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Foxit PDF Editor (FoxitPhantom)

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What is Foxit PDF Editor (FoxitPhantom)?

FoxitPhantom PDF is a document management software offering from FoxIt.

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Efficient and User-Friendly: Users have consistently praised Foxit Phantom for its efficiency and user-friendly nature. Many reviewers …
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Foxit PDF Editor

$14.99

Cloud
per month

Foxit PDF Editor Pro

$16.99

Cloud
per month

Foxit PDF Editor Pro - Education Edition

$29.95

Cloud
per year

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://www.foxit.com/pdf-editor

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $14.99 per month
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What is Foxit PDF Editor (FoxitPhantom)?

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Make your PDF work flow with Foxit PhantomPDF

Foxit PDF Editor (FoxitPhantom) Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows, Mac
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android

Frequently Asked Questions

FoxitPhantom PDF is a document management software offering from FoxIt.

Foxit PDF Editor (FoxitPhantom) starts at $14.99.

Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 8.9.

The most common users of Foxit PDF Editor (FoxitPhantom) are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Efficient and User-Friendly: Users have consistently praised Foxit Phantom for its efficiency and user-friendly nature. Many reviewers have mentioned that the software's intuitive user interface makes it easy to navigate and utilize its features, simplifying the adoption process for organizations. Additionally, users appreciate the ability to work on multiple documents by splitting them into separate tabs, which improves workflow and enhances productivity.

Collaboration Capabilities: Several users have commended Foxit Phantom for its collaboration capabilities. They mention that the software ensures document security, which is crucial for news organizations. Reviewers have also compared Foxit Phantom favorably to Adobe Acrobat, stating that it offers superior editing tools and robust modification options for text, images, and objects. The integration of Foxit Phantom with Microsoft Office products like Word, PowerPoint, and Excel has been highlighted as well, allowing users to work in a nearly paperless environment.

Excellent Form Creation and PDF Viewing: Many users have found Foxit Phantom excellent for creating fillable forms, viewing PDFs, filling out forms, and using digital wet signatures. They appreciate the software's user-friendly design which makes it easy to navigate and utilize these features effectively. Furthermore, the compatibility of Foxit Phantom with various cloud storage services such as Google Drive and Dropbox has been highly praised as it enhances collaboration efforts while improving document accessibility.

  1. Compatibility Issues: Some users have reported encountering compatibility problems, particularly with digital signatures, when using both Adobe and FoxitPhantom within their organization. This can cause inconvenience and potential workflow disruptions for those who rely on seamless integration between different PDF software.
  2. Overwhelming Interface: Numerous users have expressed that the interface of Foxit can be overwhelming due to its extensive array of features. This abundance of options can lead to a steep learning curve for basic functions, making it challenging for some users to navigate and utilize the software efficiently.
  3. Lack of Intuitiveness: Many users have voiced their desire for a more intuitive layout and menus in Foxit. They feel that the current design requires them to consult tutorials or help files frequently in order to understand how to perform certain tasks effectively. A more user-friendly interface would greatly enhance the overall usability and accessibility of the application.

Users commonly recommend purchasing the full version of Foxit PhantomPDF due to its efficiency and reasonable price. They suggest utilizing the free trial to determine if it meets individual needs. Many users find it to be a user-friendly and cost-effective alternative to Adobe Acrobat, suggesting it as a good product at an affordable price point. Prior to making a final decision, users advise comparing it with other similar applications. The software's extensive functionality and reasonable pricing are highly regarded, prompting users to recommend giving it a test drive. Switching from Adobe Acrobat is suggested for cost savings, with users advising taking advantage of the trial run to discover the software's usefulness and intuitiveness. Comparing it with competitive products is also recommended. Users consider Foxit PhantomPDF a better alternative to Adobe Acrobat, cautioning against using the mobile version. To effectively use the software, users suggest utilizing online resources for learning and support. Furthermore, they recommend it as a replacement for Adobe, as it offers similar features, a better menu system, and regular updates.

