About Paperarchive
Paperarchive turns incoming paper and PDFs into a searchable archive with little effort. You forward a document by email, upload it in the app or send it through the API, and the AI reads, categorizes and summarizes it, pulling out tags, amounts and dates. A detail view shows extracted data, related documents and AI insights together.
Search works in plain language across the full content of every document, including scans and handwritten notes. The site gives examples such as client invoices, doctor's letters and rental statements, and it also covers digitizing receipts in a way described as GoBD-compliant, relevant for German bookkeeping.
Hosting is in Germany: files and database sit in Frankfurt with backups kept in Germany, text recognition runs on Google Cloud in the EU, and AI models run in Microsoft's EU data centers. The site says content is never used to train AI models and that deleting means permanent deletion. There is a 30-day free trial, then up to 100 documents free, and the paid plan is listed at 149 euros per year.
Key features
- Email forwarding to file documents
- Upload in the app or through the API
- AI categorizing, tagging and summarizing
- Extraction of amounts and dates
- Plain-language full-text search including scans
- Receipt digitizing for German bookkeeping
- EU hosting with no AI training on content
Good fit for
- Filing business invoices without manual sorting
- Finding household paperwork quickly
- Digitizing receipts for accounting
Paperarchive: questions and answers
- What is Paperarchive used for?
- Paperarchive is a German-hosted document archive where you forward invoices and letters by email and AI files, tags and makes them searchable. It is a good fit for filing business invoices without manual sorting, finding household paperwork quickly and digitizing receipts for accounting.
- Is Paperarchive free?
- Yes. Paperarchive has a free plan, and paid plans start at €15 per month. A free trial is also available.
- Is Paperarchive open source?
- No. Paperarchive is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. In the File Storage & Sharing category, open-source options include Paperless-ngx, Teedy and Seafile.
- What are some alternatives to Paperarchive?
- Paperarchive competes with DEVONthink, Evernote and M-Files.
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