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# ABBYY FineReader PDF vs Adobe Acrobat Features and Cost Comparison

Last updated August 27th, 2026

Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews  
moderated by our Reviews Verification team.[Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/)

Your comparison:

ABBYY FineReader PDFAdobe Acrobat2/4 selected

[ABBYY FineReader PDF](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/)[4.7 (433)](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/reviews/)

[Adobe Acrobat](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/)[4.7 (4,258)](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/reviews/)

[## ABBYY FineReader PDF](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/)[4.7 (433)](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/reviews/)

Starting Price

$16.00/month

Value-for-Money

4.4

Functionality

4.5

Ease of Use

4.5

Customer Service

4.4

Reviews Sentiment

Based on [433 reviews](#user-reviews)

Positive

411

Neutral

15

Negative

7

[## Adobe Acrobat](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/)[4.7 (4,258)](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/reviews/)

Starting Price

$19.99/month

Value-for-Money

4.3

Functionality

4.6

Ease of Use

4.6

Customer Service

4.3

Reviews Sentiment

Based on [4,258 reviews](#user-reviews)

Positive

4,085

Neutral

142

Negative

31

## Summary

* * *

Features in PDF Editor Software

19 / 50

Only ABBYY FineReader PDF

-   Batch Processing
-   Indexing

Best performer

34 / 50

Only Adobe Acrobat

-   Alerts/Notifications
-   API
-   Communication Management

User satisfaction

User satisfaction

4.7

User reviews[433](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/reviews/)

Ease of use

4.5

Functionality

4.5

Value for money

4.4

Customer support

4.4

User satisfaction

4.7

User reviews[4,258](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/reviews/)

Ease of use

4.6

Functionality

4.6

Value for money

4.3

Customer support

4.3

Price starts from

Price starts from

$16Flat Rate, Per Month

-   Free version
-   Free trial

Price starts from

$19.99Per User, Per Month

-   Free version
-   Free trial

Best for

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.

Best for

Adobe Acrobat is used by professionals, students, teachers, government agencies, nonprofits, and businesses needing PDF creation, editing, and e-signature tools.

## User reviews

Pros & cons

ML

Matthew L.

Teacher

> "It helped me gather pages and pages of text and convert it for use in world processing."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___7138436)

JLF

Jon Loar F.

Administrator

> "Do not see any way to scan and translate gotic letters."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6482650)

ML

Matthew L.

Teacher

> "Very helpful for someone working in education or research but modern phones have similar functionality built in now."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___7138436)

ACR

Ana Catalina R.

Asesora

> "When the source images are not of high quality, OCR fails, so it is necessary to edit by hand."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6125623)

VY

Vishnu Y.

Warehouse Executive

> "You can easily create, edit PDFs, or even convert your documents to PDF files."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6692411)

EP

Emre P.

Lecturer

> "The fact that its "inverting color option" is not available on Macos bothers me quite a lot."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6084397)

PC

Paul C.

Ingeniero Civil

> "It helped me a lot in converting my scanned documents into searchable PDF files and extracting tables and text with..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6323036)

PS

Philip S.

Product Manager

> "The only thing that can cause a problem is the not always accurate conversion from PDF to Excel."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6313390)

ACR

Ana Catalina R.

Asesora

> "I have been using the tool for many years, it is very useful for archival work, facilitating the digitization of..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6125623)

TB

Theodoros B.

Chief Interpreter and Translator

> "Removing the "Low-confidence character highlight" in the exported documents is impractical and cumbersome"

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6084361)

CY

Chahine Y.

Translator

> "You can quickly and easily convert files into other formats without having to upload them somewhere online."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6613339)

MA

Michael A.

Owner

> "Also, I do not like having to do subscription service; I prefer buying the software outright because I am not a..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6085044)

WS

Waheed S.

Sales Manager

> "ABBYY FineReader PDF has a great OCR tool that can extract texts from your images or PDFs, it has many languages,..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___5068955)

MR

Megan R.

Associate Professor

> "There's no way to correct ocr mistakes like you can in Adobe acrobat."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6313357)

DG

Dominick G.

Sr. Post Producer

> "It's a great way to read and edit PDFs as well as convert files!"

