SheetWeave vs Autocrat: Honest Comparison (2026)
Autocrat, by New Visions CloudLab, is a long-established free add-on on the Google Workspace Marketplace. SheetWeave is newer and is live on the Google Workspace Marketplace. Here is a fair side-by-side.
| SheetWeave | Autocrat | |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | Live on the Google Workspace Marketplace (listed November 10, 2026) | Live on the Marketplace (listing updated October 21, 2026) |
| Templates | Google Docs with {{placeholder}} tags | Docs (and Slides) with <<merge tags>> |
| Outputs | Google Docs, PDF or both, into a chosen Drive folder; links written back to the sheet | PDF or shared Google Docs; merges multiple rows |
| Email / Forms triggers | Not today | Yes: optional email attachments, time and Google Form triggers |
| Google access requested | spreadsheets.currentonly, drive.file, script.container.ui, script.external_request (license check). Can't browse your whole Drive or read Gmail | See, edit, create and delete all your Docs, Drive files, Sheets and Slides; manage Forms; run when you are not present |
| Price | 14-day free trial (no card), then $8/month or $59/year | Free |
Choose Autocrat if
- You want a free tool you can install today.
- You need email delivery or automatic runs on Google Form submit.
- Your existing
<<tag>>templates and triggers run reliably.
Choose SheetWeave if
- You want the narrowest Google permissions for Doc/PDF generation.
- You were hit by the 2026 V8 reauthorisation and trigger problems Autocrat's support group described, and want a simpler single-purpose tool.
- You can install it from the Google Workspace Marketplace today.
Free option first
A short Apps Script can make one Doc and PDF per row at no cost. See how to generate a PDF or Doc for each row.
{{placeholder}} template from each row and saves Docs, PDFs or both into a Drive folder you choose, writing the output links back to the sheet. It uses narrow, non-restricted scopes only (spreadsheets.currentonly, drive.file, script.container.ui, and script.external_request for the license check), so it cannot browse your whole Drive or read Gmail, and your sheet and document content never leaves your Google account. 14-day free trial with no credit card, then $8/month or $59/year. It is live on the Google Workspace Marketplace.See SheetWeave
Autocrat details come from its Google Workspace Marketplace listing, cloudlab.newvisions.org and the NV Autocrat Add-on Google Group (V8 update announcement, June 2026), checked November 5, 2026.
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