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The best alternative to NAPS2 is Genius Scan, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to NAPS2 and 11 are so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting alternatives to NAPS2 are Readiris, SilverFast, WinScan2PDF and Skanlite.

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NAPS2 alternatives are mainly Document Scanners, but if you're looking for Image Scanners or PDF Editors you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Android Tablet, Windows + Free, Mac, Free, Mac + Scan documents, Windows and Linux. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to NAPS2.
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  1. Genius Scan icon
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    Genius Scan is a scanner in your pocket. Quickly scan your documents on the go and export them as JPEG or multi-page PDF files.

    60 Genius Scan alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
     
  2. Readiris icon
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    PDF and OCR publishing software (optical character recognition) for MAC & WINDOWS. Do you dream of an intelligent PDF and OCR solution to intuitively manage your documents? You've found it.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  3. SilverFast icon
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    Digitally archive, scan, and optimize photos with tools for advanced correction, batch jobs, printer calibration, real-time previews, and QuickTime tutorials. Works as stand-alone or Photoshop plug-in and supports over 340 scanner models for professionals and beginners.

    11 SilverFast alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
     
  4. Skanlite icon
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    Skanlite is a simple image scanning application to scan and save images. Skanlite is based on libksane, an interface for SANE library to control image scanners.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  5. Skanpage icon
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    Skanpage is a simple scanning application designed for multi-page scanning and saving of documents and images.

    22 Skanpage alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  6. XSane icon
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    XSane is a graphical scanning front-end for SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy). It uses the SANE-library to talk to scanners. It is designed for acquiring images with scanners (there are other devices like cameras and videodevices supported by SANE and you will see that xsane may...

    20 XSane alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • AmigaOS
     
  7. fileee icon
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    With fileee you can scan, organize and access your documents anywhere, anytime. fileee analyzes your documents, automatically recognizes important content and sorts your documents accordingly. Thanks to fileee, you always have your documents at hand and can find what you need in...

    63 fileee alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
    • fileee is the most popular Web-based & Android Tablet alternative to NAPS2.

    • fileee is Freemium and ProprietaryNAPS2 is Free and Open Source
  8. Scan2pdf icon
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    Super simple scanning tool, that works with majority of scanners out of the box. This software does one thing - you can quickly and simply scan to PDF.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    ClarifyDocuments is a free AI tool that converts PDFs, images, and slides into clean, editable text. It automatically cleans, organizes, and processes content in any language, helping students and educators focus on learning.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  10. CopyFish icon
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    Copy, paste and translate text from any image, video or PDF.

    84 CopyFish alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
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    Comments about CopyFish as an Alternative to NAPS2
    Jonathan Brickman
    Negative
    7

    NAPS2 does scanning. This one does not.

    Guest
    Negative
    2

    This program does not perform scans, just capture web images

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • This alternative is disputed. CopyFish is a legitimate NAPS2 alternative, but it might have issues that some users think are important.

    • CopyFish is Free and Open SourceNAPS2 is also Free and Open Source
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