# Page 2 | ABBYY FineReader PDF Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 2 - Is ABBYY FineReader PDF the right PDF Editor solution for you? Explore 428 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/reviews --- ABBYY FineReader PDF 4.7 (428) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Page 2 - Reviews of ABBYY FineReader PDF ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 26-50 of 428 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use CAB Carol Ann B. Property Manager Real Estate Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Perfect Document Format" February 17, 2025 5.0 I am now able to send and receive PDFs with out fear of not being able to open them or edit. Pros once installed, it made working with PDF files a breeze. no more having to convert to a word doc Cons it is relatively easy to use and understand, so there is really np0othing to complain about here. Review Source MN Mihail N. Service Engineering Computer & Network Security Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The best program for scanning books and documents on sheets, generating and editing PDF files" January 14, 2025 5.0 The program for scanning books into PDF is very good. It makes PDF one to one. Pros The best program for scanning books and documents on sheets, generating and editing PDF files Cons I haven't come across a better program for scanning to PDF. I can't find any in the program. Review Source HN Hoshang N. Researcher Research Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Use Abbyy as your pdf resder and editor" September 25, 2024 4.0 I have used it even for other languages. It is great Pros Abbyy is a great pdf reader and editor. I am.very happy with this aplication Cons Editing pdf with Abbyy is brolliant..even for languages from right to left Review Source JLF Jon Loar F. Administrator Online Media Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Jons evaluating av ABBYY" September 9, 2024 5.0 No problems under use. The program does what it is asked to do. Quick and correct. Pros The software is very accurate in scannng and producing pdf files. The best one I know. Cons Do not see any way to scan and translate gotic letters. Review Source PR Peter R. Director of Development Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Perfect software for people looking to replace Adobe Acrobat Pro" May 22, 2024 5.0 I made it about 4 days into the trial before I purchased the full license. I have removed most of the Adobe products I used to use from my workflow, and yet I always had to keep an Adobe Acrobat Pro subscription to cover my PDF needs. This was a huge find for me as it can duplicate all that I needed from the Adobe products, and more, for a far more reasonable price. I have already recommended this software to my team as something we will cover to eliminate their needs for other products. Pros The suite of features is far more expansive than my other PDF related products. The document management, document conversion, digital signatures, and the giant array of supported file types made this an easy choice for me. Especially when I started using it and realized that the UI was intuitive and top notch! Cons There is not a lot I dislike about it. I think the only part that was a little difficult was getting the digital signature process set up how I wanted it to be in my workflow. It was the only area in the application that I really had to do some looking up to see how to get the most out of it. Switched from [Adobe Acrobat](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/) I don't use Adobe products much anymore, so I wanted to get something less expensive than Adobe Acrobat Pro, but that could fit my workflows and document needs. ABBYY FineReader checked all the boxes and saved me money. Review Source IG ILKER G. Owner Translation and Localization Used the software for: 2+ years ### "ABBY IS ONE OF THE BEST OCR AND PDF APPLICATION" December 11, 2023 5.0 I have used this software since its beginning, decades passed away . Pros As an Translaiton Office, Abbyy from morning until evening, it is an indispenzable need for running our business. Cons Georgian OCR is missing, not available. Reason for choosing ABBYY FineReader PDF Abbyy is the number 1 OCR conversion Utilities are very vast. It doeğs not urge to buy monthly subscription. You may purchase lifetime. And if you wish, you may purchase again. Switched from [Adobe Acrobat Reader](https://www.capterra.com/p/170833/Acrobat-Reader-DC/)[Adobe Acrobat](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/) Adobe was urging monthly subscription. This was unacceptable. Therefore, I purchased Abby for lifetime. If there is improvement, I pwill urchase again. Review Source RS Rick S. President Telecommunications Used the software for: 2+ years ### "ABBYY FineReader" May 22, 2024 5.0 Overall, my experience with that be fine writer has been a good one. They now so I will not be moving back to Acrobat primarily because I hate their subscription services and pricing. It would be nice if there was online storage for yours and phone app for ABBYY FineReader PDF. Pros Price and Features, Scanning and Editing. Cons Some of the features and functions have not been where I would expect to find them in the menus. That is because I was Adobe Acrobat for almost 20 years. During that time, however, I was using Abby Screenshot Reader for everything I wanted to capture for just text. Switched from [Adobe Acrobat](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/) I hate their subscription services and pricing. Review Source Ije H. Researcher+ Accounting Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best PDF Editor in the market" May 24, 2022 5.0 Excellent! I'm a satisfied customer, and the customer service people have always attended to me promptly Pros 1\. I use abbyFine Reader to convert pdf, scanned documents, and photographic documents with text into the text of other formats or ebook formats of my choice (.epub, .azw3. .rtf, Word, Wordperfect, Html, Microsoft Word, editable pdf, etc.). AbbyFine Reader 15 is the only software to convert ebooks by recognizing pictures or tables and recognizing the layout in the source document as much as possible. 