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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Tungsten Power PDF

    Score9.4 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

    Workato

    Score9.4 out of 10
    N/AWorkato is a cloud or on-premise automation and integration platform with enterprise-grade capabilities and no coding required. Workato provides pre-built connectors to integrate with over 300 business applications and enables task automation across apps.N/A
    Pricing
    Tungsten Power PDFWorkato
    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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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Tungsten Power PDFWorkato
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    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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    Community Pulse
    Tungsten Power PDFWorkato
    Considered Both Products
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
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    Workato
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    664 Answers
    57%
    Would buy again
    4 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    656 Answers
    50%
    Delivers good value for the price
    3 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    661 Answers
    71%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    589 Answers
    67%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    4 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    625 Answers
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    Tungsten Power PDFWorkato
    PDF Editors
    Comparison of PDF Editors features of Tungsten Power PDF and Workato
    Feature
    Tungsten Power PDF
    9.2
    110 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Workato
    -
    Ratings
    Edit Text and Images8.7106 Ratings00 Ratings
    Merge or Split PDFs9.8109 Ratings00 Ratings
    Add Annotations9.2100 Ratings00 Ratings
    Text Recognition (OCR)8.692 Ratings00 Ratings
    Page Management9.2100 Ratings00 Ratings
    Form Creation and Editing8.892 Ratings00 Ratings
    Secure PDFs9.692 Ratings00 Ratings
    Convert to Different Formats9.2100 Ratings00 Ratings
    Comment and Review Tools9.198 Ratings00 Ratings
    Undo and Redo Actions9.4102 Ratings00 Ratings
    Cloud Data Integration
    Comparison of Cloud Data Integration features of Tungsten Power PDF and Workato
    Feature
    Tungsten Power PDF
    -
    Ratings
    Workato
    8.0
    38 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Pre-built connectors00 Ratings10.038 Ratings
    Connector modification00 Ratings10.036 Ratings
    Support for real-time and batch integration00 Ratings5.034 Ratings
    Data quality services00 Ratings6.031 Ratings
    Data security features00 Ratings9.034 Ratings
    Monitoring console00 Ratings8.038 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Tungsten Power PDFWorkato
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.4
    (680 ratings)
    9.0
    (38 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (114 ratings)
    1.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (48 ratings)
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.9
    (465 ratings)
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    3.6
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (33 ratings)
    3.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.1
    (9 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (13 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    5.5
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Tungsten Power PDFWorkato
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    I would generally recommend it to those that don't have a paid subscription for pdf services yet and are looking for great value product that can serve you for many years. It product that you need for serious pdf work, if you're not a believer in subscription services. I think Tungsten Power PDF is the best single purchase pdf reader for my needs as lawyer.
    Incentivized
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    Workato
    Workato is brilliant to make separate applications work together without much effort or specialists being needed. When specific events on software A should trigger actions on B (or more) and you want that to happen without any development or big budgets, that's where Workato comes into play. It's a great help if you want tasks automated, communications flowing and data synced between different applications.
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    Pros
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    • Enable to modify all aspects of PDFs: metadata, page operations, text manipulation, form fields.
    • Enable to include JavaScript in order to build reactive PDFs.
    • Offer a wide variety of automation and bulk operation options.
    • Offer the possibility to sign and certify with trutsted identity providers like DocuSign.
    Incentivized
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    Workato
    • The Workato product interface is brilliantly thought through and designed. The learning curve for first timers is easy enough to get started and build useful things, and Workato really shines in their ability to handle complex triggers and interactions. Workato allows people to build software apps so much faster than by coding each functionality.
    • Workato has fantastic documentation, making things accessible without any holes in the product. The product just works, never has any bugs, never lags, and just generally allows us to see and change exactly what we need to.
    • Workato has an absolutely amazing support team. We tried the free version for a while, then realized it was the single most important software tool we have, and we upgraded. The support at the paid tier is A+, seriously the best from any company we've worked with. Feels more like a good friend then a support rep.
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    Cons
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    • Sometimes the programs takes longer to open than I would like.
    • While I have the latest version (2025.3), I’m unsure for how long I’ll be able to update this version before I’m forced to upgrade to another version. It’s unclear if/when I’ll need to purchase a new version or if I’ll be able to use the one I purchased for several years.
