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Featuring ABBYY’s latest AI-based OCR technology, FineReader PDF makes it easier to digitize, retrieve, edit, protect, share, and collaborate on all kinds of documents in the same workflow. > > Verdict: Rated **4.7/5** by 428 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Key benefits of ABBYY FineReader PDF Create, edit, and organize PDFs Create fillable PDF forms Collaborate on and approve PDFs Compare documents in different formats Protect and sign PDFs Digitize paper documents and scans with OCR Automate digitization and conversion routines Flexible licensing: per seat, concurrent, remote ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.7/5** | 428 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: ABBYY Software House - **Location**: Nicosia, US - **Founded**: 1989 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$16,00 - **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free Trial) - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1 000, 1 001–5 000, 5 001–10 000, 10 000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: Croatian, Czech, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Ukrainian - **Available Countries**: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize and 206 more ## Features - Access Controls/Permissions - Annotations - Archiving & Retention - Batch Processing - Collaboration Tools - Commenting/Notes - Compression - Convert to PDF - Digital Signature - Document Capture - Document Generation - Document Storage - Electronic Signature - Encryption - File Conversion - File Sharing - Forms Management - Full Text Search - Image Editing - Image Pre-processing ## Integrations (4 total) - Microsoft Excel - Microsoft Outlook - Microsoft PowerPoint - Microsoft Word ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Chat ## Category - [Document Management Software](https://www.getapp.za.com/directory/284/document-management/software) ## Related Categories - [Document Management Software](https://www.getapp.za.com/directory/284/document-management/software) - [PDF Editor Software](https://www.getapp.za.com/directory/3776/pdf-editor/software) - [PDF Software](https://www.getapp.za.com/directory/1323/pdf/software) - [OCR Software](https://www.getapp.za.com/directory/1571/ocr/software) ## Alternatives 1. [Adobe Acrobat](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/2047082/adobe-acrobat-dc) — 4.7/5 (4205 reviews) 2. [Nitro PDF](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/102647/nitro-cloud) — 4.5/5 (571 reviews) 3. [iLovePDF](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/125451/ilovepdf) — 4.7/5 (1760 reviews) 4. [PDFelement](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/106657/pdfelement-6) — 4.3/5 (439 reviews) 5. [Smallpdf](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/112567/smallpdf) — 4.7/5 (977 reviews) ## Reviews ### "Best PDF Editor in the market" — 5.0/5 > **Ije** | *24 May 2022* | Accounting | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: 1. I use abbyFine Reader to convert pdf, scanned documents, and photographic documents with text into the text of other formats or ebook formats of my choice (.epub, .azw3. .rtf, Word, Wordperfect, Html, Microsoft Word, editable pdf, etc.). AbbyFine Reader 15 is the only software to convert ebooks by recognizing pictures or tables and recognizing the layout in the source document as much as possible. 2. I use AbbyFineReader-15 and the version before to clean out unwanted text from a document. I mean, cut out unnecessary information I do not want to appear in my documents, or ebook or text conversion, or when I produce audios from the outputs 3. FineReader 15, as I have tested side by side with other pdf editors, can compare two documents of different formats of up to 5,000 – 10,000 pages or even more without asking you to reduce them into smaller chunks. 4. I have found AbbyFineReaderPDF-15 and the versions before the current version very useful for repairing photocopied items, cropping documents, and repairing mixed photographic and text pdf files with unassailable OCR capabilities. 5. I can search, insert, and delete blocks of text from pdf files. 6. Price-wise, this software is an investment, a must-have for organizations and individuals who handle documents of different formats, for people in academics, and people who move content from PDF to other multimedia formats. > > **Cons**: So far so good, BUT add new functionalities, like (1) audio capabilities, (2) converting pdf to Publisher, (3) Improving ebook conversion > > Excellent\! I'm a satisfied customer, and the customer service people have always attended to me promptly ----- ### "Hands down the best PDF editor available for MS Windows" — 5.0/5 > **Erick** | *23 December 2022* | Information Technology & Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: So easy to use, install and deploy in our organization > > **Cons**: licensing is a little cumbersome. on company workgroups, licensing issues such as the same license installed on more systems that allowed, should include some kind of report usage (license number, ip address, netbios machine name) ----- ### "Experience" — 3.0/5 > **Knud** | *24 May 2022* | Arts & Crafts | Recommendation rating: 5.0/10 > > **Pros**: Erasing function > > **Cons**: Better copy paste function I am forced to use copy as a picture I would prefer that I just mark what I WILL copy and then set it in my new document. AND ALSO in a page take parts out and still have a page without holes. And doing it in a pdf document with several pages taking parts of a different number of pages will result in a nice several pages pdf document as nice as the original pdf document but with less pages off course > > It is too expensive Problems with the activation, HAVE TO REACTIVATE IT allways (The programs stops to open) ----- ### "The Beat in Bread OCR platform" — 5.0/5 > **yohai** | *22 May 2024* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: The ability to calibrate the OCR and optimize the results by changing some of the algorithm attributes > > **Cons**: it missing some crucial features such as of reading order settings in the OCR editor (RTL Vs LTR) ----- ### "Title of review" — 4.0/5 > **Oleg** | *22 May 2024* | Management Consulting | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: Ease and consistency of use. Quality of the OCR > > **Cons**: Uncomfortable use of the drop-down switch with the seal and signature library ----- Page: 1 / 18\ Next: [Next page](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/2047083/abbyy-finereader?page=2) ## Links - [View on GetApp](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/2047083/abbyy-finereader) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-MX | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | | pt | | | pt-PT | | ----- ## Structured Data