Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ABBYY FineReader
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
ABBYY FineReader is a PDF editor that allows users to convert, edit, share, and collaborate on PDFs. FineReader also converts scanned documents into searchable PDF files.
$16
per month per user
Adobe Acrobat
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Adobe Acrobat DC is the current version of the well-established document / PDF management solution, part of the Adobe Document Cloud (the other part being Adobe's eSign services based on technology acquired with EchoSign in 2011).
$29.99
per month per seat
Lark
Score 10.0 out of 10
N/A
Lark, or Larksuite, is a take on office suite software that supports workplace collaboration. Founded in 2016, Lark combines messaging, schedule management and online collaborative documents in a single platform. Lark is available now on macOS, Windows, iOS and Android.
$0
Pricing
ABBYY FineReaderAdobe AcrobatLarksuite
Editions & Modules
FineReader PDF Standard for Windows
$16
per month per user
FineReader PDF Corporate for Windows
$24
per month per user
FineReader PDF for Mac®
$69
per year per user
FineReader PDF Standard for Windows
$99
per year per user
FineReader PDF Corporate for Windows
$165
per year per user
Acrobat Pro for Individuals
$19.99
per month
Acrobat Pro for Teams
$23.99
per month per user
Acrobat Studio for Individuals
$24.99
per month
Starter
$0
up to 20 users
Pro
$12
per month per user (up to 500 users)
Enterprise
Custom
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ABBYY FineReaderAdobe AcrobatLark
Free Trial
YesYesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDiscount offered for annual billing.
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Community Pulse
ABBYY FineReaderAdobe AcrobatLarksuite
Considered Multiple Products
ABBYY FineReader
Chose ABBYY FineReader
ABBYY FineReader is far more advanced and accurate for OCR-related tasks than Kofax Power PDF. When it comes to working with languages, other than English, ABBYY FineReader has a total advantage in all possible aspects. Editing tools in ABBYY FineReader work exceptionally well …
Chose ABBYY FineReader
Although both have functionalities that they share, in ABBYY FineReader they are better implemented, they have a better performance, in addition to being a more intuitive and simple user that makes their learning curve relatively simple, it is as if the options I need are …
Adobe Acrobat
Chose Adobe Acrobat
ABBYY FineReader promises better OCR recognition, but Finereader for Mac doesn't do 1/3 of the things that Adobe Acrobat DC does. It fails to meet my needs. Readdle PDF Expert is a fine product, but still, a lightweight compared to Acrobat DC. Using PDF Expert after using …
Chose Adobe Acrobat
I have used nitro and abbyy for OCR usage and found similar results. Google Drive I've used for OCR recognition as well. From a usage point of view, I have found Acrobat to have a much more intuitive interface to manage the features I need like editing, page insertion, …
Lark

