# ScanWriter Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra

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 ScanWriter Software Review 2026: Features, Integrations, Pros & Cons

Last updated on March 13, 2026

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ScanWriter

## What is ScanWriter?

ScanWriter by Personable is patented financial investigation software that offers data entry automation with 100% accuracy. You can convert any paper document and digital file into a structured Excel format. ScanWriter makes your job of data gathering and evaluation much more effortless. ScanWriter also provides an immediate data analytic summary within minutes. Its sophisticated analytical tools and modeling techniques make it easy to follow the money trail.

## What is ScanWriter used for?

[Data Entry](https://www.capterra.com/data-entry-software/)[Data Visualization](https://www.capterra.com/data-visualization-software/)[Financial Fraud Detection](https://www.capterra.com/financial-fraud-detection-software/)

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Overall rating

Based on 12 user reviews

Reviews sentiment

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Starting price

$995

Per User, Per Month

Free trial  
available

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## Compare with a popular alternative

Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status.

### ScanWriter

4.4 (12)

VS.

[4.4 (35)](https://www.capterra.com/p/34708/ZEMA-Suite/reviews/)

Starting Price

$995

per user, per month

Starting Price

$18000

Other, Per Year

Free Trial

Free Version

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

Ease Of Use

4.2 (12)

Ease Of Use

4.0 (257)

Value For Money

4.3 (12)

Value For Money

4.2 (228)

Customer Service

4.7 (12)

Customer Service

4.3 (220)

## ScanWriter alternatives

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Starting price

Contact vendor for pricing

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

100%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[4.6 (85)](https://www.capterra.com/p/148729/Workato/reviews/)

Starting price

Contact vendor for pricing

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

100%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[4.6 (253)](https://www.capterra.com/p/141080/iAuditor/reviews/)

Starting price

$29.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

94%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

Highest Rated

[4.7 (944)](https://www.capterra.com/p/137289/Typeform/reviews/)

Starting price

$39.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

96%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

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## Features

Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically.

Data Capture and Transfer

4.8 (5)

60.00% of 5 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Import, collect, and capture data from multiple sources

Data Quality Control

4.7 (3)

66.67% of 3 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Establish guidelines about how much and what kind of data can be stored in the repository

Image Capture

5.0 (3)

66.67% of 3 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Process images and automatically scan for data

Data Replication

5.0 (2)

50.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Process of copying and storing data in more than one site or node

Abbreviation Detection

5.0 (1)

100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Automatically comprehend data abbreviation terms

Data Retrieval

5.0 (1)

100.00% of 1 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Search and find data in a structured format

ScanWriter 7 features

Automatically comprehend data abbreviation terms

Import, collect, and capture data from multiple sources

Ability to handle large datasets

Establish guidelines about how much and what kind of data can be stored in the repository

Process of copying and storing data in more than one site or node

Search and find data in a structured format

Process images and automatically scan for data

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Features

4.4 (12)

4.4

Based on 12 reviews

## Pricing

Value for money

4.3 (12)

Free Trial

Basic

$995.00

Value for money

4.3 (12)

4.3

Based on 12 reviews

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## Support, customer service and training options

Customer Service

4.7 (12)

Support

-   Email/Help Desk
-   FAQs/Forum
-   Knowledge Base
-   Phone Support
-   24/7 (Live rep)
-   Chat

Training

-   In Person
-   Live Online
-   Webinars
-   Documentation
-   Videos

Deployment

-   Web
-   Android
-   iPhone/iPad

Typical users

-   Freelancers
-   Small businesses
-   Mid size businesses
-   Enterprises

Customer Service

4.7 (12)

4.7

Based on 12 reviews

## User reviews

Overall rating

4.4

Based on 12 reviews

Filter by rating

5(8)

4(3)

3(0)

2(0)

1(1)

Mentioned topic

Sorted by most recent

DM

Denise M.

Accountant

Law Practice

### "Saves me a lot of time"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

3.0

3.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

April 7, 2022

I can't imagine not using Scanwriter now. It just saves me so much time. I wish some of the tasks I have to do manually in Scanwriter, could be automated by the software, but overall it works well for me.

Pros

Scanwriter for Quickbooks allows me to enter hundreds of invoices and payments into Quickbooks Desktop in far less time than manual entry would allow. Their support team is always available to help when I have an issue. Each type of document has a "Reader" that Scanwriter's team creates to read your document, so they have to have a set format to work with the software. If the document is a common one that other companies also need, the readers are free. If the document is a custom one, there is a charge for Scanwriter to create a reader. Some readers, ie for receiving payments, will do almost everything automatically with very little intervention from me. Others, require more manipulation and prepping of the data, so save me less time.

