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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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Tungsten Power PDF Review
Rating: 10 out of 10
October 2, 2024I use Tungsten Power PDF for Scanning documents and making larg pdf files in Cases for Cort and arhive my casis in office.
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Director
6 years of experienceDocument management really saves time and money
Rating: 10 out of 10
October 2, 2024My use of Power PDF goes hand in hand with PaperPort. The two applications work seamlessly together. Document scanning and conversion to and from other formats such a Office f...
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Consultant
12 years of experienceTungsten Power PDF is Great for Personal Use
Rating: 10 out of 10
October 2, 2024I use Tungsten Power PDF for genealogical research. I use it to combine documents, comment on documents, and export pdfs to WORD and EXCEL. It is a very good program and it fu...
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Consultant
10 years of experienceTungsten Power PDF is a Great Choice for a Small to Medium Business!
Rating: 9 out of 10
April 17, 2024We have found this much easier to use and more cost-effective than Adobe PDF writers. Tungsten Power PDF has helped us tremendously in our work efficiency. This is the perfect...
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Professional
5 years of experiencePower PDF - it allows you to edit PDFs
Rating: 7 out of 10
April 15, 2024We use Power PDF as our primary PDF editor across our business. It is used to put together pdfs from multiple sources as enclosures for the reports that we write as well as th...
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Director
6 years of experienceA Full Function Time Saving Tool
Rating: 9 out of 10
April 14, 2024Tungsten Power PDF is a cost-effective, highly capable, feature-rich tool for creating, editing, and commenting on PDF files, as well as converting PDFs into other formats for...
Robert Wert
C-Level Executive - Legal
Co-Owner, Chief Strategy Officer and Counsel
Next Element Consulting, LLC
8 years of experienceBest alternative solution ever!
Rating: 8 out of 10
April 9, 2024We used it for converting the AutoCAD drawing to PDF. Abode PDF is way too expensive to use so we moved on to a more economic solution which is Tungsten Power PDF.
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Engineer
2 years of experienceTungsten Power PDF Advanced.
Rating: 10 out of 10
April 3, 2024We use Power PDF Pro daily! We have been using this software since it was called Nuance PDF, then Kofax PDF, and now Tungsten. It works intuitively, always does what you expec...
Adam Bismej
General Manager - Product Management
Director Of Operations
DirectHCM
16 years of experienceTungsten Power PDF: A Great PDF Tool
Rating: 9 out of 10
April 2, 2024We use Tungsten Power PDF for all aspects of pdf documents, including converting to and from pdf, saving as pdf, and editing pdf documents. It allows us to seamlessly create p...
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Professional
5 years of experienceTungsten/Kofax Power PDF
Rating: 9 out of 10
April 2, 2024I'm a small business VAR and I've worked with Power PDF since the Nuance days. I have tried other products along the way, both paid (Nitro, Adobe, etc) and free, both for myse...
Kofax hands down winner over other paid PDF programs!
Rating: 9 out of 10
January 9, 2024Our company is not really "accounting", but there wasn't a proper designation for regulatory services or "other" to choose from. However, I deal mostly with accounting and IT ...
Jim Duvall
Manager - Professional Services
Manager of Business Administration & Development
PaxMed International
11 years of experiencePDF nightmares? Power PDF can solve them.
Rating: 6 out of 10
December 13, 2023I use it for legal documents as well as business forms for different industries and also help my attorneys when they need some limited scale OCR. I also do translations, so I ...
By Far The BEST PDF Program EVER!!!!!
Rating: 10 out of 10
November 16, 2023PDFs are often used to share business documents such as contracts, reports, invoices, and presentations because they can be easily sent, received, and viewed on a variety of d...
Jennifer Wilson
Executive - Professional Services
CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
Scruffy City Title
5 years of experienceKofax, a good PDF Option
Rating: 8 out of 10
October 18, 2023We use this as a regular pdf tool, to view, edit, and e-sign pdfs.
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Director
3 years of experienceKofax Power PDF Review
Rating: 8 out of 10
September 21, 2023We use Kofax for creating PDF's and assisting with creation and modifying quotes.
