You know AMC. Here is what Papeez changes.
Auto Multiple Choice does its job well — provided you have the time to install, configure and maintain it. Papeez applies the same principle with nothing to install.
No credit card · Hosted in France · Imports your AMC-TXT sources
What AMC does well, and we will not pretend to do better
Auto Multiple Choice is free software written by Alexis Bienvenüe. It costs nothing, it is powerful, it runs without a connection, and it leaves you full control over your data and your layout. For anyone fluent in LaTeX with a Linux machine, it is an excellent tool — and many of us owe it our first automated grading.
Free and open source
No licence, no subscription, source code you can audit.
Works offline
Everything runs on your machine, with no third-party service involved.
LaTeX typesetting
Typographic control few web tools can match.
Where the time goes
These are not flaws in AMC: they are the cost of a desktop program designed for Linux.
Installation
AMC targets Linux. On Windows you need WSL2 or a virtual machine; on Apple Silicon Macs, VirtualBox no longer fits and you go through MacPorts or an arm64 VM.
LaTeX
Authoring goes through LaTeX or AMC-TXT. Powerful, but also the step your colleagues never take.
Scanning
AMC does not drive a scanner: you digitise separately, then import the images. Every session adds a manual step.
Maintenance
System updates, Perl dependencies, project backups — the workstation becomes a small piece of infrastructure to look after.
AMC and Papeez, line by line
An honest comparison. On several rows, AMC stays ahead.
| Criterion | AMC | Papeez |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | From EUR 4/month excl. tax |
| Installation | Native on Linux; WSL2, VM or MacPorts elsewhere | None — a browser is enough |
| Authoring | LaTeX or AMC-TXT | Visual editor, maths formulas included |
| Offline use | Complete | No — online service |
| Data control | On your own machine | Hosted in France (Scaleway, AWS Paris), GDPR |
| Digitising | External scanner, then image import | Office copier or a phone camera |
| Working as a team | Files on one workstation | Shared spaces between teachers |
| Grading scales | Highly configurable, via config files | Visual interface, discordance-based grading included |
| Support | Community forum | Help centre, then chat support depending on plan |
Migrating takes an evening, not a term
Your existing exams are not lost.
Import an existing exam
Drop in your AMC-TXT, LaTeX, Word, PDF or Excel file. AI-assisted import rebuilds questions and answers with no strict template to follow.
Check the layout
Columns, boxes, named or anonymous answer sheets, a barcode per paper: the preview shows exactly what will print.
Print and run the exam
Plain paper, ordinary printer. Each copy carries a unique identifier and its own question order.
Scan, and the grades arrive
The office copier or your phone will do. Reading, grading and export to Excel or PDF follow on automatically.
When to stay on AMC
If you work without a reliable connection, if you need papers never to leave your own machine, or if your LaTeX pipeline is already tuned and suits you, AMC remains the better choice — and it is free. Papeez is for people whose setup and configuration time costs more than the subscription.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Import accepts AMC-TXT and LaTeX files, as well as Word, PDF, Excel and images. Questions, answers and maths formulas are rebuilt automatically.
No. Papeez runs in a browser on Windows, macOS, Linux or ChromeOS, with no virtual machine and no system dependency.
No. The office copier works, and so does a smartphone camera. Unlike AMC, there is no separate image import step to manage.
In France, on Scaleway (ISO 27001 certified) and AWS region eu-west-3 in Paris. TLS 1.2/1.3 in transit and AES-256 at rest, with a GDPR data processing agreement.
For paper multiple-choice exams, yes. AMC keeps the advantage on offline use and full control of your files, and it is free. Individualised random selection is announced at Papeez for the fourth quarter of 2026.
As long as it takes to import an existing exam and check the preview — roughly an evening for a first paper, with no installation beforehand.
Try it on your own papers
Fourteen days, no credit card. Import an old AMC exam and compare the real time against your current method.
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