The modern alternative to ReadSoft and classic OCR.
ReadSoft was the document-capture standard for years and now sits in the Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax) portfolio. The underlying model is unchanged: learn per layout, point at fields, patch the exceptions. ENTR runs on an LLM that understands the document instead of recognising it.
Why teams move on from ReadSoft
No layout per supplier
Classic OCR only gets good once it has seen a layout often enough. ENTR skips that learning curve and handles an unknown format straight away.
Emails, Excel and photos too
Plenty of orders live in the body of an email or an Excel attachment. ENTR reads the full context, including agreements that only appear in the message text.
Maintenance without a consultant
You capture changes yourself in natural language. No configuration project or implementation partner for every tweak.
Invoices and orders in one engine
With ReadSoft the invoice flow is usually a separately configured track next to the order flow. In ENTR both run on the same LLM, with the same business rules and the same review workspace.
- One engine for orders, order confirmations and purchase invoices
- No separate template or training set per document type
- The same natural-language rules apply across the chain
- A single audit trail from inbound email to ERP posting
ReadSoft vs ENTR
Classic trained document capture versus template-free GenAI.
| ReadSoft | ENTR Solutions | |
|---|---|---|
Technology | Template and rule-based OCR | LLM-native Generative AI, template-free |
New supplier or customer | Layout must be trained or configured | Processed immediately, no training |
Document types | Structured documents, mostly invoices | PDF, .EML, Excel, scans and photos |
Context from the email | Stays out of scope | Included in extraction and validation |
Maintenance | Configured by IT or an implementation partner | Business rules in natural language, by the business |
Implementation time | Several months up to a year | Live within 4 to 6 weeks |
Which fits when?
Stay on ReadSoft when
- you run a stable, high-volume invoice flow that is already tuned
- your organisation is deeply embedded in the Tungsten ecosystem
- your document layouts barely change
Move to ENTR when
- template and training-data maintenance keeps growing
- new customers or suppliers take weeks before they run well
- you also need emails, Excel lists and photos processed
- you want to make changes yourself without a consultant
Frequently asked questions
What is a good ReadSoft alternative?
For teams stuck maintaining templates and training data, ENTR is a template-free alternative. It uses a large language model that understands orders, order confirmations and attachments without per-layout configuration.
What is the difference between OCR and ENTR's GenAI?
OCR reads characters and fills fields based on positions and rules. An LLM understands what the document means: which product is intended, which pricing agreement applies and what was agreed in the accompanying email.
Do we have to rebuild our ERP integration?
No. ENTR connects natively to AFAS, Exact, RidderIQ, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics and MKG and delivers the order in the format your ERP expects.
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