# AMAGNO — Document Management (DMS)

AMAGNO by Amagno GmbH holds a panel rating of 3/5 from 6 AI judges (category median 2/5), as of 2026-10-15. Provenance: EU-Made; sovereignty: not determined.

- Vendor: Amagno GmbH (https://amagno.de)
- Category: [Document Management (DMS)](https://whats-best.ai/software/document-management.md)
- Provenance (editorial classification): EU-Made
- Canonical page: https://whats-best.ai/software/document-management/amagno
- Alternatives: https://whats-best.ai/software/document-management/amagno/alternatives ([markdown](https://whats-best.ai/software/document-management/amagno/alternatives.md))
- Data as of: 2026-10-20 · evaluated 2026-10-15 · oldest source captured 2026-10-13

**AI-generated.** Every score, rationale and verdict here is written by a panel of AI judges from public evidence — an analysis, not a hands-on test. Every fact quotes the vendor page it was read from. No score can be bought. How scores are made: https://whats-best.ai/methodology

## At a glance

- Vendor: Amagno GmbH
- Headquarters: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 13 Oct 2026
- Data hosting: Default not stated; pages mention Germany [S2]
- Free plan: Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 13 Oct 2026

## The panel's verdict

No written verdict: the summary did not survive our own contradiction check, twice. The scores and sources below are unaffected.

## Scores by judge and criterion

Scores out of 5, each judge scoring independently against the published rubric (v1). "n/r" = not rated: the vendor publishes no price.

| Criterion | The GoBD Auditor | The Records Manager | The IT Integrator | The Mittelstand Owner | The Data Protection Officer | The Skeptic |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Capture, OCR & indexing | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 4/5 | 3.5/5 |
| Versioning, permissions & audit trail | 2/5 | 2.5/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| Audit-proof archiving & retention | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 |
| Document workflows & integrations | 3/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 | 3.5/5 |
| Search, retrieval & exit | 4/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 | 4/5 |
| European sovereignty | 2.5/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2/5 | 2.5/5 | 2/5 |
| Pricing transparency | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r | n/r |
| **Weighted verdict** | **2.5/5** | **3/5** | **3/5** | **3/5** | **2.5/5** | **3/5** |

### The judges

- **The GoBD Auditor** (v1.0): Has sat through tax audits on the company side and knows that "GoBD-konform" on a homepage proves nothing. Wants the auditor's Testat with its scope and date, archived documents that cannot change, retention per document type, and a Z3 export the tax office can read.
- **The Records Manager** (v1.0): Owns the filing plan and gets the call when a contract from 2019 cannot be found. Wants metadata that is set at capture rather than typed later, version history with restore, search that respects permissions, and a bulk export that keeps metadata and versions together.
- **The IT Integrator** (v1.0): Connects the DMS to the ERP, DATEV and Microsoft 365 and maintains it afterwards. Wants connectors with a stated scope rather than a logo wall, a documented API with webhooks, single sign-on, and a migration path in and out that does not depend on the vendor's services team.
- **The Mittelstand Owner** (v1.0): Runs a forty-person company and wants the paper out of the office and the invoices approved without chasing anyone. Reads for e-invoice intake, an approval workflow that works without a consultant, and a price for users, storage and modules before the partner visit, not after.
- **The Data Protection Officer** (v1.0): Knows the DMS ends up holding personnel files, health certificates and customer contracts in one place. Asks where the cloud edition stores them, which AI provider reads them during capture, who the subprocessors are, and how GDPR deletion is reconciled with retention duties.
- **The Skeptic** (v1.0): Has read "revisionssicher" on every DMS homepage and a Testat on almost none. Distrusts "AI-powered capture" without a validation step, "seamless SAP integration" without a scope, and "no vendor lock-in" from a vendor that documents no export — and treats "price on request from your partner" as an answer.

## European sovereignty — proven facts

Built only from facts on the vendor's own pages; a dimension we could not prove is left open, never scored as zero. Headline: not determined.

| Dimension | Finding | Points | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal entity | Not determined | — | — |
| Ownership | Not determined | — | — |
| Data residency | Not determined | — | — |
| Subprocessors | Not determined | — | — |

## Key facts

Each fact is the vendor's own statement, cited to the source page it was read from ([S*n*] → Sources).

