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M-Files vs ABBYY FineReader PDF: Which is a better fit?

Updated on December 2nd, 2024
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Summary
Key features rated by users
Features selected based on 30,633 reviews from Document Management users.
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Feature ratings
Secure Data Storage
4.5
Document Storage
4.6
Mobile Access
4.8
File Sharing
4.8
Email Management
NA
% Fit
Missing features
Feature ratings
Secure Data Storage
NA
Document Storage
4.2
Mobile Access
NA
File Sharing
4.3
Email Management
NA
User satisfaction
4.3
User reviews206
Ease of use
4.1
Functionality
4.2
Value for money
4.2
Customer support
4.1
4.7
User reviews421
Ease of use
4.5
Functionality
4.5
Value for money
4.4
Customer support
4.4
Price starts from
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Best for

M-Files serves a variety of industries and business needs for mid-market to Enterprise global B2B companies.

For small and medium-sized businesses, big companies, and public and educational institutions, FineReader PDF provides a comprehensive and cost-effective PDF solution.

User reviews
pros & cons
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Joe M
Senior Engineer
5.0

Joe M.: My name's Joe. I'm a principal engineer. I'd give M-Files a 5 out of 5. And for more reviews like this, click down below. Before M-Files we used a PDM system. With switching to M-files, we considered some other software. We looked at using SOLIDWORKS and their PDM system as well as just using Windows. We selected M-Files because we really liked the way you could input metadata and use that to organize all of your files and search in a very powerful way for very detailed things within a document. We came from a more complicated system before using M-Files, so switching over to it was really nice and a blessing. It made it really easy to transition to M-Files. If you're thinking about getting into M-Files, I would really take a look at all the powerful tools that come along with inputting the metadata for each document into M-Files. It really opens up a lot of capability, especially when trying to find a very old document that you don't remember a whole lot about.

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Ray M
President
5.0

Ray: Hi, I'm Ray. I'm president of a trade association. I give ABBYY Reader a five out of five. For more reviews, click below. I like ABBYY Reader because it's a very quick and easy way to edit PDF documents as well as view them. I use it as my default viewer, but I also use it to edit documents and find it very useful. What I like the most about ABBYY FineReader is the compare documents function that allows me to compare two different PDF documents without converting the documents to any other format. It highlights the changes for me and allows me to save time that otherwise I would spend trying to compare documents line by line. There really isn't anything that I would change about this ABBYY FineReader. It is the perfect solution for my business. We are in the business of dealing with legislation and so looking at multiple versions of bills, it's very important to be able to tell what the changes are. And that's what we find most useful about ABBYY Reader as well was being able to edit PDF documents on the fly.

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Access Expiration Management
388
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M-Files

Top Features
12/45
  • Access Expiration Management
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Annotations
  • Approval Process Control
  • Archiving & Retention
  • Audit Trail
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Compliance Tracking
  • Content Management
  • Customizable Branding
  • Data Import/Export
  • Document Automation
  • Document Capture
  • Document Editing
  • Document Generation
  • Document Review
  • Document Storage
  • Electronic Signature
  • Email Management
  • File Conversion
  • File Recovery
  • File Sharing
  • Forms Management
  • Metadata Extraction
  • Mobile Access
  • Offline Access
  • Optical Character Recognition
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • SSL Security
  • Tagging
  • Task Management
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • API
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Customizable Templates
  • Document Classification
  • Drag & Drop
  • Full Text Search
  • Search/Filter
  • Secure Data Storage
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Version Control
  • Workflow Management
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ABBYY FineReader PDF

7/45
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M-Files
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
ABBYY FineReader PDF
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
M-Files
  • By M-Files
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 1989
ABBYY FineReader PDF
  • By ABBYY Software House
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 1989
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