We performed a comparison between ABBYY Vantage and IBM Datacap based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The handwriting recognition is very good, as it can recognize handwriting done with pen and paper with at least 70% accuracy."
"Verification station is a really good feature. It allows part-owners to be able to take a look at what comes out of the tool after a document, such as an invoice, is run through ABBYY. It also allows them to update it if there are any mistakes. So, it kind of gives them a little more control over what goes through the system and lessens the errors."
"Compared to other tools, ABBYY Vantage is better because it's very user-friendly."
"The initial setup is not difficult. The vendor provides technical documents to assist with deployment."
"ABBYY Vantage is user-friendly...The deployment process can be done in a few minutes."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to capture data from documents with different formats."
"ABBYY Vantage has reduced our data because it can classify and extract information from documents."
"It's easy to use."
"The installation of the solution is very simple."
"Datacap is good at processing unstructured data. You can build up some nice data flows, and it is simple to configure. The tool adopts a low-code approach, but you can do a lot of coding if you want to customize and automate your flows. Datacap also has the flexibility to integrate."
"It is highly extensible, which we found to be most valuable. It is a very extensible solution because it is based on configurable rule sets. We were able to amend and adjust the solution and very easily add custom code and custom components. It does require some programming experience, but we found that not to be an issue. We liked its extensibility."
"While we are doing indexing, we tag the document type. It's programmed inside of Datacap to automatically detect the document based on a given template. It auto-indexes that document, which means that it automatically tags the correct document type to the scanned document."
"The standout feature of this intelligent product is its remarkable capability."
"The second thing that I like about Datacap is the fingerprint capture which is easy to configure on Datacap. From the form of the document, if a document is redundant in the same department, we can configure the capture based on the form of the documents"
"It is very easy to develop this software. It is low code, and if you can't find the things you need on it, you can develop custom actions with more complex code underneath. They sync well, which is very useful for automating a lot of processes. It is a really valuable feature for the clients because we can ingest information and automate plenty of processes for them. The operators don't have to waste that much time on tasks. With Datacap, they can be automated."
"At the forefront of my thoughts, the standout feature of this intelligent product is its remarkable capability. This project we're currently engaged in revolves around streamlining workflows within both our company and the customer's company. It entails handling information from various documents with diverse formats and types, even when they contain the same data. The ability to connect this information with the appropriate database and recognize it irrespective of the format or source is an extremely valuable feature. Moreover, leveraging machine learning is crucial since our customer deals with an extensive archive of over five million documents. Machine learning can significantly alleviate the backlog by becoming well-versed in various scenarios they might encounter during their work once we've completed our application."
"They should improve the RESTful API side of this solution. Currently, fully RESTful API is not available in the on-prem version, which is really a problem, and we have to work around this limitation. The cloud version already has a fully RESTful API, but the on-prem version doesn't have a fully RESTful API, which is a big mistake. It is easy to solve, but they aren't solving it quicker. They are taking a long time. Nowadays, most people don't go to the interface. They like to use RESTful API."
"The integration with UiPath is not good. I would like to see more documentation and guides to help gain more in-depth knowledge of how to use ABBYY FlexiCapture."
"Even though the training works, it's not as good as it is made out to be."
"They say that they have invoice training or document training where if you put in a certain number of documents of the same type and you fix it once, twice, or a few times, it'll automatically be able to read the same document perfectly without you having to create a layout for it to follow. That has never worked properly for any project, so I just stopped recommending it completely. We spent time trying to test and getting a bunch of invoices to test it with, and in the end, it just didn't do what it needed to. If they fix that or if they can improve on that, that would be great. It will save a lot of time for a lot of people, and it will allow people with less experience with ABBYY to be able to use it."
"There is an area of improvement. For example, when we read the data from the OCR, the accuracy is not good."
"ABBYY Vantage's reporting could be improved - they don't have any out-of-the-box or detailed advanced reports."
"Their tutorials are not enough. They can improve the tutorials and maybe add more examples in their tutorials. Currently, if you want to learn ABBYY technology, it is very difficult. There are just a few resources, such as YouTube channels and blogs. There are not many resources for learning ABBYY."
"The modelling, classification and handwritten information are not great."
"Datacap's technology seems a little behind the industry. It's still using the old .NET framework. They should move to .NET Core and start integrating some machine learning. You can do some integration yourself, but you expect a solution to include the latest machine-learning approaches if you're paying reasonable money for it."
"Recognition between certain numbers and letters could be improved. Sometimes this solution misreads five with an "S" for Singapore."
"I would like better ease of use and more support options."
"They have to stop focusing on new development and stabilize the latest release. It is not stable."
"What could be improved in IBM Datacap from a technical perspective is having everything together all in one place, rather than having several different interfaces. The addition of cloud-based OCR technology would also make this solution better. There's also room for improvement for their technical support."
"The solution's scalability needs improvement."
"Its weaknesses are primarily tied to the lack of available resources and expertise in the market to effectively support and provide solutions and services to each customer for seamless implementation."
"Going forward, IBM needs to ensure that the output is perfect (as it can make the product) while staying true to platform's core."
ABBYY Vantage is ranked 1st in Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) with 46 reviews while IBM Datacap is ranked 6th in Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) with 26 reviews. ABBYY Vantage is rated 8.0, while IBM Datacap is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of ABBYY Vantage writes "Genius-level AI with very easy setup and implementation processes". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Datacap writes "The ability to connect this information with the appropriate database and recognize it irrespective of the format or source is an extremely valuable feature". ABBYY Vantage is most compared with UiPath Document Understanding, UiPath, Microsoft Power Automate, HyperScience and Tungsten RPA, whereas IBM Datacap is most compared with Microsoft Power Automate, Tungsten TotalAgility, HyperScience, OpenText Intelligent Capture and Hyland OnBase. See our ABBYY Vantage vs. IBM Datacap report.
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