vs Hyland Alfresco

PaperOffice AI vs Hyland Alfresco

Alfresco delivers a repository; PaperOffice delivers the process through to action.

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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	Hyland Alfresco
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
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	Self-host/Hyland cloud (US) — no owned EU inference
API-first / headless	Yes — REST + MCP	API available
Setup	Self-service token	Self-host ops or enterprise support
Pricing model	One credit balance for all features: from €6.00–€60.00 per 1,000 pages by quality tier	Two editions: Community (open source, free) and Enterprise (support/features, quote); self-host or Hyland-managed; no public enterprise list price
List price per 1,000 pages	Basic €20.00 / Premium €60.00 / Ultra €200.00 per 1,000 pages (2/6/20¢)	Per user/enterprise, 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.hyland.com/en/solutions/products/alfresco-platform, retrieved 09/2026. Prices may change.

Hyland Alfresco is a trademark of its respective owner. PaperOffice is not affiliated with or endorsed by Hyland Alfresco. 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 Hyland Alfresco the better choice?

Teams that want Alfresco as an open-core repository with their own platform staff stay on Hyland Alfresco. PaperOffice is not an Alfresco fork.

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

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Key differences

Hyland Alfresco

Alfresco: repository and community/enterprise stack. PaperOffice is Document Operations with credits and 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

Hyland Alfresco: result and record

Teams that want Alfresco as an open-core repository with their own platform staff stay on Hyland Alfresco. PaperOffice is not an Alfresco fork.

Hyland Alfresco: contracts and credits

Hyland Alfresco: this page does not invent list prices. PaperOffice bills credits; the public price list is on the pricing page.

Hyland Alfresco: data residency

Alfresco delivers a repository; PaperOffice delivers the process through to action. 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 Hyland Alfresco

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

Import job in PaperOffice

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

Workflows & MCP

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

llms-full.txt MCP Extract hub

FAQ

Is PaperOffice a Hyland Alfresco alternative?

Yes — when the need versus Hyland Alfresco 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 Hyland Alfresco?

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

What specifically sets Hyland Alfresco apart from PaperOffice?

Hyland Alfresco 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 Hyland Alfresco to PaperOffice?

From Hyland Alfresco: 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 Hyland Alfresco?

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

Does switching from Hyland Alfresco require a partner project?

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