Carbone service works perfectly. We have been using Carbone for the past 3 years to generate 400 to 500 reports daily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Carbone?

It took some time to integrate Carbone service with our API, including uploading templates, uploading data, and downloading reports. However, after the initial setup, everything works fine.

The customer support is great, but due to different time zones, it may take some time to get a response. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Carbone solving and how is that benefiting you?

Template Support - Carbone supports Microsoft Word and Excel templates, making it easy to create and customize report layouts.

Data Compatibility - it supports JSON data, which is beneficial for handling reports with multi-level structures. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Elmira A.
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What do you like best about Carbone?

Besides the fact that Carbone is a very useful tool, which allows creating complex files in a PDF, it also has the best customer support possible. They provide great guides and are very responsive and supportive in case of any questions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Carbone?

The only dislike is that not everyone can use the tool if they do not have a deep enough background. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Carbone solving and how is that benefiting you?

Canbon allows us generate complex documents with variable data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Carbone?

Easy to use, great customer support, lots of different customisation options and therefore easy to integrate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Carbone?

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What problems is Carbone solving and how is that benefiting you?

Automated creation of documents Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Cristiano D.
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What do you like best about Carbone?

It's based on odt templates so it's easy to create good looking report. Support is responsive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Carbone?

Some advanced features are not easy to implement in odt files. The documentation should be improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Carbone solving and how is that benefiting you?

Carbone allows us to to customize report templates based on customer needs with a very low effort. It's easy to reuse the same json payload to create different types of reports. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Oil & Energy
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What do you like best about Carbone?

Carbone team updates and add evolution/functionalities that help company to improve production.

Live chat support is just WOW Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Carbone?

Lean syntax if you're not familiar on coding/algorithm Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Carbone solving and how is that benefiting you?

We work woth high volume data, and with we tried with another tool without success! Carbone was the solution :D Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
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What do you like best about Carbone?

I found out about Carbone a couple of years ago while I was looking for an easy and efficient way of producing reports. I found it to be ideal to generate formatted reports. The fact that the template can be designed by the user of the reports is the best part. Also, creating the templates is so easy that it doesn't require much expertise. It was also very simple to integrate it within the REST Node JS API I was building. I had some issues with my template today and the support I got is amazing. I would like to forward my appreciation to the whole team! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Carbone?

To be honest, there is nothing I don't like about Carbone so far. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Carbone solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are using Carbone with our API that serves a web application to generate useful reports for the clients. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
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What do you like best about Carbone?

They have a wide variety of functionalities which I'm always discovering. The documentation is great - I have found everything I have needed which has made for a very easy implementation and integration with my system. And the customer support is exemplary. I have been in touch with them twice (both times were an issue on my side which they helped me resolve). The customer support agents are very knowledgable and ready to help.

Also, you don't pay for test prints which takes the pressure off when testing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Carbone?

There is nothing I haven't liked about it so far. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Carbone solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have great flexibility in creating and filling in a variety of templates that I need for the various processes and workflows. Issues such as file sizes, password protection of pdfs can also be resolved which is of critical importance to me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Paddy M.
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What do you like best about Carbone?

Carbone is a cracking low code tool that's extremely versatile when generating transactional reports, certificates and documentation. The strong documentation and simple syntax make it easy to pick up, even for non technical people. Beyond the tool, the team are extremely friendly and communicative - always happy to help with a query. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Carbone?

Error messages when something doesn't work in the studio would be a great help Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Carbone solving and how is that benefiting you?

All transactional templates that are available to customers to download directly including invoices, certificates are defined in carbone. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ezgi Y.
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What do you like best about Carbone?

We use Carbone Cloud API for brochures, legal forms, and financial reports in PDF, DOCX, and PPTX. It's been running smoothly for months, always fast and pixel-perfect.

Designing templates is accessible and straightforward; anybody in my team can create and edit the file with MS Word, Excel or PowerPoint.

Incorporating Carbone was straightforward: making two API requests, one for generation and another for fetching the file, and that's all there is to it.

When encountering challenges in designing a template, I can reach out to the tech team through chat, and they promptly provide a solution within minutes. Each interaction deepens my understanding of the product. It's truly invaluable support! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Carbone?

It needs documentation and examples for advanced syntax usage. The addition of tutorial videos or live streams would be highly welcomed! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Carbone solving and how is that benefiting you?

Creating documents with complex designs, conditional sections, charts and forms. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ruben A.
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What do you like best about Carbone?

Carbone's powerful templating engine stands out as a key feature. It provides a high level of customization, enabling users to design reports that perfectly meet their needs and specifications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Carbone?

While Carbone is a powerful and user-friendly tool for generating reports, there are a few areas that could be improved. One aspect I find challenging is the initial learning curve for creating templates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Carbone solving and how is that benefiting you?

Carbone is helping us to provide a professional report to our customers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.