SDK Licensing Policy

ABBYY SDKs are sold via a flexible, modular licensing policy that allows developers to select the best combination of tools and pricing options for their project.

Here an overview about FineReader Engine 10 licensing options:

Developer Licences

  • Providing rights to develop and test applications based on ABBYY technology offered in the specific SDK.
  • The licence bundles can include
    • up to three standalone licences (a 10.000 pages per month)
      or
    • one network development license (30.000 pages per month)
  • There is always a contract between ABBYY Europe and the company that licences ABBYY OCR technology.

Runtime Licences

  • Grants right to distribute own applications with ABBYY SDK functions incorporated.
  • Runtime Licences (RTL) differ by
    • functionality
    • pages processed per month/year
    • CPU cores supported
    • Standalone or Network Runtime Licences
  • The Professional Runtime Licence provides access to core recognition technologies (FRE only).
  • Additional RTLs oriented to specialised functions include the Barcode Runtime Licence and FineReader XIX Runtime Licence.

Add-on Modules for Runtime Licences

RTLs can be enhanced by adding one or more of the following functionalities offered as add-on modules, for example FineReader Engine 10 allows:

  • PDF export
  • CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) OCR
  • Thai OCR
  • Hebrew OCR
  • Vietnamese OCR
  • ICR
  • OMR
  • document analysis for invoices

Support, Professional Service and Upgrade Assurance

  • ABBYY offers additional support, training, and certification programs on all products.
  • If you need to speed up your project, contact ABBYY for Professional Services.
  • Upgrade Assurance guarantees that you always have access to the latest technologies. Learn more about Maintenance and Support

Pricing Examples

Other Licensing Options