Mayan EDMS Alternatives

Mayan EDMS is described as 'Document management without the headaches' and is a document manager in the office & productivity category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Mayan EDMS for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Self-Hosted and Web-based apps. The best Mayan EDMS alternative is Paperwork, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Mayan EDMS are Docspell, Paperless-ngx, Alfresco Community Edition and PDF Search.

Mayan EDMS alternatives are mainly Document Managers but may also be Research Managers or Document Scanners. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Mayan EDMS.

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Mayan EDMS

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Document Manager

Document management without the headaches.

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Paperwork
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Free • Open Source
Document Manager
Document Scanner
Windows
Linux
25 Paperwork alternatives
Paperwork is a personal document manager for scanned documents (and PDFs).
- - Paperwork is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to Mayan EDMS.
- - Paperwork is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Mayan EDMS.
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Paperwork Features
1. PortablePaperwork can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
2. OCRExtract the text from a screen capture or file and paste it into another document for edits.
Document structure management
Scanner
Scan to PDF
Gtk
Indexed search
Docspell
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Free • Open Source
Document Manager
Self-Hosted
110 Docspell alternatives
Docspell is a personal document organizer. You'll need a scanner to convert your papers into files. Docspell can then assist in organizing the resulting mess 😉.
- - Docspell is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Mayan EDMS.
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Docspell Features
1. OCRExtract the text from a screen capture or file and paste it into another document for edits.
DMS
Natural Language Processing
Paperless-ngx
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Free • Open Source
Document Manager
Document Scanner
Online
Self-Hosted
13 Paperless-ngx alternatives
Paperless-ngx is a document management system that transforms your physical documents into a searchable online archive so you can keep, well, less paper. Paperless-ngx forked from paperless-ng.
- - Paperless-ngx is the most popular Web-based alternative to Mayan EDMS.
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Paperless-ngx Features
1. OCRExtract the text from a screen capture or file and paste it into another document for edits.
DMS
Support for Docker
Scan to PDF
PDF OCR
Convert images to PDF
Data export/import
Alfresco Community Edition
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Free • Open Source
Document Manager
CMS Tool
Mac
Windows
Linux
Online
iPhone
iPad
64 Alfresco Community Edition alternatives
Alfresco is the leading open source enterprise content management system built by the most experienced team in the industry drawn from Documentum®, Vignette® and Interwoven®. Twenty years of experience drove us to believe that the Enterprise Content Management...
- - Alfresco Community Edition is the most popular Mac, iPhone & iPad alternative to Mayan EDMS.
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Alfresco Community Edition Features
DMS
Workflow
Java based
Portal
PDF Search
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Paid • Proprietary
Research Manager
Mac
iPhone
iPad
31 PDF Search alternatives
PDF Search is an app to search multiple documents insanely fast. It enables you to find any information in seconds within lots of documents. It uses its AI-powered algorithm to detect the best related pages. Just search your documents, reference books or notes using PDF Search.
- - PDF Search is the most popular commercial alternative to Mayan EDMS.
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PDF Search Features
1. Full-Text SearchPDF Search lets you search for specific words or phrases from inside a document or database.
Paperless-NG
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Free • Open Source
Document Manager
Self-Hosted
13 Paperless-NG alternatives
Development status: paperless-ng has been deprecated and replaced by paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx.
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Paperless-NG Features
1. File TaggingPaperless-NG can organize and highlight your files with tags and labels.
ecoDMS
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Paid • Proprietary
Document Manager
Mac
Windows
Linux
Android
iPhone
Android Tablet
iPad
Raspbian
Raspberry Pi
Docker
11 ecoDMS alternatives
With ecoDMS you can archive all your documents audit-proof, manage them professionally and find them very quickly. The intelligent ecoDMS Template Designer automatically recognises documents, sorts the data to the right place. Made in Germany.
- - ecoDMS is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to Mayan EDMS.
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ecoDMS Features
1. File VersioningecoDMS has a version system that lets you view and go back to older versions of the project/file/document.
2. OCRExtract the text from a screen capture or file and paste it into another document for edits.
3. Full-Text SearchecoDMS lets you search for specific words or phrases from inside a document or database.
DMS
Paperless
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Free • Open Source
Document Manager
Mac
Windows
Linux
Self-Hosted
11 Paperless alternatives
Scan, index, and archive all of your paper documents.
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Paperless Features
DMS
Discontinued
The last release was in January 2019, and the GitHub repository has been archived by the owner. It is now read-only and no further development will be done.
Papermerge DMS
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Free Personal • Open Source
Self-Hosted
Software as a Service (SaaS)
12 Papermerge DMS alternatives
Open source document management system designed for archiving and retrieving your digital documents. Instead of having piles of paper documents all over your desk, office or drawers - you can quickly scan and upload them to Papermerge DMS.
- - Papermerge DMS is the most popular SaaS alternative to Mayan EDMS.
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Papermerge DMS Features
1. OCRExtract the text from a screen capture or file and paste it into another document for edits.
PDF OCR
DMS
Comments about Papermerge DMS as a Alternative to Mayan EDMS
pros, cons and recent comments
hellih
It is not really a DMS. It is more like a scan/document organizer like Docspell or Paperwork.

Supports only *.pdf, *.tiff, *.jpg, *.png.
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Nuxeo Platform
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Paid • Open Source
Document Manager
Mac
Windows
Linux
Online
Android
iPhone
Chrome OS
Android Tablet
iPad
Self-Hosted
Software as a Service (SaaS)
23 Nuxeo Platform alternatives
Nuxeo makes it easy to build smart content applications that enhance customer experiences, improve decision making, and accelerate products to market. .
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Nuxeo Platform Features
1. Real time collaborationMultiple users can work together in Nuxeo Platform simultaneously.
Knowledge base
Version Control Integration
Personal Information Manager (PIM)
Content analysis
Content Management
Content Discovery
LogicalDOC
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Freemium • Open Source
Document Manager
Mac
Windows
Linux
Online
Android
iPad
20 LogicalDOC alternatives
LogicalDOC is a high-performance, intuitive document management system that offers the power of enterprise document management to mid-sized companies and large organizations. LogicalDOC can help any kind of organization anywhere in the world gain control over their documents...
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LogicalDOC Features
1. Real time collaborationMultiple users can work together in LogicalDOC simultaneously.
DMS
Support for Docker
Docker Container
Advanced document preview
Workflow
Java based
Knowledge Management
Paperless
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Paid • Proprietary
Mac
Windows
27 Paperless alternatives
Paperless is a digital documents manager. Remember when everyone talked about how we would soon be a paperless society? Now it seems like we use paper more than ever. Let's face it - we need and we use paper.
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Paperless Features
1. OCRExtract the text from a screen capture or file and paste it into another document for edits.
DMS
PDF OCR
Scan to PDF