Adobe Acrobat DC AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Document Scanners

The best Document Scanner alternative to Adobe Acrobat DC is PDF Expert. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Paperwork or KDAN PDF. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Adobe Acrobat DC and 17 are Document Scanners so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Document Scanner alternatives to Adobe Acrobat DC are Foxit PDF Editor, UPDF, CopyFish and OCRFeeder.

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  1. PDF Expert icon
     38 likes

    Read, annotate, and highlight PDFs, fill interactive forms with saved input, underline or strike through text, manage bookmarks, sync files from cloud services, and share documents. Compatible with Preview and Adobe Acrobat annotations, supporting extensive iOS features.

    136 PDF Expert alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  2. Comprehensive suite offering eSign, OCR, multi-platform editing, cloud integration, and robust security. Ideal for professional or personal use, facilitating collaboration while protecting content.

    59 Foxit PDF Editor alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  3. KDAN PDF icon
     185 likes

    Comprehensive solution for editing, signing, form filling, OCR scanning, commenting, converting, and redacting PDFs, with AI-driven analysis and content extraction, data export to spreadsheets, text-to-speech, seamless use across desktop and mobile, and batch processing.

    267 KDAN PDF alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
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    • Android Tablet
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    KDAN PDF vs Adobe Acrobat DC Comments
    Guest
    Negative
    3

    Adobe Acrobat DC is a full featured PDF editor. PDF Reader has a nice featureset for a PDF ... Reader, but is far from a complete PDF Editor.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Negative
    1

    PDF Reader is a PDF Reader, not a PDF Editor. It even says it in the name.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • KDAN PDF is Freemium and ProprietaryAdobe Acrobat DC is Paid and Proprietary
    • KDAN PDF is Privacy focused and LightweightAdobe Acrobat DC is not according to our users
  4. UPDF icon
     4 likes

    Edit, annotate, and convert PDFs with OCR capabilities, AI-assisted tools for summaries and translations. It supports file protection and offers 2GB of cloud storage for secure management.

    77 UPDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  5. CopyFish icon
     19 likes

    Copy, paste and translate text from any image, video or PDF.

    81 CopyFish alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
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    CopyFish vs Adobe Acrobat DC Comments
    Luis Lobo
    Positive
    0

    It only does OCR it is not a PDF editor.

    • CopyFish is Free and Open SourceAdobe Acrobat DC is Paid and Proprietary
  6. OCRFeeder icon
     7 likes

    OCRFeeder is a document layout analysis and optical character recognition system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
  7. OCR software and web service to extract text from image files and PDF. The application is available as online OCR web app, OCR API, or simple to install Windows store application.

    75 (a9t9) Free OCR Software alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Windows
     
  8. Nanonets icon
     1 like

    Nanonets is an LLM based OCR solution that that automates document processing and data extraction workflows. With models that do not rely on pre-defined document templates, Nanonets helps companies automate document-heavy business processes like accounts payable, order...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  9. Prizmo icon
     9 likes

    Prizmo 3 is a scanning application with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) in 25 languages with powerful editing capabilities, text-to-speech, iCloud support, and translation into 59 languages.

    55 Prizmo alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
     
  10. ABBYY TextGrabber easily and quickly digitizes fragments of printed text and turns the recognized result into action: call, email, follow links, find on maps, translate into 100+ languages, edit, voice over and share in any convenient way.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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