ABBYY FineReader vs WinZip

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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It is well suited to environments that are using multiple platforms, or operating systems. The compatibility of Winzip with various OS's is really good. It is also well suited for organizations that are looking for something that is easy to use from an end-user perspective and doesn't really require training to use.It is less suited for organizations that need/want a low/no-cost compression solution. This would not be Winzip, as they don't offer any "free" options, only paid one. It is also less suited for environments that need to have a solution that will create the smallest size compression file(s) possible. There are some other competitors on the market that is a bit better than Winzip at doing this.

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Supervisor in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 1001-5000 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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Zips files
Unzips files
Encrypts archives

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Manager in Information Technology

Hospital & Health Care Company, 501-1000 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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Nothing comes to mind, I've not seen any glaring omissions from current product

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Michael Schmidlen

President/Owner/Founder

Advanced Datacomm Solutions, Inc.Publishing, 1-10 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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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

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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

Starting Price

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WinZip Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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Support Rating

No score

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WinZip 8.9

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I haven't had to use any of the support channels to use the program, as it is very intuitive and easy to use for the first time using it. They do have a number of support options available via their sites, such as KB articles, FAQ, and the option to submit an online support request. What doesn't seem to be available is phone number for users to call in for support. This can be frustrating for users that need immediate help, as it appears the quickest turnaround time if you are submitting an online request is 1 day.

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Supervisor in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 1001-5000 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 recommend using 7-Zip because the interface is simple and it does not install other tasks and notifications.

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Professional in Information Technology

E-Learning Company, 1001-5000 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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Winzip is not our standard corporate zip app.
It's causing additional troubleshooting.
Additional hands-on time for tech support personnel that are trained in 7zip.

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Manager in Information Technology

Hospital & Health Care Company, 501-1000 employees

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ABBYY FineReader vs WinZip