2. I use AbbyFineReader-15 and the version before to clean out unwanted text from a document. I mean, cut out unnecessary information I do not want to appear in my documents, or ebook or text conversion, or when I produce audios from the outputs 3. FineReader 15, as I have tested side by side with other pdf editors, can compare two documents of different formats of up to 5,000 – 10,000 pages or even more without asking you to reduce them into smaller chunks. 4. I have found AbbyFineReaderPDF-15 and the versions before the current version very useful for repairing photocopied items, cropping documents, and repairing mixed photographic and text pdf files with unassailable OCR capabilities. 5. I can search, insert, and delete blocks of text from pdf files. 6. Price-wise, this software is an investment, a must-have for organizations and individuals who handle documents of different formats, for people in academics, and people who move content from PDF to other multimedia formats. Cons So far so good, BUT add new functionalities, like (1) audio capabilities, (2) converting pdf to Publisher, (3) Improving ebook conversion Review Source Konjengbam M. Business Development Representative Financial Services Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Good Software for converting OCR files to PDF" February 4, 2023 4.0 Finereader have solve most of my problem for converting Image or handwritten files to DOC files, PDF and text files. It helps in improving my efficiency for my work by avoiding the need to retype the file all over again. Pros I love the fact that this software provides platform for converting handwritten and image files to PDF. This increases the efficiency during the office work. The feature to identify the OCR files and take image is so good with this applications and helpful. Cons I love most parts of this software but I would be more happy if OCR did a more better job in identifying the texts. I just wish if it could do 100% accurately. Review Source Okech V. Freelancer Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "ABBY FineReader Review" July 19, 2021 4.0 ABBY Fine Reader PDF, is a market leader in its category, nothing matches it, it is a superb intuitive software that has makes PDF document conversion and manipulation to easy. Pros ABBY FineReader is a fast, efficiency and gives you value for money. What stands out most about this app is the speed and accuracy at which it processes your documents. Cons ABBY FineReader PDF lacks full indexing for quicker file searches. I find the cooperate version a bit costly in terms of pricing. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Key Account Manager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "A very good Solution that could be The Best" December 14, 2023 4.0 I believe this is, in the end, a very good solution, it makes a lot of things very well, but it has to be improved to be the very best in-class. Also, I used to get in touch with Support and I have to say it is a very-full-quality Customer Support, well prepared and kind. Pros Easy of usage, processing batch files, a lot of different output format, standard OCR capabilities, and opening to OCR custom training Cons Output to Excel (tables are really not fully detected, even text within cells, with a lot of work to do in the end) and Word (every text appear converted in annoying frames, difficult to remove or manage at all) mostly have to be really improved to be the best. OCR must be improved very much. You have bad result if you want to recognize document in Greek (most part of diacritics are not well detected) and, with Hebrew, is literally a worst situation (you have not vowels and all diacritics). If you try to do by yourself, using custom OCR training, it's a very long journey and you don't even get a good result, and many times it's even not so clear if you are using your custom training set or not and even is really not clear why you cannot use one only feature to perform "verify" and "ocr training" in one only function/feature/action. Switched from [Adobe Acrobat](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/) Pricing and features (Adobe is not able to multiple make OCR recognitions in different languages at the same time). Review Source VR Verified Reviewer General Manager-Finance & Administraion Food Production Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best User Friendly OCR Software available in the market to save your money and time in 2023" January 11, 2023 5.0 Sometimes we doesn’t have enough time to type or spend to write a formal letter in our busy works schedule. There are lot of solutions are available in the Google or digital world, one of those alternative, I found ABBYY FineReader as one