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    Tungsten Power PDF

    Score9.8 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Tungsten Power PDF (formerly Kofax) is an easy-to-use, secure and inexpensive solution to manage PDFs for businesses and individuals. Benefits: Ease of Use: Works like Office desktop products, so it's easier to learn Compatibility: Works across devices and platforms, share documents in a storage cloud …

    $129

    one-time fee per license

    UKG Pro

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AUKG delivers cloud-based HCM solutions including UKG Pro that help businesses simplify payroll computations, accelerate talent acquisition, manage time and attendance, and support proactive, strategic talent management on a global level.N/A
    Pricing
    Tungsten Power PDFUKG Pro
    Editions & Modules
    Power PDF Standard
    $129
    one-time fee per license
    Power PDF for Mac
    $129
    one-time fee per license
    Power PDF Advanced
    $179
    one-time fee per license
    Power PDF Business
    Get a Quote: Subscription and Perpetual available
    per year per seat
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    Pricing Offerings
    Tungsten Power PDFUKG Pro
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDesktop licenses are buy once, own forever. No subscription fees. Business server licenses are term-based or perpetual with optional maintenance & support contract. Volume and upgrade discounts available.—
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    Tungsten Power PDFUKG Pro
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    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    Chose Tungsten Power PDF
    There is nothing to compare it to. Tungsten Power PDF is by far an easier and more efficient option. The one advantage of CutePDF is the functionality of overlay and underlay with headers and footers. The other functions in Tungsten Power PDF are much easier to use. …
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Features
    Tungsten Power PDFUKG Pro
    PDF Editors
    Comparison of PDF Editors features of Tungsten Power PDF and UKG Pro
    Feature
    Tungsten Power PDF
    8.7
    28 Ratings
    1% above category average
    UKG Pro
    -
    Ratings
    Edit Text and Images5.526 Ratings00 Ratings
    Merge or Split PDFs9.928 Ratings00 Ratings
    Add Annotations9.226 Ratings00 Ratings
    Text Recognition (OCR)6.922 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page Management7.226 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form Creation and Editing9.620 Ratings00 Ratings
    Secure PDFs9.920 Ratings00 Ratings
    Convert to Different Formats9.823 Ratings00 Ratings
    Comment and Review Tools9.423 Ratings00 Ratings
    Undo and Redo Actions9.923 Ratings00 Ratings
    Human Resource Management
    Comparison of Human Resource Management features of Tungsten Power PDF and UKG Pro
    Feature
    Tungsten Power PDF
    -
    Ratings
    UKG Pro
    7.8
    955 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Employee demographic data00 Ratings8.5865 Ratings
    Employment history00 Ratings8.2890 Ratings
    Job profiles and administration00 Ratings8.0861 Ratings
    Workflow for transfers, promotions, pay raises, etc.00 Ratings7.5842 Ratings
    Organizational charting00 Ratings7.2755 Ratings
    Organization and location management00 Ratings8.0768 Ratings
    Compliance data (COBRA, OSHA, etc.)00 Ratings7.3606 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Tungsten Power PDF and UKG Pro
    Feature
    Tungsten Power PDF
    -
    Ratings
    UKG Pro
    7.9
    869 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Pay calculation00 Ratings8.0823 Ratings
    Support for external payroll vendors00 Ratings7.6414 Ratings
    Off-cycle/On-Demand payment00 Ratings8.0328 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.5739 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings8.3809 Ratings
    Salary revision and increment management00 Ratings8.1667 Ratings
    Reimbursement management00 Ratings8.057 Ratings
    Leave and Attendance Management
    Comparison of Leave and Attendance Management features of Tungsten Power PDF and UKG Pro
    Feature
    Tungsten Power PDF
    -
    Ratings
    UKG Pro
    7.6
    677 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Approval workflow00 Ratings7.5603 Ratings
    Balance details00 Ratings7.6633 Ratings
    Annual carry-forward and encashment00 Ratings7.6524 Ratings
    Employee Self Service
    Comparison of Employee Self Service features of Tungsten Power PDF and UKG Pro
    Feature
    Tungsten Power PDF
    -
    Ratings
    UKG Pro
    7.8
    922 Ratings
    6% below category average
    View and generate pay and benefit information00 Ratings8.0889 Ratings
    Update personal information00 Ratings8.2894 Ratings
    View company policy documentation00 Ratings7.7659 Ratings
    Employee recognition00 Ratings7.1346 Ratings
    View job history00 Ratings8.0873 Ratings
    Asset Management
    Comparison of Asset Management features of Tungsten Power PDF and UKG Pro
    Feature
    Tungsten Power PDF
    -
    Ratings
    UKG Pro
    7.6
    233 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Tracking of all physical assets00 Ratings7.6233 Ratings
    HR Reporting
    Comparison of HR Reporting features of Tungsten Power PDF and UKG Pro
    Feature
    Tungsten Power PDF
    -
    Ratings
    UKG Pro
    7.0
    857 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Report builder00 Ratings7.2831 Ratings
    Pre-built reports00 Ratings7.2846 Ratings
    Ability to combine HR data with external data00 Ratings6.6590 Ratings
    Onboarding
    Comparison of Onboarding features of Tungsten Power PDF and UKG Pro
    Feature
    Tungsten Power PDF
    -
    Ratings
    UKG Pro
    7.8
    651 Ratings
    3% below category average
    New hire portal00 Ratings8.1644 Ratings
    Manager tracking tools00 Ratings7.5523 Ratings
    Performance and Goals
    Comparison of Performance and Goals features of Tungsten Power PDF and UKG Pro
    Feature
    Tungsten Power PDF
    -
    Ratings
    UKG Pro
    7.4
    443 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Corporate goal setting00 Ratings7.3349 Ratings
    Individual goal setting00 Ratings7.4422 Ratings
    Line-of sight-visibility00 Ratings7.5303 Ratings
    Performance tracking00 Ratings7.5391 Ratings
    Performance Management
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    Feature
    Tungsten Power PDF