    • The user interface looks a lot like Microsoft Word. I don’t know if this is deliberate, but it would be easier to tell the two apart when I have both programs open at the same time if the Power PDF interface were more distinctive.
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    Workato
    • Customer support - responsive, but often not equipped to help efficiently identify root cause of issue. Need to improve escalation to technical resources and turnaround time
    • Recipe organization and sharing. Can be challenging to copy recipes, or grab recipes from publicly available site. There are often dependencies and errors that have vague descriptions.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Workato
    We need to develop Enterprise Application Integrations and Workato was not designed for this
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    Usability
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    I found it easy to learn and observe that my colleagues also pick it up quickly when they get a license. I've been somewhat involved in training users on the various features, and I find that it's very intuitive compared to some of the other software that my organization uses.
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    Workato
    The sheer work Workato eliminates from people's daily jobs is simply a great contribution to people's productivity and a boost to capability. It actually strikes the balance between business and tech teams. It also reduces dependency on developers, and speeds up their delivery too. The only reason it's not a full 10/10 is for the price - it's a bit expensive for what we'd like, and their batch or high data volume processing can be improved.
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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.)
    Incentivized
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    Workato
    No answers on this topic
    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
    Incentivized
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    Workato
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    In my experience, Tungsten Power PDF support is difficult to engage with. Like many other software companies, the people and/or AI being used by Tungsten Power PDF support rely on canned responses that have absolutely nothing to do with the problem or that do not fully or properly address the question or problem. Trying to get a live human to actually interact with and provide actual, helpful support has been, in my experience, nearly impossible and is like pulling teeth!
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    Workato
    They employ an extremely knowledgeable team of problem solvers. I've never had a disappointing interaction or one that has left me still searching for answers. I know that when I ask for help, they'll partner with me until we find a solution together
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    In-Person Training
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    I did not get training from any representative of TrustRadius or from the company from whom TrustRadius acquired the product. I got an in-person overview of the 2018 version 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. I gained additional knowledge from the help files, from online searches, and from just fiddling with the product. There's nothing like learning by doing
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    Workato
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Workato
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    Implementation Rating
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    It was simple and we were using the program the same day. It was as easy as downloading the program and getting in there and playing around. We felt comfortable with it within the first few hours of use.
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    Workato
    We discovered that we could not use Workato for our more complex, large enterprise integrations. It was useful for simple workflows that matched the prebuilt recipes.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    Foxit was better than Adobe, but it was still a subscription, and it eventually started trying to push AI features. There were also a lot more small annoyances when doing things like selecting specific text, trying to rearrange pages, changing words in the text, and so on. I switched to Tungsten Power PDF for the permanent license, better OCR, and a smoother experience.
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    Workato
    We already used Zapier, but since it doesn't support NetSuite we had to choose another automation platform. Now that we've been using Workato for a few months, we have plans to move the stuff we're going through Zapier to Workato. We set up a trial account with all the other platforms, and they were all more expensive and A LOT more complicated than Workato.
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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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    Workato
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Tungsten Automation formerly Kofax
    • Extracting answers from many filled-out PDF forms now takes minutes instead of 3–4 hours, which saves us roughly 60 hours per year.
    • Two licenses cover our 10-person team's PDF needs: about 2 requests per day that free tools can't handle, saving about 110 hours per year (~€8–9k total).
    • It is noticeably cheaper than equipping the team with Adobe Acrobat Pro subscriptions (savings/difference ~€ 270€/year for two licenses), and it handles editing and commenting better.
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    Workato
    • As business consultants, Workato has greatly improved our offerings to our clients as well as improved the time frame to implement automated workflows and integrations.
    • For our clients, the return on investment is almost immediate. Once a Workato recipe is up and running (which can be done very fast), data is integrating, duplicate data entry and user errors are eliminated, and cross-company KPI metrics are easier to report than ever.
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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