bitfarm-Archiv
🇩🇪 DE · Free plan · paid from $2,500/yr
Self-hosted open-source document management with OCR and GoBD workflows
Replaces
bitfarm-Archiv is sought as a European alternative to:
Features
Capture and archiving
- Imports scanned paper and digital documents, including ERP output
- Bulk processing with barcodes for separation, sorting, and indexing
- Universal COLD printer driver for archiving print output
- Audit-proof archiving
Indexing and search
- Automatic document indexing
- Metadata and tag search
- Full-text search, including semantic search for archives with over a million documents
- Hotsearch for passing selected text from other applications
Workflow and process management
- Multi-level workflows
- Task assignment and resubmission
- Deadlines and notifications
- Example use case: invoice checking and approval
Document organization and lifecycle
- Document versioning
- Check-in/check-out
- Document lifecycle management
- Contract management and revision history
Viewing and user interface
- Windows client, browser-based Webviewer, and mobile interface
- Direct viewing of Office files, email, PDFs, ERP documents, images, and CAD formats
- Document annotation
- Configurable lists, bookmarks, shortcuts, and stamps
Compatibility and extensibility
- Windows Explorer integration
- Microsoft Office and OpenOffice integration
- Email client integration (Outlook, Lotus Notes, Exchange)
- ERP interfaces, Web Service API, AD connection, reporting
Pricing
- No restrictions for private, business, or educational use
- Includes many Enterprise features
- Includes installation and professional support for one year
- All plugins and tools included
- No further license costs
- Actual costs depend on requirements
Enterprise pricing varies based on requirements; support after the first year is a flat annual fee based on user count.
EU Trust Profile
What we verified against public sources, last checked 2026-11-12. Every point links to its evidence.
- Evidence →European legal entity
Registered at Amtsgericht Siegen, HRB 5256.
- Evidence →Self-hosting available
On-premises deployment documented for customer-managed servers.
- Evidence →Documented data exportCSV, portable database
Includes metadata and documents for handover to authorities.
- Evidence →Local-language support
Knowledge Base available in German only.
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Reviews
Recurring themes, synthesized from public reviews across portals.
What users value
- Strong price-performance ratio with no license fees
- Support described as top and helpful
- Fast and accurate document retrieval with OCR
- Searchable scanned content
- Broad functionality with many modules
- Audit-proof archiving
- Versioning for office documents in Enterprise
Where users see room to improve
- · Initial complexity for new users
- · Some advanced features may require support assistance
Integrations
bitfarm-Archiv: frequently asked questions
- How much does bitfarm-Archiv cost?
- bitfarm-Archiv has a free plan; paid plans start at $2,500/yr. Enterprise pricing varies based on requirements; support after the first year is a flat annual fee based on user count.
- Which tools does bitfarm-Archiv integrate with?
- bitfarm-Archiv connects with Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, Outlook, Lotus Notes, Exchange, SAP ERP, SAP R/3 and SAP S/4HANA, plus 5 more integrations we found.
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Feature, pricing and integration details are based on web research (as of 2026-11-12), without guarantee, errors are possible. The vendor's website prevails.