**Compliance**
- Builtin standards: DSGVO · GoBD · ISO [S12]
- Certification scope: Typical certification audit areas: software development process, documentation review, software security, program functions [S9]
- Consent platform: Borlabs · Borlabs GmbH, Hamburg [S3]
- Dropscan tuev: Dropscan Scanservice · yes [S6]
- Gobd certificate download: yes [S10]
- Gobd certification: 2017 · KRP Audit GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft · yes · GoBD · AO · HGB · 5 [S10]
- Gobd process documentation required: GoBD chapter 10.1 requires a structured process documentation (Verfahrensdokumentation) for every tax-relevant IT system [S9]
- Gobd tax document retention: yes · yes [S10]
- Idw ps 880 certificate: Page discusses IDW PS 880 software certification (Erteilung von Softwarebescheinigungen) [S9]
- ISO 27001: 30000 · yes [S1]
- Revision security basis: Audit-proof digital archiving per GoBD is based on a software certificate plus matching process documentation [S9]
- Software development quality audited: yes [S10]
- Third country sccs: yes · Art. 46 Abs. 2 lit. c DSGVO [S3]
- US dp framework google: yes [S3]
- US dp framework microsoft: yes [S3]

**Data**
- Export file formats: none · original format · PDF · PDF with annotations [S14]
- Export folder structure options: dokument mehreren Magneten zugewiesen → redundante Dateien · none · based on magnets/folders [S14]
- Export free and self service: yes · Gruppenadministrator · lokale Kopie der Daten auf dem eigenen PC · no [S14]
- Export properties formats: none · properties as XML · all columns as CSV · all columns as TXT [S14]
- Export scope entities: komplette Gruppe · Magnete · Ordner · einzelne Dateien · mehrere Dateien · komplettes Suchergebnis [S14]
- Export support reference: yes [S14]
- Export version options: latest · all · first_or_only [S14]
- Google analytics retention: 14 · 2 [S3]
- Server log retention: IP shortened to domain level · 7 [S3]
- Trial migration: yes [S2]

**Hosting**
- Data residency: Deutschland [S1]
- Deployment options: yes · yes [S8]
- German data residency: 10000000 · 20000 · Deutschland (German legal area) [S10]
- Made in: Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany [S7]
- Origin: Made in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany [S4]
- Origin: Made in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany [S11]
- Provider: Am Grashorn 8, 14548 Schwielowsee OT Geltow · linevast (Droptop GmbH) [S3]
- Region: Germany · yes [S2]

**Integrations**
- API: yes [S6]
- API: yes [S7]
- API: API listed under helpful links [S9]
- API available: yes [S8]
- API basis: Amagno Restful API [S11]
- API link: API listed among helpful links [S1]
- API link: yes [S12]
- API link: yes [S14]
- Blue office: yes [S11]
- Datev pro: yes [S11]
- Datev unternehmen online: yes [S11]
- Lexbizz: yes [S11]
- Lexoffice: yes [S11]
- Ms dynamics bc: yes [S11]
- Onlinebanking: yes [S11]
- Outlook addin: yes [S11]
- Paid integrations: yes · yes [S2]
- Power tools: yes [S11]
- Sevdesk: yes [S11]
- Sfirm: yes [S11]
- Standard interfaces: Amagno Standardschnittstellen [S11]
- Starmoney: yes [S11]
- Surface: numerous ready-to-use integration options [S1]

**Legal**
- Commercial register: 206441 · Amtsgericht Oldenburg (Oldb) [S4]
- Company: Amagno GmbH · Rheinstraße 16, 26135 Oldenburg [S5]
- Company entity: Amagno GmbH · Rheinstraße 16, 26135 Oldenburg [S8]
- Company entity: Amagno GmbH · Rheinstraße 16, 26135 Oldenburg [S9]
- Content responsible: Geschäftsführung is responsible for website content [S4]
- Controller: Rheinstraße 16, 26135 Oldenburg · Amagno GmbH [S3]
- Dms ecm basis: based on in-house developed DMS and ECM technologies [S1]
- Entity: Amagno GmbH · Rheinstraße 16, 26135 Oldenburg [S1]
- Entity: 26135 · Oldenburg · Amagno GmbH · Rheinstraße 16 [S2]
- Entity: Amagno GmbH · Rheinstraße 16, 26135 Oldenburg [S6]
- Entity: 26135 · Oldenburg · Amagno GmbH · Rheinstraße 16 [S7]
- Entity: Rheinstraße 16, 26135 Oldenburg · Amagno GmbH [S10]
- Entity: Amagno GmbH · Rheinstraße 16, 26135 Oldenburg [S12]
- Entity: 26135 · Oldenburg · Amagno GmbH · Rheinstraße 16 [S13]
- Entity address: 26135 · Oldenburg · Amagno GmbH · Rheinstraße 16 [S11]
- Entity address: Oldenburg · Rheinstraße 16 · Amagno GmbH · 26135 [S14]
- Entity name: 26135 · Oldenburg · Amagno GmbH · Rheinstraße 16 [S4]
- Origin: Made in Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany [S12]
- Privacy contact: datenschutz (at) amagno.de [S4]
- Privacy email: datenschutz@amagno.de [S3]
- Tax number: 64/212/01001 [S4]
- VAT id: DE281787290 [S4]

