--- title: "Compare ABBYY FineReader PDF vs LiquidText 2026 | Capterra" description: "Unsure of what to choose? Check Capterra to compare ABBYY FineReader PDF and LiquidText based on pricing, features, product details, and verified reviews." source_url: "https://www.capterra.com/compare/65868-264823/ABBYY-FineReader-vs-Liquid-Text" page_type: "comparison" language: "en" --- # ABBYY FineReader PDF vs LiquidText Features and Cost Comparison Last updated September 17th, 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 PDFLiquidText2/4 selected [ABBYY FineReader PDF](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/)[4.7 (444)](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/reviews/) [LiquidText](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/)[4.6 (177)](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/reviews/) [## ABBYY FineReader PDF](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/)[4.7 (444)](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 [444 reviews](#user-reviews) Positive 420 Neutral 17 Negative 7 [## LiquidText](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/)[4.6 (177)](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/reviews/) Starting Price $3.99/month Value-for-Money 4.4 Functionality 4.5 Ease of Use 4.4 Customer Service 4.3 Reviews Sentiment Based on [177 reviews](#user-reviews) Positive 173 Neutral 4 Negative 0 What’s your intended use case? ## Summary * * * Features in PDF Editor Software 19 / 50 Only ABBYY FineReader PDF - Batch Processing - Compression - Digital Signature Best performer 30 / 50 Only LiquidText - Alerts/Notifications - Communication Management - Data Import/Export User satisfaction User satisfaction 4.7 User reviews[444](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 4.6 User reviews[177](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/reviews/) Ease of use 4.4 Functionality 4.5 Value for money 4.4 Customer support 4.3 Price starts from Price starts from $16Flat Rate, Per Month - Free version - Free trial Price starts from $3.99Per 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 Made for Lawyers, Doctors, Engineers, Students and other Knowledge and Research intensive professionals, It's a Reading, Note taking & Document Analysis app, winner Editor’s Choice Apple & Microsoft ## 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) 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) ML Matthew L. Teacher > "Very helpful for someone working in education or research but modern phones have similar functionality built in..." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___7138436) 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) 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) 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) PC Paul C. Ingeniero Civil > "It helped me a lot in converting my scanned documents into searchable PDF files and extracting tables and text..." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6323036) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) FB Fanny B. Translator > "I love the flexibility and the ergonomics" [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6760105) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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..." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___3202895) 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) 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) 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) 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) 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 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) 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) 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) 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 > "Accessibility:This software is Not accessible for Mobile phones." [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) MS Mari S. MD > "OCR not very accurate" [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6087549) 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) NP Norman P. Writer, Layout > "Not always accurate." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6313794) 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) 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) 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) 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) EP Emre P. Lecturer > "Its ocr features are one of my favorites." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___6084397) JW Jarett W. MD/MSC. > "Can't draw (e.g. like in Notability), cross-platform is sub-par, the UI is not so easy." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___3608321) SZ Sinisa Z. Technology Manager > "FineReader is also nice because it converts file formats other than PDFs (Acrobat does not)." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___4948022) DL Daniel L. Government authorized translator > "The degree of frustration is high, when it works like a charm for the first document but then chokes on the second." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___3537471) Tadeusz T. Freelance translator > "What I like most about the software is the near-perfect accuracy in converting images with printed text to..." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/#Capterra___3194652) 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) 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/) NA Nibin A. Automotive Embedded Developer > "I really loved the Top notch data security, Granular access controls, Efficient file sharing, Real time data synchronisation and..." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___5044277) SD Sharin D. Barrister > "Commonly have pages as A22, A23 etc and when searching the search goes to any hit and not automatically to the most relevant5...." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___4990091) SW Scott W. TAG Manager > "Collaborative features like real-time sharing and innovative ideation tools have boosted our productivity. While content..." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___5065765) MHTR Mallu Hima Tejeshwar R. MSc physics student > "Can't resize/ Change color of the selected text in workspace 8) Size mismatch when you select a part of PDF and drag it into..." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___4990528) IB Ira B. Senior Software Developer > "Best pdf application and all in one package for document management, reading, notes taking and all." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___5035296) NA Nibin A. Automotive Embedded Developer > "Unable to handle very large files." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___5044277) AP Aishee P. Junior Resident > "Helps a lot by supporting almost all document types and all of the documents can be stored at one place." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___5030538) JA Jeffrey A. Owner > "Some of the interface of LiquidText is a little clunky, especially when a workspace gets filled with text boxes." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___4990411) WR Wriddha R. Software Engineer > "Every plan have their own features according to their price but you will find that all the usefull features are available in the..." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___5067519) VG Vikash G. Computer Science student > "Only issue I found was that I was unable to import my notability notes in LiquidText in note format." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___5005399) ML Matt L. Owner > "I appreciate that I can load non-HIPAA documents into the system and organize them by folders. As I'm reviewing the documents I..." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___4989425) SD Sharin D. Barrister > "The floating toolbars get in the way of being able to work on documents and I cannot understand why they are separate." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___4990091) RA RajaSekhar A. Assistant Professor > "Best for teaching purposes, sharing docs and managing/editing PDFs ." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___5064314) KS Khyati S. HR Associate > "It’s note taking experience is not as good as Goodnotes and team should focus on improving this.3." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___5050724) VG Vidushi G. Student > "The fluidity of the touch-based interface allows me to highlight, underline, and annotate text with precision." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___5019266) TS Timothy S. Scientist 2 > "I use on an iPad but the interface and controls sometimes feel like Unix/Linux poorly emulating a graphical user interface." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___4993185) MM Michel M. Sales > "Enables me to write comments, auto exerpts, summarize, take notes during meetings, in other words be more productive" [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___4990016) VL Victor L. MD > "The plus version with cloud services and auto update on several devices it's costly and may not be enterely worth it" [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___4730178) SM Shruti M. Software Engineer > "Also the syncing works well throughout my Apple devices." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___5037356) HS Himanshu S. PhD scholar > "The text capture across research article from pdf is non-consistent which make it troublesome at time when multiple pdf are to be..." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___3780838) MK Manoj K. Consultant > "I like most the linking and connecting same tooic from two different docuemts in one projects.. helps a lot to jump and switch..." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___5015729) MF Martin F. attorney > "As a customer how bought LT before a subscription was introduced, I'm not happy that some functionality is hidden behind a..." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___4992441) VG Vidushi G. Student > "The ability to easily rearrange and connect various sections of a document using the "ink workspace" is a huge plus." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___5019266) SA Shireen A. Phd Researcher > "Also, the citation option while exporting is useless because it mentions the page number of the document as 1, 2, 3 depending on..." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___3754330) IB Ira B. Senior Software Developer > "Collaboration tools are really helpful when you are working with a team or working on a school project." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___5035296) VT Vito T. Student > "Sometimes when I am dragging an excerpt the app will broke and end the app mandatorily." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___4999690) KS Khyati S. HR Associate > "It’s extraordinary ability to edit the pdf file is really nice and handy." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___5050724) TS Timothy S. Scientist 2 > "There are issues with the interface that make me hesitant to try more involved usage." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___4993185) JY Jongbok Y. Associate Professor > "Liking among documents, mind-mapping, free writing, adding texts, images, and my thoughts on the field, all these are what I..." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___4989429) FK Fitrian K. researcher > "Arabic language is not fully supported yet (Right to Left, etc)" [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___3943868) Erle P. Consultant > "Using it on a digital pen enabled device, like a tablet layout input make it worthwhile. As one of those people who still loves..." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___4741514) YK Yumi K. Architect > "As a person who uses a lot of different apps (especially note-taking apps & PDF apps) in iOS, the user interface of LiquidText..." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___3750644) GB Gantumur B. Analyst > "The app enables me easy search and understand the connections of all documents related to a specific topic, at a glance. " [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___4719484) SG Sherryl G. Psychology grad student > "The highlights made in LT does not translate well back into Zotero so an annotation summary cannot be generated from these..." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___3751128) KR Kartikey R. Associate software engineer > "I switched from a free Apple app called Freeform just because of lack of features and I really took a good decision." