Apryse PDF SDK vs. PDF Studio

PDF Studio

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Apryse	Score 6.5 out of 10	N/A	The Apryse PDF SDK (formerly PDFTron) enhances software applications with dynamic document viewing, annotation, processing, and conversion capabilities, as well as features such as document understanding, data extraction, and redaction. The SDK supports PDF, Word documents, CAD drawings, and also includes a video SDK.	N/A
PDF Studio	Score 9.1 out of 10	N/A	PDF Studio is a PDF editor that aims to provides all PDF features needed at a low cost. PDF Studio maintains full compatibility with the PDF Standard. Users can: Create PDFs from Scan, MS Word, Text and Images Annotate PDFs with Comments & Text Markups Create, Fill In & Save PDF Forms Secure Documents with Passwords and Permissions Merge, Split & Assemble Documents Apply Watermarks, Headers and Footers Create Bookmarks / Table…	N/A

Pricing

Apryse PDF SDK

PDF Studio

Editions & Modules

No answers on this topic

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Apryse	PDF Studio
Free Trial
No	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Each user license key can be used on 2 computers (for the same user) on any of the supported operating system (Windows, Mac, Linux). Each user license is perpetual and allows to continue using this major version of our software (version 2018) as long as it works on your operating system. Payment is a one-time fee, with no monthly or yearly subscription or commitment. Any upgrade to future major versions is optional.

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Community Pulse
	Apryse PDF SDK	PDF Studio
Considered Both Products	Apryse Wayne Wyngaard Corporate Business Solutions Manager Chose Apryse PDFTron was our first choice because it was the best solution we could find at the time. it was the most versatile and easiest for us to deploy mostly because of the great support they provided. I had the opportunity to meet with them prior to purchasing and they seemed like a … Incentivized Helpful?	PDF Studio Verified User Anonymous Chose PDF Studio PDF Studio doesn't involve an expensive subscription, plus has all the features without the cluttered UI. It is intuitive to use and I prefer it to Adobe Acrobat, Foxit, PDF XChange, AcePDF, and others. Minimal design with refined tools. Frankly, I am just relieved to have a … Incentivized Helpful? Klaus D. Karner Head of Electronics Laboratory / Executive Officer Chose PDF Studio For Linux, the user interface and its tools are very well developed and it is the most complete option. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose PDF Studio The user interface is much easier to work with inside of PDF Studio as compared to Adobe Acrobat. Load time and ease of use is what made me select the product over Foxit Phantom PDF. The price for PDF Studio is extremely competitive and makes it the best alternative towards … Incentivized Helpful?

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User Ratings
	Apryse PDF SDK	PDF Studio
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (0 ratings)	9.1 (0 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	8.2 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	8.5 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Apryse PDF SDK	PDF Studio
Likelihood to Recommend	PDFTon is best suited for larger organizations in order to maximize the multiple features and functionality and to justify the cost. The users will need a programmer that can develop solutions to deploy using multiple programming languages. They need to be able to understand how the different types of code can interact. Small organizations would have a hard time justifying the cost and may not have the skill sets to deploy it easily. Incentivized wayne Wyngaard Corporate Business Solutions Manager Read full review	PDF Studio is great for slimming down documents when a customer sends a large PDF (RFQ). Often time when performing a task at my job customers will send a request for quotes and the document sent will not be sorted and will just have all of the information they have been given by their customer with no particular order. Being able to easily search PDFs for certain words helps in speeding up my response time to the customer. Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	Great customer support New releases with added features Very configurable Incentivized wayne Wyngaard Corporate Business Solutions Manager Read full review	Digital signatures Page organization Stamps Review and comments Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	Lowering the cost Remove evergreen clause from contract Incentivized wayne Wyngaard Corporate Business Solutions Manager Read full review	Boot Time is inconsistent (very rare). Different color schemes. Keyboard shortcut adjustments in preferences. Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Usability	No answers on this topic	As I answered before, the graphical interface is the best developed of the options that exist for Linux. Klaus D. Karner Head of Electronics Laboratory / Executive Officer Read full review
Support Rating	No answers on this topic	Anytime I have had questions they have been able to be found in the forums of PDF Studio. Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	PDFTron was our first choice because it was the best solution we could find at the time. it was the most versatile and easiest for us to deploy mostly because of the great support they provided. I had the opportunity to meet with them prior to purchasing and they seemed like a company that would continue growth of the product and listen to their customers for improvements. Incentivized wayne Wyngaard Corporate Business Solutions Manager Read full review	For Linux, the user interface and its tools are very well developed and it is the most complete option. Klaus D. Karner Head of Electronics Laboratory / Executive Officer Read full review
Return on Investment	It has allows our organization to stay ahead of the competition. The demonstrations we perform for potential customer are very impressive Our customers appreciate the versatility of features Incentivized wayne Wyngaard Corporate Business Solutions Manager Read full review	Not having to move the files to a windows PC and have to edit a PDF. Have access to a simple way to generate and edit PDF files. Klaus D. Karner Head of Electronics Laboratory / Executive Officer Read full review
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