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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
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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
- 3D Support: Rotate, zoom, annotate and more on a 3D object
- Speed & Accuracy: Accurate & speedy when converting PDFs to/from Word, Excel, and other popular formats
- eSignature Integration: Sign & send PDF documents for signature via SignDoc or other 3rd party platforms
- Dynamic Stamps: Customizable stamping with font, color, background
- 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: Creation, editing and conversion of 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: Secures documents with encrypted passwords and permissions, as well as redacts sensitive info and private metadata.
- Supported: PDF Editing Anywhere: Mobile support for iOS and Android users to read, annotate, markup, sign, and share PDFs.
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Tungsten Power PDF Technical Details
| Deployment Types | On-premise |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Windows, Mac, Citrix, Microsoft App-V and Windows Server network deployment (for Power PDF Volume License only) |
| Mobile Application | Apple iOS, Android |
| Supported Languages | English, 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 Add Annotations and Comment and Review Tools highest, with a score of 9.1.
The most common users of Tungsten Power PDF are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
Tungsten Power PDF Customer Size Distribution
| Consumers | 45% |
|---|---|
| Small Businesses (1-50 employees) | 35% |
| Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees) | 15% |
| Enterprises (more than 500 employees) | 5% |
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Efficient Document Combination: Users have praised the seamless process of merging multiple documents into a single PDF using Kofax Power PDF, appreciating its compatibility with various file formats.
Robust Editing Capabilities: Reviewers have found the editing features of Kofax Power PDF to be valuable, citing easy modifications, annotations, and the ability to add, remove, or replace pages as particularly useful.
Effective Security Features: Customers have highly valued the security aspects of the software, including redaction and password protection, for effectively securing sensitive information and controlling document access.
Convenient Typewriter Feature: Users appreciate the typewriter feature for allowing direct notes on PDFs. Accurate OCR Functionality: The OCR feature is commended for converting scanned documents precisely. Streamlined Tasks: Customers find creating new PDFs and applying security measures straightforward with Kofax Power PDF.
Confusing User Interface: Users have found the user interface to be confusing and not straightforward, especially when inserting images into a PDF and managing text fields. Some users have expressed frustration with the default text box editor extending across the screen, making it challenging to navigate.
Document Conversion Issues: Reviewers have encountered difficulties with document conversion, particularly from PDF to Word. They mention that the software places text into text boxes during conversion, complicating the handling of long documents and formatting.
Slow Performance with Medium-Sized Files: Users report experiencing slow performance when loading medium-sized files, typically ranging from 1-3 MB in size. This sluggishness hampers workflow efficiency and can lead to delays in completing tasks within the software.
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Tungsten Power PDF Review
Rating: 10 out of 10
October 02, 2024
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
6 years of experience
- Scanning
- Copy
- editing
- signing
Document management really saves time and money
Rating: 10 out of 10
October 02, 2024
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
12 years of experience
- Bundling multiple PDF documents
- Editing PDF documents
- Conversion of documents to/from other formats
- Bookmarks and indexing with hot links to easily navigate large PDF documents
Tungsten Power PDF is Great for Personal Use
Rating: 10 out of 10
October 02, 2024
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
10 years of experience
- combine documents
- export documents to WORD and EXCEL
- read and comment on documents
Tungsten Power PDF is a Great Choice for a Small to Medium Business!
Rating: 9 out of 10
April 17, 2024
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
5 years of experience
- Editing of PDFs
- Creating forms
- Completing contracts
Power PDF - it allows you to edit PDFs
Rating: 7 out of 10
April 15, 2024
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
6 years of experience
- Edits PDFs
- Prints PDFs
- Converts documents to PDF
A Full Function Time Saving Tool
Rating: 9 out of 10
April 14, 2024
RW
Vetted Review
Verified User
8 years of experience
- Comment on PDFs
- Convert documents in other formats to PDF and vice versa
- Create fillable PDF forms from static PDFs
Best alternative solution ever!
Rating: 8 out of 10
April 09, 2024
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
2 years of experience
- Converting AutoCAD to PDF
- Easy to use
- Lower price
Tungsten Power PDF Advanced.
Rating: 10 out of 10
April 03, 2024
AB
Vetted Review
Verified User
16 years of experience
- Edit PDF file text.
- Sign/append signatures to PDF files.
- Converts file to/from PDF format.
- Edits orientation of pages and order of pages within a PDF file.
