ABBYY FineReader vs PDF Xchange Viewer and Editor

Likelihood to Recommend

[ABBYY FineReader is well suited] to edit advanced documents that contain text, images, tables, columns among others, I used it when I have a large text file and they ask me to go in editable file type like docx, Another common use is when in documents there is personal or sensitive information that should not be public knowledge and you want to cure or erase this information without prejudice to the understanding of the background of the document.

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Moris Mendez

Ing. de Sistemas Informaticos

Corte Suprema de JusticiaGovernment Administration, 5001-10,000 employees

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If you'd like to switch from Adobe to a less expensive and more robust solution, you can choose PDF X Change.It does everything other expensive solutions do. We are using it to add some additional information on scanned PDF files and Sign them and it does it in a simple and easy way. You can use to combine multiple files into one, creating PDF from different resources.

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Financial Services Company, 501-1000 employees

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Pros

Advanced text recognition
Editing complex documents
Fragment recomposition, image relocation, worksheet cleaning, among others
Easy and fast configuration, in addition to the support of a large number of different digitization equipment

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Moris Mendez

Ing. de Sistemas Informaticos

Corte Suprema de JusticiaGovernment Administration, 5001-10,000 employees

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Easy to edit PDFs.
Easy to add headers and text boxes.
Fast, no lags.

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Civil Engineering Company, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

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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Moris Mendez

Ing. de Sistemas Informaticos

Corte Suprema de JusticiaGovernment Administration, 5001-10,000 employees

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Improve a bit the interface
Add a first usage tour

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Usability

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PDF Xchange Viewer and Editor 10.0

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It's easy to use, making it very efficient for us as we do not have to train additional people on how to use this software. It opens up documents quickly and saves quickly as well. Overall the usability is not an issue for us at all. It is also extremely easy to integrate it with other PDF programs.

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Performance

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PDF Xchange Viewer and Editor 10.0

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Performance wise, PDF Xchange Viewer and Editor is flawless. It runs fast, and I haven't experienced any immediately crashing. The reports save quickly, and the document size is never an issue. It saves into a regular PDF, and we're able to open it on any other program or computer. All text boxes, features, and headers show up flawlessly on other programs.

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Support Rating

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PDF Xchange Viewer and Editor 10.0

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The application had no issues (we did not contact support) and that's why I give a 10.

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Alternatives Considered

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 always available. the hand and not within complicated menus or overloaded interfaces

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Moris Mendez

Ing. de Sistemas Informaticos

Corte Suprema de JusticiaGovernment Administration, 5001-10,000 employees

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Better price for single licenses and user packs.

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Return on Investment

Great positive impact on productivity as it helps to avoid spending so much time scanning or editing documents
Staff use the time saved with this tool on the substantive tasks of their position
Our objective, being a public institution, is of a benefit to the population and not commercial, therefore everything that we add to perform efficiently and effectively, our work is always well appreciated.

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Ing. de Sistemas Informaticos

Corte Suprema de JusticiaGovernment Administration, 5001-10,000 employees

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Positive: Efficient because it's easy to learn, saving training time.
Positive: Adding comments and editing is a breeze, saving peer review hours.
Negative: We still have to rely on Acrobat DC to export individual pages into separate PDFs.

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Civil Engineering Company, 10,001+ employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

ABBYY FineReader Editions & Modules

Edition

FineReader PDF 15 Standard	$199¹
FineReader PDF 15 Corporate	$299¹
FineReader Pro for Mac	119.99¹

one-time payment

Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

PDF Xchange Viewer and Editor Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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