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Tungsten Power PDF
Formerly Kofax Power PDF / Nuance

Overview

What is Tungsten Power PDF?

Tungsten Power PDF (formerly Kofax) is a solution to manage PDFs for businesses and individuals available with a one-time purchase with no subscription fees. It has a built-in eSignature integration with SignDoc and DocuSign for a complete end-to-end document lifecycle workflow.Benefits…

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How Tungsten Power PDF Differs From Its Competitors

Ease-of-Use

It is very easy to use. Staff had no issue moving from Adobe to Tungsten Power PDF. There was no additional training necessary. Everything was self-explanatory and easy to follow. Our staff was able to start creating and editing PDF documents and forms with ease. We have many forms and documents …
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Features

The most valuable feature for us is form creation and editing forms. Tungsten Power PDF allows us to easily create PDF and edit PDFs and forms. This was the reason we purchased the product and how we used it. It allows us to do our work in house and not have to hire someone to create forms for us.
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Ease-of-Use

Tungsten Power PDF, generally, is easy to use and I think that it would benefit both from an easier, simpler interface, at least as an option, and with tutorials on the functions of each button/choice. As a legal/business professional, I don't have time to wander through help entries that have …
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Ease-of-Use

It is easy to use, and there is support to help you through any need. I use the software daily and feel comfortable with the commands and controls. There is no way to make it better than it is. I am thrilled with it.
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Features

This has become repetitive, but the fact that I can edit PDF files and convert files to/from PDF is paramount to my productivity. I also love that I can place multiple signatures on documents as necessary. It helps save me from printing and scanning. Without a doubt, this is one of my favorite …
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Ease-of-Use

Tungsten Power PDF is indeed easy to use. It is user friendly and the average computer user can easily scroll through all the functions in each ribbon at the top of the page and teach him or herself how to perform each task. Tungsten Power PDF has made our office's work with pdfs significantly …
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Features

The features we use most often are: creating pdfs, removing/deleting pages from pdfs, converting from pdf to word, annotating pdfs, inserting signatures into pdfs, redacting pdfs, flattening files to remove metadata/floating text boxes, etc, printing to/from pdf, and imposing security on pdfs.
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Features

primary usage is editing text within PDFs, merging/splitting pages, adding or removing passwords to a PDF, form creation and data extraction
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Ease-of-Use

it is very easy to use, there are so many guided help that guides you to reach what you want to do, you cannot miss the hit, every tool is at the right place, where you would find them.
Every some newbie of our company find it very usable and easy
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Features

as described, kofax (or Tungsten) Power PDF is a great and rich pd editor, we use successfully for editing our pdf's, to add images, to recude file size and to split or add page. we use in the marketing office, the are fully satisfied from Kofax or Tungsten Power PDF, the licensing is good for us
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Ease-of-Use

I started using the program about 11 years ago. I felt the ramp-up time was very short, and I could work fairly proficiently within a week or less of using the then Nuance (now Kofax) program. In my current job, I do have to use Adobe DC Pro, and the learning curve has been immense. Not because I …
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Features

As I've mentioned in my review, often, a Power PDF printer is invaluable to me! Flattening a file has been helpful. Scanning a new document from my physical scanner has been very useful. Editing text on the fly is very beneficial in my line of work. Adding text as a note or update on the progress …
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Ease-of-Use

I love the uncluttered, easy to use interface, perfect choice for any business. Kofax Power PDF Advanced is a very powerful PDF program, it has every feature I need for my small business. The ability to sign the documents (save your signature in your machine, and you can add it as an icon; you can …
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Features

Conversion of the PDF file to different type of files and also the Stamp functionality. The ability to edit PDFs, resort pages, and extract, remove, and append documents and PDFs to an original PDF. Also, one of the best features of Kofax Power pdf that I like is it's encryption. As a user I find …
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Ease-of-Use

I would agree, the UI is pretty self explanatory, so it is not confusing. Tabs are well defined and icons and labels are easy to read under the tab sections. I would say this does not do a better or worse job as compared to other products, it is just unique in its color scheme and where it puts …
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Features

Their type writer feature is great, allowing text to be entered where you want it. You can also make all of the pdf turn into text which is a great tool. They also offer buckets, where the text is kept in editable squares, which is a unique feature I have not found in other tools.
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Features

We find that the program allows us to easily share documents between therapists, fill forms (with typewriter feature), and edit/combine documents easily. It generally provides a way to smooth the workflow in our office.
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Ease-of-Use

I find it very easy to use! It seems so often when I’m not sure how to complete a project I realize I can do it by using some of the tools of Kofax Power PDF. I seriously feel I couldn’t live without this program.
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Ease-of-Use

Having only been using Kofax for 5 months it has been easy to pick up. We had been using an older version of Nuance Power PDF for years prior. The change over was easy and then new to use features are really worth it. Having more control of what can be edited and where is a great feature.
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Features

The ability to edit specific sections within the PDF is invaluable. This features alone saves us hours of work at times. Being able to combine Multiple PDF's into one document is a necessity to us. We have found this to be very easy with Kofax. The program itself loads quickly, and we have seen no …
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Features