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6757559)

RH

Ricky H.

Engineer

> "We cannot edit the file in Mac in a single subscription"

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6338314)

EP

Emre P.

Lecturer

> "In this way, scanning the texts that were sent as photos and making them readable with e-reader devices made my..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6084397)

SK

Sidiki K.

Directeur des Systèmes d'information

> "Limitations in editing features: Although ABBYY FineReader PDF offers editing tools to customize documents, it may..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___4650964)

EA

Ekin A.

HR

> "A pdf editing program that excels at OCR scans"

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6636060)

DD

Daniela D.

Lawyer

> "I find it somewhat expensive, and the OCR processing time is a bit slower than I'd like."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6085124)

PS

Philip S.

Product Manager

> "ABBYY FineReader PDF turned out to be an incredibly accurate OCR, combined with the recognition of over 190..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6313390)

AO

Ahmad O.

Project Manager

> "The OCR results for some languages are bad and not accurate at all, they need to work on the OCR criteria to..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___4858533)

MN

Mihail N.

Service Engineering

> "The program for scanning books into PDF is very good."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6656515)

Rafael O.

Personal Use

> "Each operation done "beeps" (and cannot be disabled), sometimes it is a little bit stubborn when processing an..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___4388781)

JP

Juan P.

Paralegal

> "It has a lot of awesome features to process many different kind of file formats, especially PDFs."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6085016)

RS

Rick S.

President

> "Some of the features and functions have not been where I would expect to find them in the menus. "

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6313653)

VR

Verified Reviewer

Key Account Manager

> "Easy of usage, processing batch files, a lot of different output format, standard OCR capabilities, and opening to..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6084528)

EEV

Enrique E V.

Graduate student researcher

> "The Mac functionality is pretty basic."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6313343)

SK

Sidiki K.

Directeur des Systèmes d'information

> "Here are some of its key benefits:Superior scanning quality: ABBYY FineReader PDF software is equipped with..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___4650964)

AC

Alexandre C.

Researcher

> "Since I am using only this functionality, price is not ok for me."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6336706)

FB

Fanny B.

Translator

> "I love the flexibility and the ergonomics"

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6760105)

SK

Sidiki K.

Directeur des Systèmes d'information

> "Slow scan time: High scan quality can slow down the scanning process, especially for large documents."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___4650964)

SK

Sidiki K.

Directeur des Systèmes d'information

> "Powerful OCR features: ABBYY FineReader PDF is able to recognize characters very accurately, which makes it..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___4650964)

AK

Anton K.

Software Development Manager

> "The current service level is close to zero. "

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6102364)

PS

Philip S.

Product Manager

> "I use ABBYY FineReader PDF in my daily work and the product has become my indispensable assistant."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6313390)

AEI

Ana Elisa I.

English teacher

> "Too many features to handle and get the hang of it"

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6084825)

Khan Md Mohaiuminul Islam S.

Civil Engineer

> "During Conversion of PDF files to Excel and word, I get accurate result, Just like Original."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___5010782)

AK

Anton K.

Software Development Manager

> "A typical case of product degradation :(("

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6102364)

VR

Verified Reviewer

General Manager-Finance & Administraion

> "It is perfect for working with these records and digitizes archives without any problem into various formats , as..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___4460806)

KF

Karen F.

R.N Nurse

> "I really wish they offered a one-time payment instead of just offering only yearly subscriptions which can add up..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___4219988)

RR

Roger R.

writer/editor/teacher

> "In editing my own documents, I could add in printed and typewritten documents (The OCR is the best I have ever..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___4390802)

FM

Francisco M.

Partner

> "The OCR function is a little bit hard to use if you want to process multiple files."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___4872410)

SC

Sam C.

VP Sales and Marketing

> "ABBY FineReader PDF has best OCR skills to convert image to text."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6260895)

NF

Nathan F.

Regional Sales Manager - California

> "The inability to recognize a poor scan with dust as not being characters"

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___4402371)

Khan Md Mohaiuminul Islam S.

Civil Engineer

> "Editing E signature to protect files is also helpful for me."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___5010782)

ED

Eray D.