Cons

There is a learning curve to get going in Scanwriter, like most other software. Sometimes upon opening the program it is not able to connect to the internet or my Quickbooks, so I have to restart my computer to get all of the features working properly. I am also experiencing some data corruption issues in Quickbooks since starting to integrate with Scanwriter. I am not sure if this is contributing to the problems. Also, some documents are slower to read, but I am free to do other tasks during the reading , so I am still very productive.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

AU

Anonymous User

Digital Marketing Associate

Research

### "Flow of funds analysis made easy by ScanWriter"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

February 21, 2022

ScanWriter is a Game Changer! And I am on the winning team! …I love it.

Pros

With ScanWriter, we were able to complete the case in weeks instead of months, determined the flow of funds and traced the money, could take on more cases to support the agency’s mission, and manage large data sets while maintaining data integrity

Cons

No specific cons. It meets our needs. Significantly, the Flow of Funds model quickly illustrates where the money comes from, where it is going, who is involved, and more.

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

RG

Raveesha G.

Investigator

Law Enforcement

### "ScanWriter allows me to focus on more important tasks by taking care of data preparation & analysis"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

February 17, 2022

Their customer support staff is wonderful. For me, the after-sale service is extremely important for any product or service and it speaks volumes about the company.

Pros

The ease of conversion of scanned documents, including handwritten checks from PDF to Excel plus the powerful data visualization features to easily understand the flow of funds and track the audit trail. It saves a lot of time I used to spend on data preparation and analysis. It is also very convenient for verifying the transactions from the bank statements and other documents while preparing data before exporting it to Excel and this feature ensures 100% accuracy of the data.

Cons

The only thing that bothers me is the recent increase in the price of the software, making it a little on the higher side. Other than that the software is easy to use and provides customer support, which is great. Since the pros of the software outweigh the cons, I continue using it at an increased price as well and it has now become a necessity for me.

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

CH

Chase H.

Owner

Broadcast Media

### "Hands down the best around!!!"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

February 10, 2022

Pros

Extremely user friendly and provides information that other software doesn’t.

Cons

I just wish I would have started using sooner.

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

AU

Anonymous User

Copywriter

Marketing and Advertising

### ""Accuracy, Speed and Ease of Use Makes ScanWriter a Winner""

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

January 19, 2022

Pros

1\. Accuracy in capturing financial data. 2. It supports thousands of financial institutions. 3. Saves manual labor of capturing and cleansing the data 4. Automatically creates data visualizations for financial data giving time more quality time for real investigations

Cons

Can't think of any downsides of ScanWriter at the moment.

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

NG

Nitesh G.

Manager

Financial Services

### "Super easy to convert bank statements into Excel and analyze them"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

December 15, 2021

We had bulky pdfs and it used to take a lot of time to convert those pdfs into excel. Scanwriter helped us convert those pdfs into spreadsheets with 100% accuracy.

Pros

This software makes converting bulky pdf into excel spreadsheets much easier. An investigator can easily analyze where the money trail is going. We have used other software like Bank-Scan but nothing beats ScanWriter.

Cons

It would be helpful if there are detailed instructions written in the software as what to do next.

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

CR

Carla R.

Accountant

Accounting

### "Hard to us"

1.0

Overall Rating

1.0

1.0

Ease of Use

1.0

1.0

Features

1.0

1.0

Customer Service

1.0

1.0

Likelihood to Recommend

0/10

September 15, 2020

Pros

We could not find anything positive about this software.

Cons

This software was very hard to use for our accounting firm. It takes to long to read the document.

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

EO

Emmanuel O.

Project officer

### "It those what it promises "

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

September 29, 2018

Pros

The best part of the software is its feature that allows for the conversion of files to excel format, allowing me to easily work on files on other platforms. i must say it is reliable

Cons

The only issue i have is the price. It cost much especially when you have a lot of customizing to do.

Review source

Non-incentivized review: any software user can leave a review for any product listed on our site. All submitted reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

JC

Jany C.

Accountant

Investment Management

### "Scan Writer changes how bookkeeping is done, in a flash!"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

September 20, 2018

Pros

ScanWriter's sales team spent time customizing our special needs in scanning daily sales log that would normally take 1.5 days per week to process into a couple of minutes work. They spent time running sample and showing us how it could be done. Very helpful support team.

Cons

The price could be a bit high if you need to customize a lot of different work.

Review source

Incentivized review: software users are invited to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive for their time and effort. All incentivized reviews are subject to our verification process prior to publication.

Melissa B.

Bookkeeper and Certified Quickbooks Proadvisor

### "I have used Scanwriter for several years and it is a great tool for quickly entering data."

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

3.0

3.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

November 6, 2017

Saves a lot of time so I am more productive.

Pros

It is very fast and reliable. The customer service is superb! The best of any product I have used.

Cons

I wish there were more instructions on the website or videos and it is not always clear what to do next when using the software.

Review source

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