**Pricing**
- AI premium service: Amagno.AI requires activation of Premium Service in Amagno Business Cloud (DE) [S1]
- Business cloud trial: yes · Amagno Business Cloud · 30 [S12]
- Free cloud trial: yes [S8]
- Free trial: yes · yes [S1]
- Free trial: yes [S7]
- Free trial: free test account · yes · almost all functions [S13]
- Min order: 5 [S2]
- No credit card required: no · no [S2]
- Not for consumers: Not aimed at end consumers (§13 BGB) [S2]
- Package 100: 100 · 250 GB · 20er [S2]
- Package 20: 20 · 50 GB · 5er [S2]
- Package 5: 5 · 12,5 GB · Standard Support · yes [S2]
- Package sizes: 1 · 5 · 20 · 100 · Named · Concurrent (Floating) [S2]
- Storage addon: yes · yes · yes [S2]
- Trial: yes · yes · 30 [S5]
- Trial: 30 · yes · yes [S6]
- Trial duration: 30 · yes · 2 · 100 [S2]
- Trial duration days: yes · 30 [S1]

**Product**
- API: yes [S5]
- API available: yes [S10]
- Audit readiness: yes [S8]
- Automatic filing: yes [S12]
- Automatic value extraction: yes [S12]
- Automatic value reconciliation: yes [S12]
- Browser based: yes [S12]
- Capabilities list: versioning for all documents · group-wide or per document · version comparison · checkout [S7]
- Checkout desktop: yes [S8]
- Checkout locking: yes · yes [S7]
- Checkout locking: yes [S8]
- Department use: usable in every department [S1]
- Deployment options: on_premise · cloud [S7]
- Description: Digital Workplace solution based on in-house developed DMS and ECM technologies [S4]
- Description: Digital Workplace Lösung mit selbstentwickelten DMS- und ECM-Technologien [S14]
- Dms ecm: Digital Workplace solution · DMS · ECM [S13]
- Dms interface functions: automatic document and data import/export · sync of document status and metadata · document creation/editing from other applications · access control and security management [S11]
- Dropscan scanservice: Dropscan · Briefpost empfangen, öffnen und scannen [S6]
- Dropscan turnaround: 24 · yes [S6]
- Ecm dms deployment: yes · yes · yes [S10]
- Ecm dms standard 2028: ECM/DMS use expected to become standard due to archiving obligations [S5]
- Einvoice ready version: 6.15 [S5]
- Embedded attachment extraction: Extracts embedded attachments as individual files and links them to the source document [S5]
- File preview: over 100 · yes [S13]
- Free test account: yes · almost all functions · yes · yes [S5]
- Free workflows: Rechnungseingang · Vertragsmanagement · Personalwesen · yes [S13]
- Fulltext search formats: over 100 file formats · yes [S13]
- Hotkey search: no · yes [S13]
- Import from file system: yes [S8]
- Invoice processing: automatic invoice capture, check, approval, third-party system integration [S1]
- Invoices over 250 eur deadline: invoices over 250 EUR · yes · 2025-01-01 · 800000 [S5]
- Latest version preview: latest published version [S13]
- Mailroom digitization: Kompletter Posteingang wird digitalisiert, klassifiziert und verteilt [S6]
- Mobile browser access: yes · yes [S6]
- Multi step workflows: yes · yes · yes [S12]
- Multiplatform app: MacOS · iOS · Android · moderne Browser · reduced vs Windows client [S2]
- No code: no-code: simple rules instead of scripting/designer [S1]
- No code workflows: Users can build workflows without programming knowledge [S12]
- Notification on checkout end: yes [S8]
- Ocr fulltext search: yes · yes · yes [S6]
- Ocr import zugferd xrechnung: ZUGFeRD and XRechnung import with all data immediately available [S5]
- On premise: yes [S2]
- Onboarding learning path: Geführter Video-Lernweg inklusive [S6]
- Platform description: Amagno offers a Digital Workplace solution based on self-developed DMS and ECM technologies [S9]
- Positioning: Digital Workplace solution based on proprietary DMS and ECM technologies [S11]
- Ready made solutions: yes · Rechnungseingang · Vertragsverwaltung · Personalwesen [S6]
- Revision safety: yes [S7]
- Scanner recommendation: DIN A4 · dünne Papierbelege · Visitenkarten · 2500-5000 [S6]
- Search features: Hot Key Suche · Umfassende Dateivorschau · Dateilisten · Exportierte Suchergebnisse · Gespeicherte Suchanfragen · Suche ähnlicher Dokumente · Expertensuche · Anwendungsunabhängig [S13]
- Search file formats: über 100 · yes [S6]
- Search performance: seconds · millions of files [S13]
- Search rights respect: yes [S13]
- Self service workflow changes: yes [S12]
- Setup time: typically set up within a few hours [S12]
- Software certificate myth: The page debunks the myth that an IDW PS 880 software certificate alone ensures audit security or replaces GoBD process documentation [S9]
- Solutions list: digital invoice processing · contract management · digital mailroom · e-mail archiving · secure collaboration · digital business processes · digital personnel file · digital invoice workflow · digital filing [S1]
- Stamp based workflow: Workflows are configured via stamps defining responsibilities, data capture, deadlines and escalation [S12]
- Third party integration: Eingehende Dokumente an andere Systeme übergebbar [S6]
- Trainable classification: trainable document type classification and data recognition [S1]

