Free Simple Scan Alternatives for Windows
Simple Scan is not available for Windows but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Windows with similar functionality. The most popular Windows alternative is 
NAPS2, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Simple Scan and many of them are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to Simple Scan are 
VueScan (Paid), 
XSane (Free, Open Source), 
PDFill (Paid) and 
PaperScan (Paid).
- NAPS2 is a document scanning application with a focus on simplicity and ease of use. View 39 alternatives to NAPS2
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Linux
NAPS2 vs Simple Scan
i use is and it's very goodTranslator5 Works fast, easy setup, works out of the box, is openSource - XSane is a graphical scanning front-end for SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy). It uses the SANE-library to talk to scanners. View 19 alternatives to XSane
Discontinued
The program is no longer updated. Last version, 0.998, released in November 2010, can be still downloaded from the official website.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- AmigaOS
- 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. View 28 alternatives to Scan2pdf
Discontinued
Development of KOMA Code apps stopped in January 2017. Last version of Scan2pdf can be still downloaded from the official website.
- Free • Proprietary
- Windows
- Scanned Image Extractor is a tool for efficiently extracting rectangular photographs from album or (multiple) photograph scans. View 4 alternatives to Scanned Image Extractor
Discontinued
No update since 2015, dependencies on Linux systems are broken since it's too old. No source to fix/compile again the new lib versions.
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Linux
- Save scanned documents into new or existing PDF ... by using installed scanner. View 23 alternatives to WinScan2PDF
- FreeKapture give you the option to scan from your scanner, and then save the image: its a free Twain image capture application from TSoft that should work on any Windows (98 and... View 21 alternatives to FreeKapture
- An easy to use, cross-platform scanning front-end for SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy). View 17 alternatives to SwingSane
Discontinued
Last update is from 2015.
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- CloudScan. Free Scanning Software.(Scan to PDF and TIFF Everywhere Easily) View 8 alternatives to CloudScan
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Windows
- Online
- Scanner to Online. ScanDrop (beta) is simple - one easy, free scanning software application that helps you scan and upload your paper into your favorite online storage provider:... View 14 alternatives to ScanDrop
- If you have a scanner, this app makes it easy to scan documents and pictures and save them where you'd like. View 21 alternatives to Windows Scan