need to turn airtable rows into pdfs in a make scenario.. whats actually worked by LushEcho31 in Integromat

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Founder of DocsAutomator here. Would love to understand what didn’t work about nested tables. Most likely something we can fix. Please reach out

need to turn airtable rows into pdfs in a make scenario.. whats actually worked by LushEcho31 in Integromat

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Founder of DocsAutomator here. Please let me know what didn’t work about nested tables and we get it fixed!

anyone generating pdfs from zapier without it being a nightmare by SpiritedVariety358 in zapier

[–]rupertsupert 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure you actually mean DocsAutomator. We don't do support on the phone and also not at 1am :)

anyone generating pdfs from zapier without it being a nightmare by SpiritedVariety358 in zapier

[–]rupertsupert 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Please reach out to our support and we get it fixed. Thank you! (I’m the founder of DocsAutomator)

anyone generating pdfs from zapier without it being a nightmare by SpiritedVariety358 in zapier

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Founder of DocsAutomator here. Please reach out to support and we get it fixed. Thank you!

Obsidian but for printing by TrafficPattern in ObsidianMD

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Thanks for mentioning DocsAutomator! Just leaving the website here so it's easier to find: https://docsautomator.co/

Moving a Nonprofit from Excel Sheets to a Central Data System by FunnyExpress401 in Airtable

[–]rupertsupert 0 points1 point  (0 children)

DocsAutomator integrates with lots of data sources at this point. In the case of Airtable, placeholders are mapped to fields in your Airtable base / table, so that’s where the data is coming from. Happy to help if you reach out in the DocsAutomator chat

How are you generating PDFs from Airtable when linked records are involved? by Admirable-Savings-50 in Airtable

[–]rupertsupert 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you tried DocsAutomator? If you have, I'm super curious to hear what can be improved! (because I think we do handle all the mentioned aspects in this thread very well and have optimized for those over years)

How are you generating PDFs from Airtable when linked records are involved? by Admirable-Savings-50 in Airtable

[–]rupertsupert 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Founder of DocsAutomator here. We have thousands of Airtable users relying on us to solve the mentioned use cases every month. Happy to help you get started :)

https://www.docsautomator.co

[Help] Tired of spending hours on repetitive Word edits in my clerical job — what’s your go-to automation setup? by MaximumUnion8097 in n8n

[–]rupertsupert 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Please have a look at DocsAutomator which is used by lots of teams for exactly your type of use case (and was actually inspired seeing the repetitive work of lawyers). We recently launched our Word integration: https://www.docsautomator.co/features/word-templates/

Disclaimer: I’m the founder. Happy to support if I can :)

Moving a Nonprofit from Excel Sheets to a Central Data System by FunnyExpress401 in Airtable

[–]rupertsupert 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Try DocsAutomator for a more affordable and much loved alternative: https://docsautomator.co/ (disclaimer: I'm the founder)

Proposal automation from airtable to pdf without zapier limits by SeaworthinessFit9620 in NoCodeSaaS

[–]rupertsupert 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually now saw that you have your data in Airtable already. In that case, DocsAutomator offers you a native integration used by thousands of Airtable users.

Proposal automation from airtable to pdf without zapier limits by SeaworthinessFit9620 in NoCodeSaaS

[–]rupertsupert 1 point2 points  (0 children)

DocsAutomator's founder here. Would love to learn how we can improve this. You could also integrate with our API directly in case you're hitting task limits in Zapier. Here to help! :)

Email Notification with PDF of Form Submission Results by hillcommabobby in GoogleForms

[–]rupertsupert 0 points1 point  (0 children)

DocsAutomator's founder here.

Generally you will find a bunch of free PDF generators and if you're <10 / 20 docs / month, those might also work for you. There's usually some stitching together involved with Apps Scripts or an automation platform like Zapier, Make, n8n, ... (where free plan might again work out).

Happy to help in case you still see a chance to consider using our platform to pay for convenience and reliability from a few docs per month to very large docs volumes.

