# Page 7 | ABBYY FineReader PDF Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Page 7 - 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 7 - Reviews of ABBYY FineReader PDF ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 151-175 of 428 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use LY Lior Y. Educational Neuropsychologist Medical Practice Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Very Good product " May 22, 2024 5.0 Pros The variaty of language one can use when using different litteratures and when scanning and converting documents as well as editing. Cons nothing really. It is a simple and efficient. Review Source FT Felipe T. Freelancer Research Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Subscription " December 14, 2023 5.0 I like the product overall, but the price is a bit high. I also do not like the subscription payment terms. Pros The ability to edit PDFs. The OCR is good also. Cons The price. I would rather purchase the software, not paying a subscription. Review Source HH Henry H. Director Design Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Easy and accurate" June 23, 2023 5.0 I do a good deal of work for a local historical society. Much of what I scan are old newspaper articles and directories. I am amazed at how accurate ABBY FineReader is in recognizing difficult and odd letter forms. It is very user friendly. Pros We do a good deal of scanning from old newspapers and FineReader is very accurate in converting to editable text. It is very accurate in maintaining formatting. Cons I would like to be able to teach it when I scan difficult text. Review Source ML Michal L. Owner Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Good software. Needs to improve on rotating pages by mistake in conversion to pdf." November 1, 2023 4.0 I am content with the software, using it daily. Pros Conversion of mass big tiff files to pdf-s Cons Errors in rotating pages when converting to pdf-s Reason for choosing ABBYY FineReader PDF The option of OCR in 200 lang Review Source GT Garin T. Especialista Mechanical or Industrial Engineering Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Lctor y editor de PDF muy buena alternativa." December 5, 2022 4.0 Es aceptable relacion precio beneficio. Pros A la hora de utilizar un programa pequeño y eficinte, este cumple con todas las espectativas. Cons No me gusto mucho su reconmiento de texto, neceista mejorar su A.I. Review Source Matteo B. Consulente Management Consulting Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Forse il miglior prodotto OCR sul mercato." February 19, 2023 5.0 Pros E' incredibilmente intelligente nel riconoscere i caratteri. Addirittura a volte riesce a riconosce caratteri scritti a mano. Cons E' piuttosto costoso tenendo conto che è un software non utilizzato spessissimo. Review Source HS Henry S. Lead Instructor Mechanical Maintenance Utilities Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "PDF with OCR features" July 22, 2023 5.0 Fantastic experience using ABBYY FineReader PDF since last one year. Pros ABBYY FineReader PDF is the most reliable tool for viewing and converting PDF with good OCR features. Cons Some of the text takes take to recognize using OCR feature which is already built inside ABBYY Finereader PDF. Review Source LK Laszlo K. translator, owner Translation and Localization Used the software for: 2+ years ### "this is my review" December 16, 2023 5.0 Pros Gives qite precise results in recognition Cons Sometimes it recognizes falsely, above all when text is calligraphic or tilted Review Source KN Kathy N. Registered Dietitian Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Great product for PDF " May 22, 2024 5.0 I am so happy to have found this product -easy to use (even if you don't have a lot of computer experience) and the price was right. Pros It saves me so much time from having to type out information -I just copy and paste! Cons the only con - which would happen with any product -is just learinig to use it! Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Data Analyst Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Best of the Best" May 24, 2022 5.0 There are many PDF files that have different way of aligning the Prices of their Catalogs. ABBYY was the closest vs others application to aligned them in a proper way and less editing. Saving us time and process. Pros Just how easy it is to convert PDF files to Excel. Cons We didn't have any issues. Everything was there what we normally need it. Alternatives considered [Adobe Acrobat Reader](https://www.capterra.com/p/170833/Acrobat-Reader-DC/) Reason for choosing ABBYY FineReader PDF The reason is sometimes when converting from PDF to Excel, there are some files that have errors and after the converting it just doesn't look good and was missing a lot of good information. I remember I spend a whole day looking for the best PDF Converter. I tried about 10 different Free Trials and tested them on the PDF that I knew it had errors and wanted to see which one will do the best job to converted. So the winner was Abby vs the others. Extremely Happy with end results and is a big Help using it. Review Source IC Inês C. Teacher Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Abby review by a teacher" January 16, 2024 5.0 Overall I have a very positive exeperience. Pros I like how it is really intuitive and easy to use. Cons Sometimes the files don't open imediately. Review Source jmT jean marie T. sociologue Education Management Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Numérisation pour Les Classiques des sciences sociales: \[sensitive content hidden\]" December 23, 2022 5.0 Mon expérience est beaucoup plus satisfaisante que dans les versions précédentes du logiciel Fine Reader pour Mac. Plus complète et plus d'outils pour faire un bon travail de numérisation. Pros Plusieurs outils: correction, efface, numérisation et sauvegarde en plusieurs formats: Lettre US, Legal US, tabloïd. Cons Rien. N'ai rien trouvé de négatif à dire sur cette version. Reason for choosing ABBYY FineReader PDF J'ai essayé d'abord la version DEMO et ai été très satisfait du résultat.Je numérise des centaines de livres par année pour diffusion en libre accès sur internet, avec la permission de leur auteur et comme certains livres sont complexes (tableaux, graphiques, texte, photographies), toujours de formats différents, Abby FineReader PDF fait un excellent travail. Review Source TJ Timo J. teacher Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: 2+ years ### "useful tool" November 9, 2021 4.0 I like it more than competitor tools Pros OCR is working fine, support for word and powerpoint as well PDF creator is great features Cons no special problems, software is just working mainly fine, few time total crash has been seen. Reason for choosing ABBYY FineReader