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Scanfile
Pay-as-you-go AI translator for PDF, EPUB, PowerPoint and subtitle files that returns translated PDF pages, EPUB books, editable PPTX decks or subtitle files.
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Spec sheet
All-in India price
₹486 one-time
For a registered business, $5 one-time sticker
- Free plan
- Not available
- Free trial
- Available
- Status
- Source checked 12 Nov 2026
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Shortlist Scanfile if you occasionally need to read or share a foreign-language PDF, book, deck or subtitle file and want a usable translated file back without a subscription. It covers most major Indian languages, including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Punjabi, Odia and Urdu, but check output quality on the free sample in your language pair before buying credits.
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Before paying, note that the site names no legal entity, prices are in US dollars through an overseas merchant of record, and its terms say legal arrangements are still being finalised, so do not expect a GST invoice or a contract. The credit cost per PDF page or per slide is shown only after upload, so test a real file first. Compared with Google Translate document upload, Scanfile's edge is EPUB and subtitle support plus PDF page selection; the trade-off is a young, anonymous operator and a 3-day file window.
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In short
Scanfile is listed under Productivity & Knowledge, reviewed for Indian buyers. All-in it runs about ₹486 one-time for a GST-registered business ($5 one-time sticker plus about 3.5% card forex). FindThatSoftware rates it best for students and researchers who need a few pages of a foreign-language PDF or a whole EPUB book translated to read; a poor fit for legal, immigration or court documents that need a certified or human-reviewed translation.
What Scanfile costs in India
The rupee price a business actually pays, after the card forex markup, with GST shown both ways.
True India price
Registered business, one-time
₹486
Scanfile is priced one-time at $5. For a registered business that lands around ₹486 once the roughly 3.5% card forex markup is added, GST reclaimed. Without reclaim, about ₹573.
- Sticker price
- $5
- Card forex markup
- about 3.5% over mid-market
- GST
- 18%, reclaimable if registered
- Registered one-time
- ₹486
- If you can't reclaim GST
- ₹573
- Try first
- Free trial before you commit budget.
- Watch for
- Scanfile sells one-time credit packs in US dollars with no subscription, and the vendor says credits never expire and work across all file types.
More
Subtitles use 1 credit per 1,200 words and EPUB books 1 credit per 600 words, so EPUB costs double the base rate per word; PDF page and slide rates are only shown after upload. There is no timed trial, only a per-file free sample with daily caps. Checkout runs through Creem as merchant of record, whose buyer terms apply; the site does not say whether tax is added or whether a GST invoice is issued, and refunds are only described for paid-but-undelivered or duplicate orders, handled by emailing support.
Indicative, not a bill. The exchange rate is a single mid-market reference, not a live feed, and GST-registered businesses may reclaim input credit. Confirm current pricing on the vendor site.
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Audit your spendWho Scanfile fits
What it is, what you gain, what you give up, and who should look elsewhere.
What is Scanfile?
Scanfile is a web tool at scanfile.online; its terms and privacy pages say the service is operated as scanfile.online and name no company, address or country. You upload a PDF, EPUB book, PPTX or PPT deck, or an SRT, VTT or ASS subtitle file, and the site routes it to a format-specific translator that returns translated PDF pages, a native EPUB, an editable PPTX, or target-only or bilingual subtitles with the original timestamps. The vendor says you can choose from 153 target languages, translate only selected PDF pages, and compare original and translated PDF pages side by side. It runs in the browser with guest access, Google or email one-time-code sign-in, and prepaid credit packs sold through Creem as merchant of record. Files stay available while a translation runs and for 3 days after it finishes, renewed when you add or retry pages; signing in does not extend this. DOCX, XLSX and MOBI are not supported, and the terms say it is not a certified translation service.
What you gain, and what you give up.
The case for
- Returns usable files: native EPUB, editable PPTX (also from PPT), timed subtitles and translated PDF pages, per the vendor's tool pages
- Credits are one-time purchases that the vendor says never expire, and failed jobs release held credits
- Free samples for eligible files in every format (first 3 PDF pages or slides, first EPUB chapter up to 1,200 words, 20 subtitle cues), with daily limits on EPUB and subtitle samples; you can start as a guest
The catch
- No company, address or jurisdiction is named anywhere on the site; contact is a single support email, and the domain was registered in November 2025
- The terms say the pages will be updated as operational and legal arrangements are finalised, and the privacy page says final retention schedules will only be published before general release
- Priced only in US dollars via Creem, an overseas merchant of record; no GST invoice or Indian payment method is mentioned
- The credit rate for PDF pages and PowerPoint slides is not published; you only see it after uploading a file
- The privacy page says document content goes to model and infrastructure providers that may operate outside your country, so avoid uploading confidential or regulated files
- EPUB books cost double the base rate per word (1 credit per 600 words, against 1,200 for subtitles), even though the vendor describes this as double the allowance
Best for
- Students and researchers who need a few pages of a foreign-language PDF or a whole EPUB book translated to read
- Video creators and editors who need SRT, VTT or ASS subtitles translated with timestamps kept, including bilingual exports
- Small teams translating an occasional sales or training deck that must stay an editable PowerPoint
Who should avoid it
- Legal, immigration or court documents that need a certified or human-reviewed translation
- Businesses that need a GST invoice, a named contracting entity or a data-processing agreement
- Teams translating Word or Excel files, or needing a translation API and glossaries at volume
India readiness
How well Scanfile fits an Indian business operationally, from the verified pricing and company facts we hold.
- –GST invoice
Not verified yet.
- ✗Bills in INR
Priced in a foreign currency, so your card or bank adds forex conversion on top.
- ✗India HQ
Headquartered outside India, so check support hours and India-specific features.
