--- title: "Page 3 | ABBYY FineReader PDF Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra" description: "Page 3 - 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_url: "https://www.capterra.com/p/65868/ABBYY-FineReader/reviews/?page=3" page_type: "reviews" language: "en" --- 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 July 20th, 2026 # Page 3 - Reviews of ABBYY FineReader PDF ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 51-75 of 428 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use MV Marubeny V. Tesorera Primary/Secondary Education Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "VALORACIÓN DE ABBY FineReader PDF" December 16, 2023 4.0 La versión 11 Professional la manejaba perfectamente. Ers sencilla de usar. La versión estandar actual que compré se me dificulta su uso. Pros La edición de texto y la inserción de la firma digital. Cons No es fácil usar todas sus funciones y características. Review Source Jelena U. Owner, CEO Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Powerfull tool for document archiving, document conversion, OCR and digitalization." May 17, 2018 5.0 If you need to work with documents, this is a great tool for recognition, digitalization and conversion. Price is high and it uses high resources on a computer. If you have a high volume of documents to work with, this is a great tool. Pros Abbyy FineReader support for almost all languages is impressive. We use many different languages, so it is very important for us to have a tool that can recognize well. It is easy to use, with the simplified interface, one can work fast, through materials. FineReader can export to different types which is also a great function. Convert document formats and make them searchable, from scanned documents, screenshots or images to pdfs and html. It is very good for creating new documents from multiple files, which can be imported in one project then exported to a new file. Cons The price is fairly high for those who don't have many documents. It crashes sometimes while scanning documents with older scanners or when given more demanding tasks, like automatic scan of multiple pages. If the scan is lower quality, or font is small, there are some mistakes that need to be fixed manualy, which can be time consuming. Review Source Ouattara B. Telecom Technician Telecommunications Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "ABBYY Fine Reader is a great tool for converting image and pdf files" January 4, 2023 5.0 I use it very often to convert pdf files into an editable document. But, once, I used it to digitize a document, of 300 pages, which I had in paper format. It allowed me to faithfully reconstruct the document, in an editable version; and all this, collecting it in a single pdf file. This software is awesome. Pros A software that has largely proven itself. The king of file conversion, and making it editable. And now that they have integrated AI, it becomes even more extraordinary. If you have a pdf, image, or paper file, not yet scanned, that you want to transform into an editable digital version, don't look any further, use ABBYY Fine Reader. And it can do the reverse. The OCR technology used is excellent, even if sometimes you have to use the keyboard (it depends on the quality of the document to be converted). Fine Reader is an excellent tool that makes it easy to process files that were thought impossible to process. Cons For the moment, I have no complaints about this tool, it suits me perfectly. Review Source PC Paul C. Ingeniero Civil Civil Engineering Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Review from Paul Chávez" May 29, 2024 5.0 It helped me a lot in converting my scanned documents into searchable PDF files and extracting tables and text with a high degree of confidence. Pros its accuracy in recognizing characters and formatting the output almost exact to the input file. Cons That it does not have very sophisticated image preprocessing, for example in the detection and elimination of signatures and seals, which in some cases makes pages saturated with them unrecognizable by ABBY FineReader. Alternatives considered [Adobe Acrobat](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/) Reason for choosing ABBYY FineReader PDF The cost of ABBY FineReader was minor than the alternative and it has good recognition accuracy as well. Review Source RS Ranmses S. Alumni Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "ABBY is the greatest but needs to improve in some features." December 14, 2023 5.0 I really loved all the capabilities of ABBY. I strongly recommend it. Pros OCR, PDF, tools for editing and creating. Cons There's no dark mode, I still miss this feature. Review Source Rafael O. Personal Use Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Best OCR and PDF processing tool I've found" December 23, 2022 5.0 I scan old books (XIX century), old