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| Fact | bcWebCam | PaperScan |
|---|---|---|
| Company size | LinkedIn lists QS QualitySoft GmbH in the 2–10 employee range. | LinkedIn lists ORPALIS as having 11–50 employees and headquartered in Muret, Haute-Garonne. |
| Developer SDK | QualitySoft separately offers QS-Barcode SDK for integrating barcode recognition into developers' own programs and provides a developer manual. | The developer page says PaperScan is powered by the GdPicture.NET document-imaging SDK, which is described as having more than 3,000 features and TWAIN/WIA capabilities. |
| Headquarters | Hamburg, Germany | Muret, France |
| Licence | The application is proprietary freeware for private use; the agreement says all rights are reserved, while the package includes the DirectShowNet library under LGPL 2.1. | The EULA defines Free Edition as freeware and Home and Professional Editions as commercial licenses, with restrictions against altering, decompiling, disassembling or reverse engineering. |
| Notable news | QualitySoft announced QS-Barcode SDK version 5.0.1.271 with multithreading support on 2 May 2025. | ORPALIS announced PaperScan version 4 on February 15, 2022, highlighting SharePoint connectivity, barcode reading and multithreaded OCR improvements. |
bcWebCam plans
- bcWebCam FREE EDITIONFree
- bcWebCam PRO1 EDITION€4,989, paid once
- bcWebCam PRO2 EDITION€11,662, paid once
PaperScan plans
- PaperScan Free EditionFree
- Free EditionFree
- Home Edition$79, paid once
- PaperScan Home Edition$79, paid once
- Professional Edition — single license$149, paid once
- PaperScan Professional Edition$599, paid once
Pick bcWebCam if…
bcWebCam suits Windows users who want to transfer barcode or QR contents into an active application using a webcam. The free edition is limited to private use.
Pick PaperScan if…
PaperScan suits Windows users who need scanning, OCR, and document cleanup or annotation tools. It may also fit users who need to save scans to SharePoint or handle encrypted PDFs and digital signatures.