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Teedy vs OpenDocMan
Last updated November 2026
Looking for a European alternative to OpenDocMan? Here's how Teedy compares, on EU hosting, GDPR and what it does.
Our pick for a European buyer: Teedy. We weight data residency, GDPR and EU jurisdiction above everything else — that is the constraint this directory exists to solve.
What it is
Lightweight open-source document management with OCR and full-text search
A web-based document management system for file control and workflows.
Headquarters
🇫🇷 FR
🇺🇸 US · 2001
EU data residency
Yes, for all customers
Not offeredNo EU or German data residency option is documented.
DSGVO / GDPR
No
not established
Certifications
No
No
Price from
No
$99/mo
Free plan
No
Yes
Open Source
Yes
Yes
Ratings
No
No
Integrations
LDAP, Email (EML import and inbox scanning), REST API, Webhooks
No
Where each one wins
Teedy
Strengths
- +Clean and uncluttered interface
- +OCR and full-text search for documents
- +Tagging and metadata support for organization
- +Basic approval workflows (review → approve → archive)
- +Docker-based self-hosting with straightforward setup
- +Open-source edition avoids per-user fees for self-hosters
- +Supports common file types
Limitations
- −Lacks watched-folder and ML-based document classification
- −Folder-based organization may not suit existing file structures
- −Workflows lack branching or conditional routing
OpenDocMan
Strengths
- +Open-source with active community support
- +Flexible metadata and organization options
- +Strong document versioning and control
Limitations
- −No native third-party integrations documented
- −No EU or German data residency options
- −No published DPA or subprocessor list
Data residency & compliance
Teedy
OpenDocMan
EU data residency
Yes, for all customers
Not offeredNo EU or German data residency option is documented.
Transfer mechanism
Not required — data stays in the EU
not established
DPA
not established
not established
Sub-processors
not established
not established
Certifications
No
No
Pricing
Teedy
No published pricing we could verify.
Pricing not published on the official site; secondary sources report Starter at €19/user/month and Pro at €39/user/month, with Enterprise on request. A 30-day free trial is advertised.
OpenDocMan
- Community Free Self-hostedSelf-installed · Self-hosted
- SecureDocMan Cloud $99 per month500 GB storage · 30-day free trial · Billed annually
- Enterprise On request Annual subscriptionSelf-hosted or hosted · Contact for quote
- SecureDocMan On-Prem On request Annual subscriptionSelf-hosted · Contact for quote
Community edition is free and self-hosted. Cloud and Enterprise plans require direct contact for exact pricing.
Features
Teedy
- Capture and search
- OCR for scanned documents and images, Full-text search with suggestions and highlighting, Support for PDF, ODT, DOCX, PPTX, images, and video, Email import (EML format) and automatic inbox scanning
- Organization and metadata
- Nested tags for categorization, Dublin Core metadata support, Custom user-defined metadata fields
- Workflow and collaboration
- Workflow system for document processes, Comments on documents, File versioning, Document sharing via URL, including with non-Teedy users
- Access and security
- User and group permissions with hierarchical groups, LDAP authentication, Two-factor authentication, 256-bit AES encryption for stored files
- Clients and extensibility
- Responsive web interface, Android client, RESTful Web API, Webhooks for custom integrations
OpenDocMan
- Document control
- File check-in and check-out, Revision history tracking, File-type permissions, File-size limits
- Metadata and organization
- Custom metadata fields, Organization by author, Organization by department, Organization by category
- Review and lifecycle
- Automated review and expiration, Reviewer approval or rejection, Email notifications
- Search
- Browse by author, department, or category, Search metadata, filenames, and comments
- Access control
- File- and department-level controls, User, Admin, and Super-Admin roles, URL parameter obfuscation