DocOrigin - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

DocOrigin is an enterprise-class document generation solution consisting of multiple programs, tools, and web applications that can be integrated with existing systems without having to modify the line-of-business application or its data format in any way. It is available for Windows, Linux, AIX and IBMi. All of the product’s files use standard XML or plain text. DocOrigin supports multiple character encoding schemes, and locale processing.

To create output, an XML-based form design is created via the Design program. The DocOrigin Merge tool creates an in-memory form DOM. Merge reads a nominated customer data file, possibly filtering it into XML, and produces a data DOM. Sections of the form are replicated as needed to contain all the data to create a document DOM. Merge then paginates that document DOM and applies user-chosen print configuration files to generate professional quality output in one or more industry-standard formats.

During that process, if warranted, JavaScript can be applied. DocOrigin uses an integrated standard JavaScript engine that has been extended to support DOM access, do file I/O, run external programs, do ODBC lookup, send an email, and more. The core merge functionality can be invoked directly from the command line, using the included folder monitor program to process submitted data files, via customer-issued web service calls, or by using the design software’s preview functionality. In some cases customizable scripts process submitted data files to decide which, possibly multi-step, processing should be applied.

The merge executable supports many option specifications to control output processing. Standard parameter files are provided but these can be adjusted via user override files, options on the command line, instructions in the data’s PI, and even via tags added to individual form objects in the form template. Overrides operate in a given precedence order, so defaults can be established to simplify usage and maintenance.

DocOrigin has drivers for standard industry formats including PDF, HTML, PCL, PostScript, Zebra, TEC, Windows print drivers, XML, and more. In a single run, merge can create multiple types of output going to different destinations. DocOrigin has a built-in, configurable, email mechanism that can be used during the merge run or after the fact. Teams can also integrate existing document pages straight out of PDF files directly into the output. DocOrigin can produce PDF/UA-compliant documents and fillable HTML and PDF documents.

DocOrigin includes a queue monitor service (for Windows) which can be used to pipe existing print streams of data into a watched folder for processing. There are tools for filtering and sorting data, combining form templates, extracting single documents from a batch, and more. DocOrigin’s architecture allows the dynamic runtime use of customer-supplied tools, be that a proprietary customer-specific tool or a general tool.

If managers are migrating from another document generation system, DocOrigin provides a form conversion tool which can take PDF, IFD, and XDP files and instantly convert them to DocOrigin’s design format (XATW) to massively kick-start forms migration process. In some cases, no further template development is needed.

DocOrigin has built-in data filters and a filter editor tool to create custom data filters facilitating support for data in any format, including XML, JSON, CSV, FNF, DAT, and plain text, so teams can continue to use the data currently being produced by your system. DocOrigin’s Merge engine supports use of customer-supplied filters, and the chaining of one filter to another. Implicit data mapping simplifies the process of connecting the current data streams with DocOrigin form templates.