PDFsam Basic vs ABBYY FineReader PDF

Side-by-side comparison of features, reviews, pricing and more

PDFsam Basic

Category: PDF Tool
Industries: Education, Business

Pricing

Standard

$69

Per user / per year

Pro

$89 $59

Per user / per year

Pro + OCR Advanced

$129 $79

ABBYY FineReader PDF

Category: PDF Tool
Industries: Education, Business

Pricing

FineReader PDF for Mac®

$69.00

Per Year

FineReader for Windows Standard

$117.00

Per Year

FineReader for Windows Corporate

$165.00

Per Year

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PDFsam Basic reviews

The basic free version has all the capabilities that I need! It lets me split and merge PDFs in addition to other things. All I need to do is to drop the PDFs, reorder them, and select merge. It also has an option to normalize the sizes of pages so that the merged file has a consistent page size throughout the document. Splitting PDFs is equally easy! Just select the file and set how you want it to be separated; like each page or after a specific page. And of course you can opt in to pay a fee and use the enhanced version which has more capabilities but for my basic needs, the free version is more than enough.

- Nima A.

Overall, I am very happy with this piece of software -- it is reliable, available at little to no cost, and easy enough to train users on and recommend. I wish it were available on a platform like Ninite so that it would be easier to install with other utilities at the same time. I have no hesitation recommending this software.

- Neel P. Firm Technical Specialist

An excellent tool and very easy to use, it is perhaps one of the most important features, and the updates that are notified to the user allow them to incorporate new features that increase the level of satisfaction.

- Pascual G. Project Manager

ABBYY FineReader PDF reviews

FineReader PDF scanned and OCRed large technical documents with tables and fine print. It was a great surprise to see it recommend using a higher resolution scan in some cases. The higher resolution worked well. I used the "reverse even pages" option and it automatically re-orded scanned pages properly.

- Grafton K. Flight Software Engineer

This software is incredible. I needed a way to scan documents from languages not in the FineReader database. This software provided the simple tools to select all characters in a new language. I work with native languages in the remote areas of Honduras and Nicaragua. There are no tools for scanning in Miskitu. There are many things printed, but the character set contains elements that are not in standard languages, such as Spanish. This software enables me to choose the language name and then select its character element base. When the software reads the scanned sheet it always picks up the correct elements and I have a copy in Word that can be edited.

- Dennis W. Self Employed

I like the OCR and all functions included in this product. I appreciated the easier use and the immediate work with it. I can suggest acquiring it to work easily and speed.

- Vincenzo O. Dirigente

Pros & cons

PDFsam Basic

Pros
Super easy to work with
It has most features you are probably looking for in order to edit, compile, merge or whatever else you might have to do with PDF files
It makes a nice easy to review document -- and this is all the more beneficial when working remotely as has been the case for the past year or so
PDFsam is user user-friendly, versatile, reliable, capable of high-quality resolutions, and consistently free of charge
Wonderful, I will continue to use this software for the rest of my life
It is a crucial tool to have."

Cons
The only complaint i have would be the cost of the product, I think it should cost a little less
I will switch to Nitro PDF and know exactly what I am getting
And their customer service is awful
Also, each time you use the program, duplicate PDFsam icons appear, which can be confusing
Then I began receiving prompts to upgrade to PDFSam Enhanced
I then started having problems with PDFSam Basic."

ABBYY FineReader PDF

Pros
Cons"The main drawback of ABBYY FineReader is the inability to view the history of document changes in your account
The second minus is that there is no tool for merging several files into one
The preview does not work, there is no tool to merge several files into one, often manual editing is required
ABBYY FineReader is much inferior to Adobe Acrobat Pro
We use this tool for scanning hard copies of surveys, questionnaires, CVs and all kinds of standard documents such as contracts."

Cons
Pros"I like the fact that developers monitor their product: they constantly fix bugs, add new useful features and modify old ones
The product is just nice to use
I love that this tool lets me convert reams of printed docs into softcopies that I can save and save in my PC
It also allows you to export to multiple file formats in addition to Microsoft Word
What I like most about this software is the amount of time we save by using it
Best OCR reader for translators of complicated documents."

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