Company Co-Founder

> "Some file formats cannot be properly transformed into Word files"

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___3810886)

Eddie B.

Professor

> "Works very well to convert image files to searchable pdf"

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6085021)

VR

Verified Reviewer

Specialist

> "It was pretending like a virus."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___5003905)

VR

Verified Reviewer

Publisher

> "I love how easily it converted a script into a special software I use called Final Draft."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6314202)

SK

Sidiki K.

Directeur des Systèmes d'information

> "This can cause delays and longer wait times for users."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___4650964)

RS

Ricardo S.

Translator

> "It's impresses me that I've been using Abby for many years and it still carries many of the same defects it has..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___4872949)

VC

Victoria C.

Translator

> "I work with a lot of poor scans or old documents, and I think the OCR editor could be improved in reading documents..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___3202895)

AEI

Ana Elisa I.

English teacher

> "Very practical and easy to use, in that ir can help me convert PDF files into DOC files easily."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6084825)

AK

Anton K.

Software Development Manager

> "Frustrating - it failed me after many years of service. "

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6102364)

HN

Hoshang N.

Researcher

> "Abbyy is a great pdf reader and editor."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6507476)

DW

Duncan W.

Trainer

> "In the early days, it couldn’t help with tables in which there were cell borders"

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___4872782)

VR

Verified Reviewer

tech lead

> "It’s quite easy to use, has a simple but outdated user interface, and the user experience is flawless, compared to..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6039710)

DW

Dawn W.

Na

> "I purchased find reader mobile and finally the PDF in the same package, fine reader PDF is usable but occasionally..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___3536006)

OS

Ole S.

CEO

> "I still like the program but I hope the next version will be a step forward and not backward like version 16 was."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6313312)

VR

Verified Reviewer

General Manager-Finance & Administraion

> "The pricing is little bit Costly in comparison with others options available in the markets."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___4460806)

EEV

Enrique E V.

Graduate student researcher

> "Software is easy to use and the pdf conversion and image recognition is pretty great."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6313343)

VR

Verified Reviewer

General Manager-Finance & Administraion

> "Accessibility:This software is Not accessible for Mobile phones."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___4460806)

HS

Henry S.

Lead Instructor Mechanical Maintenance

> "ABBYY FineReader PDF is the most reliable tool for viewing and converting PDF with good OCR features."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___4932163)

MS

Mari S.

MD

> "OCR not very accurate"

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6087549)

ZW

Zyad W.

Technical IT Support

> "ABBYY FineReader PDF has the best and most accurate OCR tool in the world."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6075776)

NP

Norman P.

Writer, Layout

> "Not always accurate."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6313794)

Konjengbam M.

Business Development Representative

> "The feature to identify the OCR files and take image is so good with this applications and helpful."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___4556277)

AL

Annette L.

Owner

> "I am disappointed that when scanning to Word the program will most times require a line by line check of the..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___3194783)

Khan Md Mohaiuminul Islam S.

Civil Engineer

> "Very easy interface, organizing documents in pages is very quick."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___5010782)

SK

Sidiki K.

Directeur des Systèmes d'information

> "This can be a drawback for people looking for a lower cost solution."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___4650964)

PR

Peter R.

Director of Development

> "Especially when I started using it and realized that the UI was intuitive and top notch!"

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6313554)

VR

Verified Reviewer

Vice President

> "Messes up excel table structure."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___4403275)

IM

Ivana M.

translator

> "high-quality output, the best results comparing to the other products"

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6084824)

VR

Verified Reviewer

Vice President

> "Does not recognize numbers sometimes."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___4403275)

JA

Jack A.

Owner

> "Once I familiarized myself with the interface, the program worked as needed. "

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6085657)

RL

Robert L.

Retired physician

> "I dislike having to double click on a page image on the left side to get it to display in the OCR windows. "

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___3542397)

KG

Kamelia G.

product manager

> "The biggest advantage for customers - works in Bulgarian"

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6313326)

Meale Y.

marketer

> "the electronic signature is not very perfect."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___4364843)

JP

Juan P.

Paralegal

> "I have been using it since 2014, and it is my #1 productivity app."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6085016)

AI

Anton I.

