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    iManage Work

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    Tungsten Power PDF

    Score9.8 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Tungsten Power PDF (formerly Kofax) is an easy-to-use, secure and inexpensive solution to manage PDFs for businesses and individuals. Benefits: Ease of Use: Works like Office desktop products, so it's easier to learn Compatibility: Works across devices and platforms, share documents in a storage cloud …

    $129

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    Pricing
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    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    iManage WorkTungsten Power PDF
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Desktop licenses are buy once, own forever. No subscription fees. Business server licenses are term-based or perpetual with optional maintenance & support contract. Volume and upgrade discounts available.
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    Community Pulse
    iManage WorkTungsten Power PDF
    Considered Both Products
    iManage
    Chose iManage Work
    We did not try other software.
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    Chose Tungsten Power PDF
    Kofax is significantly better, faster and easier to use.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    98%
    Would buy again
    585 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    575 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    583 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    526 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    556 Answers
    Features
    iManage WorkTungsten Power PDF
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    Tungsten Power PDF
    8.7
    28 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Edit Text and Images00 Ratings5.526 Ratings
    Merge or Split PDFs00 Ratings9.928 Ratings
    Add Annotations00 Ratings9.226 Ratings
    Text Recognition (OCR)00 Ratings6.922 Ratings
    Page Management00 Ratings7.226 Ratings
    Form Creation and Editing00 Ratings9.620 Ratings
    Secure PDFs00 Ratings9.920 Ratings
    Convert to Different Formats00 Ratings9.823 Ratings
    Comment and Review Tools00 Ratings9.423 Ratings
    Undo and Redo Actions00 Ratings9.923 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    iManage WorkTungsten Power PDF
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.7
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    9.9
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    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.2
    (112 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.8
    (46 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (13 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (13 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.9
    (435 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.6
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    9.1
    (33 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (9 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (10 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    9.1
    (12 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
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    9.1
    (7 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
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    9.1
    (7 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    iManage WorkTungsten Power PDF
    Likelihood to Recommend
    iManage
    Legal team using this product helps the team to better access documents securely within their email app (Outlook) and the user experience to control the document is excellent and being able to make it private and isolate confidential documents during a court session is very important and iManage has met our requirements. Also, being able to access instantly from users' workstation/laptop devices is very important and iManage plugin for outlook has satisfied our Business requirements.
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    GREAT for combining documents into a single PDF. Great for working with a PDF. Not so great converting PDF to Word format. Would like to see more effort put into that development. Would like to see more effective testing of updates prior to pushing them out as well. Otherwise it is awesome.
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    Pros
    iManage
    • Very reliable, once setup it is usually pretty flawless outside of Outlook-related issues.
    • Simple and easy to use organization of files and groups.
    • Customizable for different departments or sections to divide up access and partition document system.
    • Allows collaboration with outside parties and makes sharing documents quick and easy.
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    • Typewriter functionality is great, although can take some time to load. This allows you to fill in text wherever applicable without turning the rest of the pdf into editable text.
    • Fast load times
    • Has autogenerated text feature so anything in the pdf can become editable
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    Cons
    iManage
    • Proper implementation of the software is important. We have a client who also has iManage for their large in-house legal department but the implementation seems to have not been as thorough so their experience with the software has not been as positive.
    • Again, proper implementation is key to how powerful the software can be. For a long while our organization did not have the full-text searching implemented, and it was a game changer when we finally did it.
    • I understand that our implementation of iManage does not allow for multiple template matters based on different situations. So we have five default folders, but it would be nice to have a couple of templates, with different numbers and names of the subfolders depending on the situation.
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    • I find that quickly editing text within a document or adding a line of text is clunky and can snowball into things popping out of place. I prefer to export text, and then work on it elsewhere.
    • Sometimes it seems that text recognition is trying too hard and throws me paper punches as "O"s and wrinkles as shapes, so I have to get rid of those artifacts.
    • The "Update Available" popup which is usually not an actual update announcement but rather an offer to sell me something is annoying.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    iManage
    It has been what our firm has always used, and overall everyone seems to be pleased with it. It is user friendly and intuitive and it doesn't appear we have any intention of changing what we use for our purposes.
