Windows Scan AlternativesDocument Scanners and other similar apps like Windows Scan

Windows Scan is described as 'If you have a scanner, this app makes it easy to scan documents and pictures and save them where you'd like' and is a document scanner in the office & productivity category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Windows Scan for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Flathub and Web-based apps. The best Windows Scan alternative is NAPS2, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Windows Scan are Simple Scan, VueScan, Skanlite and Skanpage.

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

    49 NAPS2 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

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

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

    • NAPS2 is Free and Open Source Windows Scan is Free and Proprietary
    • NAPS2 is Lightweight Windows Scan is not according to our users
  2. VueScan icon
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    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
     
    • VueScan is the most popular commercial alternative to Windows Scan.

    • VueScan is Paid and Proprietary Windows Scan is Free and Proprietary
  3. 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.

    22 Skanlite alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • KDE Plasma
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  4. 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
     
  5. 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
     
  6. gscan2pdf icon
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    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
     
  7. 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
     
  8. CloudScan icon
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    CloudScan. Free Scanning Software. (Scan to PDF and TIFF Everywhere Easily)

    CloudScan is a completely free scan application. It provides a new, simple way to scan your documents, pictures or photos and save them to mulitpage PDF files. Cloud can be successfully used on one compu.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
     
    • CloudScan is the most popular Web-based alternative to Windows Scan.

    • CloudScan is Freemium and Proprietary Windows Scan is Free and Proprietary
  9.  1 like
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    Convert scanned text, images and scanned PDF files into editable documents with Smart OCR.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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