Neat Receipts SCANALIZER

Pros: Intuitive, easy to install, easy to use, easy to get organized/stay organized.

Cons: Blank stare

The Bottom Line: If you're surrounded by paper hell - this is your savior. Every man, woman, and child should have one of these. Go now. Go get yourself one.

Review: I want to be upfront and tell you that I have issues. I have a TON of paper - receipts, bills, insurance claims (think about all of my medical stuff!!!). It just piles up. I'm always thinking that at the beginning of every year, I'm going to...

Pros: Nice idea and concept.

Cons: Two units wound up being defective. Store informs of high return rates.

The Bottom Line: It's a neat idea ruined by shotty software and poor quality control.

Review: Well, I certainly wish I could write a nice review for the Neat Receipts scanner, but I can't.

WHAT IT IS:

At barely around 12 inches long and only a few inches wide, the Neat Receipts scanner seems wonderful for those who wish...

Pros: I like having the ability to split receipt expenses among several categories.

Cons: I would like to have more flexibilty with the build-in reports.

The Bottom Line: I would highly recommend this product to anyone who has to keep track of many receipts and expenses. It's so simple to use!

Review:

I first saw the Neat Receipts Scanalizer hardware and software product at the Seattle airport being demonstrated by a sales rep. It looked real easy to use. I saw a variety of receipts and full-size pages being scanned in and filed automatically...

Pros: Good Sorting & Extraction

Cons: Very slow boot-up and execution

The Bottom Line: I am still evaluating, though I am disappointed, it still has promise to change the world.

Review: As a hopeless receipt piler, I am always screwed at tax time, and berated and charged heavily by my attorney. I have tried programs like PaperPort and OmniPage in the past, but they never did a good job of pulling information off the documents- and...

Pros: Size: Brilliant
Only one wire: Usb
OCR is accurate but makes the machine very S-L-O-W

Cons: You grow old as the software prcess the scan.
The software is not all that intuitive.

The Bottom Line: Okay if you scanning needs are few and far between, but NOT recommended of you really need to trash lots of paper documents

Review: For this review, I am simply cutting and pasting the letter I wrote to Neatco after I ried this scanner for a few days:

After a search on the internet for a quick review of the Neat Receipts ADF scanner, I bought one at Costco on Sunday,...

Pros: Great for organizing receipts ... love the ability to split a receipt into multiple categories.

Cons: Calibration paper does not work and almost caused us to return the unit.

The Bottom Line: Great product for organizing all of your receipts! Possible issue with scanner calibration but easy to overcome once you are aware of it. Highly recommend with reservations!

Review: Background Info:
My husband and I saw this product at Costco and decided to research it before we spent the $150 on it. We thought it sounded great, but would it really work? We visited their website and it looked like it would be the savior of...

Pros: It's small and the software works with outlook.

Cons: The support for Vista is silly.

The Bottom Line: If you use Vista or ever plan to this unit will likely be rendered useless. Its a shame.

Review: I first purchased the Neat Receipt Scanner when I first started my business and also was keeping track of medical receipts for my mother for whom I d taken over financial responsibilities.
I found that I could scan receipts and that the...

Pros: good idea

Cons: VERY SLOW, glitchy, poor OCR, poor export, costly updates, fail to fix bugs, poor upgrades

The Bottom Line: ASWFUL! Not supported even with costly updates that don't actually upgrade or fix anything that CUSTOMERS WANT. Most basic data is not exported (ie: MEMO) for Quicken as claimed.

Review: I've been told for months that NeatReceipts update ($20 cost to existing customers for version 3.0) would have better exporting to Quicken. Specifically I'm disappointed that MEMO data (you know - that line that has been on checks for 100 years now)...

Pros: It's lightweight and neat looking and doesn't require a separate power supply

Cons: Doesn't live up to its promise

Review: The product looks well made, but the software is very lacking. It can't scan a whole sheet to copy and keep it straight, there is no real image adjustment for scanned documents, although there is some for receipts. It is slower than a Prius in the...

Pros: nice theory

Cons: doesnt work

Review: It's 2008 and:
#1. they barely have Mac support (just a beta).
#2. they barely have vista support.
#3. NO ZILCH, ZERO win xp 64 bit, or vista 64 bit support.

Since Im running a 64 bit OS I can't use it as anything but a...