The Neat Company Reviews

I began using NeatDesk with it first roll out many years ago. Since then I have purchased newer versions both NeatConnect and NeatReceipt. The scanners worked just fine until a few months ago Neat got rid of the Legacy software support and encouraged the use of a newer software which now produces blurrier, grey, unclear scans. I have been dealing with technical support for almost 6 months to a year to get my scanner working properly to no avail. I see I’m the reviews that Neat is stating it did not make customers do the upgrade BUT that is not true. If you want to use the cloud it is required as far as I’m being told. I have recently acquired an address for corporate to have requested my support log of the past few months. Neat should replace my systems or issue me a refund for all 3 machines if they want to make software changes that ultimately cause the machines to become obsolete.

I bought the Neat scanner four years ago to use in my bookkeeping business. Going paperless had been a dream and NEAT made it possible. I tried the cloud version along with QB online, but it was far to slow to work efficiently and I remained with the Desktop version of both Neat & QB. Now, NEAT doesn't offer any support for desktop, and they don't make the damn scanner any more. Their customers who prefer NOT to be in the cloud have been effectively SCREWED! I'm sitting here with a dead scanner, a colossal pile of work, and no viable solution that keeps me working on my desktop. I will not go into the cloud. This disgusting business practice of bringing people into the system and then changing the terms of the game should be illegal. I will NOT work with NEAT in the cloud... I'll go back to paperless before they get one cent of my money, let alone a monthly obligation. NEAT - YOU ARE A DISGUSTING COMPANY!!

When originally purchasing "my" NeatDesk scanner and software in 2016, I paid nearly $400 for the device and its ability to function locally on my computer system until it died - that is the deal that Neat and I agreed to. Though a cloud(ish) based system was also offered, I had no use for, nor was I able to utilize the service.

I purchased a Neat Receipts mobile scanner in 2009 from Costco and installed the software on my Windows 7 computer. I have an updated Windows 10 computer now. The software can't be installed on that OS. I would have to pay $49 to Neat to get a Cloud subscription to be able to have access to all my old scanned documents (the originals were shredded). Contacting them only results in suggestions that are not applicable, ie, installing a driver that they say on their website is not available for my model.

I have been using Neat since 2019 and loved it until it went to a subscription, I believe in 2017. Since then, I’ve had nothing but grief. Right now, I’m unable to continue the scanning I started today because it froze up after I scanned a 26 page document. I exited the system and waited for two hours before trying again. Now get a message ‘scanner not connected.’ Ridiculous! Also, You cannot enlarge a document without cutting off part of the page. You cannot enlarge the viewing area so if you need to see something on the sheet, you have to print it. I called on this and they said they know about it, but have no plan to change it in the near future.

I tried using my scanner and it isn't working. I have been on the phone with support for hours. The IT said he would someone else try and call me back and I have yet to get a callback. I tried to go out and buy another since it's urgent I have one ASAP and found out they are no longer available. No one told me that before! You'd think that a subscription and IT all day someone would tell me that!!!!

I had Neat a long time ago and have their scanner. When I re-signed up for them, I tried to use the scanner and it wouldn’t work. I had to call, and their reps helped me figure it out. I use my NeatDesk and scan my stuff so that I can keep a track of it and keep it organized. Before, I have papers everywhere and didn't have a method. NeatDesk makes it easier to find stuff.

I have the NeatDesk scanner for a few years which I use once a year around tax time. We bought it when we started the business and so far, NeatDesk has been good. Over the last couple of years, the program had a few glitches. But they worked out a lot of the bugs in the programs and they got me up the speed to make my Neat scanner functioning again. I know a little bit about computers but NeatDesk's customer service team was courteous. They walked me through a lot of things with it. So this time around, I’m pretty happy with it. It categorizes the receipts and creates a report which makes it make easier for the person preparing our taxes. I also use the Neat Cloud where I use the scanner function and store stuff in the app on the phone.

I was using Quickbooks before but I didn't like it as there were so many steps. I got NeatDesk and with it, all I gotta do is check and make sure it’s got the right information in the right spots. If it doesn't, I correct it and then it’s on to the next one, so it saves me time. Also, before, I was putting the receipts from my business on Excel but then when I discovered that I could do that with NeatDesk, I've started putting my receipts on there. I would use it for the whole year now. I use NeatDesk at the end of the year and because I get to take the tax off of my business, I really like that I'm able to separate the total and then the tax. Another thing is, with the plan that I have, I could call them and it's been well worth the money. I was very pleased when I had to make a phone call. The people I talked to explained things to me in a very easy way to understand.

