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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ABBYY FineReader

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AABBYY FineReader is a PDF editor that allows users to convert, edit, share, and collaborate on PDFs. FineReader also converts scanned documents into searchable PDF files.

    $16

    per month per user

    Epicor ECM

    Score5.6 out of 10
    N/AEpicor ECM is based on docStar, a document management software offering that was acquired by Epicor in 2017.N/A
    Pricing
    ABBYY FineReaderEpicor ECM
    Editions & Modules
    FineReader PDF Standard for Windows
    $16
    per month per user
    FineReader PDF Corporate for Windows
    $24
    per month per user
    FineReader PDF for Mac®
    $69
    per year per user
    FineReader PDF Standard for Windows
    $99
    per year per user
    FineReader PDF Corporate for Windows
    $165
    per year per user
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ABBYY FineReaderEpicor ECM
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    ABBYY FineReaderEpicor ECM
    Enterprise Content Management
    Comparison of Enterprise Content Management features of ABBYY FineReader and Epicor ECM
    Feature
    ABBYY FineReader
    -
    Ratings
    Epicor ECM
    9.4
    4 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Content capture & imaging00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    File sync, storage & archiving00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Document management00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Records management00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Content search & retrieval00 Ratings10.04 Ratings
    Enterprise content collaboration00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Content publishing & creation00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Security, risk management & information governance00 Ratings9.94 Ratings
    Contract lifecycle management00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Automated workflows00 Ratings9.94 Ratings
    Artificial intelligence00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Mobile support00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Integration00 Ratings9.93 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    ABBYY FineReaderEpicor ECM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    9.9
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ABBYY FineReaderEpicor ECM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ABBYY
    FineReader is critical for any business that handles scanned documents or works with files that need conversion to Excel, PDF, Powerpoint or various other programs. It's ability to automatically process, read documents and suggest tables is impressive. It can take printed documents and convert all of the text to a editable format which is a huge time saver. In regards to tables it can automatically find and identify columns and separate them out for immediate use in Excel
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    Epicor Software
    It is well suited for billing service storage and retrieval. It ends the need to pay extra for a storage space. It also makes for easy cleanup of files on a yearly basis.
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    Pros
    ABBYY
    • OCR scanning
    • Refining scanned text
    • Sophisticated and flexible OCR settings/adjustments
    • High-quality editing and document comparison tools
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    Epicor Software
    • Templates - By being able to create templates for each document type, it made organizing files much easier. It also made the titles similar in format, which also allows for better organization.
    • We were able to scan documents directly into docStar, which helped us eliminate extra steps. For example, if we were missing a page from a document, and we received it at a later time, we could scan just that page into docStar as opposed to scanning the entire document again.
    • The functionalities are straight forward, so it is not hard to use the docStar system.
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    Cons
    ABBYY
    • A versioning system of the work done or the editions that have been saved in the files, or a tracking of changes between one version and another would be fabulous
    • An improvement that would be asked would be as previews or suggestions of the type of file that could be beneficial to use in an edition
    • The redesign of the panels is that of the analyzed document, the edition and the changes in my opinion need a resizing to have a better view of the work
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    Epicor Software
    • Cost is an issue, pricey for what it's essentially glorified cloud storage.
    • No ability to lookup vehicles by stock number or phone number.
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    Support Rating
    ABBYY
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    Epicor Software
    Our support for DocStar has been phenomenal! They are always prompt, courteous, and effective. We have never had a bad experience with the support staff and they are always available when we need their help.
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    Alternatives Considered
    ABBYY
    While Adobe Reader can identify documents and convert them to some other various formats, it cannot process the documents to identify tables for use in Excel. We only had success by letting Adobe read a file for any identifiable text but it wasn't always accurate. FineReaders ability to handle hundreds of pages at once felt leaps and bounds above Adobe
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    Epicor Software
    A former employee of our company chose DocStar after much research and Q&A with the DocStar seller. I believe she truly put a lot of time/effort into choosing this system, but the end result is that it is not a good match for our company. After reviewing her notes, I believe she chose the system due to its ability to be customized through the template system
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    Return on Investment
    ABBYY
    • ABBYY FineReader is an irreplaceable tool for preparing documents for document management systems and getting the most of them afterward
    • Great time saver in various scenarios related to work with scans and photos of documents
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    Epicor Software
    • We have saved almost 10,000 dollars a year just in toner cost. We had to implement some up front cost for tablets and other computer aspects but the initial cost of this was about 3,000 to 4,000 dollars. docStar has saved us an instrumental amount of money and will so in the future as well.
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    ScreenShots

    ABBYY FineReader Screenshots

    Screenshot of a display of the options: view, edit, and convert PDFs or compare different versions.Screenshot of PDF editing in FineReader, which is almost like a Word document, where users can rewrite text paragraphs, edit the content in tables, or rearrange the layout.Screenshot of the software's collaboration features, with the ablity to comment on, annotate, or mark up documents.Screenshot of PDF to Word document conversion.Screenshot of fillable fields, in a PDFScreenshot of PDF organization options, which include the ability to merge and rearrange pages, or adding Bates numbering and stamps.