Compare Scanfile
How it stacks up on what we verified, the tools buyers weigh it against, and where it appears in our guides.
How Scanfile compares
Against the 3 other document translation tools we list, from what we verified on each vendor’s own pages.
Also in most alternatives
Recorded for at least half of the 3 others, and for Scanfile.
- AI translation
- Translation
This compares only the capabilities enough rival tools share for a comparison to mean anything, roughly a quarter of what we verified. The full list is under “What we verified” below, and anything absent from both is something we did not record rather than something the product lacks.
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What we verified about Scanfile
Read from Scanfile’s own pages. Each line is a finding and what it was based on, so you can check any of it yourself.
What Scanfile does
Features we confirmed13
- Video translation
- Subtitle translator for SRT, VTT and ASS aimed at YouTube, TikTok and course videos
- Translation
- All five tool pages on /tools are translators
- Guest access
- PDF translator: no sign-up needed, guest access for 3 days
- Google SSO
- Privacy page: Google sign-in or email one-time code
- Export to pptx
- PowerPoint translator delivers an editable native PPTX
- Document comparison
- PDF and technical translator pages show original and translated pages side by side
- AI translation
- Homepage: AI File Translator for PDF, EPUB, PPT and subtitles
- Bilingual subtitle export
- Subtitle FAQ: export translated only or stacked original and translated
- Epub translation
- EPUB book translator returns a native EPUB with chapter and footnote links checked
- Pdf translation
- PDF translator: translate selected pages, compare side by side, download translated PDF pages
- Presentation translation
- PowerPoint translator accepts PPTX and PPT up to 300 MiB and 500 slides
- Selective page translation
- PDF translator: pick pages or ranges like 4-6,12 and pay only for those
- Subtitle translation
- Subtitle tool keeps timecodes fixed and exports target-only or bilingual stacked subtitles
What people use it for3
- Sell internationally
- PowerPoint page: cross-border sales and bid decks, product catalogs
- Localise video into other languages
- Subtitle translator use cases: YouTube, TikTok, courses, dramas
- Support customers in many languages
- Weak fit: translating manuals and training decks for teams across borders
Works with4
- Powerpoint
- PowerPoint translator: open the native PPTX in PowerPoint
- Google sign in
- Privacy: Google sign-in supplies basic account details
- Creem
- Terms: Creem is merchant of record for checkout
- Premiere pro
- Subtitle page: bring translated files into Premiere Pro, Final Cut, CapCut, DaVinci Resolve (file import, not a connector)
Terms, compliance and how you buy17
- Usage based pricing
- Subtitles 1 credit per 1,200 words; EPUB 1 credit per 600 words
- Short file retention
- Privacy and terms: files kept for 3 days after translation finishes
- Self serve signup
- Guest upload plus Google or email sign-in, buy credits online
- Prepaid wallet model
- Credits bought upfront, held when a job starts, charged after delivery
- One time purchase
- Pricing and footer: pay as you go, no subscription
- No india entity
- Terms and privacy name no company or address; operated as scanfile.online
- No india data residency
- Privacy: Cloudflare hosting, providers may operate outside your country
- No card required
- Free samples work as a guest with no purchase
- Multilingual UI
- Site offered in 26 interface languages via hreflang links (none Indian)
- Merchant of record checkout
- Terms: Creem acts as merchant of record
- Credits never expire
- Pricing page: Credits never expire and work across files
- Credit based pricing
- Pricing page sells credit packages; usage depends on file type
- Budget priced
- Largest pack is a small one-time US dollar purchase
- 153 languages
- Technical translator and EPUB FAQ list 153 translation languages incl. Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Punjabi, Odia, Urdu, Assamese, English (India)
- Cloudflare hosted
- Privacy: Cloudflare hosting and storage
- Indian language support
- Language list on technical translator page includes 20+ Indian languages
- Not certified translation
- Terms: it is not a certified translation service
Source trail
Pricing and free-plan claims can change. FindThatSoftware keeps source URLs visible so users can verify before buying.
- EPUB translator: credit rate, limits and 153 languageshttps://scanfile.online/tools/epub-book-translator
- Scanfile pricing: credit packageshttps://scanfile.online/pricing
- Subtitle translator: free sample and credit ratehttps://scanfile.online/tools/ai-subtitle-translator
- PDF translator: first 3 pages free, page selection, 3-day accesshttps://scanfile.online/tools/pdf-translator
- PowerPoint translator: editable PPTX output and limitshttps://scanfile.online/tools/ai-pptx-translator
- Public capabilities endpoint with format limitshttps://scanfile.online/api/documents/capabilities
- Scanfile homepage: formats and per-format limitshttps://scanfile.online/
- Technical document translator: full list of 153 languageshttps://scanfile.online/tools/technical-document-translator
- Privacy: retention, Cloudflare hosting, PostHog analyticshttps://scanfile.online/privacy
- Terms: operator, Creem merchant of record, not certified translationhttps://scanfile.online/terms
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Scanfile questions
Does Scanfile give a GST invoice in India?
- Whether Scanfile issues an India GST invoice is not verified yet. Foreign-billed tools usually don't, in which case a registered business reclaims GST via reverse charge; confirm the vendor's billing before you buy.
Is Scanfile good for Indian small businesses?
- It suits students and researchers who need a few pages of a foreign-language PDF or a whole EPUB book translated to read. It bills in a foreign currency, so expect the card forex markup on every charge. It is not the right pick for legal, immigration or court documents that need a certified or human-reviewed translation.
Does Scanfile have a free plan?
- Scanfile does not list a permanent free plan in FindThatSoftware data. Check the official pricing page for trial terms and current offers.
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