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Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Apart from the traditional software we deploy in News Room, News channels and broadcasting companies like us often rely on PDF documents for our scripts. With Foxit PDF Editor, news scripts can be easily edited and customized as per the requirements. Sub-Editors allows Editors to add annotations and comments to PDF documents. This feature can be helpful in providing feedback, making notes, or highlighting important sections of a news script.
  • Collaborating on News Reports
  • Enhancing Graphics and Visuals in the annual / monthly reports prepared.
  • Ensuring Document Security which is the matter of concern for any News Organization.
  • Foxit is lagging with the OCR technology.
In a Newsroom, sensitive information may be shared via PDF documents, such as interviews with confidential sources. Foxit PDF Editor's security features, such as password protection can be useful in ensuring the confidentiality of such documents. Foxit PDF Editor is a versatile tool that can be useful in a variety of scenarios in a newsroom, from editing news scripts to collaborating on news reports to creating graphics and visuals. Its advanced features and ease of use make it a popular choice among newsroom professionals.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Foxit PhantomPDF mainly for all of our office personnel. It is used by just about all of our departments. It is mainly used for both filling and creating fillable PDF forms. As well as viewing various PDF files. It’s very user-friendly, and I get fewer support requests for Foxit mainly due to its ease of use.
  • Creating fillable forms
  • Viewing PDFs
  • Filling out forms
  • Using digital wet signatures
  • Sometimes when creating forms, when the forms get used the text gets misaligned.
  • Forms created in Foxit sometimes show up differently in other PDF programs such as Bluebeam.
  • Foxit is more for Word documents, we as a construction company deal with a lot of PDF drawings as well, which Foxit isn’t the best PDF program for.
If you fill out a lot of PDF forms, Foxit is great at being able to fill out the form. It’s very easy to create fillable forms as well. You can easily upload a photo of your signature and use it for digitally signing documents. The platform itself is very user-friendly, most users can figure out all of its functionality.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I use Foxit PDF editor to edit and create PDFs. It's much easier than Adobe or other PDF software I've used. It's also much easier to comment and edit PDFs, get signatures, etc. It can be collaborative if necessary which is helpful when sharing a project amongst team members. We also can use it for secure documents with protection for important work agreements and contracts.
  • Comments and editing PDF documents.
  • Clean PDF creation.
  • Easy design and style changes.
  • There are so many features and it would be helpful to have more basic functions intuitively.
  • Some of the categories of editing seem to overlap.
  • Signature workflow could be streamlined.
It is extremely well-suited for viewing documents, and for editing/commenting on PDFs. It's also ideal for form filling and signing. It's less well-suited for more complex design situations. Really great for merging PDFs and viewing multiple documents at once.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Foxit for all of the scanned and secured documents for our loan applications, with supporting documents. In our attempt to go "paperless" we use thousands of scanned copies that have to be securely sent to closings, banks, and other financial institutions, and it does a very good job of doing so.
  • Reproducing legibly scanned files & images in a workable size.
  • Fast compression when converting to smaller sizes.
  • Easy use of different types of digital signatures.
  • Their support is a little hard to follow online.
  • Like all pdf editors, steep learning curve for various tools and functions.
  • Compression vs. readability takes some time to tweak.
I think Foxit is a great alternative to Adobe's offering, at a cheaper price when needing a fully functioning editor. I have not seen anything lacking in comparison to the two. Again, their online support could use some work, especially over different versions, but that is not too much of an issue.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We needed a solution for a few departments which will be able to: - create dynamic forms with prefilled values; - apply signatures on PDF files; - split PDF files by pages; - combine PDF files; - reduce PDF files to meet scan limits; The solution helped to reduce time in processing PDF edit.
  • Creating forms.
  • Split and combine files.
  • Add comments.
  • I really like the interface and the functions provided by this tool.
