# Overview

> Evaluate ReportingCloud before you sign up: its parts and architecture, file formats per endpoint, plans and quotas, data security and the GDPR.

- **Product:** ReportingCloud
- **Section:** Documentation
- **Kind:** Topic
- **Path:** ReportingCloud > Overview
- **623 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/reporting-cloud/overview/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/reporting-cloud/overview/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/reporting-cloud/overview/llms-full.txt

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ReportingCloud is Text Control's Web API for creating documents in the cloud: your application sends an MS Word compatible template and JSON data over HTTPS, and the service returns the merged document as PDF, DOCX or another format. Developers, architects and buyers who evaluate the service find its essentials here, before they create an account or write a request.

After reading the Overview, you know what ReportingCloud consists of and how it compares with DS Server and TX Text Control .NET Server, how a request reaches the service, which formats each endpoint reads and writes, what the plans include and what happens to your data.

### Find the Right Page

| If you want to | Read |
|---|---|
| Learn what ReportingCloud does, what you build with it and how it differs from DS Server and TX Text Control .NET Server | [Introduction](https://docs.textcontrol.com/reporting-cloud/overview/introduction/llms-full.txt) |
| Understand how the Web API, the ReportingCloud portal and the template storage work together, and how a merge request is processed | [Architecture](https://docs.textcontrol.com/reporting-cloud/overview/architecture/llms-full.txt) |
| Check which formats each endpoint accepts and returns, the image formats and the available fonts | [Supported File Formats](https://docs.textcontrol.com/reporting-cloud/overview/file-formats/llms-full.txt) |
| Compare the plans and their quotas, and read the rules for trial, Free and paid accounts | [Plans and Licensing](https://docs.textcontrol.com/reporting-cloud/overview/licensing/llms-full.txt) |
| Find out what the service stores, where it is hosted, how the GDPR is covered and how to protect your API keys | [Data Security and Privacy](https://docs.textcontrol.com/reporting-cloud/overview/security/llms-full.txt) |

### Where to Start

1. Read the [Introduction](https://docs.textcontrol.com/reporting-cloud/overview/introduction/llms-full.txt) to decide whether a hosted Web API fits your project.
2. Read [Architecture](https://docs.textcontrol.com/reporting-cloud/overview/architecture/llms-full.txt) for the terms the other pages use, such as template storage, datasource excerpt and merge block.
3. Check [Data Security and Privacy](https://docs.textcontrol.com/reporting-cloud/overview/security/llms-full.txt) if your merge data contains personal or confidential information.
4. Sign up for the 30-day trial and create an API key, as described in the [Installation Guide](https://docs.textcontrol.com/reporting-cloud/installation/llms-full.txt), then create a first document in [Getting Started](https://docs.textcontrol.com/reporting-cloud/getting-started/llms-full.txt).

### Pages in This Section

- [Introduction](https://docs.textcontrol.com/reporting-cloud/overview/introduction/llms-full.txt): what ReportingCloud is, its parts, what you build with it and how it compares with DS Server and TX Text Control .NET Server.
- [Architecture](https://docs.textcontrol.com/reporting-cloud/overview/architecture/llms-full.txt): the Web API, the portal, the template storage, the merge process, the SDKs and the hosting.
- [Supported File Formats](https://docs.textcontrol.com/reporting-cloud/overview/file-formats/llms-full.txt): the template, document and image formats of every endpoint and the available fonts.
- [Plans and Licensing](https://docs.textcontrol.com/reporting-cloud/overview/licensing/llms-full.txt): the plans, what counts against which quota, test mode, the trial and the services agreement.
- [Data Security and Privacy](https://docs.textcontrol.com/reporting-cloud/overview/security/llms-full.txt): encrypted connections, stored and unstored data, hosting, the GDPR and API keys.

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## In This Section

- [Architecture](https://docs.textcontrol.com/reporting-cloud/overview/architecture/llms-full.txt): How ReportingCloud works: the REST Web API below api.reporting.cloud/v1, HTTPS and CORS, the portal, template storage, the merge process, SDKs and Azure.
- [Supported File Formats](https://docs.textcontrol.com/reporting-cloud/overview/file-formats/llms-full.txt): Choose a returnFormat from PDF, PDFA, DOCX, DOC, RTF, HTML, TX and TXT, and check the template formats of each endpoint, image formats and fonts.
- [Introduction](https://docs.textcontrol.com/reporting-cloud/overview/introduction/llms-full.txt): Create invoices and contracts from MS Word templates and JSON with a hosted Web API: portal, editor, SDKs, the trial and a comparison with DS Server.
- [Plans and Licensing](https://docs.textcontrol.com/reporting-cloud/overview/licensing/llms-full.txt): Compare the Trial, Basic, Standard, Premium and Extreme plans: prices, document, template storage and spell checking quotas, test mode, Free accounts and rules.
- [Data Security and Privacy](https://docs.textcontrol.com/reporting-cloud/overview/security/llms-full.txt): What ReportingCloud stores and never stores: HTTPS-only connections, merge data in memory, Azure hosting, transfers outside the EEA, the GDPR and API keys.

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [ReportingCloud](https://docs.textcontrol.com/reporting-cloud/llms-full.txt)
- **Next:** [Introduction](https://docs.textcontrol.com/reporting-cloud/overview/introduction/llms-full.txt)