What is DocuWare used for?

DocuWare is a commercial document management and workflow automation platform available in the cloud or on premises, for finance, HR and other teams. It is a good fit for automating invoice processing in finance, managing employee files in HR, and contract and quality document control.

How much does DocuWare cost?

DocuWare doesn't publish fixed prices; pricing is quoted on request.

Is DocuWare open source?

No. DocuWare is proprietary (closed-source) software. Open-source alternatives to DocuWare include Teedy.

Can I self-host DocuWare?

Yes. Although DocuWare is closed source, it can be self-hosted on your own servers, and the vendor also offers a hosted version.

What are some alternatives to DocuWare?

DocuWare competes with M-Files, Laserfiche and Hyland OnBase. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source DocuWare alternatives.

DocuWare: features, pricing and alternatives

About DocuWare

DocuWare is a commercial document management and workflow automation platform. It stores business documents electronically, indexes them for retrieval and routes them through approval and processing workflows, which suits finance, HR, sales and other document-heavy departments.

Use cases named by the vendor include automated invoice processing, purchase-to-pay, contract management, quality management, sales order processing, employee file management and secure archiving. Product highlights include intelligent document processing, intelligent indexing, workflow management, a task manager, electronic forms and electronic signature.

DocuWare is offered as DocuWare Cloud and also supports on-premises deployment, with mobile apps and integrations for Microsoft Teams and Outlook, SAP, generic email and an iPaaS connector. It targets small and mid-sized businesses as well as large enterprises across industries such as financial services, healthcare, manufacturing and government. Pricing is not given in the pages reviewed.

Key features

Document archiving and retrieval
Intelligent indexing and document processing
Workflow automation with task management
Electronic forms and signatures
Automated invoice processing
Cloud and on-premises deployment
Integrations with Teams, Outlook and SAP

Good fit for

→Automating invoice processing in finance
→Managing employee files in HR
→Contract and quality document control

Tags: document-management; workflow-automation; invoice-processing; ecm; archiving; electronic-signature; idp

DocuWare: questions and answers

What is DocuWare used for?: DocuWare is a commercial document management and workflow automation platform available in the cloud or on premises, for finance, HR and other teams. It is a good fit for automating invoice processing in finance, managing employee files in HR, and contract and quality document control.
How much does DocuWare cost?: DocuWare doesn't publish fixed prices; pricing is quoted on request.
Is DocuWare open source?: No. DocuWare is proprietary (closed-source) software. Open-source alternatives to DocuWare include Teedy.
Can I self-host DocuWare?: Yes. Although DocuWare is closed source, it can be self-hosted on your own servers, and the vendor also offers a hosted version.
What are some alternatives to DocuWare?: DocuWare competes with M-Files, Laserfiche and Hyland OnBase. For open-source options, see Enlisted's ranked list of open-source DocuWare alternatives.