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  • Industries
      • Life Sciences
      • Banking & Insurance
      • Other Industries
  • Solutions

      Life Sciences

      • Submission ready PDF

      Create compliant PDFs for your regulators all around the world.

      • Automated Word Checker and Fixer

      Automatically check and fix Microsoft Word documents for styling and formatting errors.

      • Automated PDF validation

      Check and fix your PDFs to make sure they meet internal and external guidelines.

      • Automated Report Level Publishing

      Create navigation-rich, searchable PDF reports by merging documents into single or multiple PDFs. 

      • PDF/A & TIFF conversion for archiving

      Mass convert all your enterprise files to future-proof file formats such as PDF/A or TIFF.

      • Incoming e-mail converter

      Monitor e-mail inboxes and automatically convert e-mail & attachments to PDF or other formats for correspondence tracking or other purposes.

      • Audio & Video conversion

      Convert your audio and video files to the format of your choice.

      Finance and Other Regulated Industries

      • Enterprise PDF converter

      Centralize the conversion to PDF for your entire organization.

      • PDF/A & TIFF conversion for archiving

      Mass convert all your enterprise files to future-proof file formats such as PDF/A or TIFF.

      • Incoming e-mail converter

      Monitor email inboxes and automatically convert mails and attachments to PDF or other formats.

      • Automated document generation

      Generate repeatable documents by bringing templates and data together. At scale.

      • Legacy document transformation

      Convert old file formats to the latest standard to ensure accessibility and readability of your valuable content.

      • Audio & video conversion

      Convert your audio and video files to the format of your choice.

      • Document conversion services

      A team of experts to help you convert thousands of digital files to another file format. 

  • Platform
      • How does the platform work?
      The basics. Connect all your systems, convert and enrich documents.
      • Maximum scalability
      How we scale to your fluctuating demands.
      • Speed

      Discover what makes DocShifter 10x faster than comparable solutions.

      • Integrations

      See how easy it is to connect to all your enterprise systems.

      • Automated file format recognition

      Discover how DocShifter can save you time with ‘set and forget’. 

      • Supported file formats

      Discover how DocShifter helps reduce dependency on desktop tools by supporting multiple file formats.

      • OCR

      Create searchable, extractable PDFs using our built-in OCR engine.

      • Deployment

      Windows, Linux, Docker. On-premise or in the cloud. You choose.

      • High-availability

      Keep your conversion services up and running at all times.

      • Insights

      See how rendering is used within your organization. Make smarter decisions based on data.

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      • Blog & Whitepapers

      Tips & tricks, blogs, checklists or whitepapers on document conversion, digital archiving, eCTD, regulatory submissions and many more. 

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      See DocShifter in action: animation videos, product explainers, and how-to videos. 

      • Events & Webinars

      Discover our past and future webinars; and see at which events you can meet us virtually, or in person. 

      • Customer Stories

      How are our customers using DocShifter, what benefits do they see, and what do they see about working with us? 

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Automating high-volume
PDF conversion
across the enterprise

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CONVERSION PLATFORM
  • A lot of different file formats that need standardization?

    Your organization has created 100.000's of files over the years, in different file formats: Microsoft Office files, e-mail and attachments, scanned and other image files, OpenOffice documents, AutoCAD files, other technical files and many more.

     

    These documents continue to be valuable for the enterprise, and need to be shareable in a format that everyone understands. Standard, consistent PDF or PDF/A format.

  • A different tool on every desktop for file format conversion?

    As within most organizations, you and your colleagues have different software tools installed on your computers to help with these conversions. Result? 'Hidden software costs' and inconsistent document conversion. Loss of quality. 

  • I will quickly
    'save this to PDF'

    It may seem like a good idea. But if you consider carefully, when there are hundreds (or thousands) of people doing a 'quick conversion to PDF', things quickly get out of control. Inconsistent output, file duplication, and cost are the result. 

     

    Different desktop or server tools (PDF converters) are used to convert documents throughout the organization. This is inefficient, slow, inconsistent and expensive. Any manual process introduces unnecessary risks to your organization. 

    A centralized document to PDF conversion software for automated PDF conversion

    DocShifter is the world’s fastest fully-automated any-to-PDF conversion software. Designed for thousands or millions of documents, DocShifter is able to connect to your existing systems, create searchable, navigation-rich PDF renditions from your documents and store these in systems of your choice. With DocShifter, you can fully automate time-consuming manual document conversion processes, reduce costs, strengthen control and compliance.

     

    Are you looking for a highly scalable, fully-automated any-to-PDF converter? Give DocShifter a try; you will see why leading organizations rely on our fast, high-quality PDF conversion capabilities. 

