XSane Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to XSane for Windows and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best 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 XSane and 14 are available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Windows alternatives to XSane are VueScan, PDFill, SilverFast and WinScan2PDF.

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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 XSane
    Bruno Finger
    Negative
    3

    NAPS2 is not a SANE front-end, it supports only Windows scanning protocols (SANE and TWAIN), thus network scanners can't be connected.

    PaulFinkelshtein
    Positive
    0

    Contrary to what Bruno Finger said, it works perfectly for me with my HP printer over WiFi. The interface is nice, much more comfortable and less buggy (or more predictable) than XSane

    Guest
    Positive
    0

    Much more intuitive, easier to use

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    NAPS2 icon
    NAPS2 icon
    • NAPS2 is Free and Open SourceXSane is also Free and Open Source
    • NAPS2 is Privacy focusedXSane 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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  4. PDFill icon

    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
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    The only free pdf-software able to split very big pdf-files over 200 pages
     
  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

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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    Comments about SilverFast as an Alternative to XSane
    Guest
    Negative
    0

    Its too marketed but lack of features, do not support files ober 2 Gb needed for painting scanning and have bad marketing you need to pay separate 500 for every separate scanner support

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    SilverFast icon
    SilverFast icon
    • SilverFast is Paid and ProprietaryXSane is Free and Open Source
  7. 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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  9. 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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  10. SwingSane icon

    SwingSane

     1 like

    SwingSane is a powerful, cross platform, open source Java client (frontend) for Scanner Access Now Easy (SANE) servers (backends). SwingSane provides access to scanners connected to SANE servers on a network on any platform that supports Java and Swing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  11. FreeKapture icon

    FreeKapture

     3 likes

    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 on) Twain compliant system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. Softi Scan to PDF

     1 like

    Scan to PDF software for Windows 7 Vista and XP. Most Twain devices supported from HP, Canon, Brother, Kodak ect.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  13. AXPDF Scan to PDF Converter icon

    AXPDF Scan to PDF Converter

     5 likes

    AXPDF Scan to PDF Converter scan your paper documents into PDF format quickly, accurately and directly. In addition, you can import existing images and combine all the image files into a single PDF. Create PDF from scanned files and images is as easily as clicking buttons.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  14. métier Scan2PDF icon

    métier Scan2PDF

     Like

    •With only one click you will be able to scan one page or even a whole pile of pages. •Optical Character Recognition •Integrated PDF Archive Multilingual: Languages (English, French, German, Italiano, Nederlands, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian).

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    métier Scan2PDF screenshot 1
     
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