| Features | Finale® | Finale Allegro® | Finale PrintMusic® | Finale SongWriter™ | Finale NotePad® |
| ScoreMerger™ | Yes | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Link and/or Extract Parts | Both | Extract only | Extract Only | -- | -- |
| Video Support (Movie Window and SMPTE support) | Yes | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Key Sequencer features & Mixer | Yes | Mixer only | Mixer only | -- | -- |
| Conduct tempo changes with TempoTap™ | Yes | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Create Coda Systems | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | -- |
| Band-in-a-Box® Auto Harmonization | Yes | Limited to 2 or 3 voices | Limited to 2 or 3 voices | Limited to 2 or 3 voices | -- |
| Automatically adds Drum Grooves | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | -- |
| Percussion Notation | Can create perc. Maps | Perc. staves have fixed mapping | Perc. staves have fixed mapping | Perc. staves have fixed mapping | -- |
| Ability to edit MIDI data | Yes | Yes | -- | -- | -- |
| Import any EPS or TIFF (both platforms), WMF (Windows only), PICT (Mac only) | Yes | -- | TIFF only | -- | -- |
| Chord Charts w/Slash Notation | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | -- |
| Tablature | User customizable | User customizable | Standard guitar and bass only | Standard guitar and bass only | Standard guitar and bass only |
| Automatic chord symbols and guitar fretboards | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Text only |
| Smart Cue Notes | Yes | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| SmartFind and Paint™ | Yes | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Instant orchestration (Explode feature) | Yes | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Over 50 Plug-ins that save time like Range Checking, FinaleScript®, Handbells Used Chart, Chord Analysis, Resize Noteheads, etc… | Yes | -- | -- | -- | -- |