    10x faster PDF conversion software, with reduced costs

    Unlike traditional enterprise PDF converters, DocShifter doesn't need authoring applications (MS Office, Adobe technology, etc.) to perform document-to-PDF conversion. This speeds up the conversion and reduces the required licensing and infrastructure costs.

    Integrate with your existing systems

    Either through native connectors or Rest API, pull documents from your systems and create perfect PDF renditions.

    Add conversion power when you need it the most

    Through auto-scaling, your PDF and PDFA conversion services run without disruption.

    Reduce risks and strengthen compliance

    Using simple desktop tools to generate PDFs will only introduce more risks and slow your conversion process down. With DocShifter, move your enterprise document to PDF conversion to a secure, centralized platform.

    Flexible deployment

    Choose freely where you run your PDF transformation operations: on-site, in a private cloud, a hybrid cloud or in a public cloud. DocShifter supports deployment on Linux, Windows or Docker.

    PDF conversion without manual intervention

    DocShifter recognizes incoming files, so you do not need to tell the system what files to expect. Saving you valuable time.

    Convert PDF, JPG, CSV, Excel, MS Word, XML, TIFF, RTF, HTML AutoCAD, TXT XML and many more with DocShifter
    Start a live chat. Ask questions, or book a demo

    10x faster, highly-scalable document to PDF conversion

    Centralize and reduce risks in PDF conversion by eliminating manual tools.

    Eliminate risks related to manual PDF conversion and PDF enrichment (headers, footers, bookmarks, security, hyperlinks, watermarks, ToC creation, etc.) using desktop tools.

    Centralize document and PDF infrastructure and generate uniform documents throughout the enterprise.

    Automatically scale your infrastructure up and down based on your ever-changing PDF conversion needs​.

    As different divisions use the conversion services, potentially in different countries, the conversion system needs to be able to cope with peak loads. In most cases, period peaks (certain times of day, the end of the month, the launch of a new product) puts the conversion software under stress.

    DocShifter’s inherent speed is combined with the scalability of Docker. The workload can easily be spread over as many resources as needed. This eliminates the high costs of setting up and maintaining a rendering farm and significantly speeds up the document conversion processes.

    [Free Checklist] - How to design an enterprise file format conversion platform?

    Supported file formats, scalability, automation, reducing your operational costs, implementation, services. What should you consider when looking for an enterprise-scale file format conversion platform? We prepared a free checklist to help you out.

    Download the free guideline

    Designed for the enterprise to cover all your PDF conversion needs.

    01

    Connect your systems

    Connect DocShifter to all the systems where your content is stored. Either through native connectors, or using the Web Services API. For more information on the integrations, please visit our integrations page.

    02

    Convert to high-quality PDF or PDF/A output

    Convert your source content into PDF or PDF/A format(s) using our PDF conversion software.. Centrally and consistently without any manual intervention.

    DocShifter supports more than 200 input formats.

    03

    Enrich the PDF output

    Do your PDF documents need enrichment? Watermarks, header and footers, tables of contents, merging and splitting documents, OCR, bookmarks, hyperlinks, security and much more can be applied.

    Enrich the output fully automatically and conditionally with DocShifter.

    04

    Send the renditions to desired locations

    The converted & enriched output is then stored directly in the desired DMS, RIM system, EIM platform, folder or other systems via web services.

    Compliant, fast, automated, scalable PDF conversion software

    Enterprises work with a lot of digital documents, in multiple file formats. These documents need to be converted for sharing & collaboration, standardization or archiving. Or simply because today’s systems have difficulties working with older formats. 

     

    Converting between formats happens manually, which is inefficient, slow, inconsistent and expensive. Different tools are used to convert documents throughout the organisation. In addition, sectors like life sciences and finance have specific regulatory document formatting and technical requirements that must be met.

    DocShifter, an automated document and PDF converter, solves these challenges. The software automatically recognizes documents and emails and converts them to the output format of your choice. In PDF or any other standardized format. Documents can be greatly enriched as well with bookmarks, table of contents, hyperlinks, security, headers, footers and watermarks. To the specifications required by your organisation or the regulators in your industry. 

    Start a live chat. Ask questions, or book a demo

    Convert to PDF and enrich the output using 1 centralized
    PDF conversion software

    Text searchability

    Add and remove password protection

    Compress PDF files

    Select the PDF & PDF/A version

    Select the PDF version

    Adjust the zoom settings

    Automated bookmarking

    Manage hyperlinks

    Merge multiple source documents into 1 PDF

    Link & bookmark zoom check

    Frequently Asked Questions

    What is a PDF conversion software?