It definitely can be recommended as a reliable tool if the requirement will be to split, combine, insert pages. Also if needed by Execute assistants to apply signature on official documents. HR can use it to create OnBoarding / OffBoarding forms for new / former employees. It has a simple interface that users can learn easily.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Foxit PDF Editor (FoxitPhantom) is used through our entire firm. We are able to combine a number of documents into one, extract certain pages from a document, and convert word documents into PDF. This is essential as PDF documents are protected and cannot be altered as easy at Microsoft word documents. Foxit PDF Editor (FoxitPhantom) also allows our firm the ability to send confidential documents that are password protected.
  • Combining different documents
  • Converting Microsoft word documents to PDF
  • Extracting pages from a PDF file
  • Snapshot
  • Adding text to documents
  • Multiple windows
As a firm in the legal field, we have tried using other PDF software. However, we have found that Foxit PDF Editor (FoxitPhantom) works best for our firm as we are able to do exactly what we need to do. We spend a lot of time combining multiple files into one, which I have found is easiest and works best with Foxit PDF Editor (FoxitPhantom).
Grace Jones | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
FoxitPhantom PDF is a leading, secure, reliable provider of credible PDF solutions. It's used across the breadth of our organizations and allows us to manage and work with PDF documents and forms. It's cost effective and helps us manage our content easily and enables us to address the business problem of handling our documents and PDFs in hard-copy format derailing the swift execution of our workflow and portfolio.
  • It's easy to install and use in all Windows devices enabling perfect usage.
  • Has automated the document and content handling besides improving document security.
  • Has hastened agreement and content approval as everything is automated and instant.
FoxitPhantom PDF is reliable and fits well in a scenario where a company aims to expedite the handling of PDF documents and forms to easy working and swift content handling. It will enable your organization to automate, edit, scan and handle documents reliably and improve the way you work.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
FoxitPhantom PDF is being used to notarize documents, editing, converting of documents, and viewing of documents. It is being used across the whole organization. It is solving the problem of creating PDF documents and makes it an easier process, especially when sending the documents to the scanner. It has saved us a huge amount of time and everyone can easily share the PDF documents in the required format.
  • Easy to use with an intuitive user interface.
  • It simplifies working on multiple documents by splitting them into separate tabs.
  • It allows creating and converting of PDF documents into different formats like HTML, RTF, [etc.]
  • Its integration capabilities with Google Drive, Dropbox and many others is incredible.
  • It fails when it comes to dealing with image-heavy documents as the performance is low key.
It is less appropriate for organizations looking for a document management with OCR functionality as this may not be a suitable fit. I would suggest going for other alternatives with this function.
Daniel Martinez | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
FoxitPhantom PDF is a simple to use document management platform that we use in our organization and helps us a lot in streamlining our workflow. It comes with a simple to use interface and this allows sharing, editing and management of documents in a reliable manner thus working efficiently. All of our departments find the platform to be reliable and this has harmonized the way we work as an organization.
  • It comes with a simple user-interface and this made it simple to adopt in our organization.
  • Enables our staff to convert PDFs into various file formats and vice-versa thus working efficiently.
  • It fits reliably in all organizations including even the SMEs thus improving their document handling processes.
  • FoxitPhantom PDF is seamless and we have been able to use [it] without any hindrances.
FoxitPhnatom PDF is well suited in any scenario where a company aims to improve their document handling processes and allow them to share, edit and store their PDFs and files; thus improving the way they work. It's a simple to use platform and it helps users to collaborate and work together as a team.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
FoxitPhantom PDF is being used by part of the organization. Some of the organization uses Foxit and some of the organization uses [Adobe]. I've used both and I would say FoxitPhantom PDF is a good alternative for the organizations that need to be more price-conscious. There are a lot of the features that are needed through FoxitPhantom such as digital signatures, editing PDF documents, and making fillable forms.
  • Competitive pricing.
  • Good for encrypting, and signing PDFs for confidential documents.
  • Able to manipulate PDF files and organize the pages as needed (i.e. merging or splitting documents).
  • If the organization uses both Adobe and FoxitPhantom there could be some compatibility issues (especially with digital signatures).
FoxitPhantom is cost effective for businesses and is very easy to use and learn. The interface is very user-friendly and similar to many navigation panes such as Microsoft Word. For document security, Foxit works great, with digital signatures, password protection and encryption. All key features available in Adobe are available with Foxit.
