I would go for the Brother ADS 2800w or I would stay stay with Fujitsu (ix1500).
If I had to buy a new scanner today, I would either go for the ix1500 or I would buy a Brother ADS-2800W (I use the Brother at work). The Brother scanner is able to scan without any software into my local network and from there I can do whatever I want, using Hazel and stuff like that. No restrictions whatsoever. If you scan weird paper formats or business cards or small receipts, the Fujitsu software is still worth it. If you scan standard paper sizes, I would lean more to a scanner like the Brother.
At work I do not use the scanner’s software. I use it as a bare bones network scanner.
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There are also some Brother models out there that are more affordable like this one which @OogieM ended up buying.