System Architect

> "To difficult for automatization."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___4872954)

VR

Verified Reviewer

tech lead

> "It’s quite easy to use, has a simple but outdated user interface, and the user experience is flawless, compared to..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6039710)

AK

Anton K.

Software Development Manager

> "The current service level is close to zero. "

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6102364)

JA

Jack A.

Owner

> "Once I familiarized myself with the interface, the program worked as needed. "

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6085657)

AK

Anton K.

Software Development Manager

> "Frustrating - it failed me after many years of service. "

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6102364)

VR

Verified Reviewer

Entrepreneur

> "Easy understanding interface of program"

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6190182)

PS

Paul S.

Owner

> "Customer service is unresponsive."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___3536142)

[View Reviews](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/reviews/)

VR

Verified Reviewer

Operator

> "I also appreciated the reliable conversion tools, cloud integration, and user-friendly interface, which helped simplify tasks like combining..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7151166)

ÁLvaro C.

Deploy Manager

> "It can run slowly, taking a considerable amount of time to open files on certain devices, especially those with lower RAM, which can make the..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7189155)

DS

Danielle S.

Owner

> "It provides a reliable, all-in-one solution for handling PDFs, with a wide range of tools that make creating, editing, and sharing documents efficient."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7127972)

DS

Danielle S.

Owner

> "The interface can feel cluttered and unintuitive at times, especially for new users trying to navigate its many tools. While it offers a wide range of..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7127972)

VR

Verified Reviewer

Operator

> "The integration with cloud services and collaboration tools makes it especially useful for both personal and professional use. While the subscription..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7151166)

Ann B.

Public Information Supervisor

> "Currently, I don't like the feature that turns all my photos into PDFs when I download, so that I have to export them into images."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7131633)

LH

LACRETIA H.

MANAGER

> "It’s a powerful tool that supports my business operations, especially when it comes to contracts, invoices, and document organization. While there are..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7116707)

ZT

Zaria T.

Community Experience Coordinator

> "I am not a fan of how glitchy adobe acrobat can be. If I go to save the document as an adobe PDF it’ll freeze and crash my whole laptop!"

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7138734)

VR

Verified Reviewer

Compliance Manager

> "To have a feature that allows you to turn scan document into editable text and the electronic signature features via Adobe Sign, makes the use of the..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7137233)

TD

Tiffany D.

Practice Manager

> "I've literally had one of their managers yell at me. When there was an issue with our account, they duplicated our account and charged for both for..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7028163)

SG

Sauve G.

Sales Representative

> "Offer features such as splitting file,merging pages and securing documents with passwords all in one making document management super convenient."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7165787)

MA

Mohammad A.

Senior Claims Adjuster

> "One thing I don’t like is that whenever we try to open certain files or applications, it keeps prompting us to set Adobe Acrobat as the default."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7134436)

Dominique T.

IT Support Specialist

> "From an IT perspective, the security features like password protection, redaction, and digital signatures are valuable for handling sensitive business..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7157729)

VR

Verified Reviewer

Operator

> "The software can also use a significant amount of system resources at times, causing slower performance on older devices."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7151166)

Andrew H.

Coaching instructor

> "It has everything I need to manage, read, edit, share and redact information from a pdf without having to use more than one bit of software."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7157420)

AN

Alicia N.

Teacher

> "There’s no way to connect Adobe Acrobat to any other thing you pay for (Apple, Google, Microsoft…) that I’m aware of, and therefore you HAVE to do any..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7004048)

SS

Swaminathan S.

Human Resources Coordinator

> "Adobe Acrobat is a highly dependable and industry-standard PDF solution that excels in document editing, conversion, and signing."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7170768)

RR

Rebecca R.

Production manager

> "Some of the advanced tools can also be a bit overwhelming at first, and the software may run slower compared to lighter PDF readers."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7155123)

RR

Rebecca R.

Production manager

> "It is a powerful and reliable tool for handling PDF documents, whether it’s editing, signing, combining files, or sharing them securely."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7155123)

Dominique T.

IT Support Specialist

> "Some features are buried in menus, which can make the interface feel more complicated than necessary for casual users."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7157729)

EH

Erica H.