Marc Shaffer | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Entire operation. To create, edit and read PDFs for sales, marketing, and tech. It handles all of our PDF needs.
  • Creating unique PDFs for all departments.
  • Easy to use, very self explanatory.
  • Strong security.
  • Make it easier to find functions.
  • Greater compression.
  • Fewer resources.
It is fantastic for creating advertising and marketing pieces both industry and consumer-facing. Excellent at creating internal training materials and information.
It is not good at creating graphic-intensive pieces.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
FoxitPhantom PDF is the go to PDF editing software we use. At least half of the company uses this product. This is a very solid piece of software at a reasonable price point. This is a great alternative to high cost software like Adobe or Bluebeam. We have had good results with Foxit.
  • Pretty light weight in size and doesn't take a lot of time to launch.
  • Very customizable settings that are easy to get to and understand.
  • Intuitive interface.
  • Maybe enhance the measurement abilities.
  • Link individual licenses and offer better multi-license discounts, not just for a big quantity purchase of license bought all at once.
FoxitPhantom PDF is a very good product all on its own and then when you factor in the cost when compared to some other similar software it just looks better. Half the cost and all of the functionality that we need? No-brainer. I have had only good luck with installs, support and uninstalls when moving software/license to another device.
Jay Werth | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I use FoxItPhantom PDF exclusively for saving and editing PDFs. I've recommended it to colleagues. Our company has not mandated a PDF standard. For me, the program allows me to easily and readily edit PDF content and append a PDF file with other files. It performs so much more rapidly than Adobe.
  • Editing text content.
  • Appending PDF documents or individual pages.
  • Inserting and deleting PDF docs or individual pages.
  • I do not have suggestions for improvement. This application addresses all my uses more than adequately.
Very well suited for inserting or deleting individual PDF pages or entire documents. Easy to sort docs or pages if you need to move them in the whole document. Easy insertion of text or editing text. Not as good working with graphics but there are other programs typically used to create graphic material.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use FoxitPhantom PDF in our marketing department because it provides many great features and it is also available at a very affordable price. One of the great features that I like about it is the OCR. We usually receive a lot of hard copies surveys that we use for our marketing research and the OCR helps us to convert them to a fully editable word doc or excel that we can use right away for our work.
  • Convert and combine docs quickly and easy.
  • The best OCR system so far.
  • Editing text and adding boxes makes some errors while printing.
Foxit Phantom PDF is an affordable and easy to use software product for document management. It also works so well with Microsoft project and can perform OCR in a fast and clean way. I highly recommend it for people who work a lot with scanning hard copy documents.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Multiple individuals use FoxitPhantom PDF throughout our company. With FoxitPhantom PDF, we can extract pages from documents, combine documents, and comment on each other's work - all of which have entirely streamlined our productivity. Now that we use FoxitPhantom PDF, we are much more organized as a whole.
  • Extracting and Importing Pages
  • Edit PDF like it's a Word Document
  • Occasional Freezing while Searching
  • Recognizing Pre-Designated Comment Boxes
FoxitPhantom PDF is by far the best PDF editing tool I have used, and it is EXPONENTIALLY cheaper than Adobe Acrobat. With FoxitPhantom PDF, I feel more professional because I can create concise and aesthetically pleasing documents, and comment on documents sent to me by others. I am extremely pleased with my experience.
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We are using the FoxitPhantom PDF editor software throughout almost every line of business and department. From time to time, we need to either edit or create PDF files, and the FoxitPhandom PDF editor allows us a convenient and affordable way to accomplish precisely that. We use the Foxit PDF reader as part of our standard computer image.
  • The ability to convert other formats (such as Word documents) to PDF is a very useful feature.
  • It allows you to combine multiple PDF files to a single file, or take one and split to multiple files.
  • OCR functionality helps to save us time rather than having to recreate entire documents.
  • It offers a context-menu integration so right-clicking gives you the ability to create/edit files easily.
  • There is a little bit of a learning curve in editing documents.
