FAQ
Answers to what customers ask us most often.
About prices, installation, running on your own PC or server, security and AI. If your question is not here, ask it through the contact form.
Product and installation
Does DataSnap work without the internet?
Yes. Scanning, reading, checking and delivery happen on your own PC or server, without the cloud. The app contacts us now and then for the license and updates. Without a connection, your license stays valid until its expiry date.
Do we need the portal or the phone app?
No. The desktop app and the Windows service work on their own. The portal and the phone app are an add-on, for checking in the browser or on the road, or for an archive with retention periods.
Which scanners work with DataSnap?
Any scanner with a TWAIN or WIA driver, with a document feeder and duplex. DataSnap also reads PDFs and images from a network folder, a mailbox or over SFTP.
Who sets up the workflows?
We do, together with you, during the installation. After that you adapt them yourself in the workflow designer, without code, or you ask us.
How does the data get into our own software?
DataSnap delivers a searchable PDF/A and the data as XML to a folder, by e-mail, over SFTP or FTPS, or with an HTTP call to your software's API. A direct integration, for example to HL7 or FHIR, we build when you need it.
Which Windows versions does DataSnap run on?
Windows 10 and 11 (64-bit). The Windows service also processes documents when nobody is signed in.
Prices and licenses
Why no price per page?
Recognition and AI run on your own PC or server. An extra page costs us nothing, so we do not charge for it, however much you scan. Only what runs on our servers counts towards the volume in your package.
What counts as a document in the cloud?
Every document we process on our servers: text recognition, a workflow or AI in the cloud. A document of 1 to 20 pages counts as one. A longer document counts once for every 20 pages or part of 20, so 45 pages count as three. What the desktop or the service processes on your premises does not count. If you use AI with your own key, we charge no AI costs. The document does count towards your volume.
What happens if we exceed our volume?
At 80% and at 100% you get a notice in the portal. Processing carries on as normal. We get in touch and settle once a year: you order an extra block, or next year you take the package that fits.
What does installation cost?
A one-day remote start-up costs €950. In that day we install DataSnap, set up your first workflow and train your people to use it. For a larger project with three days of support we charge €2,850, and €850 for each day after that. Excl. VAT.
What is included in the annual price?
The license, all updates and support by e-mail. With Extended, phone support as well.
Can I switch edition later?
Yes. The license comes from the portal. After an upgrade the new features are on straight away, without reinstalling.
Is there a perpetual license?
No. We work with annual licenses. With a three-year contract your price stays the same for all three years.
What happens to my documents if we stop?
They are already in PDF/A and XML in your own folders or archive. You export your settings and workflows with the built-in backup.
Do I pay more if I buy through my partner?
No. Partners use the same prices, packages included.
Security, privacy and AI
Do our documents go to the cloud?
If you use only the desktop app and the Windows service, we process none of your documents. If you use the portal or the phone app, you choose per step in the workflow what may go to the cloud.
Does DataSnap train AI models with our documents?
No. We do not train models with customers' documents. What DataSnap learns from your corrections stays with you. If you want a model of your own based on your documents, we build it at your request, and it is used only for you.
Where are the portal and the archive hosted?
At vshosting, in a data centre in the Czech Republic, inside the European Union. E-mail from the portal goes through Mailgun in the European Union.
Does the AI make decisions about people?
No. The AI recognises the type of document and reads fields. For every value you see where it is on the page, and you can make review mandatory per field.
Do you have an ISO 27001 certificate?
Not yet. The current status, also for CyFun and the external penetration test, is on our trust page.
How do I report a vulnerability?
E-mail contact@dataswitch.io. We confirm that we received your report and keep you informed until the problem is solved.
We answer within one working day, in English, Dutch or French.