Tungsten Power PDF Reviews

Tungsten Power PDF

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Abhinav
Abhinav
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  • Industry: Broadcast Media
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for Free Trial
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Kofax power : Go and get a super power in your hand

Reviewed on 21/02/2023

Worked like charm

Worked like charm

Pros

Page restructuring, writing and editing text, conversion, seamless integration , watermarking

Cons

Little difficult to understand the interface with too many buttons added on

Bill
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  • Industry: Real Estate
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Why I use Kofax Power PDF

Reviewed on 12/04/2023

This product allows me to edit and modify PDFs which are the end product of my business. Without...

This product allows me to edit and modify PDFs which are the end product of my business. Without this I would be forced to use a MUCH more expensive competitor, or a second rate product.

Pros

The ability to edit PDFs, resort pages, and extract, remove, and append documents and PDFs to an original PDZF

Cons

Some of the user interface items such as sizing, rotating, and other tool bar items in a major competitor are easier to use.

Jason
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  • Industry: Legal Services
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10

Decent for the price but there are better options

Reviewed on 05/04/2023

Pros

Kofax accomplishes what it sets out to do. It is very functional with a lot of features.

Cons

The interface is generally clunky, complicated, and lags. While it has tons of functionality, there is a sense that the entire application could use quite a bit more polishing. Everything works, but could be easier. It works for my users and is cheaper than the name brand, but my users beg me to go back to the name brand because of these issues. I also hate the licensing. When you buy, you only get the version available at that time with no promise of even security updates. You better save the installation package because you likely won't be able to download it again.

Alternatives Considered

Nitro Pro, Adobe Acrobat and Foxit PDF Editor

Reasons for Choosing Tungsten Power PDF

Cost was the driving factor. When Adobe switched to subscription licensing, it forced us to seek out a less expensive alternative.

Switched From

Adobe Acrobat

Reasons for Switching to Tungsten Power PDF

We already had some licenses in our environment from scanner purchases that came with a license and we wanted to have consistency. Feature wise, the other options were similar. We thought we could deal with the product's interface issues.
Nagesh
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Monthly for 1-5 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

PDF editor

Reviewed on 23/09/2024

Good start, still need to explore all the features

Good start, still need to explore all the features

Pros

Many features. Editable fields and e-signature is possible.

Cons

Takes time to get used to menus, help menu is less intuitive

Response from Tungsten Automation

Hi there,
Thanks for your helpful review. Glad you're finding ways to use Power PDF in your everyday workflows all while keeping costs down.

Hope you found an eSignature solution that works with us. Have you tried Tungsten SignDoc?

David
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  • Industry: Utilities
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

More bang for your buck.

Reviewed on 04/04/2023

We needed a fast reliable PDF program that could do then just view documents and this was the clear...

We needed a fast reliable PDF program that could do then just view documents and this was the clear winner.

Pros

Power PDF is easy to use and full featured. I am not a fan of having to pay subscriptions for everything, so this is fantastic one-time purchase. You don't need a cloud account it just works.

Cons

There are some occasional issues with PDF forms generated from other PDF programs, but they are fairly easy to work around.

Alternatives Considered

Foxit PDF Reader

Reasons for Choosing Tungsten Power PDF

I did not want to pay the recuring subscription.

Switched From

Adobe Acrobat Reader

Reasons for Switching to Tungsten Power PDF

Price and features
Paul
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Best for my small business

Reviewed on 05/04/2023

As I outlined above in "Pros", Power PDF was the solution to outputting the forms and reports I...

As I outlined above in "Pros", Power PDF was the solution to outputting the forms and reports I needed to provide to my customers.

Pros

I have been using this PDF software since before it was purchased by Kofax. I needed affordable PDF software for the creation and completion of forms used for inspections and for the conversion of reports created in other software to PDF format. Final reports, in PDF format, are then electronically sent to clients. The ability to "flatten" these forms and reports to preclude modification is an important feature.

Cons

Power PDF provides the solutions required for my business. The switch several years ago to the ribbon toolbar was a small learning curve but an improvement in the long run.

Daniel
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  • Industry: Oil & Energy
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great value intuitive product.

Reviewed on 10/04/2023

Good, works as advertised, simple to navigate.

Good, works as advertised, simple to navigate.

Pros

Reader, editing, combining files and electroni.

Cons

Saving a file with edits can cause issues with opening in other PDF programs. This is an issue since we send out PDFs to clients.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Using KOFAX

Reviewed on 17/04/2023

Converting docs to excel or word. Merging and Splitting PDF docs

Converting docs to excel or word. Merging and Splitting PDF docs

Pros

Ease of use, easy to install, once off payment no subscription

Cons

Converts excel to multiple sheets as opposed to whole doc on 1 page

Alternatives Considered

Adobe Acrobat

Reasons for Switching to Tungsten Power PDF

Once off payment
Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Law Practice
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Kofax Power PDF review

Reviewed on 12/04/2023

Pros

I like how easy it is to combine multiple files across different file types, as well as easily reduce the file size for ease of sharing

Cons

I feel like the text editing functions could be improved, especially the ability to highlight text continuously

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Plastics
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Best solution for editing/converting PDF files

Reviewed on 04/04/2023

easy to use, quick... A+ for me

easy to use, quick... A+ for me

Pros

Easy to understand, pricing much more attractive then others

Cons

I haven´t found anything negative yet... So it is hard to say what I like least about Kofax.

Robert
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

A Really Good Product

Reviewed on 18/04/2023

Pros

Ease of use and feature rich. Price point is excellent when compared to Adobe Acrobat. We also tried Soda PDF Desktop 14 which was not as powerful.

Cons

Editing function difficult to use. There are instances where a fillable form needs editing and Koufax has trouble.