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    Tungsten Power PDF is easy to use, the staff all like it, and there are no issues with it on any level. It is a more cost-effective solution to our PDF needs than other products currently available on the market. This product works as intended and it fits our business needs perfectly.
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    Usability
    iManage
    To me iManage is very intuitive and user friendly. The switch from the application vs the Outlook extension was an adjustment, but it was one I made pretty easily once it happened.
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    It is fast and easy to get the hang of. It really didn't take a lot of effort to learn how to use this program and I appreciated that it was pretty "plug and play" and there wasn't a long learning curve.
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    Reliability and Availability
    iManage
    No answers on this topic
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    Other that a PDF partially disappearing if left up for a long period of time - no issues. (If you close it and reopen it, it is all there. We have some PDFs that are 400-600 pages long.)
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    Performance
    iManage
    No answers on this topic
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    Pages nearly always load at the expected rapid speed. Some documents that print quickly from Adobe Reader print much more slowly from Power PDF. I have never generated a report - that's a feature I didn't know existed until now and do not know what it's for
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    Support Rating
    iManage
    We had an issue a few years ago where a plug-in of some sort which allowed the viewing of PDFs got updated and then whenever some people previewed PDFs in iManage then Outlook would crash. My outlook crashed over 20 times in a single day once. It was a pretty bad time. I know one of our information technology professionals in another office worked non-stop with iManage to get it resolved, and it seemed like they did take the issue pretty seriously.
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    I have used it for 15 years and have only needed support once: a simple update that allowed me to use the software as intended. The support team was attentive and responsive, and I was on my way very quickly.
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    In-Person Training
    iManage
    No answers on this topic
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    I got an overview of the product from my predecessor who was about to retire from the job I now hold. He did not go into very many of the features and probably only knew about the ones he used most frequently.
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    Online Training
    iManage
    No answers on this topic
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    We watched the training videos and tested out the features and functionality side by side. Some features are not used on a regular basis is it is convenient to go back and review training on that particular functionality when needed.
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    Implementation Rating
    iManage
    No answers on this topic
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    Easy and quick, with no problems or support needed. Worked as intended right out of the box. E-signing was the only area that implementation was dificult and required support
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    Alternatives Considered
    iManage
    I have viewed several other document management system software, but iManage was already installed at my company before I started working here. For us, I think this is the right solution. Companies with a smaller number of employees or smaller document collections could find some other options that might suite their needs and budget better. We definitely want an on premises solution that provides all the security, tracking, searching, and integration issues iManage offers. Many of the other solutions have adopted cloud technologies only at this point and we are not ready to consider cloud storage due for our sensitive documents at this point.
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    There is nothing to compare it to. Tungsten Power PDF is by far an easier and more efficient option. The one advantage of CutePDF is the functionality of overlay and underlay with headers and footers. The other functions in Tungsten Power PDF are much easier to use. Pricing is also an attractive option.
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    Scalability
    iManage
    No answers on this topic
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    Not really familiar since I'm the only person who uses it. But in the past it has been my understanding that Power PDF was offered only on a single-license basis, so it's been expensive for me to use it at home and at work because I had to pay for it on my own. In my current position management supports it so I at least only have to pay for it once.
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    Return on Investment
    iManage
    • The amount of time needed in searching is reduced to few seconds and organizing the documents by case numbers has been the best ROI for our Legal team.
    • The Automation for index searching and AI of relating to the case numbers increases the productivity for the users within our legal team where error is minimum.
    • Less efforts are required to manage Permissions and granting permissions. Applying APIs for granting permissions has been automated.
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    • Although it was expensive to get the program (just under $200), I found that it was nice that there was only that one time charge. If there were updating or annual fees, I think that would be a deal breaker. Thankfully there isn't, though!
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    ScreenShots

    Tungsten Power PDF Screenshots

    Screenshot of the PDF Create Assistant, which can be used to create multiple PDFs at the same time from a variety of source formats. Create individual PDFs, or combine into one PDF package.Screenshot of PDF Profiles that can be created to apply commonly desired settings to new PDF documents created in Power PDF.Screenshot of the application's color, changed from purple to blue, light gray or dark gray.Screenshot of some lightweight document automation that can also be achieved with the Watched Folder and Sequence features.Screenshot of where packages can be signed with pre built templates using Kofax Sign Doc or other integrating e-signersScreenshot of PDFs that can be navigated with a thumbnail view