**Support**
- Business hours: Mon-Fri · 9:00-17:00 CET · yes [S4]
- Free learning videos: free learning videos · yes [S13]
- Support page: Support listed under helpful links [S9]
- Webinar free: yes [S7]
- Webinars: yes · yes [S5]
- Whitepaper: Free whitepaper on E-Rechnungspflicht [S5]

21 more facts on the canonical page: https://whats-best.ai/software/document-management/amagno

## Questions

### Is AMAGNO European?

Yes. whats-best.ai classifies AMAGNO as EU-Made.

### Where does AMAGNO store data?

The default storage location for customer data is not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 13 Oct 2026. The vendor’s pages mention Germany as hosting location, per [the vendor’s page captured 13 Oct 2026](https://whats-best.ai/evidence/6424).

### Does AMAGNO have a free plan?

Not stated on the vendor’s pages as of 13 Oct 2026.

### What are the best alternatives to AMAGNO?

As of 15 Oct 2026, the panel rates [Doxis (3/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/document-management/doxis), [EASY Archive (2.5/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/document-management/easy-archive) and [enaio (2.5/5)](https://whats-best.ai/software/document-management/enaio) highest among the other 14 Document Management (DMS) products evaluated. Ratings that look equal are rounded to half stars; the order uses the unrounded rating, then the name. The highest-rated European alternative is [Doxis](https://whats-best.ai/software/document-management/doxis) (EU-Made). Ratings are the AI panel’s opinion, formed from public evidence: [how scores are made](https://whats-best.ai/methodology#ordering). The full list, with European products first: [AMAGNO alternatives](https://whats-best.ai/software/document-management/amagno/alternatives).

## What this page leaves out

- 11 product facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 6 integrations facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 6 subprocessors facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 3 data facts could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and were left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 1 compliance fact could not be confirmed on the vendor’s page as captured and was left out of this page and of the panel’s material.
- 1 sovereignty dimension could not be confirmed on the vendor’s own pages and is shown as unknown.
- 6 of the readings below were written against an earlier fact sheet — a fact has been corrected, added or pulled since. Until the panel next runs on this product you are reading the older judgement.
- The panel’s written verdict is withheld: our own re-read found claims in it that the evidence does not carry, and a second synthesis did not fix them. The scores and the material below are unaffected.

## Sources

- [S1] Vendor homepage: https://amagno.de/ (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S2] Pricing page: https://amagno.de/preise/ (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S3] Privacy policy: https://amagno.de/datenschutzerklaerung/ (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S4] Legal notice: https://amagno.de/impressum/ (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S5] Capture, OCR & indexing — found from sitemap: https://amagno.de/e-rechnungspflicht/ (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S6] Capture, OCR & indexing — found from sitemap: https://amagno.de/digitaler-posteingang/ (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S7] Versioning, permissions & audit trail — found from sitemap: https://amagno.de/versionierung/ (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S8] Versioning, permissions & audit trail — found from sitemap: https://amagno.de/versionierung-von-dokumenten-aktivieren-und-einstellen/12353/ (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S9] Audit-proof archiving & retention — found from sitemap: https://amagno.de/revisionssicherheit-mit-softwarebescheinigung-und-gobd-verfahrensdokumentation/17673/ (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S10] Audit-proof archiving & retention — found from sitemap: https://amagno.de/amagno-erhaelt-gobd-softwarebescheinigung/20789/ (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S11] Document workflows & integrations — found from sitemap: https://amagno.de/schnittstellen/ (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S12] Document workflows & integrations — found from sitemap: https://amagno.de/no-code-workflows-in-amagno/74710/ (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S13] Search, retrieval & exit — found from sitemap: https://amagno.de/volltextsuche/ (checked 2026-10-13)
- [S14] Search, retrieval & exit — found from sitemap: https://amagno.de/export-von-dokumenten-und-dateien-aus-amagno/13684/ (checked 2026-10-13)

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