--- title: FineReader PDF for Windows and Mac Reviews meta\_title: 'FineReader PDF for Windows and Mac Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 294 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how FineReader PDF for Windows and Mac works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 4.5 review\_count: 294 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-10' parent\_category: name: Collaboration & Productivity url: https://www.g2.com/categories/collaboration-productivity --- # FineReader PDF for Windows and Mac Reviews & Product Details Visit Website FineReader is an all-in-one OCR and PDF software application designed to increase business productivity. It provides easy-to-use tools to access and modify information locked in paper-based documents and PDFs. ABBYY FineReader PDF 16 for Windows Digitize, retrieve, edit, protect, share, and collaborate on all kinds of documents in the same workflow. Edit digital and scanned PDFs with a newfound ease: correct whole sentences and paragraphs or even adjust the layout. Incorporate paper documents into a digital workplace with AI-based OCR technology to simplify daily work. ABBYY FineReader PDF for Mac® Manage your documents more easily and perform all document tasks quicker in digital workflows. Convert PDFs, document images and scans with unmatched accuracy Achieve new levels of productivity when converting documents with the latest OCR technology and view and reuse content from PDFs of any kind with ease. ABBYY FineReader PDF for iOS - The first smart AI-powered scanner that turns your mobile device into an all-purpose tool to quickly capture docs and books, create electronic copies in PDF and JPEG, and extract texts from scans for further editing and sharing. * * * Product Website FineReader PDF for Windows and Mac Seller [ABBYY](https://www.g2.com/sellers/abbyy) Discussions [FineReader PDF for Windows and Mac Community](https://www.g2.com/products/finereader-pdf-for-windows-and-mac/discuss) Languages Supported Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional) Solution Type All-in-One Overview by Christoph Keyser Show More ## Pricing Pricing provided by FineReader PDF for Windows.... ### FineReader for Windows Standard Starting at $16.00 Per Month [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/finereader-pdf-for-windows-and-mac/pricing) ## FineReader PDF for Windows and Mac Integrations (2) What do users say about integrations? Verified by FineReader PDF for Windows and Mac [ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Microsoft Excel ](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-excel/reviews)[ ![Product Avatar Image](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Product Avatar Image") Microsoft Word ](https://www.g2.com/products/microsoft-word/reviews) Show More ![Verified User in Farming](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Farming") UF Verified User in Farming Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 9/14/2023 "Useful for what it is" 3.5/5 What do you like best about FineReader PDF for Windows and Mac? It's very helpful as a place to perform a very specified task. I like that once I know what I want, I can get a really good product from FineReader. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about FineReader PDF for Windows and Mac? It's hit or miss with some pdfs. Older ones especially. Further, I wish it offered more value in a way that differentiates it from Adobe. It's branding and look probably contributes to this Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is FineReader PDF for Windows and Mac solving and how is that benefiting you? Converting and accessing pdfs is a really good one. That's my specific use case, at least. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Research](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Research") UR Verified User in Research Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 9/14/2023 "Efficient and fast tool" 5/5 What do you like best about FineReader PDF for Windows and Mac? The fact that I can use it for the tables and that it can easily read documents and books Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about FineReader PDF for Windows and Mac? Maybe it is a bit expensive, above all FineReader for windows Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is FineReader PDF for Windows and Mac solving and how is that benefiting you? Book digitization and tables digitization (to excel or word) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Anand c.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Anand c.") AC Anand c. Library Trainee Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 5/31/2023 "Very good software to use in library and archives" 4/5 What do you like best about FineReader PDF for Windows and Mac? I can convert tif files into small pdf format, which is very much a storage saver. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about FineReader PDF for Windows and Mac? When I edit tif file, and there is a prominent spot on the document, when I try to erase it, it makes the other part selected by the eraser black. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is FineReader PDF for Windows and Mac solving and how is that benefiting you? Converting tif files into pdf Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Research](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Research") UR Verified User in Research Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 9/14/2023 "Great experience so far OCRing images and editing PDFs" 4/5 What do you like best about FineReader PDF for Windows and Mac? Great for editing PDFs. I like the ability to define table borders for OCR. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about FineReader PDF for Windows and Mac? I find the Windows PDF to EXCEL harder to use than MAC Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is FineReader PDF for Windows and Mac solving and how is that benefiting you? Generating tables from images, editing PDFs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Jonathan T.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Jonathan T.") JT Jonathan T. Attorney Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/3/2023 "GREAT HANDLING OF PDF AND OTHER DOCUMENTS" 5/5 What do you like best about FineReader PDF for Windows and Mac? I love the ease of use and options for working with various file types... Editing pages and putting together large documents of different types is a breeze. Need different file types for home banking? or working with photos? no problem... it's all there!! