--- description: Detailed reviews on ABBYY FineReader PDF based on features, pricing, usability, and ratings. Get a quick overview advantages and disadvantages. Compare ABBYY FineReader PDF with similar products. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/getapp/og_logo-94fd2a03a6c7a0e54fc0c9e21a1c0ce9.png title: ABBYY FineReader PDF Reviews, Prices & Ratings | GetApp Canada 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [PDF Editor Software](/directory/3776/pdf-editor/software) > [ABBYY FineReader PDF](/software/2047083/abbyy-finereader) # ABBYY FineReader PDF Canonical: https://www.getapp.ca/software/2047083/abbyy-finereader Page: 1 / 19\ Next: [Next page](https://www.getapp.ca/software/2047083/abbyy-finereader?page=2) > FineReader PDF empowers professionals to maximize efficiency in the digital workplace. Featuring ABBYY’s latest AI-based OCR technology, FineReader PDF makes it easier to digitize, retrieve, edit, protect, share, and collaborate on all kinds of documents in the same workflow. > > Verdict: Rated **4.7/5** by 451 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Key benefits of ABBYY FineReader PDF Create, edit, and organize PDFs Create fillable PDF forms Collaborate on and approve PDFs Compare documents in different formats Protect and sign PDFs Digitize paper documents and scans with OCR Automate digitization and conversion routines Flexible licensing: per seat, concurrent, remote ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.7/5** | 451 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support Software | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: ABBYY Software House - **Location**: Nicosia, US - **Founded**: 1989 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$16.00 - **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free Trial) - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile) - **Supported Languages**: Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese - **Available Countries**: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize and 206 more ## Features - Access Controls/Permissions - Annotations - Archiving & Retention - Batch Processing - Collaboration Tools - Commenting/Notes - Compression - Convert to PDF - Digital Signature Software - Document Capture - Document Generation Software - Document Storage - Electronic Signature - Encryption Software - File Conversion - File Sharing Software - Forms Management - Full Text Search - Image Editing - Image Pre-processing ## Integrations (4 total) - Microsoft Excel - Microsoft Outlook - Microsoft PowerPoint - Microsoft Word ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base Software - Chat ## Category - [PDF Editor Software](https://www.getapp.ca/directory/3776/pdf-editor/software) ## Related Categories - [Document Management Software](https://www.getapp.ca/directory/284/document-management/software) - [PDF Editor Software](https://www.getapp.ca/directory/3776/pdf-editor/software) - [PDF Software](https://www.getapp.ca/directory/1323/pdf/software) - [OCR Software](https://www.getapp.ca/directory/1571/ocr/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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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. > > 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. ----- ### "After years Abbyy still carries several disappointing defects that don't justify it's price" — 3.0/5 > **Ricardo** | *June 23, 2023* | Writing & Editing | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10 > > **Pros**: That only sometimes renders a perfect conversion into Ms word that I can use to work, and I mean a file where I don't have to remake any parts of the text or recapture images, etc. > > **Cons**: That it changes the page I'm working on just by scrolling, that's tedious. That's solves many of the text by putting it into a floating case box, and that's terrible and cannot be turned off. That many obvious tables are not detected by Abbyy when automatic converting, specially those without visible lines. That it fails to detect structures when converting scanned pages. That the function of detecting the headers and foots almost always fails, but instead it tries to convert as headers parts of the text that are not. Correcting all the above is time-consuming, which is contrary to the purpose of this program. And recently there is a contradiction between doing things in the main window of the OCR editor I'm doing them at the detailed window, for example if I try to select one cell to be treated as an image, it's conflicts the problem if I chose it at the main window or at the detail window, with the first one generally overriding the second. I'm now in Windows 11 the program crashes a lot. > > It's impresses me that I've been using Abby for many years and it still carries many of the same defects it has always had; it sometimes does perfect conversions into Ms word but quite oftenly it renders a file in which I have to make many corrections before start working with it. The precisión to detect the characters has improved over the years and sometimes it can detect complex tables, which is nice to see, but regarding tables with not clear imprinted lines the program files to detect them at all. ----- ### "ABBYY FineReader Review" — 5.0/5 > **Jesse** | *October 23, 2024* | Automotive | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: What i like the most is how much detail you are able to manipulate with this software. > > **Cons**: What i least liked was how difficult it was for me to learn my way around it. > > Very pleased. It exceeded my expectations. ----- ### "ABBY IS ONE OF THE BEST OCR AND PDF APPLICATION" — 5.0/5 > **ILKER** | *December 11, 2023* | Translation & Localization | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **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. > > I have used this software since its beginning, decades passed away . ----- Page: 1 / 19\ Next: [Next page](https://www.getapp.ca/software/2047083/abbyy-finereader?page=2) ## Links - [View on GetApp](https://www.getapp.ca/software/2047083/abbyy-finereader) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-MX | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | | pt | | | pt-PT | | ----- ## Structured Data