Laserfiche
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Features
76 features across 16 categories
AI(6)
Automatically capture and process structured and unstructured data from invoices, contracts, forms, and scanned documents
Perform keyword searches within audio and video content with transcription capabilities
Generate summaries of repository files containing text or transcribed audio
Automatically extract data from documents using natural language prompts
Build data capture forms faster and with less errors by using AI to validate regular expression code
Ask questions and get instant, tailored responses from help documentation and repository content using an intuitive chat interface
Administration(2)
Manage and provision multiple users in bulk
Provision users on-demand at scale
Automation(8)
Automate approval tasks, document routing, reminders and more using a code-free business process designer
Create custom scripts that incorporate third-parties as part of automated solutions
Enable external-facing processes for customer engagement
Automate email alerts, document routing, approvals and more with a drag-and-drop interface
Reference and restore previous versions of process definitions
Centrally define repeatable decision logic, formulas, scripts and more that can be used across multiple processes
View, manage, and report on individual and team tasks, which can be sorted by priority and deadlines in a central task inbox
Automate business processes, approvals, and document routing with low-code process automation
Collaboration(3)
Add searchable comments, callouts, highlights, stamps and more to images and content
Share content via secure links with external users
Enable multiple users to edit documents at the same time with real-time collaboration
Compliance(8)
Track successful and unsuccessful changes to access rights, global and user settings, passwords and more
Automatically set cutoff instructions, retention schedules, holds and more to reduce manual records-related actions
Track successful user actions, such as create/delete/edit actions performed on documents and metadata
Apply a legal hold to specified content, preserving all forms of relevant information and halt retention policies
Manage records through creation, active use and disposition, based on compliance and organizational requirements
Quickly locate and create a report on relevant records based on their retention and disposition schedules
Compliance certification detailing controls for Laserfiche Cloud related to security, availability and confidentiality principles
Ensure that no user can make any modifications to a record's content or perform any action that may shorten or bypass its retention schedule
Core(1)
Centralize, organize, and manage documents with advanced search and collaboration capabilities
Data Capture(5)
Sort and classify documents as they are added to the repository, simplifying the process to search and retrieve content
Perform automated cleanup (e.g. page separation, image improvement, deskew, etc.) to improve OCR and indexing
Automatically import electronic files from network drives and file shares in bulk or on a schedule
Archive emails automatically, using filing rules based on email properties such as subject, from/to
Easily capture documents through your mobile device's camera and access offline documents via mobile app
Document Management(2)
Provide additional repositories for document management
Store previous versions of documents to refer or revert back to prior versions if necessary
Forms(9)
Further customize how a form looks and feels beyond existing functionality by using CSS/Javascript
Set colors, font sizes, borders, logos and everything else to design the look of an electronic form
Dynamically show and hide certain form fields based on the values of other fields for more complex forms
Create dynamic electronic forms and surveys for data collection and process initiation
Create surveys for external customers or constituents
Use pre-built forms and process templates to reduce development time and jumpstart automation efforts
Complete electronic forms on the go or through kiosk mode via mobile app, even when offline
Publish external-facing forms for public users or external constituents to submit information
Create surveys and view results as responses are submitted via visualized charts
Integration(13)
Connect Laserfiche with line-of-business applications using Boomi, such as Workday, Epic, Netsuite, ESRI, ServiceNow, and many more
Connect directly with external data sources for smoother, faster, more efficient integration across systems
Send documents from the Laserfiche repository via DocuSign to complete e-signatures
Use a set of RESTful web APIs to design custom integrations between Laserfiche and third-party enterprise apps
Native integration with Microsoft Teams, Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel for seamless collaboration
Push and pull data between Laserfiche and Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM to reduce data entry and optimize CRM process flows
Automatically archive and file emails using filing rules based on email properties
Provides common Repository management capabilities for Laserfiche Cloud users within SharePoint
Push and pull data between Laserfiche and Redtail to reduce data entry and optimize CRM process flows
Access local databases to populate form fields, metadata, process logic and more via lookups
Push and pull data between Laserfiche and Salesforce to reduce data entry and optimize CRM process flows
Collaborate on and edit Microsoft 365 content with other users at the same time
Integrate third-party apps and data with Laserfiche to create custom solutions via the SDK and supporting documentation
Mobile(1)
Access and update files on mobile devices even without internet connection
Organization(1)
Define metadata templates that can be automatically populated to support keyword search and document classification
Reporting(2)
Create custom report visualizations on process data to gain business intelligence and inform strategic decisions
Identify process bottlenecks and inefficiencies using out-of-the-box insights reports that monitor process health metrics
Search(2)
Perform and save granular searches across a wide set of search attributes for easy and quick content retrieval
Perform comprehensive searches across document content
Security(11)
Configure single-sign on via Active Directory Federation Services to use existing AD credentials
Data volumes on servers storing customer data and attachments in Laserfiche Cloud are encrypted at rest using industry-standard AES-256 encryption
Place an administrator-defined watermark on content printed or exported by a user
Control access to documents and objects using individual, role, or group-based permissions
Create and assign user licenses upon initial user log in to eliminate the need to configure user accounts in advance
Enable multi-factor authentication to strengthen user security
Redact images and/or text associated with a document to hide sensitive data from unauthorized users
Role-based access controls for all features including Laserfiche AI
Configure SAML-based single sign-on with a variety of identity providers
Automate the user provisioning and deprovisioning process for SAML users
All data sent between Laserfiche customers and applications is encrypted in transit using Transport Layer Security (TLS) with Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS)
Sharing(2)
Provide read-only web access to documents for a population outside of your organization with a customizable public portal site
Host content publicly for external access and engagement
Pricing
Starter
- ✓Import, Store & Organize Files
- ✓Bulk import emails and files
- ✓Full-text search
- ✓Customizable metadata
- ✓Microsoft 365 integration
- ✓Simultaneous document editing
- ✓Document versioning
- ✓External file sharing
- ✓Annotations
- ✓Fine-grained access controls
- ✓Redactions
- ✓Offline mobile access
Professional
Popular- ✓Everything in Starter, plus:
- ✓Laserfiche AI Smart Fields
- ✓Automated Extractions
- ✓Smart Chat for Documents
- ✓Document Summarization
- ✓Workflow and approval automation
- ✓Process template library
- ✓Task management
- ✓Rules management
- ✓Electronic forms and surveys
- ✓Form approval routing
- ✓Custom themes
- ✓Batch scanning
- ✓Image processing
- ✓Document routing
- ✓Process reporting and monitoring
- ✓Bottleneck analysis
Business
- ✓Everything in Professional, plus:
- ✓Laserfiche AI 50x more Smart Fields extractions
- ✓3x more shared Smart Chat/Document Summary responses
- ✓Records lifecycle management
- ✓Automated records retention
- ✓Advanced audit trail reporting
- ✓Legal holds
- ✓Watermarks
- ✓Customer-initiated processes
- ✓External-facing surveys
- ✓Public content hosting
- ✓On-demand user provisioning
- ✓Bulk user management
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Integrations
17 known integrations