of best alternative I have ever used. This is basically a OCR software, which convert any digital readable data into a editable and readable data as per your requirements. This is a PDF the executives Software intended to deal with the specific office and personal works with maintaining quality and requisite parameters of the works. It empowers Beginner as well as Professional also to support their effectiveness in the advanced working environment in their home or office. ABBYY FineReader improves on the assignment of digitization of actual records and facilitates post-digitization handling. It incorporates altering, recovering, document assurance, coordinated effort, sharing, and so on. ABBYY FineReader is an Optical Person Acknowledgment (OCR) application with PDF altering highlights. This PDF programming permits the transformation of picture records, for example, pictures, filters PDF documents, and screen catches into editable record designs. In light of an ABBY FineReader audit, its valuing plans are very reasonable. It has a free preliminary.To summarize, ABBY FineReader is one of the most outstanding programming for PDF downloading, altering, marks, and record the executives also. Pros It is perfect for working with these records and digitizes archives without any problem into various formats , as Microsoft Succeed, Rich Text Configuration, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, HTML, PDF/A, accessible PDF, CSV, and txt (plain text) documents. ABBYY is the best OCR programming Software I've worked with and that can assist you with changing over PDFs into editable text documents easily. My experience has been excellent with this, particularly while working with switching tables over completely to OCR content. The numerous accessible dialects and an enormous number of capabilities that permit us to perceive huge measures of text rapidly is outstanding. There is mix with dedicated famous cloud administrations. Cons Pricing:There are lot alternative options are available in the markets like Foxit PhantomPDF, Tesseract and Amazon Textract, Google Docs etc. Some of the alternative are relative very cheap/free compare to this. The pricing is little bit Costly in comparison with others options available in the markets.Accessibility:This software is Not accessible for Mobile phones. It can be improved in that respect to accessible in Android and IOS systems of all Mobile Phones.Conversion:Sometimes it converts the data in non-editable Box/image format or digitize the data in wrongly (errors of spelling) ,these mostly are doing when are not clearly recognizable or our main data sheet was in handwritten. User may faces difficulty at that times to works with this Software. Review Source SC Steve C. Content Creator E-Learning Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best Overall PDF software I've found." May 24, 2022 4.0 For the price, still the best program out there, and much improved in recent years. Great alternative to the terribly priced and overwrought Adobe. Pros Ease of Use in combining and editing documents. Simple to adjust, remove, merge, and edit text. Cons OCR function not wholly accurate, but no program is. Image adjustment is slower and has a steep learning curve. I wish you could work on doc image without first running OCR (adds time). Steeper learning curve on OCR. Commenting on docs not as clean/clear to follow along as on other programs. Alternatives considered [PDF Studio](https://www.capterra.com/p/101108/PDF-Studio/) Reason for choosing ABBYY FineReader PDF I don't recall Switched from [Adobe Acrobat Reader](https://www.capterra.com/p/170833/Acrobat-Reader-DC/)[Lumin PDF](https://www.capterra.com/p/214552/Lumin-PDF/) Needed a reliable and affordable pdf editor. Reach of the products above failed one of those criteria. Review Source OS Otis S. Alternative Materials Specialist E-Learning Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Review for Otis at PSU" April 17, 2024 4.0 Its use is great but I don't understand why it doesn't stay current after I had it paid for this year. Not really happy about this. Pros I like the image copy and paste as the images are significantly better than Adobe Acrobat Pro, I like the conversion to a different format. I like the OCR repair of scanned pdf very much also. Cons Getting it re-upped. I have paid for the fee and have a receipt but still it isn't done. I now have a diminished service that is of no help to me. I and the University have contacted ABBYY via email and message form. Review Source WW William W. Owner Law Practice Used the software for: 2+ years ### "ABBYY FineReader Version 15 creates compact .pdfs with OCR support for east Asian languages" May 24, 2022 5.0 I have used ABBYY FineReader since 2008, through several versions. Pros I routinely use FineReader to re-tool documents sent by clients and other attorneys into compact, clear .pdfs with OCR. File sizes are typically one-tenth the size of the scanned file I received, and usually at least one-third the file size. FR can correct trapezoidal distortion and improve text qualities in other ways. The text editing tools work smartly and easily. I appreciate that FR will OCR files in Japanese, Chinese, and Korean and mixed with English. I can also easily create .pdfs from cell phone photos sent of documents, page by page. FR also converts .pdfs to Excel, Word, and PowerPoint formats. Cons I am very pleased with FR version 15, but it lacks the excellent bulk .pdf