  • You have to make sure that you have the correct option/tool selected when trying to edit an existing form, otherwise, it will not allow you to edit what you are trying to. For example, if you want to edit a text box, you cannot simply click the text box, you have to select the Text box function, then you can click the box you want to edit.
  • Could use more intuitive menus/tools to make it easier to use the application without having to look at tutorials or help files to figure out how to edit.
FoxitPhantom PDF is a very affordable alternative to Adobe Acrobat Pro. Once you get the hang of using the software, it is very capable and offers a lot of features. If you don't have time to learn new software, it will be challenging to use at first and expect to consult the Help menus quite a bit to figure out how to accomplish specific tasks.
Guy G. Gray | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We us FoxitPhantom during our lease abstracting process. Clients send us their leases and in turn, we abstract them into our application. Helping our clients requires us to convert the file format to a Word document. In the past, we used Adobe Acrobat which presented a lot of challenges when converting from a PDF format to Word. With FoxitPhantom, our issues simply went away.
  • The conversion from FoxitPhantom to Word is the best in the marketplace. This is a far superior product than Adobe Acrobat.
  • Cost is 40 to 60% less expensive than Adobe.
  • The client support whether calling or online is superb.
  • Foxit will allow you do conduct a free trial to test the software.
  • Converting a non US English based lease to Word has required some additional time on our part.
Well suited for commercial real estate. Good for converting PDF documents to Word documents. The tools that come with FoxitPhantom are very easy to understand and use. Much simpler than Adobe.
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
FoxitPhantom PDF was rolled out organization-wide to replace Adobe Acrobat and achieve significant cost savings. Most in the organization need a simple PDF reader and this tool does the job. Some groups within the organization insisted on keeping Adobe (i.e compliance, legal, marketing) due to higher than average document review and redlining, but the compatibility between the two tools is not perfect.
  • PDF Viewing
  • PDF Editing
  • Viewing Multiple PDFs at Once
  • PDF commenting/annotating
  • Compatibility with other PDF tools
  • Design/User experience
FoxitPhantom PDF could be well suited for basic PDF reading/editing needs. In order to function properly, I think everyone in the organization needs to be using the tool. In cases where an organization has multiple PDF tools, FoxitPhantom PDF can have compatibility issues. This is especially true when working with outside vendors who use other PDF tools, like Adobe, for annotating or reviewing your annotations. For example, comments or annotations may not show up correctly or are not as intuitive as in the PDF tool they were created on. Other internal teams like compliance and legal also use Adobe because they did not like Foxit and review so many documents. For those who do not have Adobe internally, Foxit can cause annotations to be missed when they aren't intuitively displayed to the Foxit user when they were written in another tool like Adobe.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
FoxitPhantom PDF is being used throughout my organization. It is being used to view, edit, protect, covert, merge and annotate PDFs. It has come in handy especially when converting documents from PDF to Excel and vice versa. When looking for software that provided all these powerful features, this came in at the lowest cost.
  • FoxitPhantom carries superior editing tools over Adobe Acrobat and similar products. It allows you to modify text, images, & objects in a more robust fashion
  • Integrates well with Microsoft Office products such as Word, PPT, & Excel
  • Allows you to work in a nearly paperless environment
  • Not that this is unique to just FoxitPhantom, but the OCR technology can certainly get tripped up with more complex documents
  • Converting documents from PDF to Excel can still have problems
If you are looking for a cheaper replacement to Adobe Acrobat, this is the product for you. It does just about everything Acrobat does and some of the similar features work even better on FoxitPhantom. The ribbon UI on the software is similar to the Microsoft Office suite products, so it is an easy transition to make.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
All of our corporate departments use FoxitPhantom and I personally use it on a daily basis. We made the switch from a similar software a few years ago and the transition was fairly seamless. FoxitPhantom can do everything that I need it to do; print straight to pdf, merge documents, highlight, comment, rearrange pages, extract pages, add watermarks, and password protect. This software has been vital in our transition to become "paperless".
  • In my experience, FoxitPhantom can do everything that its better known pdf software competitor can do but it does it for a much better price.
  • Arranging pages, deleting pages, or merging documents is super easy.
