--- description: Discover the benefits and disadvantages of ABBYY FineReader PDF. Learn the software price, see the description, and read the most helpful reviews for UK business users. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: ABBYY FineReader PDF Pricing, Cost & Reviews - Capterra UK 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [PDF Editor Software](/directory/32779/pdf-editor/software) > [ABBYY FineReader PDF](/software/65868/abbyy-finereader) # ABBYY FineReader PDF Canonical: https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/65868/abbyy-finereader Page: 1 / 18\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/65868/abbyy-finereader?page=2) > ABBYY FineReader PDF is a universal PDF software for efficient work with documents - both PDFs and scans - in the digital workplace > > Verdict: Rated **4.7/5** by 427 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses ABBYY FineReader PDF? For small and medium-sized businesses, big companies, and public and educational institutions, FineReader PDF provides a comprehensive and cost-effective PDF solution. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.7/5** | 427 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 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**: £16.00 - **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: FineReader PDF 15 for Windows - Standard - $16 Corporate - $20 FineReader PDF for Mac - $69 yearly - **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**: Croatian, Czech, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Ukrainian - **Available Countries**: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize and 206 more ## Features - Access Controls/Permissions - Annotations - Archiving & Retention - Collaboration Tools - Commenting/Notes - Convert to PDF - Digital Signature - Document Capture - Document Storage - Electronic Signature - Encryption - File Conversion - File Sharing - Forms Management - Full Text Search - Merge/Append Files - Optical Character Recognition - Text Editing - Watermarking ## Integrations (4 total) - Microsoft Excel - Microsoft Outlook - Microsoft PowerPoint - Microsoft Word ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Chat ## Category - [PDF Editor Software](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/32779/pdf-editor/software) ## Related Categories - [Document Management Software](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/30063/document-management/software) - [PDF Software](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/31122/pdf/software) - [OCR Software](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/31459/ocr/software) - [PDF Editor Software](https://www.capterra.co.uk/directory/32779/pdf-editor/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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[Soda PDF](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/148773/soda-pdf) — 3.5/5 (238 reviews) ## Reviews ### "Great to Rebuild Old Magazine Articles for Republishing Online" — 5.0/5 > **Stephen** | *15 May 2025* | Environmental Services | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Ability to scan and convert image files to documents while doing a pretty good job at preserving the formatting. > > **Cons**: The best way I know to recreate electronic versions of old magazine articles as they were when published for re-publishing online. > > I get the best results of any tool I've used with this software. ----- ### "Use Abbyy as your pdf resder and editor" — 4.0/5 > **Hoshang** | *25 September 2024* | Research | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **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 > > I have used it even for other languages. It is great ----- ### "Great product" — 5.0/5 > **Andrew** | *22 May 2024* | Information Services | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Flexible templates for reading data from similar documents. > > **Cons**: Inability to draw a table with columns and than analysis the table without losing the columns. > > Excellent product which allows our company to extract data from documents quickly. ----- ### "Useful tool for text management" — 4.0/5 > **Sarah** | *23 May 2024* | Higher Education | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: Copes with multiple languages, converts scans to readable and editable text. > > **Cons**: I think that the scanning smart functions could be better- I still have to do a lot of manual tweaking of every scanned page. and the navigation is not very intuitive. > > I don't love it, but it is the best tool I have come across for producing readable and editable scanned text in multiple languages. ----- ### "ABBYY FineReader Review" — 5.0/5 > **Jesse** | *23 October 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. 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