HR Analyst

> "I also like the customization options, such as "Organize Pages" when creating files to move the pages very easily!"

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7107175)

MW

Marissa W.

Senior Account Executive

> "When editing PDFs for signature, it can sometimes be a little tricky to customize especially drop down menus and personalized data that are different..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7088031)

RO

Ryan O.

Wholesale Account Director

> "i like it does what i need it to do and with O365 i can open PDF files and convert it back to text and I don't think i could do that if i didn't have..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7160744)

LR

Luke R.

Owner

> "Sometimes when I type into a doc, it doesn't recognize the words for searching with Ctrl+F. That gets annoying."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7182313)

LH

Lucas H.

UI UX Designer

> "Sub's worth every cent mate, editing, merging, converting, sharing, printing, the whole shebang's in there and fires on all cylinders."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7163256)

SC

Samiksha C.

Security Operations

> "The free version only allows to fulfill basic needs and even then, the program can be quite confusing and not intuitive enough."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7188228)

Nathan E.

Systems Administrator

> "Document signing is one of the best in the biz and it offers the most functional PDFs that allow it to be filled with other types of PDF viewers"

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7015440)

KW

Kevin W.

Manager

> "Very unstable, crashes a few times a week losing all changes, ongoing subscription fees are not reasonable when the features i use don't change,..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___6542094)

KR

Katherine R.

School Administrator

> "The comment feature enables our policy curriculum team to work remotely on policy documents together."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7156292)

Harshul S.

Sr Technical Support Specialist for Network Operations

> "The main downside for me is that Acrobat can feel heavy sometimes, especially when opening big PDFs."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7150598)

MH

Matthew H.

Project Manager

> "What I liked most about Adobe Acrobat is the multiple functions that can be used to edit PDFs and customize."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7148297)

Maria D.

Health and fitness coach

> "Sometimes the software can be a bit slow or have small bugs, especially with larger files"

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7107387)

MA

Mohammad A.

Senior Claims Adjuster

> "We can easily send any document for signature, and the other party can sign it digitally without the need to print anything."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7134436)

CR

CARLIE R.

Owner

> "In order to get the full benefits of adobe acrobat, you have to pay a substantial amount which is not disclosed prior."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7106680)

Jonathan H.

Director

> "I work as a Tax Consultant and Adobe Acrobat is useful for creating PDF copies of Articles, Tax Cases etc."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7149768)

SH

Sabrina H.

Sales Admin

> "It can sometimes be hard to find the right tool for my document, which can be time-consuming."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7137885)

EH

Erica H.

HR Analyst

> "My favorite feature of Adobe is being able to create fillable forms via PDF Editor."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7107175)

BT

Benjamin T.

Systemadministrator

> "Also the Integration with Signservices, Certificates and more is more difficult than someone might expect."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7117103)

LP

Lynne P.

Office Manager

> "What I like most about Adobe is that it empowers me to create, edit and collaborate professionally and efficiently."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7107844)

Dominique T.

IT Support Specialist

> "The biggest downside is the licensing cost, especially for organizations managing multiple users."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7157729)

Ann B.

Public Information Supervisor

> "Adobe Acrobat has been a reliable program to use when reading PDFs and managing large amounts of information for publication and sharing."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7131633)

DS

Danielle S.

Owner

> "What can be frustrating about Adobe Acrobat is that, despite its powerful features, it doesn’t always deliver the best user experience or value."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7127972)

VR

Verified Reviewer

Operator

> "The software makes it easy to create, edit, sign, organize, and share PDF files in a professional and efficient way."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7151166)

SS

Swaminathan S.

Human Resources Coordinator

> "Subscription cost can be high, and advanced features may feel overwhelming for casual users."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7170768)

VR

Verified Reviewer

Sales and Marketing Manager

> "The organize and edit pages feature allows us to quickly add a file in and save it to the full PDF."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7091396)

MM

Matthew M.

Holistic Nutritionist

> "The main downside is that it can feel a bit complex and expensive if you only need simple features."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7131439)

AP

ALISSA P.

