Kdan Mobile PDF Reader vs. Tungsten Power PDF

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Kdan Mobile PDF Reader
Score 8.0 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Kdan Mobile's PDF Reader is a document productivity solution that supports a wide range of document features allowing users to view, annotate, combine, organize, and sign PDF forms. Extract text content from images through the OCR converter. Backup and send files to friends, classmates, and colleagues via email or any popular Cloud storage service. With PDF Reader mobile and desktop apps, users work with PDFs from smart devices and transfer them and continue work back on Mac or PC.
$9.99
Tungsten Power PDF
Score 9.1 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
Tungsten Power PDF (formerly Kofax) is a solution to manage PDFs for businesses and individuals available with a one-time purchase with no subscription fees. It has a built-in eSignature integration with SignDoc and DocuSign for a complete end-to-end document…
$129
one-time fee per license
Pricing
Kdan Mobile PDF ReaderTungsten Power PDF
Editions & Modules
Document 365 monthly plan
$9.99
Document 365 quarterly plan
$19.99
Document 365 yearly plan
$59.99
Document 365 Business
Special Price
Power PDF Standard
$129
one-time fee per license
Power PDF Standard for Mac
$129
one-time fee per license
Power PDF Advanced
$179
one-time fee per license
Power PDF Enterprise
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per year per seat
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Kdan Mobile PDF ReaderTungsten Power PDF
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup Fee$4.99 undefinedNo setup fee
Additional DetailsDesktop licenses are buy once, own forever. No subscription fees. Enterprise server licenses are term-based with optional maintenance & support contract. Volume and upgrade discounts available.
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Community Pulse
Kdan Mobile PDF ReaderTungsten Power PDF
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Best Alternatives
Kdan Mobile PDF ReaderTungsten Power PDF
Small Businesses
Tungsten Power PDF
Tungsten Power PDF
Score 9.1 out of 10
PDFfiller
PDFfiller
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
PDFfiller
PDFfiller
Score 9.0 out of 10
PDFfiller
PDFfiller
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Acrobat
Score 8.8 out of 10
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Acrobat
Score 8.8 out of 10
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User Ratings
Kdan Mobile PDF ReaderTungsten Power PDF
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(4 ratings)
9.1
(574 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.6
(110 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(45 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
8.9
(13 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.8
(13 ratings)
Support Rating
8.3
(4 ratings)
8.3
(423 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
3.6
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(33 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
8.3
(9 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(10 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(12 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(7 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(7 ratings)
User Testimonials
Kdan Mobile PDF ReaderTungsten Power PDF
Likelihood to Recommend
Kdan Mobile Software Ltd.
In my opinion, the software is good for performing any PDF operations related to annotating, faxing, converting, highlighting, e-signing, including reading (if using mobile version of the application). There is also an ability to edit files, but in my opinion it's not really comfortable to do on a mobile device because of the lack of keyboard.
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Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
Excellent for converting PDF to Word, truly effortless. Does a wonderful job of reducing file sizes. I have been able to reduce files sizes by up to 80%, which is great if you are working within an e-mail system that has file size limits. Does an amazing job of inserting accurate bookmarks (automatically) when combining multiple documents. Easy to remove unwanted documents and replace with others, as well as rearrange PDF's. Absolutely love and has saved so much time in the workplace using the electronic signature features
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Pros
Kdan Mobile Software Ltd.
  • The ability to fax documents without having to use a fax machine or a scanner is great - saves time and other resources (paper, man hours etc.).
  • It's also nice having the feature to convert files right away in the app - and the number of various formats you're able to convert to PDF is quite high.
  • The overall multifunctionality of this app is also something worth mentioning since it has features for highlighting text, editing PDFs, creating and filling out forms and much more.
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Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
  • 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
Kdan Mobile Software Ltd.
  • Sometimes the text box isn't in the right position you have placed after flattening a copy.
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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
Kdan Mobile Software Ltd.
No answers on this topic
Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
This program can do everything that acrobat can do. Kofax PDF is priced so that we can afford to purchase for more employees when we need to. Since we are hoping to grow exponentially in the next few years, this product will be the one we go with. I'm very happy with Kofax Power PDF
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Usability
Kdan Mobile Software Ltd.
No answers on this topic
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
Kdan Mobile Software Ltd.
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
Kdan Mobile Software Ltd.
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
Kdan Mobile Software Ltd.
The customer support is pretty fast and friendly.
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Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
I haven't had much interaction with support for this product as it is relatively easy for me to use and intuitive. When Kofax acquired the program it rewrote some of the features and I think I reached out for help at one point but tech support provided a quick answer. I did have a very positive experience with the sales staff who helped me get a discount on the current version because I'm a long-time user.
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In-Person Training
Kdan Mobile Software Ltd.
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
Kdan Mobile Software Ltd.
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
Kdan Mobile Software Ltd.
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
Kdan Mobile Software Ltd.
The app wasn't great, in my opinion. The interface wasn't as good as PDF Reader, while the features were not that advanced.
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Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
I think Adobe Acrobat is very slow and does not perform well with large documents. I often have documents that are thousands of pages long and with Adobe it's very difficult to open and load the document, let alone make changes. Kofax Power PDF, on the other hand, responds and performs well regardless of the document size.
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Scalability
Kdan Mobile Software Ltd.
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
Kdan Mobile Software Ltd.
  • It's been great so far, having all our employees use the PDF Reader when dealing with PDFs - since it's easy to use and is quite multifunctional, we're able to accomplish quite a bit with a single app installed on all of our devices.
  • It's great for saving time and adding e-signatures, so we aren't actually using any other e-signature apps.
  • It's so easy to use that everyone is on board and using the app for all kinds of PDF tasks daily.
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Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
  • Saved time and paper putting together binders of documents or Affidavits electronically, not to mention very functional when working from home!
  • It's one price, no monthly or yearly payments. I loved Kofax Power PDF so much that when I moved to a smaller firm I recommended it as a good purchase for the company to invest in.
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ScreenShots

Kdan Mobile PDF Reader Screenshots

Screenshot of Markup PDFs, fill forms & write on slidesScreenshot of Arrange files, folders or pages with drag and dropScreenshot of Recognize texts on images for later searching and editingScreenshot of Convert PDF to or from Office documents and other file formatsScreenshot of Sign directly on the screen using your finger or stylusScreenshot of Transfer files from email, web, and mainstream cloud storage services

Tungsten Power PDF Screenshots

Screenshot of The PDF Create Assistant 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 can be created to apply commonly desired settings to new PDF documents that you create in Power PDF.Screenshot of Users may choose to change the application's color to purple, blue, light gray or dark gray.Screenshot of Some lightweight document automation can also be achieved with the Watched Folder and Sequence features.Screenshot of Packages can be signed with pre built templates using Kofax Sign Doc or other integrating e-signersScreenshot of PDFs can be navigated with a thumbnail view