--- 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 / 19\ 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 433 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** | 433 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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Very helpful for someone working in education or research but modern phones have similar functionality built in now. ----- ### "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 ----- ### "Good Editing Tools" — 5.0/5 > **Ashish** | *20 August 2026* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: ABBYY FineReader PDF is best liked for its high-accuracy OCR (optical character recognition) that converts scanned paper and images into searchable, editable text across 190+ languages, alongside its reliable layout retention and seamless PDF editing and conversion tools. > > **Cons**: Least liked features of ABBYY FineReader PDF often include its high price for casual users, occasional errors when reading complex or multi-column layouts, and a heavy system resource load during large batch processing tasks. > > ABBYY FineReader PDF is a powerful and reliable tool for document conversion, text recognition (OCR), and PDF editing. It converts scanned papers into editable files with high accuracy and saves time on office tasks. ----- ### "Great value- I use it everyday" — 5.0/5 > **Yehuda** | *20 August 2026* | Higher Education | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: I use the FineReader as my primary PDF viewer and editor. The FineReader is a great value for money. It does a pretty good job with OCR and data extraction; the only thing better is dedicated OCR software. The editing software works really, really well. > > **Cons**: Scanning is decent, though somewhat slow. The erase function for editing sometimes takes on too much of the background and can sometimes may everything black. I would prefer that it would default to white. ----- Page: 1 / 19\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/65868/abbyy-finereader?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.co.uk/software/65868/abbyy-finereader) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-AR | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-CR | | | es-DO | | | es-EC | | | es-MX | | | es-PA | | | es-PE | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | | it | | | ja | | | ko | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | | pl | | | pt | | | pt-PT | | | sv | | | tr | | ----- ## Structured Data