Agent

> "It’s a powerful tool that makes document management, file conversion, and task handling efficient."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7125396)

VR

Verified Reviewer

Principal

> "that you have to restart your application to update it sometimes. when things have not been working perfectly i have noticed thats what you have to do."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7115599)

AD

Anthony D.

Estimator

> "The ability to view, separate/extract, and share files is the "must" which makes us loyal users of this product."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7103267)

SC

Sheila C.

Owner and Principal Visual Designer

> "I am also annoyed that Acrobat is not consistent when editing a PDF - typefaces will change and often divert to an unknown numbered system font, which..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___6587567)

VR

Verified Reviewer

Internal Auditor

> "It is easy to convert other types of files to PDFs - Word, Excel, etc., and even things like JPGs and Outlook emails."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7187880)

AG

Anthony G.

Wholesale parts sales mgr.

> "Maneuverability at times can be difficult if you dont use this program on a more technical basis more often"

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7175387)

JJ

Jon J.

HR Coordinator

> "Strong, powerful and ultra-reliable: Adobe Acrobat can view, annotate, edit and secure PDFs in every conceivable way."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7076900)

VR

Verified Reviewer

Internal Auditor

> "To me, some of these icons don’t accurately represent the purpose of the menus."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7187880)

KK

Kanika K.

Technical Coordinator

> "Adobe Acrobat has been the most user-friendly product I’ve used, offering an abundance of features that make working with PDFs a breeze."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7125920)

Harshul S.

Sr Technical Support Specialist for Network Operations

> "Some tools are hidden behind menus and I still forget where certain options are."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7150598)

Kerry G.

Account Receivable Specialist III

> "I truly love Adobe Acrobat, it truly makes utilizing online forms, signatures in a PDF much easier and quicker."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7141488)

VR

Verified Reviewer

Sr AI Analyst

> "There has been this bug since early versions of acrobat reader that it does not save the changes properly or become unresponsive."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7083708)

VR

Verified Reviewer

Compliance Manager

> "Adobe Acrobat is reliable, ensures document compatibility across any device (phone or computer)."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7137233)

AG

Alisa G.

Project accountant

> "Sometimes the signature will be missing, or the formatting will just look weird due to font issues."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7002870)

Dominique T.

IT Support Specialist

> "It has consistently helped improve document management, collaboration, and workflow efficiency in day-to-day operations."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7157729)

VV

Vipul V.

Validation and Reliability Engineer

> "That said, the free tier feels overly restrictive compared to what competitors and free alternatives offer."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7152637)

HH

Hassan H.

Call Center Rep

> "What I like most about Adobe Acrobat is being able to use it for Document Signing and being able to Edit PDFs."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7044203)

MM

Matthew M.

Holistic Nutritionist

> "The price can feel high for people who only need basic PDF features."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7131439)

TD

Taquina D.

Managing Partner

> "I enjoy using Adobe Acrobat because it makes file conversion and document management seamless."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7150025)

ML

Matthieu L.

Community Manager

> "The only downside is Acrobat is kind of heavy as a system, it takes up a lot of internal memory and sometimes it’s slow when opening certain large..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___6872072)

JA

Jhovanny A.

Receptionist- New Client Liasion

> "The best feature is its ability to edit the pdf itself in writing, signatures, notes and initials."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7071187)

RB

Rebecca B.

Homemaker

> "The thing I least liked was the membership price it’s a bit much if you ask me for what you get it’s just not for me"

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7171892)

KP

Khevana P.

CRM Platform Lead

> "We love Adobe Acrobat and related products such as Adobe Sign to play a vital role in our customer journey for contract signature, contract..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___6483619)

AN

Alicia N.

Teacher

> "I know there’s ways around it with certain files but I have when a pop up comes up for Adobe and it always says you have to pay."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7004048)

LB

Las B.

Owner

> "I love the functionality of Adobe Acrobat with the ability to customize documents (merging and splitting pdfs, extracting and editing with OCR)..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___6460526)

SA

Samer A.

Open Source Contributor

> "Filling a form is not the best experience in comparison to other software choices."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7109996)

ML

Maddie L.

Executive Assistant

> "It’s intuitive, reliable, and packed with features that streamline document workflows. Whether I’m reviewing contracts, merging files, or digitally..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___6762607)

SG

Summer G.