No answer on this topic

Features
ABBYY FineReaderAdobe AcrobatLarksuite
Project Management
Comparison of Project Management features of Product A and Product B
ABBYY FineReader
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Ratings
Adobe Acrobat
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Ratings
Larksuite
10.0
2 Ratings
25% above category average
Task Management00 Ratings00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Gantt Charts00 Ratings00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Scheduling00 Ratings00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Workflow Automation00 Ratings00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Mobile Access00 Ratings00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Search00 Ratings00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Visual planning tools00 Ratings00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Communication
Comparison of Communication features of Product A and Product B
ABBYY FineReader
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Ratings
Adobe Acrobat
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Ratings
Larksuite
10.0
2 Ratings
22% above category average
Chat00 Ratings00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Notifications00 Ratings00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Discussions00 Ratings00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Surveys00 Ratings00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Internal knowledgebase00 Ratings00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
File Sharing & Management
Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Product A and Product B
ABBYY FineReader
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Ratings
Adobe Acrobat
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Ratings
Larksuite
10.0
2 Ratings
22% above category average
Versioning00 Ratings00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Video files00 Ratings00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Audio files00 Ratings00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Document collaboration00 Ratings00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Access control00 Ratings00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Advanced security features00 Ratings00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Device sync00 Ratings00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
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User Ratings
ABBYY FineReaderAdobe AcrobatLarksuite
Likelihood to Recommend
10.0
(3 ratings)
8.8
(811 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(45 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.2
(254 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
5.6
(10 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.3
(63 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.8
(15 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
7.9
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
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(0 ratings)
4.5
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
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(0 ratings)
7.0
(4 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
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(0 ratings)
1.0
(2 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
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1.0
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
ABBYY FineReaderAdobe AcrobatLarksuite
Likelihood to Recommend
ABBYY
FineReader is critical for any business that handles scanned documents or works with files that need conversion to Excel, PDF, Powerpoint or various other programs. It's ability to automatically process, read documents and suggest tables is impressive. It can take printed documents and convert all of the text to a editable format which is a huge time saver. In regards to tables it can automatically find and identify columns and separate them out for immediate use in Excel
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Adobe
If your work involves a lot of received PDFs, be it contracts, scanned docs, or multi-part files that need reorganizing before they go anywhere useful, Acrobat fits there well. It's basically what we use it for, and it does that job reliably enough. Where it gets less appropriate is anything collaborative or when you are on a tight budget: paying this much for a tool that slows down on heavy files and doesn't do real-time editing is hard to justify unless you genuinely need the OCR and format editing on the side. For a lighter use case, there are cheaper options that cover most of what people actually need.
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Lark Technologies Pte. Ltd.
On my experience, I did not experience any issue when using this tool. Simply because it is a perfect tool and easy to use. You just need to log in your working email and you can now use it. You can message all of the employees on the company Larksuite.
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Pros
ABBYY
  • OCR scanning
  • Refining scanned text
  • Sophisticated and flexible OCR settings/adjustments
  • High-quality editing and document comparison tools
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Adobe
  • ISO standard PDF creation is critical for print production, so that there are no surprises on press.
  • Adobe Acrobat's security features are simple to use, and effective.
  • Most clients have no difficulty with the commenting features in Adobe Acrobat, which makes review quick and simple.
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Lark Technologies Pte. Ltd.
  • Employee Intranet
  • Video Conferencing
  • Document Creation
  • Knowledge base
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Cons
ABBYY
  • A versioning system of the work done or the editions that have been saved in the files, or a tracking of changes between one version and another would be fabulous
  • An improvement that would be asked would be as previews or suggestions of the type of file that could be beneficial to use in an edition
  • The redesign of the panels is that of the analyzed document, the edition and the changes in my opinion need a resizing to have a better view of the work
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Adobe
  • For as amazing as Adobe Acrobat is, a lot of the time it does feel like one of the more clunky and slow Adobe programs.
  • Ability to edit text! Adobe Acrobat sometimes struggles with fonts and editing the text ends up messing with the text in weird ways.
  • It would be cool to have multiple versions of the same preflight single fixups! I use the same single fixup but need to adjust it for multiple sizes! I'd like to be able to save another version of it with the different sizes.
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Lark Technologies Pte. Ltd.
  • To automatically delete accounts of the resigned employees
  • Detect Harmful files that may harm the user
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Likelihood to Renew
ABBYY
No answers on this topic
Adobe
Adobe Acrobat works seamlessly with the other Adobe products we use that are industry-standard. We will certainly continue to use Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator, meaning it will always be convenient to work seamlessly with Adobe Acrobat for our organization. We are happy with the performance of Acrobat and it's meets our expectations.
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Lark Technologies Pte. Ltd.
We will use this product and we don't have plan to change since this is a perfect tool
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Usability
ABBYY
No answers on this topic
Adobe
It’s a very easy app to learn and software is essential. I feel like the app could load a bit faster but overall, is one of my go to apps. Makes reading and editing pdfs easy and I enjoy the usability of the app. It is definitely something I make sure to have downloaded on any computer I’m working from
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Lark Technologies Pte. Ltd.
I rate this perfect simply because we use this everyday and this is very helpful. Without this tool I can't imagine how we can communicate to each other and how we can resolve every concern/issue that we cater everyday on our job. This is the tool we use to communicate and endorse specific concern.
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Reliability and Availability
ABBYY
No answers on this topic
Adobe
We have not had availability issues with Adobe Acrobat, or at least none that I am personally aware of. Some may encounter crashes of the software during outages of electricity in their city or neighborhood, which no one can plan for, but with generators in our organization, we have been lucky not to have outages
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Lark Technologies Pte. Ltd.
No answers on this topic
Performance
ABBYY
No answers on this topic
Adobe
One of the best features of Adobe Acrobat is its speed and stability. When dealing with massive multi-page files, having to reload a crashed program over and over again would slow down progress unnecessarily. And expanding on that, having the table of contents generated allows me to skip to different pages with ease, a necessary feature with exceptionally long files. word searches are even more helpful with text recognition.
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Lark Technologies Pte. Ltd.
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
ABBYY
No answers on this topic
Adobe
For a while, Acrobat DC crashed pretty frequently. I contacted Adobe Acrobat support about the problem. At first support was unable to provide a solution. After about a month Adobe's software engineers provided a fix. I just wish it had taken less than a month to solve the problem.
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Lark Technologies Pte. Ltd.
No answers on this topic
Online Training
ABBYY
No answers on this topic
Adobe
Answered basic questions.
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Lark Technologies Pte. Ltd.
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
ABBYY
No answers on this topic
Adobe
I was not involved with the implementation process, so I cannot answer this question. However, when it was installed on my computer system, they did so virtually. I just sat there while they took control of my computer over the network and watch them install it, lickety split
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Lark Technologies Pte. Ltd.
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
ABBYY
While Adobe Reader can identify documents and convert them to some other various formats, it cannot process the documents to identify tables for use in Excel. We only had success by letting Adobe read a file for any identifiable text but it wasn't always accurate. FineReaders ability to handle hundreds of pages at once felt leaps and bounds above Adobe
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Adobe
In my opinion, both complement each other. Microsoft clearly has with Copilot the AI Edge. However, the visual dynamics of Adobe Creative are Outstanding and provide a balanced approach to creativity, utilizing both Excellent, user-friendly Tools.
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Lark Technologies Pte. Ltd.
I selected Larksuite simply because even you don't have laptop or desktop you can simply install this app through google or apple store and you just need to log in using your working email. You will now access and use every feature on this app. You can also watch and play videos.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
ABBYY
No answers on this topic
Adobe
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Lark Technologies Pte. Ltd.
No answers on this topic
Scalability
ABBYY
No answers on this topic
Adobe
I find that many users aren't aware of many features of the software they use, nor may they be comfortable with learning multiple-step processes. For the simplest of PDF purposes (scanning, downloading, exporting), it gets a thumbs-up. For anything involving electronic signatures, meh--causes eyes to glaze over, or forgetting what all is involved.
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Lark Technologies Pte. Ltd.
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
ABBYY
  • ABBYY FineReader is an irreplaceable tool for preparing documents for document management systems and getting the most of them afterward
  • Great time saver in various scenarios related to work with scans and photos of documents
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Adobe
  • Adobe Acrobat has saved us time in managing documents. In this day, everything is fast, moves fast, and keeping up with that pace demands software that functions at the same level. Adobe Acrobat does that. It has streamlined the steps I need to take to edit and create documents we need to manage our customers.
  • Adobe Acrobat removes the worry and stress associated with managing a large influx of documents. Something as simple as a document featuring an image that was sent to us upside down. Using the old method, I would have to open other software, click 'Edit', find the 'Rotate Image' button, click it a couple of times, save it as a JPEG, then attach it to Word, and finally save it as a PDF. It was a grueling process that consumed a great deal of time. Now, I simply open the image, and Adobe automatically recognizes it is upside down and fixes it for me. I can save and move on; it literally takes me seconds. Amazing.
  • Adobe Acrobat is intuitive and easy to use, and the additional apps are relevant to the needs that come up. If I have an idea, I can go to the available apps and find exactly what I need. Impressive and speaks to the years of experience this company has had to fine-tune its product and make it obvious that it is aggressive in staying on top.
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Lark Technologies Pte. Ltd.
  • The quality of communicator is way easier by the help of Larksuite
  • Larksuite plays the most important role in our company since by Larksuite we our being notified if there are updates we need to check
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ScreenShots

