12d Synergy vs Smallpdf

Likelihood to Recommend

12d Synergy and its ability to handle all file types really suited the engineering industry.

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Engineer in Engineering

Civil Engineering Company, 51-200 employees

Well suited: organizations that work extensively with PDF files and need to quickly and efficiently create a "good enough" product with non-technical users. Not appropriate: organizations that require extensive fine-tuning to their final product. In this case, they should spend more time and resources on more specialized tools and employee training.

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Partner in Legal

Law Practice Company, 1-10 employees

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Pros

Manages multiple files in a folder, while allowing file sharing (AutoCAD, xrefs, etc.)
Delivers HUGE (2, 3, or 5GB) files with minimal bandwidth

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Engineer in Other

Civil Engineering Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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One of the best things that Smallpdf does is pdf conversion both to and from pdf. It is especially great to transform pdf tables into Excel documents.
PDF splitting is really great since allows for cropping large files and just keep the information necessary; something that comes really handy when presenting information to your supervisors.
PDF merging also works wonders, it allows for mixing several different pdf documents into just one of them. It is extremely easy to set up.
This a really fast pdf reader, it feels really fast compared to other options that tend to feel clunky. Its workspace is super comfortable and well organized so finding a tool you need is always a simple task.

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Manuel Aguilar

Geophysical Coordinator

GMA Proyectos Siglo XXI C.AOil & Energy, 51-200 employees

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Cons

12d Synergy could provide additional analytical reporting on user behavior and usage out of the box.
Improved speeds when referencing shared files from other 12d model projects.

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Travis March

Design Manager

WSP in Australia & New ZealandCivil Engineering, 10,001+ employees

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Improve the conversion from .pdf to Excel. Sometimes when we have a lot of tables in .pdf and convert them to a spreadsheet, the fonts and tables will be messed up.
Being worried about uploading documents with personal data for editing or conversion.

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Darren Megginson

Software Quality Assurance Analyst

Southwestern CollegeHigher Education, 51-200 employees

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Usability

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Smallpdf 9.3

Based on 7 answers

My most of the work is based on office files so I always require this software. Sometimes I need to print my survey documents so I need to convert them into PDF for actual formatting of the original document. There this software helps me a lot. And its PDF compression is the most required feature for me to help me in my office work.

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Manager in Marketing

Market Research Company, 1-10 employees

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Performance

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Smallpdf 9.1

Based on 7 answers

1.- Because it is easy to use and each function is duly indicated so you can not go wrong.2.- Its service is fast, it takes only a few seconds to transform the files and in less than a minute it is downloaded and you can occupy it without problem. 4.-This IS online so you do not install anything, which is very useful because you can also use it from a tablet or your mobile

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Aura Munguia Cepeda

Profesional de la enseñanza

Colegio Internacional SEK CatalunyaEducation Management, 51-200 employees

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Support Rating

12d Synergy 9.1

Based on 4 answers

The 12d Synergy team is always ensuring our issues and needs are resolved promptly. Whether it be on the forum or phone, they are kind and helpful

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Patrick Cavanagh

Senior Civil Engineering Designer

ArcadisCivil Engineering, 10,001+ employees

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Smallpdf 8.0

Based on 1 answer

Fortunately we haven't required help to use the product more than once or twice. Those times I've found their support staff to be very attentive and responsive.

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Partner in Legal

Law Practice Company, 1-10 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Hands down prefer 12d Synergy. Bentley ProjectWise is overly complex, expensive and has a very cluttered interface.

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Engineer in Other

Civil Engineering Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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I used to convert my PDF files with LightPDF software. But It was slightly difficult for me to navigate on that software. The interface of that software was not very easy to understand. And compression result quality was also not satisfactory. So I selected Smallpdf for all my PDF-related work.

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Analyst in Corporate

Banking Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Return on Investment

12d Synergy has solved our multiple office syncing issues, adding the ability to have staff from remote offices collaborate together on projects.
Email saving used to be a nightmare, however, staff finds 12d Synergy's email saving easy to use and are able to search for saved emails quickly.

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Engineer in Engineering

Civil Engineering Company, 51-200 employees

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It helps us in creating beautiful and informative content for email campaigns, and those campaigns give us good results in revenue generation.
It helps us ensuring error-free documentation when documents go for printing. Those error-free documents create good impressions on our clients.
Document compression helps us to send important documents via email only. And it helps us close a deal in less time.

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Director in Sales

Real Estate Company, 1-10 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Optional

7.00*

* Per user

12d Synergy Editions & Modules

Edition

Email Management	$0
Document Management	$0
Advanced Data Management	$0

Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Smallpdf Editions & Modules

Edition

Smallpdf Basic	$0
Smallpdf Pro	$12²
Smallpdf Pro	$108³

per month
per year

Additional Pricing Details

Discounts are available for bulk purchases

12d Synergy vs Smallpdf

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

12d Synergy Editions & Modules

Edition

Additional Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Smallpdf Editions & Modules

Edition

Additional Pricing Details

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