Should You Buy a Xerox Scanner?

Xerox is one of the most popular scanner brands as well as being well known for its laser printers.

If you are wondering how Xerox scanners compare to other brands, our guide below collates all the key info in a single place. We've compared 380+ scanners by objectively and impartially analysing over 4,300 user and expert reviews and 50+ awards from hundreds of different review sites.

Xerox are recognised for their good selection of premium and moderately popular scanners. Their scanners start at $153 for the DocuMate 3220 which is a 600 x 600 scanner, a scanner that has a 216 max scan size and an adf scanner and go up to $2,089 for the 4830 which is a 600 x 600 scanner, a scanner that has a misc max scan size and a flatbed & adf scanner. The average price of a new Xerox scanner is $626.

Is Xerox the Best Scanner Brand?

So are Xerox scanners any good? We give every scanner a Kagoo Score by analysing its specs, reviews and prices and comparing this to its competitors. By aggregating this data across all scanners we are able to impartially rank all the scanner brands.

Our detailed analysis taking into account all of the above factors found that Xerox is the 5th best scanner brand out there.

Let's look at how Xerox scanners compare to the other scanner brands across each of the key facets that make up the Kagoo Score.

At an average purchase price of $626, Xerox scanners tend to be cheaper than most other scanner brands which makes them a popular choice with consumers. Xerox also have better reviews than the typical scanner brand, with the average rating of a Xerox scanner being 77%.

There's a smaller selection of Xerox scanners available compared to other scanner brands, with only 14 Xerox scanners currently on the market in the US.

What Do the Xerox Scanner Reviews Say?

We've added up all the reviews for every Xerox scanner to work out the average distribution of reviews for Xerox and then compared this to the other scanner brands.

Expert Reviews

5 stars		5
4 stars		13
3 stars		1
2 stars		0
1 star		0

User Reviews

5 stars		49
4 stars		21
3 stars		3
2 stars		5
1 star		2

Over 95% of expert reviews and 88% of user reviews for Xerox scanners are 4 stars or higher. This compares to 88% and 85% respectively across all Scanner brands.

In the table below we compare the average review score given to Xerox scanners by some of the most popular technology review sites against their reviews for other scanner brands. The best review score from each review source is highlighted in green.

Average Review Score	Plustek	Fujitsu	HP	Epson	Iris	Xerox
	64% 13 reviews	77% 3 reviews	73% 8 reviews	80% 8 reviews	80% 1 review	76% 8 reviews
	73% 4 reviews	80% 2 reviews			80% 1 review	80% 1 review
	80% 1 review	80% 2 reviews	82% 2 reviews			90% 2 reviews
	84% 1 review	88% 1 review	72% 1 review	72% 1 review	61% 3 reviews
	50% 1 review	83% 2 reviews				83% 2 reviews
	40% 1 review	80% 1 review	80% 1 review	60% 1 review	60% 1 review
	83% 3 reviews			80% 1 review
	70% 1 review		80% 1 review	85% 2 reviews
		90% 1 review		85% 2 reviews		90% 1 review
	70% 2 reviews					75% 2 reviews
	75% 1 review				73% 2 reviews
			85% 1 review	83% 2 reviews
		88% 3 reviews
	74% 1 review	80% 1 review			73% 1 review
	88% 2 reviews					63% 1 review
			65% 2 reviews			60% 1 review
	82% 3 reviews
		74% 2 reviews
		80% 2 reviews
		90% 1 review	80% 1 review
Other Expert Sites	70% 14 reviews	79% 25 reviews	65% 7 reviews	61% 5 reviews	55% 12 reviews	50% 1 review
Average	72% 48 reviews	82% 46 reviews	76% 24 reviews	76% 22 reviews	69% 21 reviews	74% 19 reviews

How Many Industry Awards Have Xerox Scanners Received?

After checking thousands of expert review websites we found 9 industry awards for Xerox scanners. The table below compares the number of awards received by Xerox to other popular scanner brands. The largest number of awards provided by each review source is highlighted in green.

Compare all award winning scanners

Number of Awards	Plustek	Fujitsu	HP	Epson	Iris	Xerox
		1	1	3	1	3
	3			1
		2				1
		1	1			1
		1		1		1
					2
	2
					2
	2
					2
					1
					1
				1
		1
		1
						1
						1
					1
						1
			1
Other Expert Sites	1	1	1	1	1
Total	8	8	4	7	11	9

How Reliable Are Xerox Scanners?

We checked over 4,300 reviews to find comments about the reliability of Xerox scanners. 71% of reviews that mention reliability were positive. Therefore the majority of Xerox scanner owners and reviewers thought the product was reliable.

So, most people think that Xerox scanners are good quality. Now let's take a look at some of the reviews for Xerox scanners that mention reliability:

RELIABLE

Very durable an reliable product

Highly recommended if you are looking for a heavy duty scanner

NOT RELIABLE

Light duty to heavy duty use

Purchased this scanner for the office as a heavy duty scanner

What is the Best Budget Choice Xerox Scanner?

Xerox DocuMate 3115

600 X 600 DPI

15ppm ADF SCAN

At only $303.99 and with a Kagoo Score of 81 the Xerox DocuMate 3115 makes a great budget choice.

Features We Love:

Supports colour scanning

Duplex scanning

Bundled software

A fully featured and award winning 600 x 600 DPI sheetfed / adf flat-bed scanner, with a reasonable price. It supports colour scanning and has a duplex scanning. Multiple reviews mentioned that it's very good for scanning documents, easy to setup and use.

93 Reviews	13 Reviews + 1 Award
83 Features	Fully-Featured
80 Value for Money	Very Good
81 Kagoo Score	Excellent

Our review analysis indicates that Xerox DocuMate 3115 has terrific user reviews but ok expert reviews. 100% of buyers recommended this flat-bed scanner to others.

Xerox Documate 3115 scanner unboxing

Xerox Documate 3115 Unboxing

The cheapest price that we could find for the DocuMate 3115 in the US is $303.99 but in total we found only 1 price for it.