Adobe Acrobat DC AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Document Scanners

The best Document Scanner alternative to Adobe Acrobat DC is Foxit PDF Editor. 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 UPDF, CopyFish, Klippa DocHorizon and OCRFeeder.

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  1. Foxit PDF Editor icon

    Foxit PDF Editor

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

    51 Foxit PDF Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  4. KDAN PDF icon

    KDAN PDF

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    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.

    260 KDAN PDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    Your All-in-One PDF Editor
     
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    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.
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    PDF Reader is a PDF Reader, not a PDF Editor. It even says it in the name.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think KDAN PDF is a great Adobe Acrobat DC alternative.

    • 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
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    Foxit PDF Editor

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

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    UPDF

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    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.

    67 UPDF alternatives

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    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    Edit PDF
     
  7. CopyFish icon

    CopyFish

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

    84 CopyFish alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
    Copy text from images, PDF and Youtube videos
     
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    It only does OCR it is not a PDF editor.

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    • CopyFish is Free and Open SourceAdobe Acrobat DC is Paid and Proprietary
  8. Klippa DocHorizon icon

    Klippa DocHorizon

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    DocHorizon is an AI-powered document processing platform that automates data extraction, fraud detection, identity verification, anonymization, and e-invoicing.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  11. (a9t9) Free OCR Software icon

    (a9t9) Free OCR Software

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    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.

    74 (a9t9) Free OCR Software alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Windows
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    Nanonets

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    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...

    60 Nanonets alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Home screen
     
  13. iLoveDocs: PDF Maker Editor icon

    iLoveDocs: PDF Maker Editor

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    Introducing the ultimate all-in-one document converter app! Seamlessly convert any file format to your desired type with ease. From PDFs to Word, images to PDF, our app handles it all.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
    A All in one Document Converter
    PDF, IMG and Docs Converter
    Multi purpose document converter with 25+ functionalities
     
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    Prizmo

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    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.

    57 Prizmo alternatives

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    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    Perspective Correction
     
  15. ABBYY TextGrabber icon

    ABBYY TextGrabber

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    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 (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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