Office Manager

> "It can be a bit confusing when first starting to use the e signature features on impoorted documents."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7071050)

DS

Danielle S.

Owner

> "The interface is intuitive, making it simple to create, edit, and manage PDFs without a steep learning curve."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7127972)

RH

Ryan H.

Creative Manager

> "For instance, if I have multiple questions with radio buttons, it's difficult to create new buttons that don't automatically sync with the last..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___6773533)

SL

Silviu L.

Administrator

> "Is a complete PDF solution for all my documents, other features like signing gives the business a modern approach on signing contracts and..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___6481555)

AN

Alicia N.

Teacher

> "Aka I’m paying for Microsoft 365, Apple iCloud and Google drive, and still can’t access it…)."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7004048)

SA

Samer A.

Open Source Contributor

> "I like it so much, and it is an essential part of my reading software that I use for opening and checking the documents."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7109996)

AG

Alfredo G.

Staff Acccountant

> "I do find it a little frustrating to edit the Prefills in Adobe on my phone."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7053967)

DS

Danielle S.

Owner

> "The interface is intuitive, making it simple to create, edit, and manage PDFs without a steep learning curve."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7127972)

DS

Danielle S.

Owner

> "The interface can feel cluttered and unintuitive at times, especially for new users trying to navigate its many tools. While it offers a wide range of..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7127972)

Muzammil M.

Designer

> "The interface is clean and most features are easy to find once you get used to it."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7154818)

Dominique T.

IT Support Specialist

> "Some features are buried in menus, which can make the interface feel more complicated than necessary for casual users."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7157729)

ÁLvaro C.

Deploy Manager

> "The interface is friendly and intuitive."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7189155)

TB

Travis B.

Solutions Engineer

> "It also doesn't work well in a terminal server environment where we need some users to use reader and some use Acrobat."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___6827803)

AE

Arash E.

Project Manager

> "User friendliness, clean interface and desktop & mobile features."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___6510261)

JS

Jake S.

Program Manager

> "I don't like the interface of Adobe - there's a lot going on from all different angles."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___6799543)

AP

Alyson P.

Assistant

> "I love Adobe Acrobat’s many tools and how it integrates into my daily workflow."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7156016)

SA

Stephanie A.

Marketing Manager

> "Adobe Sign Lacks / limited integration options"

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___6006929)

CM

Chris M.

Client Management Executive

> "Integrates smoothly with at least five or six of my other apps as well."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7100985)

IV

Isabel V.

Content Marketing Manager

> "Browser integration is always messy."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___6324428)

JG

Jenny G.

Senior Director

> "So it easily integrates with any application."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___6616321)

IM

Ibrahim M.

CEO

> "Integration with our existing business processes was difficult."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___2508274)

VP

Viveka P.

Associate

> "Integration is made easy with other Adobe tools such as Photoshop, Microsoft Office and other software applications."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___4697902)

BT

Benjamin T.

Systemadministrator

> "Also the Integration with Signservices, Certificates and more is more difficult than someone might expect."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7117103)

AK

Anthony K.

Mechanical Engineer

> "I like that Adobe Acrobat is a simple and pretty easy to use program to view your PDFs. "

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7144410)

AG

Anthony G.

Wholesale parts sales mgr.

> "Maneuverability at times can be difficult if you dont use this program on a more technical basis more often"

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7175387)

CM

Connor M.

Account executive

> "Overall it’s made my day to day work life easier."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7104416)

KC

Kaycee C.

Senior marketing executive

> "It’s a bit hard to find the button I wanted"

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7179421)

SE

Sarah E.

Microbiologist

> "I like Adobe acrobat as it is easy to use."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7131519)

KC

Kaycee C.

Senior marketing executive

> "Too many functions and it’s not the easiest software to use."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7179421)

KA

Keirsten A.

Client Care Coordinator

> "It is also super easy to use."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7106650)

RJ

Royce J.

Technology and Process Manager

> "Adobe support reps just tried to sell me the costliest enterprise package with unnecessary features."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___6488836)

RB

Rebecca B.

Homemaker

> "The ease of use is great and I love the customization options aswell and the customer support is pretty quick too ."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7171892)

MH

Mark H.

