Nitro Productivity Suite vs WinZip

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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It is well suited to environments that are using multiple platforms, or operating systems. The compatibility of Winzip with various OS's is really good. It is also well suited for organizations that are looking for something that is easy to use from an end-user perspective and doesn't really require training to use.It is less suited for organizations that need/want a low/no-cost compression solution. This would not be Winzip, as they don't offer any "free" options, only paid one. It is also less suited for environments that need to have a solution that will create the smallest size compression file(s) possible. There are some other competitors on the market that is a bit better than Winzip at doing this.

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Verified User

Supervisor in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 1001-5000 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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Zips files
Unzips files
Encrypts archives

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Hospital & Health Care Company, 501-1000 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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One area of improvement is with regards to pricing and the mass market. Since there is no free options for the software (as compared to some other compression programs), this may be a disadvantage to many organizations that are looking for a low/no-cost solution.
Another area of improvement can be to its ability to create the smallest file sizes, as compared to what some other compression programs can do. It is not the top contender in this case, but improvements can be made in the future.

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Verified User

Supervisor in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 1001-5000 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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Performance

Nitro Productivity Suite 8.0

Based on 1 answer

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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WinZip 8.4

Based on 3 answers

Listen, nobody can get a perfect 10 (just ask your boss at review time, you can't say you are a 10 because then you'd have nothing to strive for!). WinZip's Support team knows their product, which is a fantastic thing to hear, unlike when you call giant companies (Microsoft, Vipre, and Norton) and their turnaround in their support center is so disgusting that their Support team only knows how to read off of a script

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Hospital & Health Care Company, 501-1000 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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Also, I have tested and used the following similar programs:WinRAR7-ZipHow Winzip stacks about against these similar compression programs, and others on the market is Winzip has been around for a very long time (longer than a lot of others), so there is something to be said for its widespread use in industry and organizations around the world. It is a solid product, in terms of the capabilities it has, and the performance of it.It also has a better Graphical User Interface (GUI) than many others on the market. This has helped greatly to save time in is to use the program right away, and not to have consult documentation on how to use the product.

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Verified User

Supervisor in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 1001-5000 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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Winzip is not our standard corporate zip app.
It's causing additional troubleshooting.
Additional hands-on time for tech support personnel that are trained in 7zip.

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Hospital & Health Care Company, 501-1000 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

—

Entry-level set up fee?

No