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about FineReader PDF for Windows and Mac? I first used Abby FineReader when it was a single one time purchase and use subscription without yearly fees which made it better for that than other products... but the subscription is more than reasdonable given the products features and ease of use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is FineReader PDF for Windows and Mac solving and how is that benefiting you? :FineReader PDF helps me solve organizational issues... Just being able to organize various files into one document, and to edit and organize pages within a document has made my work and life better! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management") UN Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 9/23/2022 "Excellent tool to capture content and convert into usable formats" 4.5/5 What do you like best about FineReader PDF for Windows and Mac? I use FineReader PDF for Mac. The best feature is the seamless integration to my iPhone. With the click of a button, it will engage my iPhone and use it like a scanner. It will allow me to capture multiple pages from my iPhone. It will then let me manipulate what I capture using all of the great editing tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about FineReader PDF for Windows and Mac? The only reason I didn't give it a perfect 10 is because I can't use it to just capture an image of a document. FineReader PDF wants to convert everything to a PDF. I get that. But it would be nice if I could use the capture feature to just capture an image on my Mac and not convert it to PDF or Word or one of the other cool formats I might need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is FineReader PDF for Windows and Mac solving and how is that benefiting you? I am using FineReader PDF as a document management tool. I need to keep track of all sorts of content. For the content that is truly paper, I need a way to capture that on my Mac and store it (usually as a PDF). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite on behalf of seller ![José Rodrigo M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "José Rodrigo M.") JM José Rodrigo M. Traductor Jurídico Español-Inglés/ Expert Legal Translator, Span-Eng/ Socio Principal & CEO Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/3/2023 "Seamless conversion to workable format" 4.5/5 What do you like best about FineReader PDF for Windows and Mac? It is very helpful when converting files with tables and figures, crispiness of text and maintaining cohesiveness in paragraphs that run over more than one page. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about FineReader PDF for Windows and Mac? Can't find any downsides! Overall excellent performance and a real run for your money. I am having a hard time trying to find room for improvement beyond what standard OCR issues might be. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is FineReader PDF for Windows and Mac solving and how is that benefiting you? I need good workable documents to help me in translation jobs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More 3/3/2024 Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Jaakko S.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Jaakko S.") JS Jaakko S. Senior Metallurgist Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 3/4/2023 "Use of ABBYY for converting technical papers to Word or Excel" 5/5 What do you like best about FineReader PDF for Windows and Mac? The overall performance is well enough for technical papers. Perfect positioning and settings resulting to original look of the Word - document. I use only ABBYY for the reason that it fulfills my epxtectations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about FineReader PDF for Windows and Mac? Poor converting of tables with columns and both numbers and letters - ABBYY is not able to follow the font and positioning of the original tables, meaning that I will have to edit every table and this is a time-taking painful operation! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is FineReader PDF for Windows and Mac solving and how is that benefiting you? The only problem is the converting of technical tables - at the current status it does not produce acceptable tables from pdf to Word. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite WS William S. Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/3/2023 "Usually accurate OCR." 4.5/5 What do you like best about FineReader PDF for Windows and Mac? Usually accurate OCR. Latest version better than previous one. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about FineReader PDF for Windows and Mac? Editing text blocks and sometimes graphic elements (like vertical line streaks) is kludgy. When drawing a box around elements to be deleted, one should be able to hit the "Delete" key to make it disappear instead of right click and then a Delete. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is FineReader PDF for Windows and Mac solving and how is that benefiting you? Saves typing from scratch Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ![Yannis A.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Yannis A.") YA Yannis A. Senior Technical Consultant Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 3/5/2023 "My Experience is great." 5/5 What do you like best about FineReader PDF for Windows and Mac? The OCR Functionality is great, exporting to other programs (Excell or Word) is also great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about FineReader PDF for Windows and Mac? Nothing for the moment. Every functionality is useful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is FineReader PDF for Windows and Mac solving and how is that benefiting you? OCR of the documents that are captured with screenshot or photo. Document editing, Document consolitation, exporting to other program file types. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: Seller invite ## Questions about FineReader PDF for Windows and Mac? Ask real users or explore answers from the community Get practical answers, real workflows, and honest pros and cons from the G2 community or share your insights. [ Ask about FineReader PDF for Windows and Mac ](https://www.g2.com/products/finereader-pdf-for-windows-and-mac/discussions/new) ![Luiz M.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Luiz M.") 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