ABBYY FineReader vs Smallpdf

Likelihood to Recommend

It works exceptionally well for digitizing paper and scanned documents for storage and simple retrieval mainly thanks to OCR technology, which greatly simplifies the process. If there is a need for protection and/or signing scanned documents than ABBYY FineReader has all the necessary features implemented. It may not be the best choice for individuals, where advanced functionalities are not really needed.

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Employee in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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As per my knowledge and experience, Small PDF is well suited when we want to convert the large and bulk processing on the images to convert them into a single file and share. I found it well suited for college students because daily they scan multiple images and merge them to send as a single assignment file. Smallpdf has the future in the education field. Sometimes it is less appropriate for the people who want to share official documents by converting them into pdf without a watermark. I personally really like the Small PDF, it really helped reduce the difficulty of sending files, and photos to others.

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DILIP JAIN

Software Engineer

WedVyahComputer Software, 11-50 employees

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Pros

Read and analyze complicated documents
Automatically recognize tables and charts
Convert any documents into various common formats

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Director in Marketing

Marketing & Advertising Company, 1-10 employees

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It's PDF editing tool suite is extremely comprehensive.
Drag & Drop functionality and intuitive user interface means non-technical users can easily use most of its features.
It's online-first design avoids typical problems of depending on one specific computer for specific tasks.

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Partner in Legal

Law Practice Company, 1-10 employees

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Cons

Conversion to MS Word (formatting accuracy issues occur)
Conversion to MS Excel (formatting accuracy issues occur)

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Employee in Legal

Law Practice Company, 11-50 employees

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It has everything I'm not sure what I will say. E-sign, Share, convert. You can give an option in upload priorities features which I can see later.
Background remover thing also you can add in it. So I can remove the unnecessary thing from an image.
You can add a chatbot for help.

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Ankit Kumar

Sr UI UX Designer

Dxminds technology pvt ltsComputer Software, 201-500 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

$19 per month per user

ABBYY FineReader Editions & Modules

Edition

FineReader PDF 15 Standard	$19¹
FineReader PDF 15 Corporate	$24¹
FineReader Pro for Mac	$69²

per month per user
per year per user

Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

$0

Smallpdf Editions & Modules

Edition

Smallpdf Basic	$0.00
Smallpdf Pro	$12.00²
Smallpdf Pro	$108.00³

none
per month
per year

Additional Pricing Details

Discounts are available for bulk purchases

Usability

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Smallpdf 9.2

Based on 7 answers

I give this rating to Smallpdf because it comes with a large array of tools and gadgets. It allows not only pdf reading but also mixing, splitting, conversion to and from pdf, pdf compression or protecting. It is really complete and it works excellent compared to other much more expensive alternatives in the market.

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Manuel Aguilar

Geophysical Coordinator

GMA Proyectos Siglo XXI C.AOil & Energy, 51-200 employees

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Performance

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Smallpdf 9.1

Based on 14 answers

The output quality of the results produced by this software is very good. In some of the situations where the size of the files are big, this software takes time to upload the files but the download speed is quite good and the quality of the documents are satisfactory. PDF compression results are amazing in this software. It reduces the size without compromising on quality.

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Verified User

Manager in Marketing

Market Research Company, 1-10 employees

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Support Rating

No score

No answers yet

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Smallpdf 9.7

Based on 3 answers

Everything is so simple and works so well, you shouldn't need support, but on the one occasion in several years that I needed it, support was quick and courteous.

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Jason Morrell

Founder and Creative Director

Two Rivers Software TrainingProfessional Training & Coaching, 1-10 employees

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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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I think that Smallpdf stacks up against its competitors in terms of easiness of use. The tool is very user-friendly, every feature is communicated in an efficient way and very simple to user so the user doesn't have to be particularly good at using software. Its features are superficial when compared to Acrobat but easiest to use for sure.

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Account Manager in Sales

Computer Software Company, 201-500 employees

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Return on Investment

Automated document conversion using Hot Folder heavily reduced workload [for] our IT Support department.
The amount of storage required for digitized paper documents has been reduced by 30%.
Ability to compare multilingual documents has increased productivity of our multinational departments.

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Employee in Information Technology

Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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It has definitely increased efficiency. Lower paid employees can complete a simple task with Smallpdf rather than having a higher paid employee use their time to do it differently.
Smallpdf decreases the customer-response time. Being able to send over the proper sized file quickly makes us look great!

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Team Lead in Marketing

Marketing and Advertising Company, 11-50 employees

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