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Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses ABBYY FineReader PDF? For small and medium-sized businesses, big companies, and public and educational institutions, FineReader PDF provides a comprehensive and cost-effective PDF solution. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.7/5** | 451 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support Software | 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**: Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese - **Available Countries**: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize and 206 more ## Features - Access Controls/Permissions - Annotations - Archiving & Retention - Collaboration Tools - Commenting/Notes - Convert to PDF - Digital Signature Software - Document Capture - Document Storage - Electronic Signature - Encryption Software - File Conversion - File Sharing Software - Forms Management - Full Text Search - Merge/Append Files - Optical Character Recognition - Text Editing - Watermarking ## Integrations (4 total) - Microsoft Excel - Microsoft Outlook - Microsoft PowerPoint - Microsoft Word ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base Software - Chat ## Category - [PDF Editor Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/32779/pdf-editor/software) ## Related Categories - [Document Management Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/30063/document-management/software) - [PDF Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/31122/pdf/software) - [OCR Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/31459/ocr/software) - [PDF Editor Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/32779/pdf-editor/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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And the characters ----- ### "Versatile PDF Handler with the Best Text Conversion Capability" — 5.0/5 > **Mark** | *September 23, 2026* | Management Consulting | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: I have been using FineReader for a number of years. The main attraction for me is the text conversion from scanned documents. FineReader does a much better job than any other software of which I am aware. In fact, I will often scan and recognize documents without checking the text accuracy because I know it will have very few errors. I have also used the features to edit documents, and I have used it when working with complex PDFs. > > **Cons**: FineReader is not inexpensive, and it is probably overkill for those with simpler PDF related needs. > > I have had great success, not really needing much support. However, I have gotten answers when I needed them. ----- ### "Comprehensive pdf software with good user interface" — 5.0/5 > **Helen** | *September 23, 2026* | Higher Education Software | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: I was looking for pdf software that would enable me to do simple editing - things like adding or deleting pages, adjusting the text, etc. I also wanted it to be able to read scanned documents, enable me to encrypt the file and to securely add my signature. I tried out various different options and found Abbyy FineReader to be the most comprehensive for the price. There is also a lot of online support when I don't know how to do something. > > **Cons**: I am disappointed that the licence only allows installation on a single device. I wanted it on my laptop as well as my desktop and tried downloading a free trial on the laptop. However, it wouldn't install properly and information online indicated that others were having the same problem. ABBYY FineReader had advice online as to how to resolve the problem, but it didn't work. I wanted to get personalised advice, but was unable to, so I abandoned the idea of buying an extra licence. > > My overall experience is very positive. It's my default pdf reader as I find the interface more comfortable than Adobe. ----- ### "Excellent OCR Tools and Control, but the Mac Version Needs Refinement" — 3.0/5 > **Mark** | *September 23, 2026* | Oil & Energy | Recommendation rating: 5.0/10 > > **Pros**: On the Mac, the overall concept of FineReader is excellent. The level of control available over Optical Character Recognition (OCR), recognition areas, tables and document structure is far superior to several other major OCR products I have used previously. Being able to review and adjust how a page is recognised before export is particularly useful, especially when working with more complex technical documents, tables and scanned material. The Advanced Conversion tools give the user considerably more control over the final result than many competing products. > > **Cons**: Unfortunately, there are several issues with the Mac version that make the product more frustrating than it should be. I have experienced problems when saving or exporting directly to certain folder locations. ABBYY's own support documentation also identifies situations where the selected file path or folder naming can cause export problems on the Mac. Abbyy Support More significantly, when using the table modification tools, exporting can fail with the FENExportPageOperation error. ABBYY has confirmed that this is a known issue which can occur after adding or changing separators within recognised table areas. Their suggested workaround is essentially to avoid manually modifying the table separators, which rather defeats the purpose of having these excellent table correction tools when automatic recognition has not produced the required result. Abbyy Support ABBYY Support — FineReader PDF for Mac: FENExportPageOperation export error Another weakness is the limited diagnostic information provided when an export fails. There is often little useful guidance identifying exactly what has caused the failure or which page, table or recognition element needs correcting. This can result in considerable time being spent troubleshooting by trial and error. The PDF export options could also be explained much better. ABBYY provides technical descriptions of options such as Text and pictures only, Text over the page image, Text under the page image, image quality and MRC compression, but I think these would be much more useful if accompanied by real-world examples showing what the user should expect from the resulting document. Abbyy Help ABBYY Help — Options for exporting to a searchable PDF For example: Which settings should I use if I want the scanned page to look virtually identical to the original but remain searchable? Which settings are best for minimum file size? Which are best if the recognised text is going to be reused or edited? Practical examples like these would make the export options considerably easier to understand. > > FineReader has some genuinely excellent features and, particularly in terms of OCR control and document recognition, has the potential to be an outstanding product for Mac users. My experience is therefore mixed. The core recognition functionality and the amount of user control are very good, and in some respects superior to other major products I have used. However, reliability issues with saving and exporting — particularly the documented table-editing/export problem — together with limited diagnostic information when something goes wrong, detract considerably from the overall experience. What is particularly disappointing is that some of these issues are already known and documented. I would like to see ABBYY address them in a timely manner rather than relying on workarounds that effectively require users not to use some of the product's most useful advanced features. With these issues resolved, together with clearer, practical guidance for the PDF export options, FineReader could be an excellent Mac OCR product. ----- ### "Great OCR but.." — 4.0/5 > **Yehuda** | *August 30, 2026* | Airlines/Aviation | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: Very good Hebrew OCR, accurate even with unclear scans. Better than (for now) online OCR available. Good value. > > **Cons**: 1. Must add an MCP server for AI usage. 2. Need to add automatic execution for the Mac version. So we can drop a PDF into a watch folder and OCR it back without many pop-up menus or many button presses. > > Good quality OCR, but a very slow process as pop-up windows appear everywhere until you finish OCRing each document, not good for intensive office scanner to folder work ----- Page: 1 / 19\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.ca/software/65868/abbyy-finereader?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.ca/software/65868/abbyy-finereader) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-AR | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-CR | | | es-DO | | | es-EC | | | es-MX | | | es-PA | | | es-PE | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | | it | | | ja | | | ko | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | | pl | | | pt | | | pt-PT | | | sv | | | tr | | ----- ## Structured Data