Alternatives Considered

Adobe Acrobat Reader

Reasons for Choosing Tungsten Power PDF

Price to function was better

Switched From

Adobe Acrobat
Hazel
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  • Industry: Retail
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Compact PDF software

Reviewed on 22/07/2023

Very intuitive software as far as regular usage is concerned.

Very intuitive software as far as regular usage is concerned.

Pros

This is a compact PDF software which has a smooth user interface. Kofax Power PDF is also easy to operate.

Cons

Obviously there is nothing to say wrong about a PDF viewer, I love the design and inbuilt tools of this software.

Response from Tungsten Automation

Hi there,
Thanks for your helpful review. Glad you're finding ways to use Power PDF in your everyday workflows all while keeping costs down.

Michael
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  • Industry: Computer & Network Security
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Cheaper than Adobe Acrobat

Reviewed on 18/08/2023

Pros

It has almost all the features like Adobe Acrobat Pro

Cons

The text recognition can still be worked on

Response from Tungsten Automation

Hi there,
Thank you so much for your review of Power PDF!
- Gordon, Product Marketing

Lewis
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great product for managing PDFs

Reviewed on 11/04/2023

Every business needs a PDF writer. Power PDF is the right product for a reasonable price.

Every business needs a PDF writer. Power PDF is the right product for a reasonable price.

Pros

Power PDF is easy to use and gets the job done. it doesn't annoy users with trying to upsell their product. I especially like the ability to OCR a document.

Cons

Converting a PDF to an Excel file can be tricky, but it can be done.

Jim
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Excellent PDF Document Management

Reviewed on 13/04/2023

I love the ability to create a PDF form from an existing document.

I love the ability to create a PDF form from an existing document.

Pros

Ability to edit and merge PDF documents. Ability to create PDF Forms.

Cons

I wish that some of the editing tools were easier to find and use - especially blanking out non- essential information.

Alternatives Considered

Adobe Acrobat Reader

Reasons for Switching to Tungsten Power PDF

Expense.
Richard
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

the best software for pdfs

Reviewed on 21/04/2023

Love the software.

Love the software.

Pros

Easy to use and does wonder for our business.

Cons

Freezes too often and will have to back track into the software to double check if i lost anything i was using.

Vivien
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Kofax PDF review

Reviewed on 23/04/2023

Pros

easy to use, and integrated easy with other apps to convert to excel or word documents

Cons

cant find anything i didn't like, i liked everything about it

Tom
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  • Industry: Writing & Editing
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Great PDF tool

Reviewed on 12/04/2023

Pros

The conversion features are so useful, creating Word/Excel and fillable forms.

Cons

Converting documents into Excel is probably very tricky. Sometimes the results are not optimal, but even then useable.

Paul
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  • Industry: Construction
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
  • Review Source

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  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Editing PDF

Reviewed on 21/04/2023

Increased efficiency in my job as I have to manually update paperwork. Being able to click a...

Increased efficiency in my job as I have to manually update paperwork. Being able to click a button and start editing has help immensely.

Pros

Able to edit a PDF for shipping documents with ease now.

Cons

I only use the Edit and Convert functions, both work well for what I need them for.

Angela
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  • Industry: Law Practice
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Amazing Product & Design

Reviewed on 10/04/2023

Pros

In our law office, there is a lot of scanning and merging of files. Kofax makes it extremely easy to make Word docs into pdfs. It is super easy to print off the application and use the merge feature makes everything extremely easy!

Cons

I think the searchable feature could use an update since it's not 100% all the time

misty
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  • Industry: Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Great Product

Reviewed on 10/04/2023

Good product, will continue to use.

Good product, will continue to use.

Pros

Ease of use on features, easy to find the items I need to use.

Cons

Sometimes it freezes while combining or trying to print large documents.

Wayne
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  • Industry: Health, Wellness & Fitness
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Nice product

Reviewed on 10/04/2023

Love this product, does the same as Acrobat at a fraction of the cost.

Love this product, does the same as Acrobat at a fraction of the cost.

Pros

We use this software for all of our PDF editing, making forms, etc.

Cons

everything functions very well. I have found nothing wrong with the product.

Alternatives Considered

Adobe Acrobat

Reasons for Switching to Tungsten Power PDF

Price
Jamie
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  • Industry: Airlines/Aviation
  • Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Impressive full featured PDF software that is easy to use.

Reviewed on 19/04/2023

Its been a joy to use and id recommend it over the leading software on the market

Its been a joy to use and id recommend it over the leading software on the market

Pros

I find the merge document tool very useful and easy to use. Bringing documents together and arranging them in a particular order is a breeze.

Cons

Nothing so far. the application is feature rich and does everthing i need

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Management Consulting
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for Free Trial
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Kofax : a complete pdf tool kit

Reviewed on 28/02/2023

Pros

Very easy to use and understanding, overall fantastic

Cons

Tables with the hard coloured background are difficult to edit

Lucy
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: Self Employed
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

A satisfied Kofax Power PDF user

Reviewed on 12/04/2023

It's simple to use and gives me a great deal of versatility when it comes to publishing documents...

It's simple to use and gives me a great deal of versatility when it comes to publishing documents for customers, publishing word documents (converted to.pdf), and signing emails with a more personal touch.It's simple to use and gives me a great deal of versatility when it comes to publishing documents for customers, publishing word documents (converted to.pdf), and signing emails with a more personal touch.It's simple to use and gives me a great deal of versatility when it comes to publishing documents for customers, publishing word documents (converted to.pdf), and signing emails with a more personal touch.

Pros

It has helped me to see an increase in my productivity as it allows collaboration with my clients, thus makes things that much easier for me to meet my clients' expectations.

Cons

This software is user friends and pretty straight forward, so i have absolutely no complaints.