Item: Tungsten Power PDF
Rating: 10
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Tungsten Power PDF

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Power PDF to compare and edit PDFs. The problem this product addresses is identifying changes between rounds of creative, QAing a proof of the material before it goes out the door against what I provided our production team. I am also able to easily make edits to a PDF.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Comparing one PDF to another PDF
Editing a document
Easily identifying changes between documents without false changes you see in other programs

Cons

Layout shifts in a compare - when selecting to compare text only, a shift in where the text falls would be better identified in some other format
load time for opening the application
comparing the document - save as file name - if it could include a shortened description that reflects the documents rather than a alpha

Return on Investment

resource savings
cost savings
time savings

Ease-of-Use

My experience was positive - I have been able to identify changes that would have otherwise been missed, caught errors in the document and edited when needed. This tool is so efficient that it saves hours of proofreading and resources to QA.

Alternatives Considered

Adobe Acrobat

These two programs are very similar in many ways - editing a document, splitting a document, converting a document to another format and creating a form. Where this product stands out is in the compare feature. It's night and day. This feature is saves resources, time and catches errors that are often missed by human error. Where this program lacks, is in the comment functionality. Unless you have another Power PDF user, they are not as easy to find or read.

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

Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Analytics, Adobe Customer Journey Analytics, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Excel, Invoca, Freshpaint, Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft Project

Features

I work in marketing, so there are occasions where I need to edit an existing document created in another platform. Each group of text has it's own box which is nice when your placement or text wrap changes (as opposed to one large block of text for the entire page in Acrobat). Otherwise, the editor is comparable to acrobat.

Likelihood to Recommend

I will never use another application besides Power PDF to compare documents. Word and acrobat produces so many false changes and that I often spends more time trying to see what is truly different than if I hadn't used the application. This document is also useful for signatures, editing PDFs, and converting to other formats.

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