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, OCRFeeder and Nanonets.

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Adobe Acrobat DC alternatives are mainly Document Scanners, but if you're looking for PDF Readers or PDF Editors you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source, Free, Linux, Windows + PDF Editor, Windows + Open Source, Windows + Free and Android. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Adobe Acrobat DC.
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  1. PDF Expert icon
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    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.

    151 PDF Expert alternatives

    Cost / License

    • 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.

    72 Foxit PDF Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  3. Paperwork icon
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    Paperwork is a personal document manager for scanned documents (and PDFs).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  4. KDAN PDF icon
     187 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.

    285 KDAN PDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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  5. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  6. Nanonets icon
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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...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Windows
     
  8. 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

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  9. Prizmo icon
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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.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • 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.

    111 ABBYY TextGrabber alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  11. Provides accurate and fast text detection from any image file downloaded from your device or taken with a snapshot. It also supports textual detection of a PDF and text-based handwriting detection and text translation in 114 different languages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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