    -
    Ratings
    UKG Pro
    7.4
    548 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Performance plans00 Ratings7.5490 Ratings
    Performance improvement plans00 Ratings6.9387 Ratings
    Review status tracking00 Ratings7.6504 Ratings
    Review reminders00 Ratings7.5474 Ratings
    Multiple review frequency00 Ratings7.5398 Ratings
    Succession Planning
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    -
    Ratings
    UKG Pro
    7.2
    239 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Create succession plans/pools00 Ratings6.8192 Ratings
    Candidate ranking00 Ratings7.3206 Ratings
    Candidate search00 Ratings7.5210 Ratings
    Candidate development00 Ratings7.0190 Ratings
    Recruiting / ATS
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    Feature
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    -
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    UKG Pro
    7.4
    537 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Job Requisition Management00 Ratings7.5505 Ratings
    Company Website Posting00 Ratings7.4496 Ratings
    Publish to Social Media00 Ratings7.1393 Ratings
    Job Search Site Posting00 Ratings7.3458 Ratings
    Duplicate Candidate Prevention00 Ratings7.1388 Ratings
    Applicant Tracking00 Ratings7.6493 Ratings
    Notifications and Alerts00 Ratings7.5458 Ratings
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    User Testimonials
    Tungsten Power PDFUKG Pro
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    GREAT for combining documents into a single PDF. Great for working with a PDF. Not so great converting PDF to Word format. Would like to see more effort put into that development. Would like to see more effective testing of updates prior to pushing them out as well. Otherwise it is awesome.
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    UKG
    I feel UKG Pro has been so horribly rolled out at the City of Houston. I'm amazed that, as a system administrator, it even works at all. In my opinion, the greatest expense the city has budgeted is managed by a shoe-string, janky, bug-ridden mess. I truly hope UKG is bought out for 2 cents and scattered to dust. In my opinion, terrible maintenance and support, the worst consultants money can buy, the sleaziest sales accountants. This system tries my patience as a lead system administrator and I would caution anyone considering bringing in this mess to their business. It's been a year now, and we still have workarounds and bugs daily.
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    Pros
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    • Typewriter functionality is great, although can take some time to load. This allows you to fill in text wherever applicable without turning the rest of the pdf into editable text.
    • Fast load times
    • Has autogenerated text feature so anything in the pdf can become editable
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    UKG
    • UKG has an amazing support team to reach out to if assistance is needed
    • All add-ons of UKG Pro integrate seamlessly making it a powerful software program
    • UKG Pro is very configurable to meet the specific needs of companies
    • It is easy to use and navigate
    • The mobile app is loved by all employees and provides on-demand access
    • The Ultimate Community is amazing!! On-demand information on all products and how they are used. Connect with other companies that use UKG Pro and learn from each other.
    • The Learning Centre is also amazing!! Learning right at your fingertips anytime, anywhere.
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    Cons
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    • I find that quickly editing text within a document or adding a line of text is clunky and can snowball into things popping out of place. I prefer to export text, and then work on it elsewhere.
    • Sometimes it seems that text recognition is trying too hard and throws me paper punches as "O"s and wrinkles as shapes, so I have to get rid of those artifacts.
    • The "Update Available" popup which is usually not an actual update announcement but rather an offer to sell me something is annoying.
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    UKG
    • Teachers that are hard functionality. Okay. I would say the most issues that we've had is the admins or the HR department losing their access and it throws us for a loop. It's like, what happened? What's going on? So that's the main thing. And then some of our employees struggle with the hourly employees try to struggle with timekeeping as in clocking in and clocking out. But we got that resolved. Thank you UKG Pro. And our employees are happy again. I would recommend UKG Pro.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    Tungsten Power PDF is easy to use, the staff all like it, and there are no issues with it on any level. It is a more cost-effective solution to our PDF needs than other products currently available on the market. This product works as intended and it fits our business needs perfectly.
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    UKG
    We have been a customer since 2015, we have gone to market and find that UKG Pro product is both user friendly for administrators as well as the employee. The qualify of support and service of UKG team is valued and we trust the product.
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    Usability
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    It is fast and easy to get the hang of. It really didn't take a lot of effort to learn how to use this program and I appreciated that it was pretty "plug and play" and there wasn't a long learning curve.
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    UKG
    It gets the job done, but not with a few deep sighs. Once you know where stuff lives, it's manageable, but the first learning curve is steep, some menus feel buried. However, it's consistent, reliable and doesn't crash on me, which counts for a lot. With a little UI glow up it could push into a 9 zone.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    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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    UKG
    For the most part UltiPro has been reliable, but it could definitely be better. There have been several notable server issues where we were unable to access the product or unable to utilize some of the features. Customer support is usually quick to respond to questions about these issues, but they do not proactively reach out to customers whose environments have been effected by outages