magazines, and old PDFs and generate Facsimile PDF with OCR and MRC compression for muy own usage and if the originals are out of rights, put in archive.org or similar places. Pros It works flawlessly from scanned images or old PDF, MRC compression is impressive and OCR functionality is the best I've found. Cons Each operation done "beeps" (and cannot be disabled), sometimes it is a little bit stubborn when processing an image (you undo it, and next time I see the image, has gone to previous wrong status), but all of those things happens so little that does not affect to the reliability of the software. Review Source AY Amanda Y. Owner Insurance Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Easy to navigate" May 22, 2024 4.0 Pros The main features my office utilizes is merging/organizing pages and editing content. ABBY makes both of these tasks quick and easy, even for less tech savvy employees. Cons Not a real con for the program, my office uses ABBY for basic functions, I am sure there are a lot of features offered that I cannot speak on. Alternatives considered [Adobe Acrobat Reader](https://www.capterra.com/p/170833/Acrobat-Reader-DC/) Switched from [Adobe Acrobat Reader](https://www.capterra.com/p/170833/Acrobat-Reader-DC/) When I was going to renew my Adobe subscription the price increased, I found ABBY and thought it seemed like a comparable product at a better price. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer director Management Consulting Used the software for: 2+ years ### "slow" May 24, 2022 2.0 Pros convertying pdf to excel. pretty good, but not perfect Cons way to slow to open pdf file. in converting to pdf and save file, it does not take the file name and put into title. you have do do this manually. the tital is what is displayed at top of screen when pdf opened, not the file name. Switched from [Adobe Acrobat Reader](https://www.capterra.com/p/170833/Acrobat-Reader-DC/) adobe increased the price too much and switched to monthly subscription service. Review Source Netram M. Customer Service Management Financial Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Fantastic PDF files reader and editor software." December 1, 2022 4.0 Overall I am happy with this PDF reader application, User interface is really simple and straightforward in terms of features. Pros ABBYY FineReader is a fantastic application while working with PDF files. I can read, edit, merge in PDF files. the best thing that I like is inbuilt OCR functionalities, it changed my PDF file into an editable format so that I can use text in ms word. Cons Before switching to ABBYY finereader I was using adobe acrobat for all my PDF purpose after switching into this I found some features missing like digital signature, page arrangement and missing app from my windows app store. Switched from [Adobe Acrobat](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/) Due to cost of application. Review Source Nicolas M. Technical Engineer Printing Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "So easy and cheep : you buy it once and don't need to waste an annual fee" November 11, 2021 5.0 I use it when I need to edit a pdf, optimize the size of my pdf (keeping the quality and improving the OCR), delete add or organize the pages : it's my all-in-one tool for my pdf files. Pros Easy, fast, good quality of OCR, light pdf size : all what you need. Cons Sometimes difficult to update on Windows PC. But rather good anyway. Switched from [Adobe Acrobat](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/) For the price and the OCR options. Review Source Response from ABBYY Software House November 30, 2021 Thank you for sharing your feedback and for the great review. We are happy to hear about your positive experience. Subscribe to our blog for tips, trends, and use cases to boost your document productivity even more! https://pdf.abbyy.com/blog/ EP Erick P. Consultant Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Hands down the best PDF editor available for MS Windows" December 23, 2022 5.0 Pros So easy to use, install and deploy in our organization Cons licensing is a little cumbersome. on company workgroups, licensing issues such as the same license installed on more systems that allowed, should include some kind of report usage (license number, ip address, netbios machine name) Alternatives considered [PDFescape](https://www.capterra.com/p/209932/PDFescape/) Reason for choosing ABBYY FineReader PDF Price, performance with over 100-page documents and ease of use. No bloatware included. Switched from [Adobe Acrobat Reader](https://www.capterra.com/p/170833/Acrobat-Reader-DC/) Price, performance with over 100-page documents and ease of use. No bloatware included. Review Source yC yohai C. CTO Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The Beat in Bread OCR platform " May 22, 2024 5.0 Pros The ability to calibrate the OCR and optimize