Password protection/encryption, content redaction, document flattening, watermarking and Bates numbering/stamping to ensure document security. E-signatures to ensure document authenticity.
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Ease-of-Use

The basic features are very easy to use. Some of the more advanced features can be a bit tricky the first time, but not unreasonably. I benefit from being able to accomplish simple tasks without the prohibitive costs associated with Adobe.
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Ease-of-Use

At first it took time to explore the user interface. After fully understand the tools. I benefited from the product in terms of my productivity.
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Ease-of-Use

Ease of use was a big selling point for us. Kofax is the simplest and most powerful document conversion product we have found!
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Awards

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Popular Features

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  • Undo and Redo Actions (7)
    9.2
    92%
  • Merge or Split PDFs (7)
    9.0
    90%
  • Page Management (7)
    8.4
    84%
  • Convert to Different Formats (7)
    8.4
    84%

Reviewer Pros & Cons

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Verified User
Professional in Finance and Accounting
Insurance Company, 11-50 employees
Verified User
Director in Corporate
Real Estate Company, 1-10 employees

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Pricing

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Power PDF Standard

$129

On Premise
one-time fee per license

Power PDF Standard for Mac

$129

On Premise
one-time fee per license

Power PDF Advanced

$179

On Premise
one-time fee per license

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
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Offerings

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

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $129 one-time fee per license
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Features

PDF Editors

PDF editors give users the tools and capabilities to manage and edit PDF documents.

8.7
Avg 8.9
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Product Details

What is Tungsten Power PDF?

Tungsten Power PDF (formerly Kofax) is a solution to manage PDFs for businesses and individuals available with a one-time purchase with no subscription fees. It has a built-in eSignature integration with SignDoc and DocuSign for a complete end-to-end document lifecycle workflow.

Benefits to Power PDF users:

  • 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
  • Security: Built-in features to protect information & compare documents to monitor tampering
  • Search: "Fuzzy Search" provides a Google-like search
  • Speed & Accuracy: Accurate & speedy when converting PDFs to/from Word, Excel, and other popular formats
  • e-Signature Integration: Sign & send PDF documents for signature via SignDoc or other 3rd party platforms
  • Redact Sensitive Information: Automatically detect & redact words and expressions for safe, secure document sharing
  • Create Interactive PDF Forms with a Single Click: Convert a flat, image-based PDF form into one that users can complete electronically
  • Formatting: PDF/A-4 Format to ensure retention all of the newest PDF features
  • Collaboration: Review, markup and revise PDFs with annotations, mark-up and stamps

Power PDF Advanced, Standard and Mac are individual, buy-once-own-forever licenses for desktop or laptop. Power PDF Enterprise volume licensing is available for more than 5 users, with a single admin, server installation, and other collaborative features for teams.

Free trials for all desktop and network Power PDF products available here.

Tungsten Power PDF Features

  • Supported: Ease of use: Office-style interface optimized for Windows 11 as well as Mac OS 12.0 Monterey.
  • Supported: Flexibility: Create, edit and convert PDF files to and from Word, Excel, PowerPoint, JPG, and HTML
  • Supported: No Subscription Fees: Buy once and own the features forever. Flexible term-pricing available for Enterprise customers.
  • Supported: Keeps PDFs Secure: Secure encrypted passwords and permissions, as well as redact sensitive info and private metadata.
  • Supported: PDF Editing Anywhere: Mobile support for iOS and Android users to read, annotate, markup, sign, and share PDFs.

Tungsten Power PDF Screenshots

Screenshot of The PDF Create Assistant 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 can be created to apply commonly desired settings to new PDF documents that you create in Power PDF.Screenshot of Users may choose to change the application's color to purple, blue, light gray or dark gray.Screenshot of Some lightweight document automation can also be achieved with the Watched Folder and Sequence features.Screenshot of Packages can be signed with pre built templates using Kofax Sign Doc or other integrating e-signersScreenshot of PDFs can be navigated with a thumbnail viewScreenshot of the application's Office-like look and feelScreenshot of PDF to Word conversion, and vice versa, can be carried out

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Tungsten Power PDF Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise
Operating SystemsWindows, Mac, Citrix, Microsoft App-V and Windows Server network deployment (for Power PDF Volume License only)
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android
Supported LanguagesEnglish, German, French, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Russian, Polish, Turkish, Czech, Hungarian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean (Mac supports English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Japanese)

Frequently Asked Questions

Tungsten Power PDF starts at $129.

Adobe Acrobat, Nitro Productivity Suite, and Foxit PDF Editor (FoxitPhantom) are common alternatives for Tungsten Power PDF.

Reviewers rate Comment and Review Tools highest, with a score of 9.3.

The most common users of Tungsten Power PDF are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).

Tungsten Power PDF Customer Size Distribution

Consumers45%
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)35%
Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees)15%
Enterprises (more than 500 employees)5%
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Reviews and Ratings

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April 17, 2024

Tungsten Power PDF is a Great Choice for a Small to Medium Business!

