Choose ABBYY FineReader as Adobe® Acrobat® Alternative
ABBYY FineReader PDF is the solution for your everyday work with PDF documents. It offers a wide variety of tools for PDF editing and collaboration at an affordable price — and combines them with ABBYY’s renowned OCR to make working with documents of any kind fast, efficient, and effortless.
| FineReader PDF (for Windows) | Acrobat Pro DC | |
|---|---|---|
| Interact with PDFs | ||
| View, interact, and comment on PDF content from your computer, mobile device, or web browser |
excl.web browser |
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| Access, edit, and store in your Box, Dropbox, Google Drive, and Microsoft OneDrive accounts |
excl. Box |
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| Compare two versions of a PDF to review all differences | ||
| Store, manage, and share files online with instant access to files across devices |
SharePoint, OneDrive, GoogleDrive and DropBox supported |
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| Track activity across desktop, mobile, and web for documents sent for viewing, reviewing, and signing | ||
| Be more productive on the latest Windows touch-enabled devices including Surface Pro | ||
| Open PDFs are protected by Microsoft Information Protection solutions, including Azure Information Protection and Microsoft 365. | ||
| Measure the distance, area, and perimeter of objects in PDFs | ||
| Create PDFs | ||
| Convert documents and images to PDF files | ||
| Create, protect, and send PDFs in popular Microsoft 365 apps for Windows | ||
| Combine multiple documents and file types into one PDF file | ||
| Create a password-protected PDF | ||
| Automatically fix photos of documents to remove backgrounds and adjust perspective | ||
| Create and export PDFs on your mobile device |
using FineReader PDF Mobile (for iOS) |
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| Turn scanned paper documents into instantly searchable and editable PDFs with fonts that match the original | ||
| Convert and validate PDFs for compliance with ISO standards like PDF/A and PDF/X |
Validation not supported, conversion only to PDF/A supported |
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| Convert web pages to interactive PDFs, complete with links | ||
| Prevent others from copying or editing information in PDFs | ||
| Recognize text in scans, and then preview and correct suspect errors with a side-by-side view | ||
| Turn Adobe Photoshop (PSD), Illustrator (AI), or InDesign (INDD) files into PDFs from your desktop or mobile device | ||
| Prepare PDFs consistently with guided actions | ||
| Create and validate PDFs to meet accessibility standards for people with disabilities |
only create |
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| Edit PDFs | ||
| Edit PDF text and images with full-page paragraph reflow | ||
| Turn PDFs into editable Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint files | ||
| Insert, delete, rotate, and reorder pages in a PDF | ||
| Split a PDF by extracting one or multiple pages | ||
| Add bookmarks, headers, numbering, and watermarks | ||
| Permanently remove hidden sensitive information in PDFs | ||
| Redact to permanently remove visible information in PDFs | ||
| Convert PDFs to JPEG, TIFF, or PNG image formats | ||
| Add audio, video, and interactive objects to PDFs | ||
| Add Bates numbering to legal documents | ||
| Add or edit text and images on your tablet and mobile phone |
Add text only on FineReader PDF iOS |
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| Reorder, delete, or rotate PDF pages on your iOS or Android Tablet |
using FineReader PDF mobile (iOS only) |
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| Share and sign | ||
| Add comments to PDFs with a full suite of commenting tools including text editing, highlighter, and sticky notes | ||
| Digitally sign, certify, and verify documents | ||
| Turn paper or Word docs into fillable PDF forms |
manually |
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| Mark PDFs with stamps, such as “approved” or “draft” | ||
| Share links of PDFs for viewing, reviewing, and signatures | ||
| Get real-time status and activity notifications for documents sent for viewing, comments, or signature | ||
| Collect group feedback in one PDF file with no reviewer login required | ||
| Collect legally binding e-signatures from others and track responses in real time | ||
| Fill, sign, and send forms faster using data from your autofill collection on your computer or mobile device | ||
| Enhance PDF forms by adding interactivity with JavaScript | ||
| Choose comments and export to Word | ||
| Automatically optimize PDFs to reduce file size and customize settings |
without automatic process |
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| Preflight and prepare files for high-end print production | ||
| Additional features | ||
| OCR Editor: Manual adjustment of Recognition areas detection, scans and photos pre-processing, Customize recognition for specific tasks, Set up import and export options, OCR Project | ||
| Recognize multi-language documents | ||
| Text comparison of image-only PDFs and document scans | ||
| Schedule automated conversions to start at a specific time (one time, recurring daily, weekly, or monthly) or to run constantly (by checking for new files every minute) | ||
| Export comparison results to Word with Track changes mode activated | ||
| Create PDFs from SVG format | ||
Disclaimer
The following information reflects our testing as of 29 August 2024 and publicly available information at https://www.adobe.com/acrobat/pricing/compare-versions.html. Please refer to FineReader full list. Products compared: FineReader PDF 16 for Windows (Corporate edition), FineReader PDF for iOS and Adobe Acrobat Pro Version 2024.003.20054.
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Available options of FineReader PDF for Windows
Standard
$ 99 / Year
1 Standalone license
- Edit, protect, and collaborate on PDFs
- Create and convert PDFs
- Digitize paper documents and scans with OCR
Corporate
$ 165 / Year
1 Standalone license
- Edit, protect and collaborate on PDFs
- Create and convert PDFs
- Digitize paper documents and scans with OCR
- Optimize digitization and conversion routines (5,000 pages/month*, 2 cores)
- Compare documents in different formats
Upgrade your subscription at any time - to a longer term, or from FineReader PDF Standard to Corporate.
You will be billed automatically according to your subscription plan. FineReader PDF for Windows installations are updated automatically after the renewal is paid. Payments will be processed securely by our eCommerce partners. Product registration is required.
Business licenses
Choose between Standard and Corporate editions and a variety of licensing options for a universal PDF tool. Benefit from progressive volume discounts, network deployment, and simple license management.
- 1 and 3 year subscription plans