Robust and not expensive PDF editor.
Updated July 31, 2023

Robust and not expensive PDF editor.

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Power PDF Standard

Overall Satisfaction with Kofax Power PDF

Used across the company in different departments: Sales, Marketing, Accounts Payable, HR.
Used especially to add notes, sign and create PDF files.
Some users are using it to convert, PDFs to Word documents, extract or insert pages and also to combine PDF files.
One department is using it to create PDF forms.
  • Easy to understand and intuitive interface.
  • Use it as a PDF reader and replace other software.
  • Add notes to documents.
  • Sign the documents.
  • Slow technical support.
  • Kofax do not provide a change to upgrade to a newer version if you do not pay an upgrade fee.
  • No bulky updates, that means more uptime.
  • Time saving solution for manipulate the PDFs.
Saved money as it is not expensive as other solutions.
Can be purchased for Enterprise, buying 5 licenses or more can save some money for the company.
Easy to understand, used to:
1. Create dynamic forms.
2. Sign documents.
3. Add necessary notes to the PDF.
4. Extract/Add pages.
5. Convert Word to PDF and vice versa.
6. Create PDF files from different formats.
We were using Adobe before but they changed the Licensing mode to a subscription basis. This involves more money and more budget to preview for this.
More, Adobe updates are breaking the installations and the product should be repaired to get it back on track.
Foxit is more complicated and not suitable for day to day users.
Kofax support lacks on providing solutions.
Tech support is not very responsible and you can wait on a reply for days.
In the same order the only solution provided was to format the machine.
We agreed that Kofax will provide us an upgrade license and that worked for us.
In summary, the support still has to improve.

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

1. Create Convert PDF files.
2. Mofify PDF files.
3. Sign PDF files.
4. Add notes to PDFs.
5. Page manipulations.
6. Print to a PDF file.
7. Drag and Drop within a file or different files.
If your company does not have a big budget to buy expensive PDF solutions, you definitely should go with Kofax.
The price for the product is very attractive and less expensive than Adobe, the well known PDF software.
If you need a simple solution to sign, convert, extract, add pages from a PDF file and you don't want to spend a fortune, go with Kofax.

Using Kofax Power PDF

50 - Different departments as:
- Accounts Payable
- Accounts Receivable
- Marketing
- Administration
3 - Basically you need an entry level of IT support to be able to share the expertise of the product.
An initial training with some Power Users is enough to make distribute the knowledge top-bottom and to the newcomers.
  • Adding comments
  • Split and merge documents
  • Creating fillable forms
  • Easy and fast PDF Converting
  • Easy and fast PDF Creating
  • Teams training
  • OCR technology
Our employees like this product for its simplicity and the price.
More the application has a Microsoft Office look like interface, which make it easy to understand and use.
An important factor is the price. Compared to the big actor - Adobe, it makes a great difference on the budget.

Evaluating Kofax Power PDF and Competitors

Yes - Old unsupported Adobe Acrobat versions.
We decided to switch to Kofax because of an existing experience and also because of the price.
  • Price
  • Product Features
  • Product Usability
  • Prior Experience with the Product
Easy and clean interface was one of the factors we chose when selecting the product.
We will proceed the same way - going with Kofax.
The product is easy to install, easy to use - straight out of the box.