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Self-hosted document generation

You can run 20 of the tools in this guide on your own servers, self-hosted or on-premises. The first three in our order are Carbone, Fluent (Windward) and UpSlide. Of these, 6 also have an open source edition.

Tools
20
With USD price
9, from $11
Free tier
11
Editor's picks
1
Checked
20 Oct 2026
  1. 01
    Carbone Editor's pick carbone.io

    Priced in EUR: Essential EUR 29/mo (EUR 26 annual).

    Outputs PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, HTML Template Word Reads API, Airtable, Zapier/Make/n8n
    $28 EUR 26, converted
  2. 02
    Fluent (Windward) windwardstudios.com

    Formerly Windward Studios, acquired by PDFTron (now Apryse).

    Outputs PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, HTML Template Word Reads API, Salesforce, Excel G2 4.4 (77)
    On request
  3. 03
    UpSlide upslide.com

    M365 add-in linking Excel to PowerPoint and Word for finance teams.

    Outputs PPTX, DOCX Template Word Reads Excel G2 4.6 (69)
    Not published
  4. 04
    Xpertdoc xpertdoc.com

    CCM and document generation with Microsoft Dynamics CRM connector.

    Outputs PDF, DOCX, email, e-sign documents Template Word Reads API G2 4.3 (26)
    On request
  5. 05
    MailMergic mailmergic.com

    PDF mail merge from Sheets.

    Outputs PDF, DOCX, XLSX, email Template PDF form Reads Google Sheets, Excel, CSV, Zapier/Make/n8n
    $39 / mo
  6. 06
    Syncfusion Document SDK syncfusion.com

    $1,199/developer/yr (computed $99.92/mo).

    Outputs PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX Template Word Reads API
    $99.92 / mo
  7. 07
    Docmosis docmosis.com

    Cloud Professional $49/mo, 4,000+ pages.

    Outputs PDF, DOCX, HTML Template Word Reads API
    $49 / mo
  8. 08
    Docxpresso docxpresso.com

    EUR pricing shown as Core 2500 EUR/user/mo (likely 25.00, formatting unclear).

    Outputs PDF, DOCX Template Word Reads built-in forms, API
    $27 EUR 25/user, converted
  9. 09
    docxtemplater docxtemplater.com

    JS library, MIT/GPLv3 core.

    Outputs DOCX, PPTX, XLSX Template Word Reads API
    $45 EUR 500/yr, converted
  10. 10
    Gravity PDF gravitypdf.com

    Free WordPress plugin for Gravity Forms.

    Outputs PDF Template HTML Reads built-in forms
    Free
  11. 11
    jsreport jsreport.net

    Free up to 5 templates. Enterprise $395/yr single instance.

    Outputs PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, HTML Template HTML Reads API
    On request free tier
  12. 12
    Aspose.Words products.aspose.com

    SDK. Developer Small Business license $1,679 perpetual.

    Outputs PDF, DOCX, HTML, Markdown Template Word Reads API
    On request
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  1. 13
    Legito legito.com

    Smart document and contract automation.

    Outputs DOCX, PDF, e-sign documents Template Visual builder, Word Reads built-in forms, API
    Not published free tier
  2. 14
    ActiveDocs activedocs.com

    Word-based enterprise document generation.

    Outputs DOCX, PDF, e-sign documents Template Word Reads API
    On request
  3. 15
    docassemble docassemble.org

    MIT guided-interview and document assembly.

    Outputs PDF, DOCX Template Word, PDF form Reads built-in forms, API
    Free
  4. 16
    HotDocs mitratech.com

    Owned by Mitratech. Desktop and cloud.

    Outputs DOCX, PDF Template Word Reads built-in forms, API
    On request
  5. 17
    Wordize wordize.com

    Programmatic document processing SDK.

    Outputs DOCX, PDF Template Word Reads API
    Not published
  6. 18
    Gotenberg gotenberg.dev

    MIT Docker API. HTML, Markdown and Office to PDF via Chromium and LibreOffice.

    Outputs PDF Template HTML Reads API
    Free
  7. 19
    DocuSeal docuseal.com

    Open-source e-sign and PDF form builder.

    Outputs PDF, e-sign documents Template PDF form Reads API, built-in forms
    $20 / mo
  8. 20
    Browserless browserless.io

    Headless browser service with PDF API.

    Outputs PDF Template HTML Reads API
    $25 / mo

What differs for self-hosted tools

The most common data sources are JSON API (17), built-in forms (6) and Excel (3). The most common outputs are PDF (18), DOCX (16) and PPTX (6). Templates are built in Word (14), HTML (4) and a fillable PDF form (3).

The lowest paid starting price is $11 a month after conversion to dollars, from Gravity PDF. Of these, 11 have a free tier. No price is published for 9 of the 20. Prices were checked on 20 Oct 2026.

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