I use NeatDesk for storing my documents so that I can pull them up for taxes but I use it infrequently now because they took it off of a desktop application and made it cloud based, which is very complicated for me. It doesn’t give me the security that I would like to have as I had before. I don't like it like it right now but I don’t have much choice. When I previously had the desktop arrangement, I used the Neat Scanner and loaded it in, and had my documentation. I didn’t use it for the automatic expense type deals and I didn't worry about pulling in stuff from a picture of a receipt. I either scanned my documents in from a hard copy that I had or from an online account statement where I pulled it directly in from the online version into Neat, and I liked that very much for a lot of things that I do get just online copies.

I really doubt the validity of the 5 star customers. I have also been with Neat since they first started. I purchased the 1st Neat Receipts Scanner then the Desktop. Initially the program was awesome, when I purchased the scanner it came with the software which I assume was then mine to use freely. However, when all of a sudden I was REQUIRED to pay to use software I had already purchased without prior knowledge or permission - I was infuriated. Nothing was wrong with my software and yet that one dreadful update that changed everything. This is just BAD customer consideration and clear that the "$" is more important than customers.

I have NeatDesk as I’m self-employed and I needed to keep track of my receipts. I use it about one month a year and I use the scanning and expense report feature the most. I also use it to create reports. Using it is time-saving and this method is more streamlined and it has easier analysis. NeatDesk's technical support is really good too. I've gotten a couple of my friends to start using it.

I’ve had the Neat Scanner since before 2012 so I’ve been using it that long. But all of a sudden, they came in and said I had to start paying to be able to use it. I had to pay for a year, worth $80 something. That's the thing that makes me mad. Then they had to convert everything over and put it in the Cloud. But I don’t trust the Cloud. I used to work for lawyers and I know all that can go out and go wrong, being accessed even in the Cloud that shouldn’t be.

At first, The Neat Company was cool. Back then, there was nothing that I could use to scan that had the software where it organized your receipts. Getting their system eliminated a lot of writing down and organizing the old-fashioned way. Now however, I am disappointed with Neat. Like every company, you start one thing, and then you realize that the money’s not there, and the money is in the software. So, what happened was everybody would buy a scanner and it came with the software. And what's terrible is that they don't support the scanners anymore. They stopped making the scanners. All of a sudden, we’re stuck with a scanner and the people at Neat figured out that if consumers wanted support, they needed to be charged every month. Now, when you buy the software and the app, you gotta pay a monthly fee on it.

I love my NeatDesk. I’ve been using it for about nine years now and I use it a few times a week to scan my receipts. I have it for my tax purposes and for business receipts. At first, I was able to save all my receipts directly into a flash drive then I take it to my accountant. That old version was more simple. Now, you have to go through several steps and save it as a file, and I finally got that figured out this year. And then, I can set up different files per year and put the receipts in each file - like if they are business receipts or house receipts. For 2019, I go on the Neat, and then I put our rental property in one file so I can keep that, then at the end of the year, go through and figure out what the totals are.

I have had this product for several years. I have been disappointed with the feed mechanism... pretty much from the beginning. Most sheets of paper have to be nudged to get them to feed at all. Most recently when loading software on to a new computer, I found that the scan to PDF functionality does not work with the new desktop software. Looks like I will be looking for another scanner/software in the near future.

I used Neat when it was first a program before they went with their monthly service. Their software worked well and running a small home-based business, it came in handy for bookkeeping. I liked its organization and the receipts to recognize versus just a regular piece of paper thrown in there. I actually bought two of the NeatDesk but then they went to the service where it was monthly, so I quit using it. When they upgraded it, they should have upgraded the software instead of going monthly and I would’ve purchased the additional upgrades. Other than that, they have good software and if you have a massive amount of paperwork, you're gonna have to use a service like this.

The Neat Company's customer service is crap. It took me three different calls, with three different tech support people to get my issue resolved. And it still wasn't resolved. I had to put up with what was resolved with. My biggest complaint is that their tech support people are offshore, and I can't understand them. One of the biggest improvements they can make is to bring it back to the States so you can understand them. I bought the scanner years ago, and then I switched to having the annual premium. My annual premium ran out in January, about the time I do my taxes, so I was caught red-handed last year, having to pay another annual renewal. I was on the phone for over two hours trying to get it hooked back up. As soon as I can find another way to scan my receipts in, I won't be using Neat anymore.

I bought a Neat Scanner years ago at a booth set up in an airport when NEAT RECEIPTS was brand new. At that time I didn't need expense reporting. Really just loved the portable scanner capability and bought it on impulse without using it that much. About six months ago I began using Neat regularly for business and invested in a new scanner to do so.

