Foxit PDF Editor

Score8.6 out of 10

134 Reviews and Ratings

What is Foxit PDF Editor?

Foxit PDF Editor is a solution for creating, editing, organizing, and securing PDF documents. Designed for professionals and businesses of all sizes, features include editing capabilities, OCR, collaboration tools, and security options like redaction and document encryption.

Categories & Use Cases

Merge or Split PDFs
Allows users to combine multiple PDF files into one document or split a single PDF into separate files.
Category average: 9.5
Add Annotations
Enables users to insert comments, highlights, shapes, and other annotations to provide feedback or mark up the document.
Category average: 9.1
Comment and Review Tools
Facilitates collaboration by providing tools for commenting, highlighting, and tracking changes within the PDF document.
Category average: 9.3

Convert to Different Formats
Allows users to convert PDFs to popular formats like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or image files.
Category average: 9.4
Text Recognition (OCR)
Supports Optical Character Recognition to convert scanned documents or images into editable text.
Category average: 7.6
Form Creation and Editing
Allows users to create interactive forms within the PDF document or fill out existing form fields.
Category average: 8.9

Tim Edwards

General Office Accounting Administrator in Finance and Accounting at Magnetic Shield Corporation (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We utilize Foxit PDF Editor daily in our organization. It allows us to easily edit and modify PDF documents in real-time, without the hassle of compatibility or needing to login. It even allows us to edit PDFs that are attached to emails without physically saving the documents to a local drive. In terms of Accounting and Sales Order Confirmations, Foxit PDF Editor truly meets all of our needs.

Pros

Easy to use interface
Allows edited documents to be attached without saving physical copies
No login required - integrated seamlessly

Cons

Every now and then, the program will crash, but it is not often
Training modules for additional features would be nice - they may even already exist and we are just unaware!
When using the fill & sign feature, it would be nice if the program would recognize the text lines to write on, instead of having to add free-floating text boxes.

Return on Investment

Allows for more timely payments from customers (A/R & Invoicing)
Ease of functionality across multiple departments
Creates better customer communication

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Adobe Acrobat

Verified User

Employee in Legal (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Foxit PDF Editor extensively across our organization due to its intuitive and user-friendly interface. It’s easy to navigate, even for users who aren’t particularly tech-savvy, which helps reduce training time and streamline our workflows. One of the primary business problems it addresses is the efficient preparation and organization of documents for hearings. The ability to quickly combine multiple PDFs into a single file is critical when assembling hearing exhibits.

The bookmarking feature and the ability to instantly generate a table of contents have been absolute game changers. They significantly improve the navigability of large document sets, making it easier for our team, judges and other parties to locate specific sections quickly.

Pros

Easily combines multiple pleadings, exhibits, and supporting documents into a single, organized PDF—ideal for preparing court filings or hearing binders.
The ability to insert bookmarks and generate an instant table of contents makes navigating large case files straightforward for attorneys, judges, and opposing counsel.

Cons

The OCR will sometimes not fully capture all of the document properly, especially with older legal documents.
Searching through large documents can be a bit glitchy and lag or miss information.
We haven’t been able to real time collaborate with other team members on the documents in Foxit. That would be a nice addition.

Return on Investment

Streamlined tasks like combining exhibits, redacting, and bookmarking—cutting prep time from hours to minutes.
Decreased reliance on third-party vendors for document formatting and preparation, which ultimately reduces cost.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Adobe Analytics and Microsoft 365

Other Software Used

Assembly Neos, Microsoft 365, Progress ShareFile

Douglas S Bush View profile

Owner, ITMSP/MSSP, and Lead Consultant in Information Technology at Hearthside Business Systems (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I have Foxit PDF Editor Standard Edition Version: 10.1.12.37872. I like the permanence of it. I use most of the features frequently but I use the features on the Fill & Sign tab, the Insert, Delete, Extract, and particularly the Flatten features of the Organize tab, and many of the features on the Form tab all the time and love how intuitive they all are. In my business, I found that I always needed to modify a PDF one way or another and Foxit PDF Editor was extremely easy for me to use and doesn't cost me anything on a recurring basis.

Pros

Flattens a document so text, pictures, signatures become part of the document
Allows me to fill and sign PDFs easily and quickly
It allows me multiple ways to insert, extract, and delete pages easily

Cons

It would be nice if the text formatting option came up immediately when I click on the Typewriter button

Return on Investment

When a previous computer died, I did not have the installer to reinstall my previous PDF editor software and being a power user I wanted to find something that would meet all my needs for a long time. Foxit PDF Editor surpassed all my needs and did so at half the cost of its closest competitor.
For a few months after my computer died and I lost my former PDF editor, I was paying a 3rd party $150/month, on average to edit PDFs for me. That stopped immediately with my purchase of Foxit PDF Editor.
Because Foxit PDF Editor works the way my mind works, I find that I can complete most tasks in about a third the time that it took with my previous PDF editor.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Adobe Acrobat, Nitro Productivity Suite and PDF Architect

Other Software Used

Notepad++, CorelDRAW Graphics Suite, SoftEther VPN

Siddhesh Salkar

Project Manager in Information Technology at Origin Logistics Private Limited (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using the Foxit PDF editor in our organization to edit PDF documents. It enabled us to convert documents to PDF and vice versa. With Foxit PDF editor, we can merge PDFs, split PDFs, change page sequences, compress PDFs, etc. We also able to create fillable PDF forms, Sign PDF documents easily.

Pros

You can edit pdf document easily.
You can convert documents to pdf and vice versa.
you can merge, split pdf.
You can sign documents.
you can create fillable pdf form.
You can convert scanned documents to editable and searchable text format.

Cons

Pricing is quite higher.
OCR takes longer time sometimes.
Rest everything is fine.

Return on Investment

It provide great interface to edit PDF document.
It saves your valuable time and boot productivity.
It provides you with advanced PDF editing tools like converting documents to PDF and vice versa, splitting or merging PDFs, signing of pdf, OCR, etc.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Nitro Productivity Suite

Other Software Used

TeamViewer, Cisco Duo, GoTo Meeting, JioMeet, SAP HANA Cloud, AnyDesk

Steven Sheasby View profile

President in Corporate at Integrity Mortgage Licensing (11-50 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Foxit PDF Editor (FoxitPhantom) for filling out PDF forms, editing forms, and requesting eSignatures for forms. The program gives us the ability to quickly open any PDF form and prepare it for our business purposes with relative ease. The program also gives us the ability to get signatures quickly and efficiently instead of having to request for customers to print, sign, and scan and email back to us.

Pros

Fillable PDF Forms
Editable PDF Forms
eSignature PDF Forms

Cons

Login process on Desktop App can be improved
eSignature process for adding new signers can be improved
Multiple Typewriter tools can be all placed next to each other or somehow combined.

Return on Investment

Cheaper than Adobe Acrobat Pro
Easy to use eSignature tool
Less time to train team members

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Adobe Acrobat

Other Software Used

Adobe Acrobat

Nitro Productivity Suite

Wondershare PDFelement

Adobe Acrobat

Foxit PDF Editor

What is Foxit PDF Editor?

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Top Performing Features

Merge or Split PDFs

Add Annotations

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Convert to Different Formats

Text Recognition (OCR)

Form Creation and Editing

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