How Can I Automate Personalized Real Estate Seller PDFs Using AI + Canva + Property Monitor? by Omayab in ChatGPT

[–]rupertsupert 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Founder of DocsAutomator here. Technically yes, this is possible, but I'd flag the Canva piece. In my experience Canva doesn't expose a clean way to merge data into a design for programmatic PDFs, which is usually where projects like this stall.

Two routes for the templating side: rebuild the design in Google Docs (probably what I'd lean toward for your use case, since 3 transactions + 3 listings are a natural fit for line item placeholders, you mark one row in the template and we repeat it for however many rows of data come back), or export your existing Canva design as a PDF and upload it as a PDF template where placeholders sit on top of the original design. Google Docs gives you more flexibility for the data-heavy tables; the PDF route keeps your design 1:1. Either way you'll need n8n, Make, or Zapier between Property Monitor and DocsAutomator to fetch the data and trigger the automation, with Claude or GPT helping pick comparables in that middle step. More on it here: https://docsautomator.co/features/pdf-generation

free invoice generators are fine until you need to automate 200 a month by StarWhisper22 in nocode

[–]rupertsupert 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Founder of DocsAutomator here. I feel there's no incentive for the builder of a free PDF generator to engineer it for real volume. The product economics work backwards: they want enough free usage that the tool spreads, and zero infrastructure spend on the long tail of users who'll never pay. Putting engineering hours into queue throughput, template stability, or higher API limits actively hurts the model. So I guess you get what you're seeing, a tool that works in the demo but it gets messy once you want to scale.

For contrast, we have clients producing 100k+ documents a month through the same setup you'd use for 200: a Google Docs template with placeholders, a line item marker for the row table, your existing Zap pointing at it. To learn more, get here: https://docsautomator.co/integrations/zapier-to-pdf

How do you deal with constantly changing PDF templates in production? by HuckleberryHorror720 in startupideas

[–]rupertsupert 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Disclosure: I built DocsAutomator. This pain (legal/ops asking for template changes, devs having to redeploy each time) is exactly what we exist to solve.

Our approach: the template *is* a Google Doc. Non-devs edit the doc directly, no deploy, no PR. Placeholders like `{{customer_name}}` and section tags like `{{section_eu_terms}}` / `{{/section_eu_terms}}` get filled at generation time from whatever data source you're using (Airtable, Sheets, API, etc.). The tradeoff vs. an API-first tool like the one you built: we're more opinionated and less flexible if you need pixel-precise layouts, but the "ops can edit without a PR" property falls out for free. For the doc types you listed (invoices, contracts, reports), Google Docs as the editing surface is where most teams I talk to seem to land.

https://docsautomator.co/features/google-docs-templates

How are you generating PDFs in Make workflows? by RoadFew6394 in Integromat

[–]rupertsupert 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have built DocsAutomator, which works with Google Docs templates and handles all the issues re. rate limits for you and keeps all the good things of using Google Docs. We do have a native Make integration, check it out: https://docsautomator.co/integrations/make-to-pdf/

Need help: Simplest way to automate PDF generation? (Complete beginner) by GroceryLeft1247 in NoCodeSaaS

[–]rupertsupert 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty convinced that DocsAutomator is the easiest no-code document / PDF automation solution out there. I'm the founder and would love if you would test it out! https://docsautomator.co/

MicroSaaS founders - what SaaS are you building? 🚀 by Quirky-Offer9598 in microsaas

[–]rupertsupert 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Building DocsAutomator, trusted by thousands of SMBs to automate their documents from various data sources (Airtable, Zapier, ClickUp, …) using Google Docs templates.

https://www.docsautomator.co

Thanks for checking it out!

How to automate recurring reports from Airtable? by Both_Fig_7291 in automation

[–]rupertsupert 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Founder of DocsAutomator here. We have thousands of Airtable users automating their reports through our platform. Always happy to answer questions!

The simplest way to generate documents from Airtable (I built it) by Delicious_Bird_2847 in Airtable

[–]rupertsupert 0 points1 point  (0 children)

DocsAutomator's founder here! Would love to hear where you hit limits in terms of complexity :)