DEVONthink vs Transkribus
DEVONthink
shop.devontechnologies.com
Transkribus
transkribus.orgSide by side
| Figure | DEVONthink | Transkribus |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | €8.25/mo |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| API | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 9 |
| Spec score · Document Management Software | 8.5 (#7) | 8.1 (#21) |
| Headquarters | Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, USA | Innsbruck, Austria |
| Purpose | DEVONthink stores documents in databases and helps users organize, link, search, and work with them. | Transkribus uses AI to turn handwritten and printed documents into searchable text. |
| Support | The maker offers support resources including an FAQ, tips, learning materials, and a user forum. | The pricing comparison lists standard support for Free and priority support for Scholar and Team. |
Plans
Transkribus
- FreeFree
- Scholar€99 a year
- Team€449 a year
- OrganisationPriced on request
- FreeFree
- Scholar€99 a year
- Team€449 a year
- Credit top-up€5,950, paid once
- For OrganisationsPriced on request
In their own words
DEVONthink
DEVONthink has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Transkribus
Transkribus uses AI to convert handwritten and printed documents into searchable text. Its recognition supports more than 100 languages and historical scripts. Users can select public models for handwriting, print, layout analysis and table recognition, or train their own. The editor supports text and layout changes, version history and real-time collaboration. Layout analysis identifies text regions, baselines, tables and reading order, with exports including PAGE XML, ALTO and searchable PDF. The Developer Platform API returns structured results as JSON, a ZIP archive or PAGE XML; it is in beta and requires Scholar or a higher plan. Results remain available for 24 hours, and submitted JPEG, PNG or TIFF images may be up to 20 MB. Document processing consumes credits: several recognition tasks cost 1 credit per page, while line detection costs 0.25 credits per page. Free includes 50 credits per month; Scholar costs €99 a year. Transkribus says documents are processed and stored on its servers in Austria, and users own and can delete their documents and transcriptions.