vs Fabasoft

PaperOffice AI vs Fabasoft

Fabasoft is cloud ECM with project character; PaperOffice is self-service with list prices.

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At a glance

WORM + Legal Holdtamper-evident
69ready document types
Full-text +semantic search
300+API/MCP tools
from €6.00per 1,000 pages

Made for real business. Not for hype.

In the same account

More than extraction

Extract

AI OCR with bounding boxes — 69 types, fields with location.

from €6 per 1,000 pages
HITL review

Seamless in the job path — task and document also on mobile.

Web + Mobile
Sign

SES signatures from the same credit balance.

SES from the balance
WORM archive

Audit-proof filing and audit trail.

included

Comparison table

In this table: billing model only, not list amounts (as of 09/2026).

Criterion	PaperOffice	Fabasoft
Bounding boxes (word/line level)	Yes (word/line level, Surya OCR)	n/a
Sandwich PDF / searchable archive PDF	Yes — searchable archive PDF	n/a
Click-to-evidence / visual validation (HITL)	Yes — click-to-evidence / HITL	n/a
Structured IDP fields (ready types)	Zero-shot: any document type, 120+ languages	n/a
DMS/archive included (WORM, audit, legal hold)	Yes — WORM, audit trail, legal hold	Yes — records/archive (ECM with file management and retention policies)
Native MCP server (tool count)	Yes — 300+ API/MCP Tools	no MCP server documented (as of 09/2026)
EU inference on owned hardware	Yes — owned EU GPU hardware	Yes — EU-hosted: data centers selectable in Germany, Austria, or Switzerland (BSI C5, ISO 27001, EU Cloud CoC)
API-first / headless	Yes — REST + MCP	Yes — REST API and standard interfaces (incl. WebDAV)
Setup	Self-service token	Rollout as an enterprise project with Fabasoft or partners; cloud editions available, not purely self-service
Pricing model	One credit balance for all features: from €6.00–€60.00 per 1,000 pages by quality tier	Named-user subscription per edition; no public price list, terms depend on the project
List price per 1,000 pages	Basic €20.00 / Premium €60.00 / Ultra €200.00 per 1,000 pages (2/6/20¢)	License/subscription model, not per page
Billing	from €6.00 per 1,000 pages (Elite) — same scale on every tier	n/a
NAS integration	Sole official DMS partner for QNAP and ASUSTOR	n/a

Source: https://www.fabasoft.com/en/fabasphere/fabasoft-cloud, retrieved 09/2026. Prices may change.

Fabasoft is a trademark of its respective owner. PaperOffice is not affiliated with or endorsed by Fabasoft. Competitor details are based on publicly available sources (as of 08/2026) and are provided without warranty.

Pricing model with qualification tiers

Our prices are public — including partner terms.

Unit: Price per 1,000 pages

Tier	Elite Partner (−70%)	Partner (−40%)	Enduser
Basic	€6.00	€12.00	€20.00
Premium	€18.00	€36.00	€60.00
Ultra	€60.00	€120.00	€200.00

Billing is internal in credits; amounts follow the selected currency (base: list price).

Elite terms after qualification — criteria and program are public: Pricing · Partner program

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When is Fabasoft the better choice?

Organisations that need Fabasoft as a business-process cloud with AT/DE procurement and existing line apps stay there. Credits and MCP are a different model.

When API-first, credits and MCP without a client or suite mandate matter, PaperOffice is the better fit.

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Key differences

Fabasoft

Fabasoft: process cloud and line-of-business apps. PaperOffice: Document Operations with token, EU GPUs, MCP.

PaperOffice AI

Document platform with API: result in the archive, one credit balance, hosted in the EU, MCP for AI agents.

Three decision axes

Fabasoft: result and record

Organisations that need Fabasoft as a business-process cloud with AT/DE procurement and existing line apps stay there. Credits and MCP are a different model.

Fabasoft: contracts and credits

Fabasoft: this page does not invent list prices. PaperOffice bills credits — Basic 2¢, Premium 6¢, Ultra 20¢ per page, with public partner terms.

Fabasoft: data residency

Fabasoft is cloud ECM with project character; PaperOffice is self-service with list prices. PaperOffice runs its own EU servers and files the result in an audit-proof way.

Integrated in minutes

Copy llms-full.txt
https://api.paperoffice.ai/latest/docs/llms-full.txt
Paste into Claude, Cursor or your agent
Say what you want to build — the agent delivers the finished integration.

Or connect directly: MCP server for Claude, Cursor and ChatGPT →

Migration in 3 steps

Import & Migration API — documented in llms-full.txt.

Inventory from Fabasoft

Prepare documents and metadata from Fabasoft for ZIP/scan-source import.

Import job in PaperOffice

Upload via the Import API and poll status — can run in parallel with Fabasoft.

Workflows & MCP

After cutting over from Fabasoft: connect HITL workflows and MCP on the same access path.

llms-full.txt MCP Extract hub

FAQ

Is PaperOffice a Fabasoft alternative?

Yes — when the need versus Fabasoft is capture, understanding, archive and action in one account, not a single step. The table above compares point by point.

What does PaperOffice cost compared to Fabasoft?

Basic 2¢, Premium 6¢, Ultra 20¢ per page — PaperOffice’s price list is public. For Fabasoft this shows the billing model only, not list amounts (often a user/module license rather than per page).

What specifically sets Fabasoft apart from PaperOffice?

Fabasoft primarily solves the core job described on this page. PaperOffice keeps extraction, archive (WORM), permissions, HITL and MCP on the same document — with a public per-page price list.

How do I migrate from Fabasoft to PaperOffice?

From Fabasoft: prepare inventory as ZIP/scan source, start an import job, then workflows via REST and MCP. No mandatory partner project. llms-full.txt: Import & Migration.

Where is data processed — differently from Fabasoft?

On our own servers in the EU — including audit-proof filing and an audit trail. Where Fabasoft processes data is documented by the vendor.

Does switching from Fabasoft require a partner project?

Moving from Fabasoft typically starts with token + Import API — self-service instead of a mandatory project. Fastest with llms-full.txt.