processing scripts that you can write in Adobe Acrobat; however, the FR .pdf files are typically more compact than the Acrobat files. I also liked version 12, but I was not pleased with the changes from version 12 to 14. I found verion 14 unreasonably difficult to use. Reason for choosing ABBYY FineReader PDF I have used Adobe Acrobat simultaneously with ABBYY FineReader since 2008. I choose FR when I need certain types of image processing, but especially for the smaller file sizes. I also choose FR to OCR documents with text in east Asian languages. I primarily use Adobe Acrobat for bulk OCR of scanned documents, its text redaction tool, and when Acrobat supports another plug-in tool that I want to use. Review Source JA Jack A. Owner Accounting Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Try The Best Full Feature PDF Editor" December 14, 2023 5.0 I was getting frustrated with Adobe Acrobat and the fashion the company was taking it. I use the Fujitsu Scansnap and the Standard ABBYY Finereader was included with the scanner. Once I tried the full version of ABBYY, I was sold Pros Once I familiarized myself with the interface, the program worked as needed. No need to keep referring back to Dr Google or support. Cons The initial interface. It took me a few weeks to look for things. For example, it was easy to delete a page...remove a page and set up a different PDF? That one has too many steps. Reason for choosing ABBYY FineReader PDF Basically, the relationship ABBYY had with Fujitsu. Switched from [Adobe Acrobat](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/) I did not like where Adobe was taking the product. It started to get confusing as to where PDF's were stored/updated when I was not using their Cloud services. Review Source PS Philip S. Product Manager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "ABBYY FineReader PDF - Everything you need and beyond" May 22, 2024 5.0 I use ABBYY FineReader PDF in my daily work and the product has become my indispensable assistant. I have tried other similar software, but the experience of working with ABBYY is the most satisfying. Pros ABBYY FineReader PDF turned out to be an incredibly accurate OCR, combined with the recognition of over 190 languages, an excellent way to work directly in PDF, but at a much lower cost. All this, combined with the incredibly good and fast support makes the product excellent for the needs of anyone who works with PDF files. Cons I can't point to anything I don't like. I use most of the functionalities and I am satisfied. The only thing that can cause a problem is the not always accurate conversion from PDF to Excel. Switched from [Adobe Acrobat](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/) The first reason I started using FineReader was the excellent OCR with Cyrillic texts. Then I discovered the other functionalities, the wide selection of languages, interfaces in Bulgarian, converting, comparing documents and others. Review Source Pattar and Co. C. Accountant Accounting Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Extremely valuable tool in fostering automation for my small-sized accounting firm " October 25, 2018 5.0 For anyone in the finance industry, it is now simply understood that numbers are no longer "crunched" by overworked accountants battling customer-driven deadlines. That is all gone by way of automation. The only hang-up to a seamless input into automation is the fact that much of it still is stored as paper, believe it or not. My firm in particular made a push to start digitizing all of our records and in this process, I learned much about OCR technology. There are hundreds of products that say they can OCR, but the fact that ABBYY can process a HUGE variety of documents, fonts, etc. , this saves a lot of time correcting the output and actually getting searchable documents onto file storage. I just hope that this product continues to develop and remains at its reasonable price point. Pros It literally helped my firm save HUNDREDS of man-hours of data entry by running all of our scanned documents through ABBYY and relying heavily upon its OCR to produce a variety of formats which we were able to quickly cross verify and enter into the accounting software. In short, the quality and intelligence of their OCR engine is tremendously accurate and fast! Cons The licensing stuff is a little TOO strict and often the remote licensing procedure has to be manually restarted within WIndows Services. We eventually bought more licenses after realizing that ABBYY will be a critical component in my firm's efforts to digitize all of our records and hard copies onto our cloud-hosted server. However, for a very small business that may not warrant another license purchase, they will quickly find out that ABBYY is quick to detect multiple sessions of the same serial code and will block both out. A little excessive, but I can understand their strict use and protection of this fine product. Review Source Abhinav B. Graphics Artist Broadcast Media Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Abbyy Fine Reader : Simply excellent " February 19, 2023 5.0 I would like to give a golden crown to this product, Pros Wao , Abbyy is just the perfect software i Am looking since ages . And this product makes me a big fan of all time …. Such an excellent quality based outcome with little effort Cons Price could be little less , but it’s just ok as per quality Review Source Lorenzo S. Psicólogo Civic & Social