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Score 9 out of 10

Based on 600 reviews and ratings

Score 8.9 out of 10

Based on 16 reviews and ratings

Pros

Power PDF integrates well with the Microsoft 365 (formerly Microsoft Office ) modules. This makes it very convenient to create .pdf documents directly from Microsoft Word and Excel and automatically open the resulting .pdf document in Kofax Power PDF for any required post processing.
Power PDF allows easy "drag-and-drop" assembly of a .pdf document composed of pages from various other .pdf documents. This capability is crucial to generating a single cohesive .pdf document from a variety of source applications.
Power PDF's cropping function allows for easily picking out excerpts from a .pdf document for use in other .pdf documents or other applications. The ability to save these files in JPEG format also provides good flexibility for importing to other applications.

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C-Level Executive in Corporate

Management Consulting Company, 1-10 employees

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Easy to edit PDFs.
Easy to add headers and text boxes.
Fast, no lags.

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Team Lead in Professional Services

Civil Engineering Company, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

Difficult to add stamps - wanted to add a "checkmark" stamp and had to first find an image then work hard to make it a stamp
Would be nice to have a better library of stamps for different use cases
Sometimes the "search and redact" feature misses things if they are not exactly right. For example, the same numbers with a hyphen are found but without a hyphen, they are not.

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Partner in Legal

Law Practice Company, 1-10 employees

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Improve a bit the interface
Add a first usage tour

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Professional in Information Technology

Financial Services Company, 501-1000 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

Kofax Power PDF 9.4

Based on 100 answers

It is an awesome alternative to adobe. We like the 1 time fee over the monthly. We are typically offered discounts on updated products and services offered by kofax, and are overall very happy with the performance of the program. I can't see any reason to switch at this point

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Executive Assistant

Spiegelglass ConstructionConstruction, 11-50 employees

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Usability

Kofax Power PDF 8.1

Based on 40 answers

I have rarely, if ever, had to search the help file or read up on features to make them work. The features I use are fairly intuitive and quickly mastered. Kofax also provides a YouTube Channel with training videos that have been helpful on occasion. Mastery of frequently used features was simple

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Managing Member

Law Office of Loren A. Piel Ltd.Legal Services, 1-10 employees

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PDF Xchange Viewer and Editor 10.0

Based on 1 answer

It's easy to use, making it very efficient for us as we do not have to train additional people on how to use this software. It opens up documents quickly and saves quickly as well. Overall the usability is not an issue for us at all. It is also extremely easy to integrate it with other PDF programs.

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Team Lead in Professional Services

Civil Engineering Company, 10,001+ employees

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Reliability and Availability

Kofax Power PDF 8.6

Based on 12 answers

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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Legal Secretary

Dady & Gardner, PALegal Services, 11-50 employees

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Performance

Kofax Power PDF 8.1

Based on 12 answers

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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Legal Assistant

The Law Office of Stephan E. UslanLegal Services, 1-10 employees

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PDF Xchange Viewer and Editor 10.0

Based on 2 answers

Performance wise, PDF Xchange Viewer and Editor is flawless. It runs fast, and I haven't experienced any immediately crashing. The reports save quickly, and the document size is never an issue. It saves into a regular PDF, and we're able to open it on any other program or computer. All text boxes, features, and headers show up flawlessly on other programs.

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Team Lead in Professional Services

Civil Engineering Company, 10,001+ employees

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Support Rating

Kofax Power PDF 8.3

Based on 350 answers

Again, Kofax/Nuance Power PDF does everything I need for a fraction of the cost of other/competitor software. The switch to Kofax/Nuance Power PDF was a breeze. The interface has some familiarity to it. We're able to create, collaborate, revise, track changes, password-protect, encrypt and share all types of PDFs - fillable, non-fillable, pre-populated, secure, etc.

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Associate

Massad Olinde Benefits ConsultingInsurance, 11-50 employees

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PDF Xchange Viewer and Editor 10.0

Based on 1 answer

The application had no issues (we did not contact support) and that's why I give a 10.

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Professional in Information Technology

Financial Services Company, 501-1000 employees

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In-Person Training

Kofax Power PDF 3.6

Based on 1 answer

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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Legal Assistant

The Law Office of Stephan E. UslanLegal Services, 1-10 employees

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Online Training

Kofax Power PDF 8.2

Based on 1 answer

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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Managing Member

LeWalt Consulting GroupeAccounting, 1-10 employees

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Implementation Rating

Kofax Power PDF 8.2

Based on 31 answers

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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Owner

Paralegal Consulting ServicesLegal Services, 1-10 employees

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Alternatives Considered

The former go to program for dealing with everything PDF is more expensive and much less easy to work with. It was at least about 10 years ago when I made the decision to go with Kofax (Nuance). I have not regretted it.

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Professional in Other

Translation & Localization Company, 1-10 employees

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Better price for single licenses and user packs.

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Professional in Information Technology

Financial Services Company, 501-1000 employees

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Scalability

Kofax Power PDF 7.2

Based on 11 answers

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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Curator of Animal Data & Logistics

NASHVILLE ZOONon-profit Organization Management, 201-500 employees

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Return on Investment

The ability to make images of text searchable enables me to do my job. Without this ability it was virtually impossible to find relevant information in these large documents.
The return on investment was huge. I can now take on much more work than before.

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President

Informatics-Review LLCHospital & Health Care, 1-10 employees

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Positive: Efficient because it's easy to learn, saving training time.
Positive: Adding comments and editing is a breeze, saving peer review hours.
Negative: We still have to rely on Acrobat DC to export individual pages into separate PDFs.

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Team Lead in Professional Services

Civil Engineering Company, 10,001+ employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

$0 per seat

Kofax Power PDF Editions & Modules

Edition

Power PDF Advanced	$179.00¹
Power PDF Standard	$129.00¹
Power PDF Standard for Mac	$129.00¹
Power PDF Enterprise	Get a Quote²

per perpetual license
per seat

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Get a free quote for Power PDF Enterprise for more than 5 users with server install: https://www.kofax.com/Products/power-pdf/advanced-request-a-quote

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Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

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