DocuWare vs Transkribus

DocuWare captures business information, automates document workflows, and keeps documents in centralized archives. It can capture material from scanners, email, Microsoft Teams, file imports, print streams, and other sources, with indexing and barcode recognition. Users can build workflows with drag-and-drop tools, automate recurring tasks and approvals, set deadlines, and follow progress in a dashboard. Search covers document content and indexed metadata, while versioning tracks document histories. DocuWare is offered as cloud SaaS, on-premises, or hybrid deployment. The maker says cloud and on-premises share a code base and feature parity; cloud subscriptions include complete functionality, with pricing based on users and storage. Integrations include 500 applications, with iPaaS connectors to more than 1,000 cloud applications and a REST-based platform service. Cloud documents use AES-256 encryption, traffic uses HTTPS with TLS, and data is triply mirrored, including a second copy elsewhere in the same region. Pricing is listed from $30/user/mo, and a free trial is available. Some on-premises capabilities may require additional licenses.

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.