I would save my documents to my computer and import them into The Neat scanner so that I could sort them if I need to look for them. But then The Neat Company started making everything Cloud-based, which I don't like. The Cloud-based is fine if that's what you want, but I wanted to have a local place to keep all my stuff. So now I have to go through an extra step, and import it to my computer if I need to. It's crazy.

I had an older Neat Scanner and I used a lot before the system changed. But the new set-up of the system is very difficult to understand. It has to be connected to a cloud which means that I can't use it if I don't have Wi-Fi on the road. Also, the whole set up where to store the documents I have scanned is very complicated. I just scrapped it and didn't want to bother with it. I'm really disappointed. It was worthless and I would never attempt to use it anymore. I'm just gonna buy a new scanner.

Where do I start. I’ve been using the program nearly from day one about 10 years. Today is February 25, 2019 and they have made nearly zero changes to their very limited and buggy online version. Yet they are promising they are "gearing up" for changes in 2019. It's been nearly three years with the current version and it still doesn’t do half of what the desktop version did.

I will try to keep this short. I have been with Neat since I got my NeatDesk over 8 years ago. Original software was laggy, but it did its job well. OCR worked, you could do decent reports and there were no limitations on extracting your data. Fast forward a few years and the company unilaterally discontinued support for the product, forcing you to get a cloud subscription. Fine, the selling point was a cloud backup and a mobile app. The issue was that most of the features of the desktop app have never been re-implemented into a new version. For example: if you wanted to start a new tax year and create a same set of folders to organize your files, you could not copy your template folder structure. This is but one of the features that you lost, while now having to pay every year.

When we need the Neat Desk, we need it. Otherwise, we could use it weekly. We use the scanning features the most, and you can organize it pretty much in any way we want. They can improve on the printer reboot, though. They have moved on past supplying the feeder.

I have used Neat for 8 years and was very satisfied with it until recently. I use Neat to keep track of tax information in Florida, where we do not have state taxes and can use our sales tax as a deduction on our federal taxes. I would scan multiple receipts in minutes and it would record all the information on the receipts. Since the latest upgrade, it either does not fill in any of the information or it puts information that is not even on the receipt. It takes a tremendous amount of time for me to correct and/or record every piece of information from each receipt that the previous version did for me. It is taking hours to do a job that would take a few minutes prior to this update.

I bought the Neat scanner for my home. I never wanted to use the cloud base system they are forcing customers to pay for. I bought it with the intention of storing my own files the way I wanted. I tried calling customer service and the system automatically hangs up on me. I tried with online chat and they are just as useless as well. The only way to communicate with a live person is to pay for the cloud service. After much research I have now come to realize that the product I have is now deemed useless even though I paid $399.00 and used it moderately. They somehow have been able to make these machines inoperable and force you to buy another machine and pay for the cloud service. In the end, if this would have been disclosed, I would have never bought this machine.

I do not use the Neat scanner anymore because changing it from a PC-based to a Cloud-based is a scary situation. My files couldn't be imported to the Cloud without a whole bunch of additional helping hand by the support people at Neat. They diligently work on that. I was amazed for a little small operation like ours, that it required two weeks of work to file the receipts since they were moved up to the Cloud. And I'm not even sure all 100% of them were moved up because it was done manually. There's thousands of receipts. There's no way of checking or verifying that they all got moved successfully.

I use The Neat System and I like it. But I find it a little bit difficult to find what I need to get. The instructions on the top are a little bit confusing. So, they could update it a little bit more to where it's a little easier to access files and that I can scroll through them easier. The NeatDesk is a good system where you could scan something in and you can process it through with a piece of paper, or you can get rid of it. And that'll go to a cloud system, so it's backed up. I hope they would make how to use the Neat Cloud on-the-go a little bit more well-known because that's not very well-known. Also, when I had a legal case, I sent my whole thing to my attorney, and he had a problem trying to get through and look at all these things because it was slow to him. So, they could also speed the system up. But other than that, they were helpful when I called them up.

Probably the most antiquated un-user friendly piece of junk on my Mac. I can't drag a file from NEAT to my computer or other storage space as I could with the OLD software. Takes forever to process. Unforgiving... No need to go on as NEAT doesn't listen and makes no changes.

I've had my Neat Scanner for so long. I use it to record every receipt that I take. But their older software used to be a lot easier. The new one, I really don't care much for. If you wanna look at an invoice, it's much more difficult to look at the image with the new software than it used to be on the old software. I've also called to complain about some of the features and I've been told it doesn't do that anymore. When they approve a product, they should not get rid of features that people like. The customer service representatives were fine. Except, they told me, "Too bad." That was basically their attitude.