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ABBYY FineReader PDF vs pdfFiller: Which is a better fit?

Updated on December 1st, 2024
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Summary
Features in PDF Editor
13
Best performer
17
  • Annotations
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Convert to PDF
4
17
  • Customizable Branding
User satisfaction
4.7
User reviews421
Ease of use
4.5
Functionality
4.5
Value for money
4.4
Customer support
4.4
4.6
User reviews974
Ease of use
4.5
Functionality
4.5
Value for money
4.4
Customer support
4.3
Price starts from
Monthly subscription
Free version
Free trial
Monthly subscription
Free version
Free trial
Best for

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

Since 2008 pdfFiller has served businesses and individuals who are determined to go paperless. Taking their workflow to the cloud, keeping it accessible and secure is our mission.

User reviews
pros & cons
1 / 4
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Video reviews
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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Gabriela F
BUSINESS OWNER
5.0

Gabriela F.: My name is Gabby. I am a small-business owner. And as a small-business owners, it's only two of us, my husband and I, that manage the business. And I would give pdfFiller a 5-star rating. We used to use a PDF editor, but it wasn't as good as pdfFiller. It's just a lot easier to use. And the features are more user-friendly than what we used to have before. I chose pdfFiller because of the price. The customer service, they're pretty quick to respond. And again, the ease of use is just makes a huge difference, meaning that the features that they have pretty much do everything for you. All you have to do is click a button. Setting up with pdfFiller was super easy. Again, just two clicks, put in your information, and that was that. I was really surprised and happy to make it work like that. Anyone who's considering getting pdfFiller, one, they should look at the price, which is, compared to other services, it's a lot lower, and also, the features. Again, I was super surprised of how many features that it has and how the system pretty much does everything for you. All you do is click what it is that you want it to do, and boom.

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ABBYY FineReader PDF

Top Features
13/17
  • Customizable Branding
  • Delete Pages
  • Rearrange Pages
  • Rotate Pages
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Annotations
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Convert to PDF
  • Electronic Signature
  • Forms Management
  • Full Text Search
  • Image Editing
  • Merge/Append Files
  • Optical Character Recognition
  • Side-by-Side Comparison
  • Text Editing
  • Watermarking
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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
pdfFiller
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
  • By ABBYY Software House
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 1989
pdfFiller
  • By airSlate
  • Located in United States
  • Founded in 2008
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