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___5039055) MM Michel M. Sales > "Selecting text can be uneasy or imprecise sometimes" [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___4990016) SM Shruti M. Software Engineer > "Editing a pdf in every possible way is the best part and really love this." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___5037356) ZD Zhenjiao D. Ph.D. student > "now, I am very cautious when I use it, but as a user, that problem should be processed by the developers." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___4705600) JB Joseph B. Attorney > "I do a lot of appellate work involving big files, I am looking forward to putting a full appeal record into LiquidText and using..." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___4989340) DH David H. student > "the instability and the lack of covering word" [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___4730871) FV Fernando V. Profesional Civil Engineer > "I really like using it to read books, reports, etc. and be able to underline them and mark important issues." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___5000608) HB Harriet B. Professor > "I use liquid text to comment on student papers and sometimes the comments aren't legible." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___3761465) PS Pavitar S. Journalist > "Also, it really works the best if you have an Apple ecosystem." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___5071998) SD Shobhit D. Lawyer > "Pricing of Liquidtext is quite expensive for young lawyers." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___5008686) EJ Erika J. HR Recruit Intern > "As of my experience, I found this app getting better and better and new features are constantly added." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___5090324) JK Jiyoung K. Postgraduate researcher > "I don't like that in addition for having paid an upfront fee to purchase the product, now I need to pay a subscription fee to..." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___3731653) KR Kartikey R. Associate software engineer > "Used this for about 5 months and it has a tons of features that I like." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___5039055) MA Moshe A. Ceo > "Right to left support is lagging. " [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___5001683) VG Vikash G. Computer Science student > "Also the whiteboard helps me to store my all notes at one place." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___5005399) JP Justin P. Research Assistant > "The highlight tool doesnt remember my colour or line thickness between opening and closing of the app." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___3801080) WR Wriddha R. Software Engineer > "Really great app for all document related purposes." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___5067519) JB John B. Software Developer > "The interface is a little clunky when trying to take notes on different kinds of pdfs" [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___3730843) Erle P. Consultant > "It has been a huge time saver for me, and is now the default reference & thinking tool I use when doing complex research." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___4741514) CWW Chun Wa W. Student > "The most advanced services are a bit expensive. And the sync between different devices is a bit slow." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___3755798) VR Verified Reviewer System Analyst > "It helped me quickly search important notes and capture ideas on the fly, structure them in a meaningful way, and be able to..." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___3780510) SM Spyros M. Professor > "Rarely the oftware crashes when I try to send a document to MS Teams." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___3731033) LC Larry C. DBA/Programmer > "I mostly gather PDF files and this is the best tool I’ve found to extract the information I need." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___4992163) CM Catherine M. Lawyer > "I don’t have a great deal of confidence in the search function, it’s never obvious to me whether it has worked and returned no..." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___3769725) EJ Erika J. HR Recruit Intern > "Found worth the subscription plan and a tons of features." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___5090324) Augustine M. CPO & Founder > "Navigating every document could be cumbersome and could lead to loss of chain of thought" [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___3754926) CC Craig C. PhD Student > "The software is great because it enables me to organise documents, edit documents and only see the parts of my comments which are..." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___3731144) PN Peter N. Head of Animation > "At times, my organizational structure is misaligned when I try and move material around." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___3774993) MK Manoj K. Resident > "Mind maps, content sharing and document linking are my favourite features" [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___5013677) HB Harriet B. Professor > "Also, sometimes handwritten annotations don't show up well on pdfs." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___3761465) VT Vito T. Student > "Great! Despite of the disadvantages mentioned above, this app really help me improve the efficiency of reading and reviewing..." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___4999690) SM Sunay M. Student > "l purcased pro version for student but it not support sync docs.." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___3731329) TG Thomas G. Software Engineer > "Talking about professionals and students, this is the best that they can get." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___5074721) DD Daniel D. Interventional Cardiology > "The highlighting feature in the iPad doesn’t look as nice in the computer" [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___3731000) GC Gary C. Professor > "A real organization and connection of different sources that improves my research projects." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___4995783) JR Javier R. Director > "The implementation of some features are difficult to use and there's another features that not working properly." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___3733340) MC Manuel C. psychologist > "The panorama or the Insights that this program can give you has no comparison. And the best thing is that he does everything in..." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___3731571) RB Robert B. CEO > "File management UI within app and to other apps is terrible." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___3731218) VR Verified Reviewer System Analyst > "It helped me manage huge amount of information and documents, makes meaningful connections with them, which in turn help me..." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___3780510) AR Andrew R. Professor > "It disturbs me that all feature innovation is now tied to the subscription. " [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___3750364) AG Ashutosh G. Lawyer > "It a great revolutionary app, that changed how I worked. While not completely paperless, I have reduced a lot of papers from my..." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___5000557) LA Lili A. Associate > "If I need to review something from another Project it’s not very efficient." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___3734210) VG Vidushi G. Student > "This is particularly valuable when reviewing medical research papers and patient records." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___5019266) SO Shina O. Development Consultant > "That it does not have a user friendly stand alone note taking feature" [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___3769542) MM Mehdi M. CEO > "Document management and annotations I like also the multiple options of selections" [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___4990261) VR Verified Reviewer CEO > "Probably is not that easy to found it on the web." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___4266357) MC Manuel C. psychologist > "The panorama or the Insights that this program can give you has no comparison. And the best thing is that he does everything in..." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___3731571) TS Timothy S. Scientist 2 > "I use on an iPad but the interface and controls sometimes feel like Unix/Linux poorly emulating a graphical user interface." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___4993185) VR Verified Reviewer System Analyst > "It is very easy to use, the interface is very intuitive and the features are useful in my use case as a data professional." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___3780510) JB John B. Software Developer > "The interface is a little clunky when trying to take notes on different kinds of pdfs" [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___3730843) SG Sergio G. Engineer > "I read a lot of manuals or technical guides and this helping me a lot." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___3758962) NN Nikolai N. Professor/Researcher > "The menu and tools are visually uglies." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___3750360) GR Gretel R. Student > "Overall, I would love Liquiqtext I would just prefer more updates and better customer support" [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___3750713) TS Timothy S. Scientist 2 > "There are issues with the interface that make me hesitant to try more involved usage." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___4993185) TA Travis A. Attorney > "Intuitive and incredibly easy to use. " [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___6085765) ZD Zhenjiao D. Ph.D. student > "now, I am very cautious when I use it, but as a user, that problem should be processed by the developers." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___4705600) EJ Erika J. HR Recruit Intern > "Very smooth and fluid experience 👍" [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___5090324) Srinivasan T. Professor > "It doesnt work well for customers from developing countries" [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___3731916) BO Burak O. Ph.D. Student > "LiquidText literally solved every problem I had regarding this." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___3730956) VR Verified Reviewer CEO > "Probably is not that easy to found it on the web." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___4266357) KZ Katy Z. Librarian > "It’s easy to pick up, it’s easy to keep things as together or as separate as desired." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___3731723) JS Julie S. Architect > "i guess i need more specific you tubes to explain a few things that i don’t use often" [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___3731795) GR Gretel R. Student > "Overall, I would love Liquiqtext I would just prefer more updates and better customer support" [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___3750713) NN Nikolai N. Professor/Researcher > "Visually not fancy or elegant." [See full review](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/#Capterra___3750360) [View Reviews](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/reviews/) ## User interface 4.68 (444) [LiquidText](https://www.capterra.com/p/264823/Liquid-Text/) 4.62 (177) ### 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) LiquidText Top features 30/50 - 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/264823/Liquid-Text/#features) ### Recognition No recognitions have been awarded to ABBYY FineReader PDF LiquidText is recognized as a top-rated tool in 2 Capterra Shortlist reports ### 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 LiquidText 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 LiquidText - By LiquidText - Located in United States - Founded in 2012 ## Popular Comparisons [ABBYY FineReader PDF](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/)[4.68 (444)](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/reviews/) vs [Adobe Acrobat](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/)[4.68 (4,262)](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/reviews/) $16/month Price $19.99/month 4.5 Features 4.6 4.5 Ease of Use 4.6 [View full comparison](https://www.capterra.com/compare/65868-251329/ABBYY-FineReader-vs-Adobe-Acrobat-DC) 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