Tungsten Power PDF: A Great PDF Tool
Rating: 9 out of 10
April 02, 2024
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
5 years of experience
- Conversion to/from pdf
- Editing pdfs
- Saving as pdf
- Redacting pdfs
- importing official signatures into pdfs
- putting security features on pdfs
Tungsten/Kofax Power PDF
Rating: 9 out of 10
April 02, 2024
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
- interface
- performance
- integration
Kofax hands down winner over other paid PDF programs!
Rating: 9 out of 10
January 09, 2024
JD
Vetted Review
Verified User
11 years of experience
- The power PDF printer option allows adding a new document to an existing PDF file.
- Opens some secure documents that Adobe isn't able to do.
- Managing newly scanned documents efficiently from the physical scan hardware.
- Editing text is well done, not that Adobe is bad, but I like how Kofax manages the process better than.
- Flattening a file is simple.
- Security features are easy to find and manage.
PDF nightmares? Power PDF can solve them.
Rating: 6 out of 10
December 13, 2023
RG
Vetted Review
Verified User
4 years of experience
- Editing Text and Image
- Adding images
- Bookmarks management
- Scanner integration
- Pages Handling
By Far The BEST PDF Program EVER!!!!!
Rating: 10 out of 10
November 16, 2023
JW
Vetted Review
Verified User
5 years of experience
- Document Sharing
- Electronic Signatures
- Fillable Forms
- Document Combining
Kofax, a good PDF Option
Rating: 8 out of 10
October 18, 2023
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
3 years of experience
- 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
Kofax Power PDF Review
Rating: 8 out of 10
September 21, 2023
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
1 year of experience
- Ease of Use, employees find it easy like Word to use. Secure, signatures and such are very easy to create and lock down. And stable we have no issues with the install and or updates that were always annoying.
Kofax Power PDF Review
Rating: 9 out of 10
September 13, 2023
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
1 year of experience
- I really like the document assembly feature, makes reordering a document easy. Inserting and extracting pages is also very simple process. Kofax integrates very easily with the Microsoft suite.
Kofax Power PDF Review
Rating: 10 out of 10
September 13, 2023
MB
Vetted Review
Verified User
5 years of experience
- Easy to install and keep updated. 2. User friendly interface. 3. The program is relatively intuitive to use so that new members of the staff catch on very quickly to its use.
Couldn’t Live Without Kofax Power PDF
Rating: 10 out of 10
September 11, 2023
HG
Vetted Review
Verified User
2 years of experience
- Taking a Word document and putting it into PDF
- Inserting and deleting pages in a PDF document
- Taking a PDF document and converting it into Microsoft documents
- Because it is hard for me to write I am so having a form I need to complete, I simply PDF it, and use the typewriter feature to type in my information
Kofax Power PDF has been a great addtion for our company
Rating: 10 out of 10
September 08, 2023
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
3 years of experience
- Use friendly setup.
- Having multiple PDF's open at one time.
- Easily incorporating Microsoft Office.
Kofax Power PDF Review
Rating: 10 out of 10
September 05, 2023
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
1 year of experience
- The creation of PDF documents from any application which consistently maintain the appearance of the source. Conversion of documents, including scanned documents to OCR / Searchable documents. Conversion speed and accuracy of the output is outstanding. Robust editing and annotation features including commenting, call-outs, text boxes, adding watermarks, headers/footers, Bates numbering/stamping, highlighting, redactions and other document markup and editing.
Kofax Power PDF Review
Rating: 8 out of 10
September 01, 2023
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
5 years of experience
- It is very good at pdf editing. The type feature is extremely handy.
- The OCR is much better than any competitive products I have tried.
Concise
Rating: 10 out of 10
August 31, 2023
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
1 year of experience
- Make PDF searchable
- editing PDF documents
- adding and removing pages
Kofax Power PDF Review
Rating: 10 out of 10
August 30, 2023
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
10 years of experience
- Ease of use, manipulation of data and organization of files
Kofax Power PDF Review
Rating: 9 out of 10
August 30, 2023
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
1 year of experience
- editing - signatures - adding pages and more
Kofax Power PDF Review
Rating: 1 out of 10
August 30, 2023
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
2 years of experience
- In my opinion, works pretty much like the Adobe product which is fine. Also like that you buy it once and don't continue to pay.