PDF much more multifunctional Switched from [Adobe XD](https://www.capterra.com/p/168423/Adobe-XD/) I like ABBYY more 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/ Peter K. CEO Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Completely satisfied" December 23, 2022 5.0 In doing my international translation job a very helpful tool! Pros Easy to understand and use during my almost daily implication. Cons At first nit was the price, but then after intensive use the pricing fell ack! Switched from [Adobe Acrobat Reader](https://www.capterra.com/p/170833/Acrobat-Reader-DC/) Not very helpful! Review Source VS Valia S. Aox Business Supplies and Equipment Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Me encanta" May 24, 2024 5.0 Me resuelve los problemas de trabajo, además de que sin este programa no podría realizar al maximo mis proyectos siempre renuevo las licencias y lo mantengo activo Pros Muy importante en mi trabajo, es sencillo y facil de usar Cons El mejor para resolver problemas relacionados con documentos Review Source JC Julia C. General Manager Hospitality Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Absolutely Love Abbyy and its convenince " May 22, 2024 5.0 Pros It is easy to use and very convenient for my day to day operations, saves time Cons Not using it before, wish I did it sooner Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Publisher Publishing Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Publishing with ABBY FineReader" May 23, 2024 5.0 It has been useful to me for scanning and converting old scripts into Final Draft. Pros I love how easily it converted a script into a special software I use called Final Draft. Cons The initial learning curve was not intuitive to me. Switched from [OCR Gateway](https://www.capterra.com/p/219010/OCR-Gateway/) I could not make it work with Final Draft. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Senior Front-End Developer - Web Designer & UI Developer Internet Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Il miglior software OCR in circolazione" November 14, 2022 4.0 L'ho usato spesso in azienda per le sue funzioni OCR che risultano accuratissime ed hanno evitato notevoli perdite di tempo per estrarre testi dai documenti più disparati. Pros Ho usato spesso ABBYY FineReader per la conversione dei miei file PDF e per estrarre testi da svariati documenti e devo dire che i risultati ottenuti sono sbalorditivi. La funzione OCR lascia veramente senza fiato. L'interfaccia è minimale, semplice e potente e permette ad un utente base di destreggiarsi facilmente tra gli svariati strumenti e le molteplici opzioni. Cons Direi il costo che effettivamente, mi sembra, un po' caro. Per il resto non ho trovato nulla che non mi piaccia. Review Source RS Radovan S. CEO Wholesale Used the software for: 2+ years ### "ABBYY is my second favourite office software." November 9, 2021 5.0 Pros PDF to EXCEL converting, Abby screenshot reader Cons I like everything. Abby screenshot reader shoud have some editing options. Switched from [PDF Reader Pro](https://www.capterra.com/p/182363/PDF-Reader-Pro/) Monthy payment too expensive and they OCR much worser. 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/ FS Fausto S. editore Publishing Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Un programma facile da usare" February 11, 2023 4.0 Esperienza buona, programma facile da usare anche per principianti. Pros Ocr preciso. Conversione in file .docx buona. Conversione del testo in altri formati. Precisone nella lettura e riconoscimento testo abbastanza preciso. Cons alcune difficoltà nel convertire testo in file Excel. Review Source OS Ole S. CEO Writing and Editing Used the software for: 2+ years ### "OK - but could be better" May 22, 2024 3.0 It's one of several utilities I use in my work process. I still like the program but I hope the next version will be a step forward and not backward like version 16 was. Pros ABBYY FineReader PDF makes the best OCR when I have a project with many pages. The cropping function is also good. Cons I still use version 15 which simply is better. Better OCR, better ropping, etc. Switched from [OmniPage Ultimate](https://www.capterra.com/p/36524/OmniPage-Ultimate/) Abbyy's OCR is better. It's also better at saving the OCR projects. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Entrepreneur Retail Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "Quick work" March 3, 2024 5.0 Pros Easy and magic instrument to convert . jpeg and .pdf to text. Support many languages. Variable function. Easy understanding interface of program Cons Transform little piace of text to group inside area Review Source TD Todd D. President Law Practice Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Top-notch OCR" December 24, 2022 5.0 Pros I use ABBYY Fine Reader most often to quickly analyze PDF documents by searching out key words Cons I had high hopes that ABBYY FineReader would provide a reliable tool for preserving document formatting when converting documents from PDF to Word or — especially — Excel. But while I have not yet found anything better it still falls short of what I had hoped. Alternatives considered [OmniPage Server](https://www.capterra.com/p/183671/OmniPage-Server/)[Adobe Acrobat](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/) Reason for choosing ABBYY FineReader PDF Quality and value Review Source Zainab T. Administrative Assistant Automotive Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "ABBYY Finereader is the best OCR software " May 11, 2019 5.0 I have been able to save time which is a very important factor in my business line, time suppose to be spent on transcribing document and also it was possible to digitalize old files Pros My first encounter with the software was when I used it to convert a file from pdf to word and that was ABBYY Finereader 11. Over the years, I upgraded and started using the OCR to convert images, scanned files, screenshot to any file format (pdf, doc, docx, txt etc) and this helps save time transcribing and also the recognition quality is great when it comes to recognizing languages and text font. I would strongly recommend this software to anyone. Cons After converting files (pdf/image) to word sometimes the texts gets scrambled and also it does not recognize special characters and some symbols so a little reviewing is required. Review Source CP Cláudio P. Lawer Accounting Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Not the best anymore " June 24, 2023 3.0 Pros Now doesn’t work Before when I bought fews years ago was better Cons When we open the Abby always doesn’t enter the license .I’m blind and it’s more dificult to use now.The message that appears when open is “the service of license is not available “ Review Source 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.