Simple Scan AlternativesTop Document & Image Scanners like Simple Scan

Simple Scan is described as 'Easy-to-use application, designed to let users connect their scanner and quickly have the image/document in an appropriate format' and is a popular document scanner in the system & hardware category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Simple Scan for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Flathub and Web-based apps. The best Simple Scan alternative is NAPS2, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Simple Scan are VueScan, gscan2pdf, SilverFast and Skanlite.

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  1. NAPS2 icon

    NAPS2

     174 likes

    NAPS2 is a document scanning application with a focus on simplicity and ease of use.

    49 NAPS2 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Comments about NAPS2 as an Alternative to Simple Scan
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    Positive
    1

    Works fast, easy setup, works out of the box, is openSource

    Guest
    Positive
    0

    i use is and it's very good

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks NAPS2 is a great Simple Scan alternative.

    • NAPS2 is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Simple Scan.

    • NAPS2 is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Simple Scan.

    • NAPS2 is Free and Open SourceSimple Scan is also Free and Open Source
    • NAPS2 is Lightweight and Privacy focusedSimple Scan is not according to our users
  2. VueScan icon

    VueScan

     41 likes

    Scans documents, photos, and film on Windows, macOS, and Linux, with support for over 1200 scanners, PDF, JPEG, TIFF, and TXT output, advanced adjustments, batch processing, OCR, color correction, obsolete device support, and easy-to-use interface.

    30 VueScan alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
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    • Some users think VueScan is a great Simple Scan alternative, some don't.

    • VueScan is the most popular commercial alternative to Simple Scan.

    • VueScan is Paid and ProprietarySimple Scan is Free and Open Source
  4. gscan2pdf icon

    gscan2pdf

     21 likes

    gscan2pdf can scan, clean the scan and do OCR on the scan or imported images (incl. existing PDFs, DjVus or other file types), and make PDF and DjVu-files with embedded OCR-text. It works together with tesseract, ocropus, cuneiform an...

    29 gscan2pdf alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  5. SilverFast icon

    SilverFast

     1 like

    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
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  6. Skanlite icon

    Skanlite

     10 likes

    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

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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    Comments about Skanlite as an Alternative to Simple Scan
    Guest
    Negative
    1

    Does not save in PDF format.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Skanlite is Free and Open SourceSimple Scan is also Free and Open Source
    • Skanlite is LightweightSimple Scan is not according to our users
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    PDFill

     39 likes

    With PDFill you can create, fill, delete and submit PDF form fields; insert new formatted text, check, image, hyperlink, whiteout, highlight, drawing, comment and annotation anywhere in the document; save, print or email the filled and password-protected PDF; save and resume...

    164 PDFill alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    The only free pdf-software able to split very big pdf-files over 200 pages
     
  9. HP Smart icon

    HP Smart

     3 likes

    HP Smart (formerly known as HP All-in-One Printer Remote) helps you to set up, scan, print, share, and manage your HP printer.

    21 HP Smart alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Windows
    • Android
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    • HP Smart is the most popular Android, iPhone & iPad alternative to Simple Scan.

    • HP Smart is Free and ProprietarySimple Scan is Free and Open Source
  10. XSane icon

    XSane

     18 likes

    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
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  11. Smart OCR

     1 like

    Convert scanned text, images and scanned PDF files into editable documents with Smart OCR.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. PaperScan icon

    PaperScan

     4 likes

    PaperScan Scanner Software is a powerful TWAIN and WIA scanning application with an OCR engine centered on one idea: making document acquisition an unparalleled easy task for anyone.

    29 PaperScan alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  13. Scan2pdf icon

    Scan2pdf

     9 likes

    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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  14. Scanitto Pro icon

    Scanitto Pro

     14 likes

    Scanitto Pro is Windows-based software application for image scanning, direct printing and copying, basic editing and text recognition (OCR).

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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