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[Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated October 19th, 2026 # Reviews of Neat Ease of use 4.0 Customer Service 3.7 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews sp shuinae p OwnerConsumer Services, Self-employedUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Having the Neat software has made my accounting less stressful.“ November 10, 2021 MS Marcelo S Vice PresidentFood & Beverages, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “In the end, they want to offer me a discount on my renewal in February 2025, this is ridiculous because if I don't renew my subscription I have paid for a service I didn't receive.“ July 25, 2024 Chris K FounderDesign, Self-employedUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “I bought the neat Desk Scanner for both my home and work office and used their software and eventually their cloud for several years. “ February 15, 2021 TC Taylor C AccountantMachinery, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “There also is not a very good sorting system and there is no organization by dates.“ November 15, 2021 AR Alfredo R administratorBanking, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: I used a free trial. “In general good, it maintains an order in my information and I always have it at hand in a simple way“ July 10, 2021 Mr Maryann r OwnerProfessional Training & Coaching, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Use to be my go to software. But now I feel like I paid alot of money for nothing“ November 15, 2021 EG Elwood G Independent Financial AdviserFinancial Services, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “I find it especially invaluable at tax time.“ December 22, 2020 Chris K FounderDesign, Self-employedUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “It was easy to use, you could easily export entire folders, combine receipts/etc. When they switched to Cloud only things became incredibly frustrating. “ February 15, 2021 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 100 available reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Tanya B. Owner Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "nice small scanner " November 9, 2018 5.0 Pros It is easy to scan receipts and business cards Cons pages can sometimes stick together if you're not paying attention Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Human Resource Manager Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "EXCELLENT tool for a common paper hoarder! " November 23, 2018 5.0 Only scanner that I have used or will use due to how easy it is. Pros The scanner that works with this software is easy to use and easy to install. Cons Sometimes there are connection issues. Overall, it's workable Review Source Ralph W. CEO Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Data Kidnapping" December 15, 2022 1.0 Holds data effectively hostage and constantly increases subscription cost. Pros not much. Scans paper and uploads it to the cloud. Cons There is no functionality to export data other than to export the whole database making it virtually impossible to switch to another system if one has a lot of data. Review Source Verified Reviewer Human Resources Manager Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Neat" November 15, 2018 4.0 Overall, it's a great product. I have not been using long, but I am more organized than I was before I started using Neat. Pros I just started using Neat, and I am loving it. It organizes everything, and makes it easy for me to send my information to other software without having to reenter the information. Time saving! Cons Getting started, for me, was a bit frustrating. I even had a remote access call, and needed more assistance. Of course, I could be a slow learner. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Sr. Accounting Assistant Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Super helpful" October 16, 2018 4.0 Huge time saver and allows me to get receipts to my accountant quickly and easily via electronic means. Pros The time saving aspect and keeping receipts organized. Cons Receipts have to be kept fairly flat, no cruppled papers. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Accounts Payable / Contract Administrator Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "easy & good for home use" April 6, 2018 3.0 Pros The neat scanner & program is easy to use. We used this program to scan all our documents into digital files. Inexpensive. Cons The Neat Scanner did have some gliches with shutting down. Customer service was not the most greatest! Very difficult to get speak to someone about issues. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Manager Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Works well, but you cannot change the user" June 29, 2018 5.0 Pros It is great quality, makes the pdf's searchable and great to have it cloud based. Easy to organize and save documents based on what it scans. Cons The desktop to website is slow and clunky. Also we messed up one letter on the email, stuck with it now, cant change it according to support. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Safety Director Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Good Product" April 17, 2019 4.0 I use this product daily, very easy to use. Pros scanning, email, mobile, are all vey good. Cons logging in once ok, then you get kicked out to often and have to do all over again. Review Source Verified Reviewer Controller Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Review" November 14, 2018 4.0 It is an awesome solution and help to find receipts in a most faster way and no matter hold old it is. Pros Keeps everything organized, neat and clean. Easy keeping of records. Cons Takes a while to troubleshoot how to get everything in less pages to print. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer President and CEO Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Have the all in one scanner- Good machine" November 9, 2018 5.0 Pros Have the all-in-one scanner and it works great. Setup was a little tricky with the program I bought it to use with. Cons A little temperamental. Sometimes I have to reset the machine or the computer to get it to work again. Review Source R Reviewer Office Manager Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Neat Scanner in the Office" July 13, 2018 5.0 Pros Was able to process 500 business cards in no time to vcards, scan receipts on daily basis, scan documents for clients all the time. This machine is so easy to use. You can change it from 2 sided scan, to a one sided, from color to b/w with just a click of a button. Scans go quickly and easily. On the off-chance one gets hung up the front opens easily and has never shredded my items. Also, love the feature we use at the end of the year to get the sales tax report. Very cool Cons No cons at this time. Review Source R Reviewer Independent Financial Adviser Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Great expense tracking app" December 23, 2020 5.0 I use the app to track all my personal and business expenses. I am a believer. Pros I have used Neat I think since it came out and rely on it to track my expenses. I find it especially invaluable at tax time. Cons They recently "upgraded" the app and I was initially not that happy with the changes. I am slowly learning about the changes and getting more comfortable with them. Review Source R Reviewer