# Generating PDF for invoices and estimates

**URL:** <https://forum.bubble.io/t/generating-pdf-for-invoices-and-estimates/361203>\
**Category:** Need help\
**Created:** [February 27, 2025, 1:30am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/generating-pdf-for-invoices-and-estimates/361203 "2025-02-27T01:30:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![khalidradwan10](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/khalidradwan10/32/217435_2.png) [@khalidradwan10](https://forum.bubble.io/u/khalidradwan10)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 1:30am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/generating-pdf-for-invoices-and-estimates/361203/1 "2025-02-27T01:30:21Z")

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Good day!

I’m developing an app that creates invoices and estimates for small businesses and would like to allow users to generate a PDF prior to sending them to their customers. I looked at the plugins available at bubble plugins page and found many options. I tried a few and each one has pros and cons.

Can someone recommend an option that ticks more boxes than others (reliability, scalability, simplicity, etc.)? I’m happy to pay a reasonable price for a good plug in that also has a decent support.

Any recommendation would be highly appreciated.

regards  
Khalid

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**Author:** ![mitchbaylis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/mitchbaylis/32/122860_2.png) [@mitchbaylis](https://forum.bubble.io/u/mitchbaylis)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 2:29am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/generating-pdf-for-invoices-and-estimates/361203/2 "2025-02-27T02:29:52Z")

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I like craftmypdf as it gives me the most flexibility

it does take a bit to learn all the quirks but it is definitely the better option

pdfmonkey is also a good option

basically I look for a pdf creator which accepts html template and json data and handles page breaks and arrays well

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**Author:** ![khalidradwan10](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/khalidradwan10/32/217435_2.png) [@khalidradwan10](https://forum.bubble.io/u/khalidradwan10)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 3:11am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/generating-pdf-for-invoices-and-estimates/361203/3 "2025-02-27T03:11:21Z")

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thanks a lot. My app doesn’t have html (at least I don’t think it does haha). Does this affect anything?

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**Author:** ![mitchbaylis](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/user_avatar/forum.bubble.io/mitchbaylis/32/122860_2.png) [@mitchbaylis](https://forum.bubble.io/u/mitchbaylis)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 4:39am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/generating-pdf-for-invoices-and-estimates/361203/4 "2025-02-27T04:39:45Z")

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doesn’t affect anything, you can use the drag and drop builder in craftmypdf also

I just find it easier to send over html and then add custom css to the craftmypdf template

often I do a mix of part of the template using the drag and drop editor and then part in html - usually because the bubble user wants to style the text that gets sent over to the pdf - otherwise I’d just send raw text in json

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/bubble/original/3X/2/8/2847faa74692c2ffa5d939d3dc3724cdd060d247.png) [@system](https://forum.bubble.io/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2025, 1:30am UTC](https://forum.bubble.io/t/generating-pdf-for-invoices-and-estimates/361203/5 "2025-05-08T01:30:45Z")

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