PDF Xchange Viewer and Editor vs. Tungsten Capture

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
PDF Xchange Viewer and Editor
Score 9.3 out of 10
N/A
PDF Xchange Viewer and Editor is a pdf editing and conversion software offering from Tracker Software Products. It includes features such as create pdf and convert to pdf.N/A
Tungsten Capture
Score 8.0 out of 10
N/A
Tungsten Capture (formerly Kofax Capture) is a suite of multichannel document capture applications.
$3,500
per year
Pricing
PDF Xchange Viewer and EditorTungsten Capture
Editions & Modules
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Kofax Capture
$3,500
per year
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
PDF Xchange Viewer and EditorTungsten Capture
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
PDF Xchange Viewer and EditorTungsten Capture
Features
PDF Xchange Viewer and EditorTungsten Capture
PDF Editors
Comparison of PDF Editors features of Product A and Product B
PDF Xchange Viewer and Editor
9.0
1 Ratings
3% above category average
Tungsten Capture
-
Ratings
Edit Text and Images9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Merge or Split PDFs9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Add Annotations9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Text Recognition (OCR)9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Page Management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Form Creation and Editing9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Secure PDFs9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Convert to Different Formats8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Comment and Review Tools9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Undo and Redo Actions10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
PDF Xchange Viewer and EditorTungsten Capture
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(4 ratings)
9.2
(9 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(2 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Performance
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(1 ratings)
5.0
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
PDF Xchange Viewer and EditorTungsten Capture
Likelihood to Recommend
Tracker Software Products
This software handles large PDF files and has not crashed for me, unlike some other PDF software. It does what I need very well, although it has a lot of features beyond what I need. It extracts and adds documents easily and certainly does well with its search function after applying optical character recognition.
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Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
Kofax [Capture] meets our needs and for the most part is easy to use and setup. Configuration could be a little bit easier. The scripting language is a double edge sword if you will. It gives you nearly unlimited possibilities to script what you need, but the downside is you have to script it. Does a good job at batching and scanning documents. The tool integrates well into our workflow which makes our business partners happy and in turn provides for happy customers.
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Pros
Tracker Software Products
  • Intuitive an easy to understand interface
  • Fast
  • Good value for the price
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Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
  • The VRS application included with Kofax Capture is the best image pre-processing platform available on the market today. It can handle a wide array of common document problems such as skew, flipping, wrinkles, lines, and dots.
  • The platform is incredibly scriptable and can be customized to handle all sorts of unusual document contents to allow information to be extracted that many other platforms just struggle on. Table extraction, line item matching, and smart extraction are all strong points with this platform.
  • Through the use of SBL and .NET the platform can be expanded and scaled quite easily to allow for the software to be integrated into existing business processes and platforms with ease.
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Cons
Tracker Software Products
  • Have the ability to add a little more customization (like font sizes in Typewriter tool, etc).
  • Have the ability to export individual pages into separate PDFs.
  • Have the ability to easily resize.
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Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
  • We struggled with configuring Kofax with AP Automation. We used to receive vouchers in different formats by different companies, by different departments. The people from different departments used to scan those vouchers through regular scanners to a central location, which ended up as image pdfs. We fed these image pdfs through Kofax Capture for character recognition, which was painful as the accuracy of recognition was 50 to 60%.
  • Having a connectors with a workflow tool would be helpful where people can validate and approve the output.
  • More samples and documentation related to use of API in .NET applications would be a good improvement, that would help users to adapt the product easily into their organization.
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Likelihood to Renew
Tracker Software Products
No answers on this topic
Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
Cost of Kofax is high, however the cost to benefit scenarios always pay off.
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Usability
Tracker Software Products
It does everything I need, such as OCR, redaction, Bates stamping, bookmarking, and handling large PDF files without crashing. It also does well with the extraction and addition of documents.
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Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
It's good.
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Performance
Tracker Software Products
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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Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Tracker Software Products
The application had no issues (we did not contact support) and that's why I give a 10.
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Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
Haven't really used their support yet
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Alternatives Considered
Tracker Software Products
PDF Xchange hits a sweet spot for me and my users. It is powerful, includes a full suite of creation, markup, and management tools. It is very affordable.
Bluebeam is too much that isn't print and PDF related. It is EXPENSIVE ... more than $300 per person before almost mandatory additional training.
PDF Creator is good for PDF creation. It doesn't include markup and management tools.
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Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
Quality of data capture. Automatic data integration with Oracle and SAP ERP. Automatic image integration with Oracle and SAP ERP. Automatic invoice booking in Oracle and SAP ERP.
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Return on Investment
Tracker Software Products
  • PDF XChange costs around $50-75 per person depending on the version.
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Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
  • We were able to decrease personnel expenditures as there was not a need for individuals to index documents prior to incorporating them into the record.
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