About
Papra brings invoices, receipts, contracts and other files into a central archive. Organizations separate documents and members, while tags and full-text search help people find records without relying on folder names. Email intake imports attachments sent to a dedicated address. OCR and text extraction make scanned content searchable while preserving the original uploaded file. Tagging rules organize incoming records, and an API, webhooks, CLI and JavaScript/TypeScript SDK support custom workflows. Papra is open source under AGPL-3.0 and also offers a managed cloud service hosted in Europe.
Editor's note
A good fit for individuals and small teams that need a searchable archive and value control over deployment. It is archive-first rather than a collaborative document editor. OCR text is stored separately, so downloaded scanned PDFs do not gain a new searchable text layer. Self-hosting also means taking care of configuration, storage, backups and updates.
Key features
- Central document archive with organizations and shared membership
- Full-text search and filters
- OCR and text extraction for scanned documents
- Tags and rules for incoming records
- Email-attachment ingestion
- API, webhooks, CLI and JavaScript/TypeScript SDK
- Original-file preservation
Pricing
Hosted Free plan: 512 MB. Plus $9/month or $90/year; Pro $30/month or $300/year. Enterprise is custom. Self-hosted software has no license fee; infrastructure costs remain.
Free
$0 / free hosted plan
- 512 MB storage
- Three members per organization
- 25 MB maximum upload
- One intake email address
Plus
$9 / USD/month; $90/year available
- 5 GB storage
- 10 members
- 100 MB maximum upload
- 10 intake email addresses
Pro
$30 / USD/month; $300/year available
- 50 GB storage
- 50 members
- 500 MB maximum upload
- 100 intake email addresses
Enterprise
Custom / contact sales
- Custom deployment needs
Self-hosted
$0 / software; hosting costs separate
- AGPL-3.0 open-source software
- Bring your own infrastructure
- Manage your own backups and updates
Frequently asked
- Can Papra read scanned documents?
- Yes. Built-in extraction uses OCR for images and scans, making extracted content searchable. Self-hosted deployments can also configure external extraction providers.
- Is Papra free?
- A hosted Free plan includes 512 MB and three members per organization. The AGPL-3.0 software can also be self-hosted without a software fee, although hosting costs remain.
- Does Papra change uploaded files?
- Papra preserves the original file. OCR text is used separately, so it does not rewrite the PDF or inject an OCR text layer into the original.
