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Use Carbone if you have data in JSON and a template (DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, ODT, HTML…) and want to generate many documents with the same design, in the cloud or self-hosted. Use Doconda if you do not want to prepare templates, if the content is drafted for each document, or if you need to edit or review files that already exist.

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Comparison

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When to choose Carbone

  • Your data is structured in JSON and the design is fixed in a template.
  • You generate large volumes of repetitive documents (invoices, periodic reports) and want a very low cost per document at scale.
  • You want to self-host it for free with the Community Edition.
  • You need output formats Doconda does not offer, such as ODS or HTML.

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When to choose Doconda

  • The document is drafted case by case and there is no template to fill.
  • You do not want to design and maintain tagged templates.
  • You need to edit existing files with an instruction, or review them and get a report of what was fixed and what was not.
  • You want the style requested in plain text (“dark blue headings, with a table of contents”) and applied to the document’s styles, so it stays editable.

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Using them together

Carbone for fixed-design documents that come from your data; Doconda for documents drafted or changed from what a person or an agent asks for. A document generated with Carbone can also be sent to Doconda to edit it with an instruction or review it.

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