  • I much prefer to "print to pdf" instead of printing out hard copies of documents. This software makes saving straight to pdf a breeze.
  • I have a dual monitor setup at work and there are times when I wish that I could view pdf documents on both monitors at the same time. I have not yet figured out how to do that with FoxitPhantom as it appears to limit the user to displaying multiple pdf documents as separate tabs on the same screen. If dual screen is an option in the software, it needs to be more apparent.
  • I can't think of any other desired improvements. This software really does everything that I need it to do.
FoxitPhantom works very well for any kind of business administrative function; particularly in a "paperless" business environment. Documents that are originally created using Adobe Acrobat work seamlessly in Foxit and can be merged and edited with other documents. In my mind, the only limitation to the software is that it may not work well in situations where you need to view two documents on different monitors at the same time.
Julián González | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Bloomstar is an organization with 350+ employees in four locations across Canada.
During the last year we have been updating our software and now we use Foxit as our default software to manage PDF documents.
Foxit Reader has the feeling of a full PDF software and is intuitive and friendlier than other PDF readers. The Phantom version offers all the capabilities of editing, signing documents, sharing, presentations, etc. However, it is still in the transition stage where some users have a local license of a different PDF editor but soon will be using Foxit Phantom too.
Document filing and storage is probably the most common use of Foxit at Bloomstar, especially related to human resources where all employees documents are now filed electronically. In our industry there are a lot of new seasonal hires during floral holidays and using a friendly PDF tool to manage the employees files is very convenient.
  • One thing that stands out is the way Foxit manages all the tabs of the opened documents. It probably sound simplistic but it has the feeling of a web browser like Chrome, but better because when you have a lot of opened documents, you don't get these microscopic tabs that get smaller and smaller, instead you can use arrows that go left-and-right and you can see your tabs and actually read what they are. Similar to the worksheets tabs in the lower part of an Excel file where you can move sideways to keep looking all your worksheets in a document, but even better -again- because you also have a top-right drop-down arrow that will show the full list of documents in a drop-down window, this is similar to the favorites tabs in Chrome where you have a limited number of favorites on the top bar and the rest of them are shown in a list.
  • Foxit is interconnected with their online application. When you want to convert a PDF document into a different type like Word for example, you just click on the extras menu on the top, select convert to Word and then it is interesting that it actually opens your browser and goes to Foxit Online. The great advantage that I see with this process is that you get instant connectivity with everything because Foxit will give you all the available options to store your converted file and that can be Google Drive, Dropbox, One Drive, etc, and of course, your local drive.
  • Mobility is an advantage. Your user is independent of your installed software in your computer. You can access anywhere online, you can have all your store documents in the cloud and if you don't have access to your computer where you have Phantom installed it doesn't really matter because you can pretty much do everything on Foxit Online, so it gives you all the mobility you need.
  • One thing that can be a problem for some users is that at least when running on Windows 10 you can easily find yourself opening PDF files with Microsoft Edge when what you really want is to use Foxit. Somehow Edge overrides the default reader for PDF files and you need to know how to set your default program and do it manually. This is not a particular problem of Foxit but it would be nice to prevent Edge from overtaking the PDF files.
  • Foxit does so many things that it takes time to get familiar with all the small icons that are pretty much everywhere around your interface. You have this tiny quick access tool bar on the top left and some others on the top right, then a couple more on the lower middle. The only problem that I see is that they are tiny and I understand that we all want to maximize the working area on the screen but there could be an option to make them bigger.
  • One downside for some users is that you need to be logged in to your user. I mentioned this as an advantage because it gives you all the connectivity but on the other hand if you don't have internet access or you want to work as a stand-alone user it may be complicated.
FoxitPhantom is very good for sharing files, commenting on files with coworkers, and converting files into other formats. It is also excellent to save your files in every cloud service you use, no matter which one you use. For a basic user who only needs to read PDF documents, a full version like FoxitPhantom is less appropriate and the free reader would be a better option.
