PaperCut MF vs PrinterLogic

PaperCut MF manages print, copy, fax and scan activity on multifunction devices. Its Find-Me printing holds jobs until a verified user authenticates at a printer and releases them. Integrated Scanning can send documents to email, home or network folders, and cloud connectors such as Dropbox, Google Drive and OneDrive. Administrators can set print and copy quotas, use shared accounts and track per-page costs. Centralized job logs and more than 60 built-in reports help monitor activity; more than 100 integrations connect to payment, document storage and accounting systems. APIs include web services and command-line variants for several programming languages. PaperCut MF is self-hosted and designed to scale from five users to 500,000 or more. Supported platforms include Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Chrome OS and web. Pricing is listed from $1.90/user/mo, with a 40-day trial. New installations and trials are obtained through an authorized PaperCut partner; the MF plan itself requires a custom quote based on devices running embedded MF software.

PrinterLogic manages organizational printing through centrally managed direct IP printing, eliminating print servers. Administrators use one Admin Console to manage printer objects, drivers, profiles and settings, then push deployments without scripting or Group Policy Objects. Its Self-service Portal lets users install printers and drivers without IT support. Secure Release Printing holds jobs until users authenticate and release them at the printer. Print jobs stay local, with confidential data encrypted until it is behind the organization’s firewall. The mobile app supports direct IP printing, scanning, print release and off-network printing on iOS and Android. The agent supports current and previous releases of Windows, macOS, ChromeOS and Linux distributions including Red Hat and Ubuntu. The product page lists more than 200 integrations across identity, print, storage, back-office, operating-system and virtual-desktop systems. Pricing is on request, and a 30-day trial is available. Listed usage-based plans cost $109.60 a month for 50-99 print queues and $121.80 a month for 25-49 queues.