Verified User
Professional in Finance and Accounting
Insurance Company, 11-50 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
It is well suited for all scenarios that you would use Adobe. It is especially useful and a terrific option for small to medium businesses who need the functionality of a PDF creator/editor/writer without having to spend the exuberant costs of Adobe Acrobat reader/writer/editor. It has saved us time and money. There is no learning curve in switching to it, our staff was able to switch seamlessly.
April 03, 2024

Tungsten Power PDF Advanced.

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Adam Bismej
Director Of Operations
DirectHCM (Human Resources, 1-10 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
These days, the use of PDF files is much more critical than before. PDF files are more secure, can be easily compatible with multiple platforms, and provide a sense of consistency. For example, if you send an agreement in .doc format, someone may intentionally change the text that you may miss until years later. There is no such possibility as a PDF; this software provides this capability all day.
April 02, 2024

Tungsten Power PDF: A Great PDF Tool

Verified User
Professional in Legal
Law Practice Company, 201-500 employees
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
There is almost no situation involving pdfs that Tungsten is NOT equipped to handle. Creating pdfs, editing pdfs, converting a document from a pdf to word (or some other format), inserting signatures, flattening files, inputting security features---these are all areas where Tungsten excels at seamlessly allowing a user to work with pdf documents.
April 02, 2024

super editing features with top price

Verified User
Administrator in Information Technology
Food & Beverages Company, 201-500 employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
we use Tungsten Power PDF for a variety of scenarios. In most cases we use in our marketing team to edit various pdf files from our graphics department (and external company) to edit some wrong text, to add some price, to change some photos and very often to reduce file size because we need to upload in WhatsApp or website
January 09, 2024

Kofax hands down winner over other paid PDF programs!

Jim Duvall | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jim Duvall
Manager of Business Administration & Development
PaxMed International (Accounting, 1-10 employees)
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
If you manage or are constantly adding pages to a PDF, then I would suggest Kofax over Adobe or some other paid software. You will be amazed at how this can improve your workflow. Adding pages to an open PDF is very easy as well! Great merge and add features in this software. Also, I have to mention the power is pretty close to Adobe, but with less cost. Converting text to "readable" is a bit clumsy for me, and I usually turn to Adobe DC Pro to accomplish that task. Otherwise, I think it's a powerful PDF program and outshines Adobe.
December 13, 2023

PDF nightmares? Power PDF can solve them.

Ricardo G Lopes | TrustRadius Reviewer
Ricardo G Lopes
Inventor and Interpreter
Self-employed (Information Technology and Services, 1-10 employees)
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
1) Attorneys' pages handling, where there are hundreds of existing litigations documents and we need to select some pages and create new ones.
2) Filtering out sections of very long documents and create new ones only with the selected ones.
3) Apply images to documents even signatures and logos.
4) Office automation, especially manual forms evolving to electronic PDF forms.
5) Consolidation of several document types such as Word, PowerPoint, Excel and many other non-MS Office into one single document.
November 16, 2023

By Far The BEST PDF Program EVER!!!!!

Jennifer Wilson | TrustRadius Reviewer
Jennifer Wilson
CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
Scruffy City Title (Real Estate, 1-10 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Excellent for converting PDF to Word, truly effortless. Does a wonderful job of reducing file sizes. I have been able to reduce files sizes by up to 80%, which is great if you are working within an e-mail system that has file size limits. Does an amazing job of inserting accurate bookmarks (automatically) when combining multiple documents. Easy to remove unwanted documents and replace with others, as well as rearrange PDF's. Absolutely love and has saved so much time in the workplace using the electronic signature features.
October 18, 2023

Kofax, a good PDF Option

Verified User
Director in Information Technology
Investment Banking Company, 11-50 employees
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
PDF editing tools are quite competitive. Kofax does a great job making things easy to find with a good layout. It is also a one time payment which I think is an area that other pdf tools do not always offer an option for. This is a reason why kofax pdf should be a contender when comparing it to the other pdf tools. Their type writing tool is also great, when we needed to use it to fill in information on a specific line it was able to recognize where the line was and put the text entry right above it, some tools do not do a good job with this. It also provides an option to turn all text into editable text, keeping spacing/boxing text vs making everything text, which was a unique feature. It needs some usability/improvement with its e-signature portion. I think that will give it a much higher rating.
September 11, 2023

Couldn’t Live Without Kofax Power PDF

Heather Graham | TrustRadius Reviewer
Heather Graham
EFT Practitioner
Interneteftcoaching (Health, Wellness and Fitness, 1-10 employees)
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
I love being able to PDF a document and then type in using the Typewriter function my information. I can make any form I fill neat and tidy.

I really struggle to say anything negative about Kofax Power PDF because I maybe don’t use it for a lot - but it is an invaluable tool for what I do use it.
September 08, 2023

Kofax Power PDF has been a great addtion for our company

Verified User
Manager in Professional Services
Environmental Services Company, 1-10 employees
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Likelihood to Recommend
Anywhere that PDF's are used regularly Kofax will be beneficial. When PDF's are created and edited, Kofax has been great to use as the primary software. If companies don't use PDF's often or use other file types Kofax may not be needed in that scenario. It is great to have whenever PDF's are being received.
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