Nitro Productivity Suite vs Sfax

Likelihood to Recommend

Nitro Productivity Suite is well suited for PDF viewing and editing and conversion of PDF documents to MS Word. It is also good for e-signatures and PDF post-processing, like page numbering, combining PDF documents, and inserting header and footer information on documents.Nitro is not perfect and can have issues converting complex items into MS Word, particularly with some tables and special formatted forms. It also doesn't have all the fonts and document editing features that MS Word has.

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Austin Lin

IT Operations Lead

Providence Technology Group, Inc.Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees

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Sfax is great for sending and receiving a high volume of faxes encrypted/HIPAA compliant documents. Sfax makes tracking the status of faxes easy and quick. Sfax may not be the most efficient or effective system for low volume faxing.

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Peter Ellison

Director Of Training And Development

MediCopyHospital & Health Care, 51-200 employees

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Pros

Ability to combine files SEAMLESSLY and order them around as necessary (so underrated)
Signing not only for yourself but for others. Helpful for those who have been granted the authority to sign for VPs and directors
Much easier to use than some other PDF viewing services

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Ariel Dunay

Associate, Project Operations

Palladium: Make It PossibleManagement Consulting, 1001-5000 employees

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Fax submission tracking.
Fax failure notification.

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Peter Ellison

Director Of Training And Development

MediCopyHospital & Health Care, 51-200 employees

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Cons

The version we have which is a little older had features in odd places such as adding pages to a PDF was kind of buried.
Product seems to run a little slow in a Citrix environment. I believe it would run better on a dedicated PC.
I'd like for them to try and mimic Adobe more as that seems to be laid out a little better for end user features.

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Verified User

Administrator in Information Technology

Financial Services Company, 51-200 employees

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Functionality can sometimes be difficult.
No driver compatibility with MAC operating system.

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Peter Ellison

Director Of Training And Development

MediCopyHospital & Health Care, 51-200 employees

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Usability

Nitro Productivity Suite 8.0

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It's quick and easy to use for all users.

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Verified User

Manager in Sales

Human Resources Company, 1-10 employees

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No score

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Performance

Nitro Productivity Suite 8.0

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It works as advertised.

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Verified User

Manager in Sales

Human Resources Company, 1-10 employees

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Support Rating

Nitro Productivity Suite 9.8

Based on 5 answers

Nitro checks all the boxes for what we need. It is fairly priced, it allows us to read and edit PDF documents, convert PDF to MS Word and convert MS Word to PDF. It allows us to combine multiple files and do all the post processing like adding page numbers and adding headers and footers

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Austin Lin

IT Operations Lead

Providence Technology Group, Inc.Information Technology & Services, 11-50 employees

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Sfax 7.0

Based on 1 answer

Sfax customer service is good, but can be a little slow to provide updates and solutions.

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Peter Ellison

Director Of Training And Development

MediCopyHospital & Health Care, 51-200 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Nitro Productivity Suite allows a user to accomplish all of the things you would want to do to a document that Adobe does not. Much easier to find the operation you are looking for in Nitro Productivity Suite compared to Adobe

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Matthew McGinnis

VP of Business Development

InTech AerospaceAirlines/Aviation, 51-200 employees

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Sfax fits better with our company's needs and HIPAA compliance needs.

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Peter Ellison

Director Of Training And Development

MediCopyHospital & Health Care, 51-200 employees

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Return on Investment

Being able to publish beautiful PDF eBooks has given my freelance automotive writing business the edge needed to stand out from the competition.
Currently, Nitro is a one-time-purchase software package, better for my business needs than subscription models offered by the competition.

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Benjamin E. Jerew

Senior Content Manager

One Car Payment, Inc.Writing and Editing, 1-10 employees

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Sfax can be costly with high volume.
The success rate of faxes is significantly higher than any other system we have used, which reduces the need to refaxing files.

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Peter Ellison

Director Of Training And Development

MediCopyHospital & Health Care, 51-200 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

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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