OCRmyPDF Alternatives

OCRmyPDF is described as 'Adds an OCR text layer to scanned PDF files, allowing them to be searched - jbarlow83/OCRmyPDF' and is an app in the office & productivity category. There are more than 10 alternatives to OCRmyPDF for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Mac, Windows, SaaS and Linux apps. The best OCRmyPDF alternative is Tesseract, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like OCRmyPDF are Adobe Acrobat DC, ABBYY FineReader PDF, ClarifyDocuments and FreeOCR.

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  1. Tesseract icon
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    Tesseract.js is a javascript library that gets words in almost any language out of images.

    24 Tesseract alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Tesseract is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to OCRmyPDF.

    • Tesseract is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to OCRmyPDF.

    • Tesseract is Free and Open SourceOCRmyPDF is also Free and Open Source
  2. Adobe Acrobat DC icon
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    Manage documents effortlessly, edit PDFs, create them from other formats, and e-sign anywhere. Secure sharing and comparison tools ensure smooth workflows and data protection. New AI Assistant offers quick document insights. Perfect for desktop and web platforms.

    303 Adobe Acrobat DC alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
     
    • Adobe Acrobat DC is the most popular Web-based alternative to OCRmyPDF.

    • Adobe Acrobat DC is the most popular commercial alternative to OCRmyPDF.

    • Adobe Acrobat DC is Paid and ProprietaryOCRmyPDF is Free and Open Source
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    Optical recognition software boasting unmatched text accuracy converts scanned documents to editable Word, Excel, or searchable PDFs while preserving layout. Supports 190 languages, simplifies processes with automated tasks, and includes PDF editing tools.

    88 ABBYY FineReader PDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
    • ABBYY FineReader PDF is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to OCRmyPDF.

    • ABBYY FineReader PDF is Paid and ProprietaryOCRmyPDF is Free and Open Source
    • ABBYY FineReader PDF is LightweightOCRmyPDF is not according to our users
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    ClarifyDocuments is a free AI tool that converts PDFs, images, and slides into clean, editable text. It automatically cleans, organizes, and processes content in any language, helping students and educators focus on learning.

    78 ClarifyDocuments alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. FreeOCR icon
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    FreeOCR is a scan & OCR program including the Tesseract free ocr engine, also known as a Tesseract GUI. It includes a Windows installer, and it is very simple to use.

    87 FreeOCR alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  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 (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
    • Nanonets is the most popular SaaS alternative to OCRmyPDF.

    • Nanonets is Freemium and ProprietaryOCRmyPDF is Free and Open Source
    • Nanonets is Privacy focusedOCRmyPDF is not according to our users
  7. OwlOCR icon
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    OwlOCR offers simple optical character recognition of text in PDF files, images or on-screen and converts that to plain text.

    103 OwlOCR alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
     
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    OCR Reader is an image to text converter program that allows you to extract text from PNG, JPEG, TIFF, WEBP, and BMP image files using Optical Character Recognition.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. GOCR icon
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    GOCR is an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) program, developed under the GNU Public License. It converts scanned images of text back to text files. Joerg Schulenburg started the program, and now leads a team of developers.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
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    GetSearchablePDF is OCR software that turns PDFs into searchable documents via drag-and-drop.

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  12. EasyOCR icon
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    Ready-to-use OCR with 80+ supported languages and all popular writing scripts including Latin, Chinese, Arabic, Devanagari, Cyrillic and etc.

    17 EasyOCR alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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