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    Performance
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    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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    UKG
    Normally UKG Pro loads quickly. We had been having major issues with reports running in a timely manner but recently they broke out our virtual server to another instance where is wasn't sharing resources and that seems to have helped reporting run more efficiently.
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    Support Rating
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    I have used it for 15 years and have only needed support once: a simple update that allowed me to use the software as intended. The support team was attentive and responsive, and I was on my way very quickly.
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    UKG
    The quality of UKG Support is related directly to the UKG rep. who handles the issue. In some cases you get someone who really is good at supporting the product and others may not have as much experience and it shows
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    In-Person Training
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    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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    UKG
    I've been to a few in-person (hands on) training sessions and it is very similar to the online classes. You have the same reference material to look back on after the training. So regardless of in person training or online you really get the same thing.
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    Online Training
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    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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    UKG
    Most of the online training was very generic (to be expected) but we had specific requirements for configuration that could have been better addressed with more individual sessions earlier on from our project team. However, we did finally begin booking training sessions with our implementation team which were recorded, and so provided additional information for how to correctly configure and test the system.
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    Implementation Rating
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    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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    UKG
    Make sure you have all of your tax account information with all the states you are registered in available and that you are knowledgeable about the filing status, frequency, etc. We had some unique challenges with our state unemployment tax set up that I was not aware of and needed to be addressed prior to going live. Working with the state unemployment office can be a challenge.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    There is nothing to compare it to. Tungsten Power PDF is by far an easier and more efficient option. The one advantage of CutePDF is the functionality of overlay and underlay with headers and footers. The other functions in Tungsten Power PDF are much easier to use. Pricing is also an attractive option.
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    UKG
    We used ADP WFN prior to switching to UKG. We interviewed three different payroll companies to see what our options were. UKG stood out and aligned with our company values. The sales team was very helpful and asked questions about what we were currently doing and how they could assist with simplifying things. I personally had a side meeting with them to see if there were options for a process that we manually process and if UKG could actually eliminate the process. We came to the conclusion that we weren't able to get it 100%, but we could pull 80% of what we needed from UKG, and then we would only need to manipulate 20% of the information. It was also determined from that meeting that we wouldn't need to pay extra to have a special report built. The customer service is what we were sold on. The other companies that we looked at didn't give us the confidence that their customer service would be any better than what we previously had.
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    Scalability
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    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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    UKG
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    Return on Investment
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    • Although it was expensive to get the program (just under $200), I found that it was nice that there was only that one time charge. If there were updating or annual fees, I think that would be a deal breaker. Thankfully there isn't, though!
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    UKG
    • My company acquired another company, and with a UKG partner, we were able to bring them online in UKG within two months of the acquisition date.
    • When COVID sent us remote, we could configure custom fields to track vaccination status.
    • The C-suite can get custom reports done in minutes, or ours, where our previous HRIS would have taken days to accomplish, as data would have had to have been exported to Excel and then manipulated inside Excel.
    • UKG has allowed to go virtual paper free as both a candidate and employee.
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    ScreenShots

    Tungsten Power PDF Screenshots

    Screenshot of the PDF Create Assistant, which can be used to create multiple PDFs at the same time from a variety of source formats. Create individual PDFs, or combine into one PDF package.Screenshot of PDF Profiles that can be created to apply commonly desired settings to new PDF documents created in Power PDF.Screenshot of the application's color, changed from purple to blue, light gray or dark gray.Screenshot of some lightweight document automation that can also be achieved with the Watched Folder and Sequence features.Screenshot of where packages can be signed with pre built templates using Kofax Sign Doc or other integrating e-signersScreenshot of PDFs that can be navigated with a thumbnail view

    UKG Pro Screenshots

    Screenshot of included workforce analytics.Screenshot of the payroll gateway.