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Kofax Power PDF advanced is an inexpensive alternative to Adobe Acrobat
August 25, 2023

Kofax Power PDF advanced is an inexpensive alternative to Adobe Acrobat

Jimmy Leon Bishop | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Power PDF Advanced

Overall Satisfaction with Kofax Power PDF

I open PDF files for reading, editing, creating and/or printing. I use it to also join existing files into one.
  • Editing PDF files is fairly easy, it recognizes the existing fonts, and uses the same font for editing.
  • Joining PDF files can be accomplished very easily, and once in, can be rearranged in any order.
  • Kofax Power PDF interfaces with PDF files almost as well as Adobe Acrobat.
  • I have not experienced any difficulties using Kofax Power PDF
  • There is a complaint I might make and that is that in each time I start Kofax Power PDF, it loads in a brand-new instance. In other words, it does not reside in memory as other programs do and it's a bit slower to get up and running. This is not a major issue.
  • Also, Kofax Power PDF does not save files in photo formats such as JPEG or PNG, etc.
  • The cost factor of Adobe products was prohibitive for our small firm, and so we greatly appreciate the low cost of using Kofax Power PDF.
  • Saving files in a photo format such as JPEG or PNG would be a welcome improvement. I have not tried uploading photos to Kofax so I cannot speak to that.
It only took a few minutes to become familiar with the various functions that differ from Adobe Acrobat. I especially appreciate the editing function as it identifies the existing fonts used in an existing file, and it matches them. It also easily selects the word(s) to be edited or erased.
Adobe Acrobat is much to expensive for editing and joining files. PDF Complete did not meet my needs of editing files.

Do you think Tungsten Power PDF delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Tungsten Power PDF's feature set?

Yes

Did Tungsten Power PDF live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Tungsten Power PDF go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Tungsten Power PDF again?

Yes

Navisite Productivity and Collaboration (Microsoft Office 365 and MDM), Microsoft Visual Studio
Joining and editing PDF files.
I have not found an instance where Kofax Power PDF was less appropriate than Adobe Acrobat other than the saving of files in certain formats as mentioned earlier. It took me about 10 minutes to learn how to use the program, and since have not had any issues. One function I really like is I can have any number of files open and they are all listed in a dropdown menu which makes it easy to find the file I'm needing to use.