--- 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 451 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** | 451 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**: 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 & 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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I tried out various different options and found Abbyy FineReader to be the most comprehensive for the price. There is also a lot of online support when I don't know how to do something. > > **Cons**: I am disappointed that the licence only allows installation on a single device. I wanted it on my laptop as well as my desktop and tried downloading a free trial on the laptop. However, it wouldn't install properly and information online indicated that others were having the same problem. ABBYY FineReader had advice online as to how to resolve the problem, but it didn't work. I wanted to get personalised advice, but was unable to, so I abandoned the idea of buying an extra licence. > > My overall experience is very positive. It's my default pdf reader as I find the interface more comfortable than Adobe. ----- ### "Excellent OCR Tools and Control, but the Mac Version Needs Refinement" — 3.0/5 > **Mark** | *23 September 2026* | Oil & Energy | Recommendation rating: 5.0/10 > > **Pros**: On the Mac, the overall concept of FineReader is excellent. The level of control available over Optical Character Recognition (OCR), recognition areas, tables and document structure is far superior to several other major OCR products I have used previously. Being able to review and adjust how a page is recognised before export is particularly useful, especially when working with more complex technical documents, tables and scanned material. The Advanced Conversion tools give the user considerably more control over the final result than many competing products. > > **Cons**: Unfortunately, there are several issues with the Mac version that make the product more frustrating than it should be. I have experienced problems when saving or exporting directly to certain folder locations. ABBYY's own support documentation also identifies situations where the selected file path or folder naming can cause export problems on the Mac. Abbyy Support More significantly, when using the table modification tools, exporting can fail with the FENExportPageOperation error. ABBYY has confirmed that this is a known issue which can occur after adding or changing separators within recognised table areas. Their suggested workaround is essentially to avoid manually modifying the table separators, which rather defeats the purpose of having these excellent table correction tools when automatic recognition has not produced the required result. Abbyy Support ABBYY Support — FineReader PDF for Mac: FENExportPageOperation export error Another weakness is the limited diagnostic information provided when an export fails. There is often little useful guidance identifying exactly what has caused the failure or which page, table or recognition element needs correcting. This can result in considerable time being spent troubleshooting by trial and error. The PDF export options could also be explained much better. ABBYY provides technical descriptions of options such as Text and pictures only, Text over the page image, Text under the page image, image quality and MRC compression, but I think these would be much more useful if accompanied by real-world examples showing what the user should expect from the resulting document. Abbyy Help ABBYY Help — Options for exporting to a searchable PDF For example: Which settings should I use if I want the scanned page to look virtually identical to the original but remain searchable? Which settings are best for minimum file size? Which are best if the recognised text is going to be reused or edited? Practical examples like these would make the export options considerably easier to understand. > > FineReader has some genuinely excellent features and, particularly in terms of OCR control and document recognition, has the potential to be an outstanding product for Mac users. My experience is therefore mixed. The core recognition functionality and the amount of user control are very good, and in some respects superior to other major products I have used. However, reliability issues with saving and exporting — particularly the documented table-editing/export problem — together with limited diagnostic information when something goes wrong, detract considerably from the overall experience. What is particularly disappointing is that some of these issues are already known and documented. I would like to see ABBYY address them in a timely manner rather than relying on workarounds that effectively require users not to use some of the product's most useful advanced features. With these issues resolved, together with clearer, practical guidance for the PDF export options, FineReader could be an excellent Mac OCR product. ----- ### "Modplan Review" — 5.0/5 > **Robert** | *23 September 2026* | Construction | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: It enables me to edit and highlight certain documents that require extra care given to specific parts that are picked by our shop floor staff. It enables me to extract information from various PDF files and generate one file which is specific to our business. It enables me to scan documents / orders to various suppliers with ease. All of which is available at a very reasonable yearly subscription. > > **Cons**: Highlighting Documents can be quite "Clunky" and there's no way of deleting certain things. When an update is made it sometimes causes havoc with our scanners > > Overall its made my life easier in relation to placing orders and highlighting criteria on other documents and if some of the improvements listed above were carried out it would be near on perfect ----- ### "A good OCR product - recommended" — 5.0/5 > **Harry** | *25 September 2026* | Writing & Editing | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: The OCR capabilities are very good, supporting multiple languages in different alphabets. The ability to add custom dictionaries, such as for scientific names. The ability to make edit the image prior to processing. The ability to save a searchable PDF document. Customer support I have used a couple of times has been helpful. > > **Cons**: Analysis of the image prior to OCR, sometimes needs manually correcting, even very similar pages can be interrupted differently. It would be nice to save options and personal dictionaries, so that they are not lost between re-installation or moving between computers. Annoying, when inputting multiple images, the order is reversed for first input, and correct for all subsequent inputs. > > I have being using ABBYY FineReader for a number of years even though it is not a cheap product with an annual fee. Overall I like the product, and will continue to use it. ----- ### "Books to electronic text." — 5.0/5 > **Matthew** | *25 April 2026* | Education Management | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Used this mainly for its ability to convert scanned text from images to text on a computer. It helped me gather pages and pages of text and convert it for use in world processing. > > **Cons**: Sometimes there are misreadings but this was often due to the quality of the file it was asked to scan. > > Excellent product. Very helpful for someone working in education or research but modern phones have similar functionality built in now. ----- 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