    PDF conversion software is the term to describe the software that is responsible for PDF conversion/transformation. 

     

    Companies use PDF conversion software to convert multiple source formats (Microsoft Office documents such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint; e-mail and attachments, OpenOffice formats, scanned images, JPG, PNG, etc.) into PDF files. 

    Can we use DocShifter to convert password protected PDF files?

    No, if a document is password protected, DocShifter can not convert that document. 

    In this case, the conversion process will fail, and DocShifter will trigger an error message. 

    Can we try DocShifter?

    Yes of course. We thought you were never going to ask.

    There are multiple options:

    – Hand-held demos with your own content.

    – A dedicated environment that you can use to upload files to. Where you can configure your own workflows.

    – On-premise trial installations, so you can test quality and performance within your own infrastructure.

    Contact us to try for yourself.

    What file formats does DocShifter support?

    DocShifter can handle more than 300 input formats. These input file formats include but are not limited to: Microsoft Office and text file formats (such as DOC, DOT, DOCM, DOCX, DOTX, RTF, HTML, TXT etc.), mark-up file formats (such as HTML, XML, CSS, XSL, XSLT etc.), PDF formats (PDF, PDFA, ODFA etc.), compressed file formats (.tar, .gz, ZIP file with text files, ZIP file with on PDF, Microsoft Offices etc.), image file formats (JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF, TIFF, RAW, PSD, DXG and DWG etc.).

    We answered your questions regarding the file formats on our Support File Formats page. 

    For an extensive list, please contact us with your questions.

    Which systems can I connect DocShifter to?

    DocShifter has native integrations with OpenText Documentum, Veeva Vault, Microsoft SharePoint Cloud, Generis CARA, Lorenz Docubridge, File Systems, Dropbox and FTP.

    It also supports any other system that allows Web Services API connections, such as IBM Filenet, Box, Alfresco, etc. For more information, please see our Platform -> Integrations page.

    If your content repository isn’t represented on the Integrations page, please drop us a note at info@docshifter.com. We will be happy to investigate your question.

    How about pricing & licensing? How much does DocShifter cost?

    DocShifter subscription pricing is server, volume and functionality based. 

    To find out more about pricing, please visit our Pricing page and request an estimate. 

    How many DocShifter servers do I need?

    A few factors can help us estimate this for you:

    – Number of documents that need to be converted per day, week, etc.

    – How quickly you need to receive the results.

    – What repositories you are using.

    – Intended infrastructure for our servers and the content (on premise, in the cloud, etc).

    – The type of content that needs to be converted.

    – Whether high-fidelity / compliant conversion is necessary.

    – Do you need High-Availability.

    – Is a disaster recovery environment needed.

    – How many different non-production environments do you use (test, development, staging, validation, training, etc.)

    Please contact us to begin these discussions.

    Where is DocShifter installed?

    DocShifter can be installed:

    – On premise in your own data centre. 

    – In your private/hybrid or public cloud. 

    – In Docker containers, orchestrated by Kubernetes.

    – On either Windows or Linux. We realize you have a preference. 

    To learn more, please visit our ‘Platform – Deployment’ page.

    How does DocShifter help reduce our existing costs?

    DocShifter helps reduce costs in a number of ways:

    – Faster performance = less servers needed = lower infrastructure costs = lower licensing costs (e.g. one customer reduced from 10 servers of their legacy tools to 3 DocShifter servers for the same amount of work).

    – DocShifter does not require licenses for any Adobe technology, or the native applications used to create the content. No licenses are needed for Office or AutoCAD for example to be able to convert those file formats.

    – Since DocShifter is not tied to any DMS, RIM or other platform, installation and ongoing maintenance is much simpler. This reduces internal costs to maintain the tool and any external service fees required.

    – Free upgrades are included in subscription fees.

    PDF Conversion server with Office applications: What does that mean?

    Authoring applications (a.k.a native applications) are applications where the source document is authored with. Most common examples are Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Adobe technology for PDF files, etc.

    For enterprise-scale PDF conversion, these authoring applications are installed on the rendition server, and are called for each conversion depending on the formats. 

     

    PDF conversion server with Office applications refer to the technology where converting to PDF occurs without the need of Office applications installed on the rendition server.

     

    Thanks to its innovative technology, DocShifter does not require any licences for authoring applications, or any Adobe technology. This allows conversions to happen quicker, and in a most cost-efficient way. 

    Do you offer document conversion as a service as well?

    Yes. If you are looking to convert thousands of documents for your project, and are not looking to purchase a software or build up expertise, we can help. 