Rose Kipkemoi | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Foxit Phantom PDF is used by our organization to read, highlight, comment and edit documents for users to read online and manually. It is used across all departments in our organization it is easy to use and install and does not require any technical skills for one to operate. I personally use this software to write articles and edit them for use on my blog and on the company's website.
  • Easy to use
  • Easy to setup
  • You can be able to read, comment, highlight and edit documents
  • Tabbed user interface
  • User-friendly
  • Great software for document reading
  • I have no negative comments on this software
FoxitPhantom PDF is suitable to all users whether in a large or small organisation. It supplements all users needs and requirements therefore better than other document reading softwares.
anne wanjau | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
FoxitPhantom PDF has been the most important PDF documents and PDF reports reader at work and at home. I like FoxitPhantom because of its clean user interface, ability to zoom in and zoom out documents, adding notes to documents while I read, Share documents with colleagues through email or social media and also convert PDF files to other file formats.
  • Zooming in and zooming out of PDF documents and reports
  • Ability to add notes to a PDF while reading
  • Capability to share files with colleagues and friends
  • Stamping of pdf documents
  • Easy to use graphical user interface
  • Foxit is the best PDFviewer out there, However, an improvement on how to use new features that may be availed later would be very helpful.
FoxitPhantom PDF is suitable for viewing of ebooks, reports, scanned documents and downloaded PDFs either in the office or for personal use. Reports generated from web-based applications are also very well viewed in FoxitPhantom compared to other readers I had used.
Brian Hopper | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is being used across the organization as our PDF editor of choice. It allows us to edit PDFs in a simple, easy to use manner, but more importantly it cut down on costs associated with having expensive Adobe Acrobat licensing.
  • Converting documents to PDFs is a breeze. You can do it from within a Word document with the Foxit plugin, or straight from Windows Explorer by right-clicking. You can even select multiple word documents and combine them with a click of a button!
  • Working with multiple PDFs is easy with Foxit. Being able to choose between having different PDFs in tabs or windows, and the ability to drag and drop to rearrange pages is a nice touch. You can even drag and drop pages from one document to the other.
  • The OCR functionality is great. Being able to scan a document and then select text makes my life a lot easier.
  • Using the form fields can be challenging. While some aspects are intuitive, other aspects - like setting a tab order - can be confusing.
  • The user interface is older looking. Would definitely like to have things easier to use. Clients of ours complain that it isn't "pretty" like Adobe.
  • I've never liked having to change the pointer option (hand vs text selector) to do different things. Always trips me up.
A large number of users that are switching from Adobe is a great scenario because it is much more cost effective. A scenario where it is less appropriate would be where someone uses a CRM or ERP that requires Adobe integration (this happens).
Nick Bencivenga | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We replaced the standard Adobe Acrobat with Foxit when we were faced with purchasing a new Adobe license a few years ago. Since converting our first user, we've never looked back. Our whole organization now utilizes FoxIt, and the experience is far superior to Acrobat. The ability to have tabbed instances, the word recognition, highlighting, etc... just everything is easier. There are so many options, too - so each user gets to do what they want how they want.
  • Multiple instances. You can choose to have "tabbed" set up like your web browser, OR you can allow multiple windows. It's great that you can choose this.
  • It's fantastic at making common features quick-clicks. For example, you can select multiple PDFs in your explorer window, and right click to get to the FoxIt menu. From there, you can select "Combine" and instantly put several documents in the same place. VERY handy!
  • Text recognition is very solid. I've had it decipher some pretty ugly looking faxes with remarkable accuracy.
  • Eh there's nothing big. Minor stuff is that they default to a start page... easily fixable.
  • Really I can't think of another negative. This program is fantastic.
Anyone who edits more than one PDF at a time, who does form field editing, or who is regularly viewing multiple PDFs. If you use Acrobat at all, this is a great replacement. Any organizations where users have varying preferences would do well, since each user can change almost every aspect of the program to their liking.
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