Alternatives to ExactScan

Document scanning software for Mac and Windows with built-in drivers for over 500 scanners. Notes say what changes if you switch.

  • ExactScan

    Document scanning software for Mac and Windows with built-in drivers for over 500 scanners.

    PaidProprietaryWindowsmacOS

10 alternatives

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  • ScanSnap Home

    Scanning and document management software for ScanSnap scanners, saving to PDF, searchable PDF and JPEG.

    FreeProprietaryWindowsmacOSAndroidiOS

    ScanSnap Home is free and adds searchable PDFs and document organisation, but works only with ScanSnap scanners.

  • Skanpage

    A KDE scanning application for multi-page documents, saving to PDF files or images.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Skanpage is a free open-source Linux scanner app for multi-page PDFs with feeder support, lacking advanced image correction.

  • Prizmo

    A Mac scanning app that captures documents, recognises text with OCR and exports to PDF or DOCX.

    PaidProprietarymacOS

  • Document Scanner

    GNOME's simple scanning app, formerly Simple Scan, for saving scanned documents as PDFs or images.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Document Scanner is a free, minimal GNOME scanning app for Linux that saves to PDF or images with few advanced options.

  • OCRmyPDF

    Adds a searchable text layer to a scanned PDF without disturbing the page images, producing a PDF/A you can search and copy from.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinuxCommand line

  • ScanBridge

    An open-source Android app for scanning from network scanners that support eSCL (AirScan).

    FreeOpen sourceAndroid

    ScanBridge scans from eSCL network scanners to an Android device, free and open source, but only for scanners on the same network.

  • CamScanner

    Document scanner app that turns phone photos into cleaned-up, searchable PDFs, with online PDF tools.

    FreemiumProprietaryWindowsmacOSAndroidiOSWeb

  • gImageReader

    Recognize text from scans and PDFs through a desktop interface.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsLinux

  • Paperless-ngx

    Turns scanned paper into a searchable archive: OCR, automatic tagging, full-text search and a web interface you host yourself.

    FreeOpen sourceLinuxSelf-hostedWeb

  • Skanlite

    A simple KDE application for scanning photos and documents on flatbed and network scanners.

    FreeOpen sourceLinux

    Skanlite is a free KDE scanning app for Linux supporting network scanners, without OCR or PDF assembly.