Good value for cost users quickly adapted to Tungsten from prior program.
September 25, 2025

Good value for cost users quickly adapted to Tungsten from prior program.

Jacob Kendrick | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Power PDF Standard

Overall Satisfaction with Tungsten Power PDF

Purchased two licenses to test the feasibility of replacing Adobe with Kofax. The test went great; users stated that Kofax is faster and easier to use than Adobe. We plan to replace all Adobe licenses with Kofax, resulting in a $6,000 annual savings. Our users primarily use the software to edit PDFs and sign documents.

Pros

  • Signing documents.
  • Editing PDFs.
  • OCR

Cons

  • OCR should not require so many clicks.
  • Editing PDFs is hidden behind ribbon clicks.
  • Moved to save money from Adobe.
  • ROI was immediate as purchase cost equaled Adobe annual cost.
  • I don't understand the volume licenses; there isn't a "release" from the license, only an uninstall feature.
The program freezes for 5-10 seconds (experienced on various PC's and users and two different versions) the first time you try to copy text from the document. Clicking finish after making a PDF searchable or recognize text seems odd and unnecessary. I think the Tungsten should simply do the action, then wait for the next instruction.
I asked a CFO group for recommendations, and selected Tungsten from their recommendations. It worked well and was within our cost range, so I didn't evaluate anything further. CFOLC was the group.
The response time and thoroughness of answers are exactly what I would expect.

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

We are simple users of PDF editors, we needed something for simple comments, callouts, text changes, signatures (copy and paste an image). This fits our simple needs.
Tungsten does not handle movement of pages well inside of document. Small documents with under 10 pages is fine, but 100+ page documents are extremely difficult to move pages or groups of pages around. We replace Adobe with Tungsten and in general the reception has been fine. It is a little clunky with clicking on links instead PDF's as you have you click the hand, and then to copy text you have to go back and click the arrow.

Tungsten Power PDF Feature Ratings

PDF Editors
8.2
Edit Text and Images
8
Merge or Split PDFs
10
Add Annotations
10
Text Recognition (OCR)
Not Rated
Page Management
1
Form Creation and Editing
Not Rated
Secure PDFs
Not Rated
Convert to Different Formats
Not Rated
Comment and Review Tools
10
Undo and Redo Actions
10

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