Item: Tungsten Power PDF
Rating: 10
Author: RICHARD BEHLMANN

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Each of our employee workstations has a copy and is a user. We used to use Adobe Acrobat but did not like their subscription model since we have a number of light users so we were looking for an alternative that everyone could have access to. I have not found anything it will not do that we could do using Acrobat, before implementing the Kofax software. Like any software there is a learning curve figuring out how you do things but I have not found anything that it cannot do that I used to rely on in these types of programs.

Pros and Cons

Prints PDF format documents
Combine's pdfs into single documents
Opens existing pdf files
Creates searchable files
Allows editing and comments on existing pdf documents

Could be some basic training videos
There may be some but I haven't seen a full list of its functionality
Increase the ability to reduce files.
Fill-in Form creation

Return on Investment

Fair cost of acquisition and implementation
easy to learn software, intuitive.
we scan everything into Kofax for permanent storage so it saves us storage cots.

Ease-of-Use

It is very easy to use, intuitive controls

Alternatives Considered

Other than Nuance and Kofax, the only other was a predecessor program PaperPort. I considered all of those adequate substitutes for Adobe.

I don't think you can beat it for price and functionality.

Support Rating

I have not really had a strong need for support. We had an installation issue on one machine which was resolved quickly with one phone call. They seemed very responsive. When they first changed their name I had trouble figuring out where to go because I wasn't aware that nuance had split off the PDF programs from the voice programs. That was the biggest support issue was figuring out the Koufax power had taken over nuances power PDF programs.

Key Insights

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

Other Software Used

Nuance Dragon Speech Recognition, Microsoft Office 2016 (discontinued)

Features

We use it for printing, filing and editing PDF documents is our go to software. We do a lot of e-filing of documents and it is the format that we send most things in. We also convert most of our word and other files to PDF to save space and create a permanent archive. We also use it to create a number of forms which are clients fill in an email to us.

Likelihood to Recommend

We use it anywhere that we deal with PDF files. If we are printing into the PDF format, opening existing files or editing PDF files it does all those things great.

I think the latest versions are pretty much good at anything where PDF files are normally used.

I do not use it for full on word processing, other than that it is my go to program.

client documents
document storage and indexing
converson of non-pdf to pdf
conversion of pdf to non-pdf.

Innovative Uses

Indexing and searching pdf documents

Future Planned Uses

collaboration
better security on client and work from home situations
still discovering new uses

Likelihood to Renew

Good pricing, well functioning program that covers a functionality that we need without a monthly subscription

Kofax Power PDF is Great Alternative to Subscription Software

Software Version

Overall Satisfaction with Kofax Power PDF (formerly Nuance)