Paperless Alternatives

Paperless is described as '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' and is an app in the office & productivity category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Paperless for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best Paperless alternative is Trilium Notes, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Paperless are DEVONthink, Paperless-ngx, Paperwork and Mayan EDMS.

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  1. Trilium Notes icon

    Trilium Notes

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    The original trilium is transfered to this repo by its owner and the app continues to develop here as stated here: https://github.com/TriliumNext/Trilium

    371 Trilium Notes alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • Cloudron
    • Mozilla Firefox
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    Comments about Trilium Notes as an Alternative to Paperless
    DarkestLove
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    Not the same kind of program at all! One is a document manager while the other is a notes app...

    kuyachris
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    Paperless is a digital documents manager while Trilium Notes is a note taking app. Different types of apps.

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    • Trilium Notes is the most popular Windows, Mac, Linux & Self-Hosted alternative to Paperless.

    • Trilium Notes is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Paperless.

    • Trilium Notes is Free and Open SourcePaperless is Paid and Proprietary
    • Trilium Notes is Privacy focused, Lightweight and CustomizablePaperless is not according to our users
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    DEVONthink

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    Organizes documents, notes, emails, PDFs, and media using AI-powered search, tagging, and OCR. Supports offline use, syncing across macOS and iOS, encryption, web clipping, automation, and customizable grouping for efficient information management.

    160 DEVONthink alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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    • DEVONthink is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to Paperless.

    • DEVONthink is the most popular commercial alternative to Paperless.

    • DEVONthink is Paid and ProprietaryPaperless is also Paid and Proprietary
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    Paperless-ngx

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    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.

    19 Paperless-ngx alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
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    • Paperless-ngx is the most popular Web-based alternative to Paperless.

    • Paperless-ngx is Free and Open SourcePaperless is Paid and Proprietary
    • Paperless-ngx is Privacy focusedPaperless is not according to our users
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    DEVONthink

    Organizes documents, notes, emails, PDFs, and media using AI-powered search, tagging, and OCR. Supports offline use, syncing across macOS and iOS, encryption, web clipping, automation, and customizable grouping for efficient info...

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    Idea Notebook

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    Never forget another brilliant idea. Log, organize and track your ideas and more with the Idea Notebook.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Android
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    • Idea Notebook is the most popular Android alternative to Paperless.

    • Idea Notebook is Free and ProprietaryPaperless is Paid and Proprietary
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    fileee

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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

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    • fileee is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to Paperless.

    • fileee is Freemium and ProprietaryPaperless is Paid and Proprietary
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    PDFKeeper

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    PDFKeeper is free, open source document management software that integrates with a compatible, relational database to provide a centralized storage and management solution for PDF documents.

    20 PDFKeeper alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • .NET Framework
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    Teedy

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    Teedy is a lightweight document management system packed with all the features you can expect from big expensive solutions but still easy to use.

    16 Teedy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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    • Teedy is the most popular SaaS alternative to Paperless.

    • Teedy is Free and Open SourcePaperless is Paid and Proprietary
    • Teedy is LightweightPaperless is not according to our users
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    Note Board

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    Productivity app. Save information like a sticky notes. You can create notes with images, videos or whatever you want. Save pages to read later or capture any web content with the chrome or firefox extension. Share boards with your friends. Create public boards.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
    Multiple boards: organize notes in boards, use textures to change the look of the board, move notes between boards.
     
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    Comments about Note Board as an Alternative to Paperless
    DarkestLove
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    Document management vs note/read it later app

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    • Note Board is Free and ProprietaryPaperless is Paid and Proprietary
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    Receipts Space

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    Organize and analyze receipts, invoices, and documents on macOS with secure local storage, multi-device sync via shared folders, advanced OCR, auto extraction of financial details, self-learning categorization, invoice payment, scanner support, and local privacy protection.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    Comments about Receipts Space as an Alternative to Paperless
    DarkestLove
    Negative
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    Finance app/expense tracker vs Document Management.... closer than most that I've seen, though, unfortunately.

    Guest
    Positive
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    Seems to have the most similar feature set.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Receipts Space is Freemium and ProprietaryPaperless is Paid and Proprietary
    • Receipts Space is Privacy focusedPaperless is not according to our users
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    Somnote

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    Record and save important information, brilliant ideas, and moments of everyday life easily and securely with SomNote.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Google Chrome
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    Comments about Somnote as an Alternative to Paperless
    DarkestLove
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    Document management vs note taking application... not similar

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    • Somnote is Freemium and ProprietaryPaperless is Paid and Proprietary
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