CEO

> "Customer Service is bad .. pretty pretty bad!The editing tabs are like a little bit tricky"

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___4759588)

Nikieta K.

Graphic Designer

> "customer support has been awesome as they always have a solution for my problems, if ever."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___7133606)

AA

Alexander A.

IT Support Specialist

> "My biggest dislike about the software pertains to the support staff. Whenever I've had an issue, Adobe technical support takes way too long to speak..."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___3147537)

SK

Sateesh K.

SR IT ENGG

> "user friendly ,Advanced opiton ,Easy to use,TImely updates,goood customer care"

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___4355650)

Kimberly W.

HOSPITALITY WORKER

> "I don't ever get to talk to someone in customer service who is wanting to help or knows what to do."

[See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#Capterra___4600736)

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## User interface

4.68 (433)

[Adobe Acrobat](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/)

4.68 (4,258)

### Features

ABBYY FineReader PDF

19/50

-   Access Controls/Permissions
-   AI Copilot
-   Alerts/Notifications
-   Annotate
-   Annotations
-   API
-   Batch Processing
-   Collaboration Tools
-   Commenting/Notes
-   Communication Management
-   Compression
-   Convert to PDF
-   Customizable Branding
-   Customizable Forms
-   Data Import/Export
-   Data Synchronization
-   Delete Pages
-   Digital Signature
-   Document Management
-   Document Review
-   Document Scanning
-   Document Storage
-   Document Templates
-   Drag & Drop
-   Edit Fields
-   Editing History
-   Electronic Signature
-   Encryption
-   Field Functions
-   File Management
-   File Transfer
-   Forms Management
-   Full Text Search
-   Generative AI
-   HIPAA Compliant
-   Image Editing
-   Indexing
-   Linux Operating System
-   Mac Operating System
-   Merge/Append Files
-   Mobile Access
-   Offline Access
-   Optical Character Recognition
-   PC Operating System
-   PDF Conversion
-   PDF Reader
-   Protect
-   Real-Time Notifications
-   Rearrange Pages
-   Rich Text Editor

[See all features](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#features)

Adobe Acrobat

Top features

34/50

-   Access Controls/Permissions
-   AI Copilot
-   Alerts/Notifications
-   Annotate
-   Annotations
-   API
-   Batch Processing
-   Collaboration Tools
-   Commenting/Notes
-   Communication Management
-   Compression
-   Convert to PDF
-   Customizable Branding
-   Customizable Forms
-   Data Import/Export
-   Data Synchronization
-   Delete Pages
-   Digital Signature
-   Document Management
-   Document Review
-   Document Scanning
-   Document Storage
-   Document Templates
-   Drag & Drop
-   Edit Fields
-   Editing History
-   Electronic Signature
-   Encryption
-   Field Functions
-   File Management
-   File Transfer
-   Forms Management
-   Full Text Search
-   Generative AI
-   HIPAA Compliant
-   Image Editing
-   Indexing
-   Linux Operating System
-   Mac Operating System
-   Merge/Append Files
-   Mobile Access
-   Offline Access
-   Optical Character Recognition
-   PC Operating System
-   PDF Conversion
-   PDF Reader
-   Protect
-   Real-Time Notifications
-   Rearrange Pages
-   Rich Text Editor

[See all features](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/#features)

### Recognition

No recognitions have been awarded to ABBYY FineReader PDF

No recognitions have been awarded to Adobe Acrobat

### Deployment & support

ABBYY FineReader PDF

Deployment

-   Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
-   Desktop Mac
-   Desktop Windows
-   Desktop Linux
-   On-Premise Windows
-   On-Premise Linux
-   Desktop Chromebook
-   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

Adobe Acrobat

Deployment

-   Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
-   Desktop Mac
-   Desktop Windows
-   Desktop Linux
-   On-Premise Windows
-   On-Premise Linux
-   Desktop Chromebook
-   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

### Company Details

ABBYY FineReader PDF

-   By ABBYY Software House
-   Located in United States
-   Founded in 1989

Adobe Acrobat

-   By Adobe
-   Located in United States
-   Founded in 1982

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