G2 Vendor Directory

PaperTrail vs. FileRun

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricPaperTrail

by Egis Software

FileRun

by FileRun

Overall rating4.44.5
Review count4963
Ease of use8.89.1
Ease of setup9.08.8
Quality of support8.69.3
Meets requirements8.79.0
NPS59.57446864.516129
Small Business44.4%44.8%
Mid-Market44.4%41.4%
Enterprise11.1%13.8%
Total page views169245
Total LLM citations4501,401

PaperTrail

Papertrail is an enterprise-grade document management and automation platform designed to digitize, process, and integrate documents into core business systems. Built for organizations handling high document volumes, Papertrail combines secure cloud storage, advanced OCR, workflow automation, and API-first integrations in a single platform. Documents can be captured from scanners, email, uploads, or APIs, automatically classified, indexed, and converted into structured data.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Data Management
  • Setup Ease
  • Easy Setup
  • Document Management
  • Organization

FileRun

FileRun is a self-hosted GDrive alternative. You can install it on any type of web server (a hosting account, a PC/laptop running a HTTP server on Windows, Mac or Linux), a NAS (like Synology, QNAP, TrueNAS, unRaid etc). It is very fast yet feature rich. It allows you to access your files from anywhere (desktop, mobile app or browser), and automatically keep files in sync between your devices and the server.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Security
  • Easy Collaboration
  • Easy Setup
  • Data Management
  • Reliability