the results by changing some of the algorithm attributes Cons it missing some crucial features such as of reading order settings in the OCR editor (RTL Vs LTR) Switched from [Adobe XD](https://www.capterra.com/p/168423/Adobe-XD/)[Foxit PDF Editor](https://www.capterra.com/p/249044/Foxit-PDF-Editor/) It saves me a lot of time - so the ROI is immediate Review Source LA Luis A. IT Manager Retail Used the software for: 2+ years ### "a Finreader User since Version 12" June 23, 2023 5.0 Pros Very easy to useIntuitiveSupport are very helpful and friendlyWide range of featuresEach version is better than the last Cons I don't like the subscription model and was sad to see it implemented. Review Source AL Annette L. Owner Consumer Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Very good program. A little expensive," November 9, 2021 5.0 Customers with large typing orders can be eased by scanning typed material and making corrections rather than typing the complete document. Pros I like the fact that it can be used to scan files to MS Word or PDF. Cons I am disappointed that when scanning to Word the program will most times require a line by line check of the document for errors, whereas scanning to PDF does not need corrections. Reason for choosing ABBYY FineReader PDF It came free with my first computer several years ago and I have used it ever since. Review Source Response from ABBYY Software House November 30, 2021 Dear User, thank you for sharing your feedback and for the great review. We are sorry to hear about your issues and offer you to contact our support team https://support.abbyy.com/hc/en-us/requests/new in case you face more issues since in general, this should not be the case. JH Jamie H. Translator Translation and Localization Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great tool, well worth the expense" November 9, 2021 5.0 I would recommend ABBYY to anyone and I plan to always keep my license active. Pros I use ABBYY on a daily basis to perform OCR, edit PDFs, combine PDFs, etc. I don't think I could function without it! The OCR works pretty well and helps me estimate word counts on all my documents, and combining PDFs has become essential as well. Cons I was hesitant to spend the money upfront at first, but I can see now that it was completely worth it. Review Source Response from ABBYY Software House November 30, 2021 Thank you for sharing your feedback and for the great review. We are happy to hear about your positive experience. Subscribe to our blog for tips, trends, and use cases to boost your document productivity even more! https://pdf.abbyy.com/blog/ VR Verified Reviewer Responsable de Marketing Online y Ecommerce Cosmetics Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Una Gran herramienta para trabajar los PDF" November 14, 2022 5.0 Pros Es un magnÍfico editor PDF, llevo utilizandolo durante mucho tiempo y es fantástica su capacidad de edición.. su tecnología OCR funciona perfectamente. Me gusta mucho tambien la posibilidad de comparar documentos que tienen diferentes formatos y que te permita colaborar y aprobar archivos PDF. .¡¡Plenamente recomendable !! Cons No hay nada negativo que pueda mencionar de este producto, me encnata Review Source KW Keith W. Forensic Vocational Expert Legal Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Best PDF Program " May 22, 2024 5.0 Love this program because it has the most effective ocr program I’ve used Pros This is one of the most cost effective and easy to use products on the market. It is exceptionally user friendly. Cons I wanted to convert 2 word docs to PDF files and it did that but put them together. Alternatives considered [Adobe Acrobat](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/) Reason for choosing ABBYY FineReader PDF It’s extremely expensive and not as good. Switched from [Foxit PDF Editor](https://www.capterra.com/p/249044/Foxit-PDF-Editor/) Ocr wasn’t as good as ABBYY and wasn’t as effective or efficient time-wise. Review Source Alvaro M. Account Manager Utilities Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Scan, OCR, Edit!" July 17, 2018 5.0 Powerful OCR software for both PC and Mac! Works offline, and can do the job in batches hassle-free. Pros I've been using Abbyy Finereader for about a decade now (since I stumbled upon it with a friend who digitized a lot of his readings). Abbyy is a powerful OCR software! I say powerful, because it captures nearly everything you throw at it, JPG, PDF... and if you're lucky, even handwritten notes are captures (often as image, but sometimes as text too!). It allows to import directly to Microsoft word for text editing. It even mimics the original scanned document in terms of the page layout and text sizes. Very useful for digitizing your existing documents (which you do not have a digital copy of). Heck, you can even scan and OCR an entire book! (copyrights apply, of