ABBYY FineReader PDF

Edit, convert, protect and compare PDFs, and turn scans and paper documents into searchable, editable files with OCR on Windows PCs.

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Overview

FineReader PDF for Windows lets teams open and edit digital or scanned PDFs, rewrite text paragraphs, edit table content and rearrange layouts. Scans and paper documents become searchable PDFs through OCR in 198 recognition languages, and PDFs convert to Word, Excel and more than 15 other formats. Users can comment and mark up documents, fill and create interactive forms, merge and rearrange pages, add Bates numbering and stamps, redact sensitive information, remove metadata, set passwords and apply digital signatures. The Corporate edition adds cross-format document comparison, including scans, and Hot Folder automated conversion of up to 5,000 pages per month. It runs on Windows 11 and 10 (64-bit).
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Awards and recognitions
  • Name
    Leader - Winter 2026
    Year
    2,026
  • Name
    Highest User Adoption, Small Business - Fall 2025
    Year
    2,025
  • Name
    Easiest To Do Business With, Small Business - Winter 2026
    Year
    2,026
  • Name
    Best Support, Mid-Market - Winter 2026
    Year
    2,026
  • Name
    Most Recommended - 2026
    Year
    2,026
Documentation
pdf.abbyy.com/media/ezpflzhe/guide_english.pdf
License Model
Proprietary
Solution Kind
Application
Version
16

Who it is for

Industries
  • Education
  • Government
Organization Types
  • Business
  • Government
  • Education
  • Individual
Use Cases
  • Document comparison
  • Information extraction

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Before you choose

Check before choosing

  • This edition runs on Windows 11 and 10 (64-bit); the Mac and iOS versions are separate products with a different feature set.

Features

Data Extraction

Extract text and tables from PDFs with one click

Recognize barcodes such as QR Code, Code 128, EAN and Data Matrix

Categories: OCR

Document Conversion

Convert PDFs to Word, Excel and more than 15 other formats

Correct areas and check OCR results in advanced conversion

Categories: OCR

Text Extraction

AI-based OCR of scans and images in 198 recognition languages

Extract text from any PDF

Categories: OCR

Batch Processing

Automated document conversion with Hot Folder

What you need
  • Corporate edition

Categories: OCR

PDF Conversion

Convert PDFs into editable Word, Excel and other formats

Categories: OCR

Multiple Output Formats

Export to PDF, PDF/A, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, HTML, RTF, TXT, CSV, ODT, EPUB, FB2 and image formats

Categories: OCR

Convert to PDF

Create searchable PDFs from scans and paper documents

Create PDFs from Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Categories: OCR

Convert to PDF

Create PDFs from scans, paper and Office files

Categories: PDF · PDF Editor

Merge/Append Files

Merge PDFs and rearrange pages

Categories: PDF · PDF Editor

PDF Conversion

Convert PDFs into Word, Excel and more than 15 other formats

Categories: PDF

Encryption

Add passwords to PDFs

Apply and verify digital signatures

Categories: PDF

PDF Reader

View PDFs and search them

Categories: PDF

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Annotations

Comment, annotate, mark up and draw in PDFs

Categories: PDF

Text Editing

Rewrite text paragraphs

Edit table content

More details & conditions: Text Editing

Edit scanned PDFs

Categories: PDF Editor

Annotations

Comment, annotate and mark up documents

Categories: PDF Editor

Workflow details

Inputs
  • Recognition languages

    198 recognition languages in all combinations; 53 include dictionary support

  • Image input formats

    TIFF, JPEG, JPEG 2000, JBIG2, PNG, BMP, PCX, GIF, DjVu, XPS, SVG; PDF up to version 2.0 including PDF/A and PDF/UA

Categories: OCR

Limits
  • Hot Folder automated processing

    5,000pages per month

    Corporate edition
    Conditions
    • Applies only to automated processing with Hot Folder; resets every 30 days; 2 cores

Categories: OCR

Workflow boundary and exception handling
  • In advanced document conversion, users can correct areas and check OCR results before output.

Categories: OCR

Extraction
  • OCR

Categories: PDF · PDF Editor

Pricing

Common pricing conditions

Applies to: FineReader PDF Standard · FineReader PDF Corporate

Trial Auto Charge
No
Trial Available
Yes
Trial Card Required
No
Trial Days
7
Trial is free
Yes

FineReader PDF Standard

From EUR 267 / seat

EUR 99 / seat / year

Billed annually

Commitment Months
12

EUR 16 / seat / month

Billed monthly

EUR 267 / seat

Commitment Months
36

Plan details & limits

Business Model
  • Subscription

FineReader PDF Corporate

From EUR 446 / seat

EUR 165 / seat / year

Billed annually

Commitment Months
12

EUR 24 / seat / month

Billed monthly

EUR 446 / seat

Commitment Months
36

Plan details & limits

Business Model
  • Subscription
Limits
  • Hot Folder automated processing

    5,000Pages/ 30 days

    Conditions
    Applies only to automated processing with Hot Folder; the counter resets every 30 days; 2 cores

Technical details

Deployment

Client Channels
  • Desktop app
Client OS
  • Platform
    Microsoft Windows 11 / 10
    Architecture
    64-bit
Delivery Models
  • On premises
Hardware Requirements
  • Unit
    GB
    Minimum
    2
    Resource
    RAM
    Scenario
    Multiprocessor systems need an additional 512 MB of RAM per additional processor
    Recommended
    4
  • Unit
    GB
    Minimum
    1.6
    Resource
    Disk space
    Recommended
    1.6
Server OS
  • Platform
    Microsoft Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012 R2
    Supported tasks
    • Tested for centralized deployment and virtualization, including Remote Desktop, RemoteApp and Remote Desktop Web Access
  • Platform
    Citrix Workspace App 1808 and Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops

Data

Export Formats
  • PDF
  • TIFF
  • JPEG
  • PNG
  • BMP
  • DOC
  • DOCX
  • XLS
  • XLSX
  • PowerPoint presentation
  • HTML
  • RTF
  • Plain text
  • CSV
Import Formats
  • PDF
  • TIFF
  • JPEG
  • PNG
  • BMP
  • GIF
  • SVG
  • DOC
  • DOCX
  • XLS
  • XLSX
  • HTML
  • RTF
  • Plain text

Languages & regions

UI Languages
  • bg
  • zh-Hans
  • zh-Hant
  • cs
  • da
  • nl
  • en
  • fr
  • de
  • el
  • hu
  • it
  • ja
  • ko
  • pl
  • pt-BR
  • sk
  • es
  • sv
  • tr
  • uk
  • vi

Security

Accessibility Claims
  • Scope
    Windows desktop application ABBYY FineReader PDF 16
    Standard
    VPAT Accessibility Conformance Report

Support

Training Formats
  • Documentation
  • Video

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