     

    We offer professional document conversion services, where we take the heavy burden of conversion away from you. For more information, please visit our document conversion services page.  

    Compliant, fast, automated and scalable
    file format conversion for the regulated enterprise.

    See what our beloved customers have to say about us:

    "DocShifter is converting 36.000 documents per day, coming from all over our company (and external). We have no control over what is coming in. And still the failure rate is below 1%.

    And what really sets it apart from what we were doing before, DocShifter tells us what went wrong, so we can act upon the documents that did not convert".
    Operations Manager Large European Bank
    "DocShifter will save us over 750 hours of manual work per year. And we expect the time savings to increase as we continue to expand our use of DocShifter.

    This is significant for our clients who need the eCTD sequences to be published quickly, accurately and efficiently. "
    Jennie MayDirector, Regulatory Operations - PharmaLex
    "Very powerful tool for document conversion and generation. The DocShifter software goes further than our current needs, and from my point of view quite unique in the industry. Quick adaption due to user-friendly workflow creation functionalities. Possibility to create workflows in a user-friendly (non-IT) way. Possibilities for seamlessly integrations into existing solutions."
    Kris V.ITS Business Partner, Clinical Development
    "We are using DocShifter in conjunction with Documentum software. The rendition performance that is observed so far is more than 4000 documents per hour (on 1 single instance). The output provided is fully compliant to health authority specifications (FDA, EMA, PMDA, HC, SwissHealth, etc.) and is configurable for different countries. A true enterprise document conversion solution.”
    Piyush J. Solution Manager
    "We use DocShifter to prepare compliant, submission-ready PDF renditions for all regulatory content.

    The product is reliable, extremely fast and produces output that is compliant with multiple Health Authorities."
    Large US biotechnology companyRegulatory Information Systems Manager
    "We implemented DocShifter into production and have converted over 35.000 documents. Our failure rate has dropped from over 10% to well under 0.1%. We have seen an astronomical improvement in our document conversion processes thanks to how easy DocShifter was to implement and to use. In the course of 12 months, we are going to convert more than 100.000 documents with DocShifter. Fantastic document conversion solution!”
    Chris B. IT System Administrator - PeopleScout Technology
    "We have documentation in different languages, but when converting everything to PDF for submissions, things got complicated really fast. Our rendition engine couldn't cope with all those fonts, and we lost a lot of time fixing problems that weren't supposed to be there in the first place. We decided to make a switch to DocShifter. Scalability during our peak times, ability to deal with multiple fonts, automation (conversion of source documents to simultaneous submission-ready PDFs for multiple health authorities) and performance. These are just some of the things that make DocShifter such a powerful rendering engine."
    Jade O. Document Management Professional
    "We selected DocShifter for the incredible ease-of-use, the simple configuration and implementation, the high-quality ICH compliant output, and the huge number of formats supported. Performance is excellent, and we reduced the number of rendition servers by a factor of 3. All of this, plus the company’s responsiveness made it an easy choice."
    Regulatory Operations & Global Submissions SpecialistLarge pharmaceutical company
    "DocShifter powers the document conversion solution in Generis’ new CARA cloud offering. “We already support many joint customers who have advanced document conversion requirements met by the integration of DocShifter with CARA. We are now happy to be able to offer this on a pre-built package with New CARA on our cloud for such customers.”
    James KelleherCEO - Generis
    "As we are in the middle of a paradigm shift from analogue to digital in Japan, I have been looking for the right solution to support this for many years. In DocShifter we have found a company with solutions that have been selected by organizations of all sizes because of their responsiveness, cost-effectiveness, class-leading performance and unique capabilities that rise above the competition.”
    Kosuke OmodaPresident - eSA Japan
    "One of the things we love about DocShifter is the graphic interface to configure file transformation flows. The user interface is very simple to use and rare to find within other similar document conversion products. Wide selection of connectors to different solutions (EIM & DMS systems) make DocShifter a great choice for our company as well. We also are very happy with the customer support we receive: extremely friendly and prompt.”
    Nikita L.Information Management Consultant
    "With DocShifter, we are seeing better performance with even less resources, compared to our previous solution. The deployment is very easy, and the utilization of hardware/software resources are extremely efficient. Thanks to DocShifter's architecture and not needing Office applications, we were able to save a lot of money and resources by the switch.”
    Istvan V.Solution Architect
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    15 years of experience in automating, simplifying and speeding up document conversion.
    For all regulated industries. 

     

     

    Rated 5 stars on Gartner’s Capterra platform.

    DocShifter document conversion solution is rated 5 starts by our customers on Gartner's Capterra platform.

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      Belgium
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      BE0544.961.044

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