Anvil Document SDK - The fastest way to build software for documents
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Anvil Document SDK helps companies get to market fast by accelerating development for document-driven workflows with flexible APIs and no-code components.
@ayan_bandyopadhyay Hey Ayan great question! I would say Anvil differentiates on a couple of dimensions.
1. Anvil brings together a bunch of related solutions into a cohesive package. Instead of connecting a form builder with a document generation system with an e-sign solution. Anvil's provides all three and they work together really well.
2. I find most solutions are either developer friendly but complex, or easy to use but simple. Anvil balances the two, no-code when you want to build quickly and enable a non-technical team, and robust API's and webhooks for when you want that deep integration.
3. Anvil just works :)
@manggit@ayan_bandyopadhyay I also want to add that because Anvil is purpose built for creating user friendly web-based (and device agnostic) experiences for documents, we have a lot of features that make interacting with or building for really complicated PDFs almost delightful. Handling tables in PDFs is a good example of something that Anvil does really elegantly but other products miss the mark on or don't handle at all.
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Congrats on the launch! Product looks awesome! We deal with pdf-based health forms all the time, and it’s super frustrating, messy and time consuming, something like Anvil could be a game changer for us.
@colin_taggart Thanks! You're doing god's work with health forms, they are the worst. Every time I go to the doctor, they make me manually fill out forms (with a pen) with information they already have
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Congratulations on the launch, the Anvil Document SDK sounds like a much-needed solution! How does it handle more complex document processes that require conditional logic or integration with other systems and databases?
@vasily_kolosov1 great question. If you want Anvil to handle the complex logic, our Workflow tool (all-in-one webforms, pdf filling, and e-signatures) has UI for encoding logic at multiple levels and supports custom javascript. These Workflows can easily push/pull data from other systems over API or using a tool like Zapier.
@vasily_kolosov1 Thanks Vasily! The product can handle very complex document processes with logic! We have a number of customers using Workflows to conditionally fill / sign 30-50 documents in one process. For example, First Ascent (case study) uses Workflows to conditionally open 10 different types of accounts in Schwab for their customers in one flow,
Seso (case study) onboards agricultural workers and creates document packets with a mixture of government and local paperwork.
On the integrations front, what systems were you interested in integrating with?
All webform data, e-sign data, and documents is available via the API. Most of our customers integrate with Iframe events and webhooks, then handle the data piping to the systems they need. We also have a Zapier integration, so you can connect anything up to Anvil without code!
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Congratulations. Can we pre-populate some values through integrations?
@sridhar_koneru Yes, definitely! You can populate data on webforms, e-signature packets, and fill docs via the API from your own system. We also have a Zapier integration, so you can connect anything up to Anvil without code
@amy_foster we have been SOCII Type 2 compliant for 4 years running! We also go to great lengths to ensure that security best practices are followed. Some of our best customers are financial institutions from alternative investments to banks and even title companies.
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congratulations on the launch! can't wait to tackle those pesky PDFs without the usual headaches! 👏
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