Organization Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Ideal para la digitalización de documentos de texto" October 6, 2022 5.0 Empecé a utilizar el software como una forma de crear respaldos digitales de libros dañados, sumando a que se pueden crear copias con opción de selección de texto, es un plus para poder trabajar en ellos con software de análisis y gestión de archivos bibliográficos. Pros Las herramientas de reconocimiento de caracteres, y la posibilidad de realizar ediciones sobre los documentos digitalizados, son bastante útiles para la recuperación de antiguos documentos impresos, así como darle nueva vida a nuestros libros impresos y prolongar su uso. Cons Un aspecto negativo de ABBYY Fine Reader es la separación del lector PDF y la herramienta de reconocimiento de caracteres (OCR) en una ventana aparte. Switched from [Microsoft OneNote](https://www.capterra.com/p/227211/Microsoft-OneNote/)[Nitro PDF](https://www.capterra.com/p/167449/Nitro/)[Foxit PDF Editor](https://www.capterra.com/p/249044/Foxit-PDF-Editor/)[PDFelement](https://www.capterra.com/p/148193/PDFelement-6/) Por la calidad de reconocimiento de caracteres y la identificación de idiomas. Review Source ST Sean T. Clinical Psychologist Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Essential for ANYTHING PDF, meaning FOR EVERYBODY" July 1, 2023 5.0 Pros How powerful it is to convert to and from PDF seemlessly, preserving all important formatting. I can create a custom PDF from multiple file formats and send it out to clients very quickly, which is essential, as I am doing everything, besides seeing my clients as a psychotherapist. I create PDF documents that are personalized for each client and they think I have spent days creating it. It helps THEM get better. Cons It's a little clunky as a pdf reader. I wish there was a lite version that would open when I just want to quickly read a pdf. Alternatives considered [Soda PDF](https://www.capterra.com/p/226942/SODA-PDF/) Reason for choosing ABBYY FineReader PDF There was no comparison. ABBYY was better in EVERY respect. Review Source RR Roger R. writer/editor/teacher Writing and Editing Used the software for: 2+ years ### "As a writer and teacher, ABBYY FineReader PDF made my job much easier." December 24, 2022 5.0 I compiled instructional material from various sources, formattedl it to suit the needs of my publication, adjusted to fit if scanned, sharpened if needed, rearranged, and edited it--all with this one bit of software. In editing my own documents, I could add in printed and typewritten documents (The OCR is the best I have ever used.) and thereby use material made by obsolete technology, of which I have quite a supply,. Pros I was able to convert docs to pdf (and vice-versa), scan, correct the scan's position and sharpness, perform OCR when wanted, add and rearrange pages, and edit pdfs with one set of integrated software, essentially with one program. Cons My use of the software has been somewhat more limited than what one might find in a large corporate business office, but there is nothing about the software that I don't like. Reason for choosing ABBYY FineReader PDF One, because ABBYY FineReader already included functions that I had to go to other software to obtain before, such as scanning software. Two, ABBYY was a superior product. Three, (and I discovered this when I mistakenly ordered the wrong product for the school at which I was teaching at the time) ABBYY FineReader customer service is exceptional. Switched from [Adobe Acrobat](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/) Because ABBYY FineReader did it all and did it better, for less money in the long run. Review Source RH Roberto H. Managing Director Professional Training & Coaching Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great tool!" June 23, 2023 4.0 It´s the best pdf editing tool I know so far and I tried a lot different tools, when I worked as an administrator. Pros What I like most about Abby is the simplicity, the reliability and the speed which helps me very much to work fast and on my own speed. Cons Editing text is not as easy as I would prefer it or better, not everything is so easy to be edited by Abby. Reason for choosing ABBYY FineReader PDF see my review Switched from [Adobe PDF Library](https://www.capterra.com/p/232963/Adobe-PDF-Library/) Not satisfied Review Source GH Gerhard H. Controller Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A program suite very suitable even for home office/tiny business" December 14, 2023 5.0 All together I'm well satisfied with this product, helping me in multilingual documentation! Pros The better OCR-functionality then competitors. Cons Of course the sense of ABBYY FineReader PDF is to create full access PDF documents with readable text. Maybe there COULD be a nice feature in adding additional pages to a scanned image with OR without previewing. Review Source FG Frida G. asistente Accounting Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "El programa es útil" June 24, 2024 5.0 Pros El poder trasladar textos de un formato a otro de manera rápida y específica. Cons Al principio puede llega a ser dificil de utilizar Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Related categories [PDF Editor](https://www.capterra.com/pdf-editor-software/)[PDF](https://www.capterra.com/pdf-software/)[Document Management](https://www.capterra.com/document-management-software/) ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.