course). Another good thing for me.... I can use if offline! Modern OCR apps require you to go online (which I cannot always be given the nature of my work and travels). Cons Now there are many other alternatives to using ABBYY as an OCR software, and most come as a free service (e.g., Google, Dropbox). It is even made easier now due to the proliferation of mobile phones. Scan a document via mobile phone, then use the online services for OCR, all for free now. Review Source EGM Erwin Geovanny M. Propietario Judiciary Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Reconocedor de texto " November 7, 2022 5.0 muy buena, es mi mejor opción para reconocimiento de texto Pros me encanta la facilidad con la que se puede usar la interfaz del programa Cons no me gusta que si el documento escaneado o reonocido esta un poco borroso, el texto se reconoce erroneamente y hay que editarlo, además, cuando hay imagenes se superponen al texto o se mezclan en cuadros de texto y eso dificulta la edición Review Source L.P. H. owner Graphic Design Used the software for: 2+ years ### "My to go to PDF reader" December 22, 2021 5.0 I am able to easily convert my documents into PDF. Pros All the features in Abby FineReader PDF are the best in the market and easy to use even for someone that is not computer savvy. Cons There are no features that I find missing in this great software and integrating this software into my business was not difficult at all. Reason for choosing ABBYY FineReader PDF I chose ABBYY FineReader over the alternatives because I found it easy to use with more features. Review Source JP Juan P. Paralegal Alternative Dispute Resolution Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A must app for any professional" December 14, 2023 5.0 I really love the app. It is my favorite productivity app hands down. Pros It is a high quality productivity app. It has a lot of awesome features to process many different kind of file formats, especially PDFs. I have been using it since 2014, and it is my #1 productivity app. Cons As a Mac user, I would love the app to be compatible with AppleScript for automatization purposes. Previous verions of the software (FineReader OCR Pro), is compatible with AppleScript. Review Source PP Prit P. Network Administrator Financial Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Easy to use " May 22, 2024 4.0 Excellent for mid-size company and easy to maintain Pros Easy to use no need to provide special training to users Cons slow conversion on high resolution images Switched from [Adobe Acrobat](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/) More security and providing more cloud storage Review Source JG Jason G. Assistive Technologist Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Highly accurate PDF converter" November 9, 2021 5.0 Pros I've been using FineReader since version 2.0. The product is excellent for converting scanned PDFs to Word for accessibility markup. FineReader also does batch conversions which saves a lot of time. Cons Manual OCR editing is relatively slow compared to earlier versions. However, this is perhaps because of more tools. Review Source Response from ABBYY Software House November 30, 2021 Thank you for sharing your feedback and for the great review. We are happy to hear about your positive experience. Subscribe to our blog for tips, trends, and use cases to boost your document productivity even more! https://pdf.abbyy.com/blog/ VR Verified Reviewer ABR E-Learning Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "I recommend ABBY" June 26, 2023 5.0 Pros ABBYY Finereader is one of the best scanning and OCR programs.I really like the text recognition because it is very efficient. Cons What I don't like about ABBY is the fact that it switches the scan mode to OCR automatically when I'm trying to scan multiple images. Review Source HC Helen C. Partner Law Practice Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Abbyy FineReader - Simply the best!" October 13, 2020 5.0 Excellent! Although I have Adobe on my laptop, I never use it anymore! Pros It's easy to use, and has all the features and functionality that I need. I like the user interface quite a bit. It's so user-friendly - not surprising with how intuitive the functionality is. Cons Actually, I can't think of a single thing I don't like, or like less, about this software. It's so user friendly, and such a great value for the price! Switched from [Adobe Acrobat Reader](https://www.capterra.com/p/170833/Acrobat-Reader-DC/) Abbyy is more reasonably priced. I was so pleased to see that the functionality is much better, even at a lower price. Review Source Response from ABBYY Software House November 4, 2020 Dear Helen, Thank you for sharing your positive experience of working with FineReader PDF. Best Regards, ABBYY FineReader Team Similar Products Featured ## 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.