ABBYY FineReader Screenshots

Screenshot of a display of the options: view, edit, and convert PDFs or compare different versions.Screenshot of PDF editing in FineReader, which is almost like a Word document, where users can rewrite text paragraphs, edit the content in tables, or rearrange the layout.Screenshot of the software's collaboration features, with the ablity to comment on, annotate, or mark up documents.Screenshot of PDF to Word document conversion.Screenshot of fillable fields, in a PDFScreenshot of PDF organization options, which include the ability to merge and rearrange pages, or adding Bates numbering and stamps.

Adobe Acrobat Screenshots

Screenshot of where to create, edit, convert, and share PDF files all from within Microsoft Teams – as part of Acrobat integrations with Microsoft 365 apps.Screenshot of Liquid Mode in Adobe Acrobat Reader mobile app, where users can read PDFs on phones and tablets without having to pinch and zoom. Navigate lengthy documents with intelligent outline and search tools, while maximizing readability and comfort with font size and line spacing that are adjustable.Screenshot of where to fill and sign PDF forms from anywhere and on any device. Here, users can collect signatures, digitally track progress, and automatically archive the signed document.Screenshot of the Adobe Scan mobile app, used to capture and convert documents into high-quality, interactive PDF documents that can be filled out, signed, and shared. This eliminates the hassle of finding a printer, filling a form by hand, and scanning it again.