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Documize vs SimpleDMS: catalog facts
Documize	SimpleDMS
Freemium Community edition is open source; Community+ is free for five users, then from $900 a year…	Freemium Free to self-host; the hosted cloud version is a paid service with a 30-day trial.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Single binary with no runtime dependencies Works with several common databases	Tag-based filing with shared and private workspaces Self-hosted edition includes the features a single company or family needs
Approvals, analytics and versioning need the paid Community+ edition Requires a database with full-text search support	Walkthrough video is only in German Small project with a single main developer
Self-hosted	Self-hosted, Hosted service
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: AGPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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