Admin Assitant Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Best Scanning Software" October 10, 2019 5.0 Really saves time instead of me flipping through papers in boxes with a click of a button I can backtrack any documents I may need. Keeps me Pros What I enjoy most about this software is that I can log on to my account and I can go searching for any documents that I scanned previously. Keeps me very neat !! Cons The only cons of this software are that everything is cloud-based since they discontinue the old software. Review Source R Reviewer Operations Manager Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Does what I need it to" May 17, 2017 5.0 I have had the scanner for over a year now and I am happy with it. I do wish customer support was better and free. This machine did cost a lot of money, and when I need it, I need it. I don't like having to submit a support ticket. I want to be able to talk to a real person on the phone. I would like to see the file menu more user friendly to navigate through my computer's folders when trying to scan something to the PC. It would also be neat if I could click and drag the files to where I need them (contacts, receipts, etc) Lastly, the contact menu should be easier to find. There is no tab for it. Overall, I am happy for what I use it for, these are just suggestions for improvement. Pros Quick and easy scanning. Cons The navigation through files on my computer when scanning to the computer is not easy nor quick to move through. I would like to see something that is more user friendly. Also, there is no contacts tab so it is difficult to find where I scan all my business cards. Review Source R Reviewer HR Manager Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "A hassle to use" June 7, 2018 4.0 It takes very clean scans of Documents, receipts, and ID cards and keeps them neatly organized. I really like being able to rearrange the order of my scans before saving. Pros The scanning quality is great. It rarely gets paper jams. Being able to rearrange my scans after scanning is complete is a really nice feature. Cons Needs constant updates, Having to log in after a 5 minute timeout, when I need to constantly scan all day is a real pain. Review Source R Reviewer Systems Analyst/IT Project Manager Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Neat and Efficient" December 23, 2021 5.0 Great! Wonderful for filing all business expenses and retaining copies for reference. Pros Easy to use and works great with Adobe Reader. Cons Sometimes the program locks up, but I may have an older copy of the software. Review Source R Reviewer Owner Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "It's just not worth it" March 5, 2019 2.0 Pros I like that you can organize and file your receipts and documents. Cons How limited the functionality is and the big differences between the cloud interface and functions and the software itself. Review Source R Reviewer Ownder Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "EASY WAY TO MANAGE ALL DOCS" January 20, 2018 5.0 Fast and easy accounting, Quick access to customer records Pros Can create different folders for everything. Quickly scan and upload. just as quickly transfer to Quickbooks for fast and easy accounting. Cons Would be tough to come up with a Con. About the only thing I can think of would be the slight learning curve on using it. But once you learn, it's easy Review Source R Reviewer Owner Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Bought for Digitizing at home" May 17, 2017 4.0 I have had this software for 13 months. I think its great, and it has done everything i wanted and more. There is a bit of a learning curve, and you should be really good at trouble shooting before giving up. I wish updates were more frequent and more updated each time. Overall, I will keep using Neat now that neat and i have an understanding and i know where its limits are. Pros Its a very well-designed software with lots of potential. Cons Sometimes it doesnt work. Sometimes i have to fight with it for days to finish a batch. Customer support is quick to blame me for the issues. I lost an entire months work (that was scanned and shredded, and is no longer visible in my neat files. The items are there, the scan is gone.). There seems to be a format gap that has yet to be resolved. Review Source R Reviewer Owner Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Wanted a scanning system that eliminated paper clutter. The key is the software." July 24, 2017 4.0 Eliminate paper receipts and to lesser degree some documents. Pros NEAT is a robust database that allows receipts to stored and creates fields for easy searching. You can also create folders as well for another way of organizing. Cons Initially NEAT had a computer based software that would sync with their web based software. The computer based software has features that allowed more flexibility in report generation and organization. This was lost when last year NEAT dropped the computer based software. Review Source R Reviewer Director Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "Not all that useful" May 1, 2018 5.0 Pros This software helps reduce paper use (receipt scanning function) and reduce negative impact on environment. Cons The software struggles to recognize information from receipts, so you end up entering the information manually. Review Source R Reviewer Owner Used the software for: 1-3 years ### "Trouble w/Neat" April 20, 2017 1.0 Recently I switched from a PC to an IMac computer. Neat seemed to work great on the PC, but when I downloaded the driver for Mac, every time I tried to use Neat it started to scan and then shut down. Support said there would be a fix by the first of the month. That was the first of April. It still is not working. I now have a large paper weight on my desk w/the Neat name and logo on it. Pros It's great if it works. Just don't try it on a Mac. Cons Doesn't work on a Mac computer! Review Source R Reviewer Office manager Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Awesome tool for the office" May 17, 2017 5.0 This tool works reat with Quickbooks and helps to effectively track all receipts and properly classify the expenses Pros Reads receipts easily and it is compatible with Quickbooks which fulfills the needs of the office effectively Cons I only purchased the mobile scanner due to space issues but would love to get the larger version later on Review Source R Reviewer Office Manager Used the software for: 3-5 years ### "We love using NEAT!" October 8, 2018 5.0 Pros Well, neat lives up to it's name. We use neat for organizing all of our receipts, invoices and packing slips and we create folders so it is very easy to find something! Cons Honestly, we have only had one problem and I am not sure if it was because of our computer being so old and slow. We found out that a lot of the documents we scanned had actually not scanned or saved, but it was only during that one day we were scanning things in, so it could have been a user error as well. Review Source R Reviewer Manager Used the software for: Less than 1 year ### "Easy to use" May 17, 2017 5.0 Using neat has been very easy and convenient for organizing digital files, as well as being able to easily send them out in a variety of formats. It has saved time, money, effort, and a lot of frustration. Pros Easy to use. Cons Sometimes it needs to be closed and reopened Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.