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 PDF Studio | N/A | PDF Studio is a PDF editor that aims to provides all PDF features needed at a low cost. PDF Studio maintains full compatibility with the PDF Standard. Users can: Create PDFs from Scan, MS Word, Text and Images Annotate PDFs with Comments & Text Markups Create, Fill In & Save PDF Forms Secure Documents with Passwords and Permissions Merge, Split & Assemble Documents Apply Watermarks, Headers and Footers Create Bookmarks / Table… | N/A | |
 Wondershare PDFelement | N/A | PDFelement is a document management solution from Wondershare Software headquartered in China. | $79.99 per year per user |
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| Additional Details | Each user license key can be used on 2 computers (for the same user) on any of the supported operating system (Windows, Mac, Linux). Each user license is perpetual and allows to continue using this major version of our software (version 2018) as long as it works on your operating system. Payment is a one-time fee, with no monthly or yearly subscription or commitment. Any upgrade to future major versions is optional. | For Individuals: Yearly Plan: $79.99/user; 2-Year Plan: $109.99/user Perpetual Plan(one-time): $129.99/user For Teams: Yearly plan starts at $109/year for 1 user For Education: Yearly Plan: $47.99/user; Perpetual Plan(one-time): $99.99/user | ||||||||||||||
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| Considered Both Products |  PDF Studio  Klaus D. Karner Head of Electronics Laboratory / Executive Officer Chose PDF Studio For Linux, the user interface and its tools are very well developed and it is the most complete option. |  Wondershare PDFelement  Hermann Frey Contract Manager Chose Wondershare PDFelement They are doing quite aggressive marketing, therefore it is very present everywhere. Pricing is in the range for private users. If features are improved, I probably would buy it again, otherwise think next time would try the competition (e.g., Nitro).  Juan Pablo Montes Strategic Manager Chose Wondershare PDFelement Adobe Acrobat.  Goran Stojmirovic Hydropower Expert Chose Wondershare PDFelement I used Adobe Acrobat for around 15 years in different large scale companies. But it is too expensive for single users or small enterprises and Adobe offers only yearly subscription which I personally do not like.  nikhil jaitak RPA Senior consultant Chose Wondershare PDFelement We selected PDFelement because it did the job well and at the lowest cost of our options.  Amy Carter Director of Instruction Chose Wondershare PDFelement I haven't evaluated any other products.  Thomas Myers Vice President Of Marketing And Business Development Chose Wondershare PDFelement I don't even remember the name of the products I tried, but none of them worked right. PDFelement does the job and does it well.  Eric Y General Manager Chose Wondershare PDFelement The experience is different. From a cost perspective, PDFelement is more cost effective and can get things done.  roland goulet Quality Manager Chose Wondershare PDFelement Adobe PDF is the alternative for me but much more expensive. It has more features but I don’t need them. For a small business PDFelement's affordability makes it a cost effective option.  Steve Rafalsky Author Chose Wondershare PDFelement I didn't try or buy other programs, but did a good bit of research on them. I went with PDFelement because of the lower pricing, and because of the rich features I learned it had. I also appreciated the great customer service I received from reps in the community forums, which …  Stuart McLellan Business Owner Chose Wondershare PDFelement I have evaluated Acrobat but found it less user friendly than PDFelement and very expensive on a product to product comparison  Madson Pinto Diretor Chose Wondershare PDFelement PDFelement has among the several options available in the market, a productivity solution with relevant acquisition costs associated with the benefits offered. Among the functions available in the application, other companies have the same function with lower performance and …  Michael Januszka President of Sales Chose Wondershare PDFelement I have not used anything else other than Adobe Acrobat and PDFelement meets all my needs and is easier to use.  Anthony Zurica Owner Chose Wondershare PDFelement PDFelement is not only much much easier to use but it is less expensive.  Matt Shields Director of Operations Chose Wondershare PDFelement Adobe Acrobat DC  Abbie Duquette Project Manager Chose Wondershare PDFelement I haven't used any other product besides PDFelement. I found a product that I love and I'm sticking with it. I will say that I went with PDFelement based on reviews and based on the features that this product supplies vs. the others. I trust the company behind PDFelement (been …  Charles Grix Starting New Venture Stay Tune Chose Wondershare PDFelement PDFelement is superior to PDFzilla and comparable in features to Adobe and a better price. |
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| Small Businesses |  Tungsten Power PDF Score 9.8 out of 10 |  Square 9 Softworks Score 9.3 out of 10 |
| Medium-sized Companies |  pdfFiller Score 9.0 out of 10 |  MSB Docs Score 9.4 out of 10 |
| Enterprises |  Bluebeam Score 9.1 out of 10 |  M‑Files Score 8.9 out of 10 |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 9.1 (0 ratings) | 9.1 (0 ratings) |
| Likelihood to Renew | - (0 ratings) | 10.0 (0 ratings) |
| Usability | 8.2 (0 ratings) | 8.6 (0 ratings) |
| Availability | - (0 ratings) | 10.0 (0 ratings) |
| Performance | - (0 ratings) | 7.5 (0 ratings) |
| Support Rating | 8.5 (0 ratings) | 8.4 (0 ratings) |
| Implementation Rating | - (0 ratings) | 10.0 (0 ratings) |
| Configurability | - (0 ratings) | 10.0 (0 ratings) |
| Ease of integration | - (0 ratings) | 7.5 (0 ratings) |
| Product Scalability | - (0 ratings) | 10.0 (0 ratings) |
| Vendor post-sale | - (0 ratings) | 10.0 (0 ratings) |
| Vendor pre-sale | - (0 ratings) | 10.0 (0 ratings) |
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