About PDFelement
Wondershare PDFelement is a one-stop PDF solution powered by AI. Fast, smart, affordable, and easy way to manage (.pdf) documents across desktop, mobile, and web.
It provides a great user experience and is an excellent alternative to Adobe® Acrobat®, making it perfect for individuals and small businesses. The mission is to stay at the forefront of PDF technology, constantly innovating and improving our product to meet the evolving needs of our users.
Support service: Knowledgeable representatives available through instant live chat and email response within 24 hours.
Money-back guarantee: A 30-day money-back guarantee.
Top Features:
AI tools： AI-powered support for summaring/proofreading/rewriting/explaining/translating the PDF file content.
Esign： Utilize certificate-based legal signatures, send documents to bulk signers effortlessly, and collect and track signatures from anywhere, on any device.
Edit： Edit PDF text, images, forms, pages, and more.
Convert： Convert files to and from PDF format in high quality.
Scan & OCR： Recognize text from scanned PDFs and images.
Create： Create PDF from images, Word documents, and various formats, including batch create.
Organize： Merge, split, or rotate PDF pages seamlessly to suit your needs.
Share & Protect： Protect PDF from copying, editing, printing and viewing with passwords. Keep sensitive data confidential.
Build & Fill forms： Recognize and fill in PDF forms for efficient data entry. Batch modify form field properties supported.
Pricing:
Individuals
PDFelement for ios starts at 6.99USD/month and PDFelement for windows and mac starts at 79.99USD/year or 129.99USD/one-time cost (perpetual license)
Team
PDFelement Pro
Yearly plan – starts at $109/year for 1 user
Perpetual license – starts at $139/one-time cost for 1 user
Discounted prices are available for more users.
PDFelement Business – by quote
For over 20 users
Key benefits of PDFelement
Smart: Offer the smartest way powered by AI to manage(.pdf) forms and documents.
Fexible: Make the desktop software available for a yearly, perpetual license fee.
Affordable: Deliver equally powerful and robust features that comes with Adobe Acrobat DC - at up to 50% lower cost.
Lightning Fast: Be lightweight and offer the easiest user experience with shorter learning curve for even first- time users.
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- Industry: Translation & Localization
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Advanced and easy-to-use tool
Reviewed on 09/12/2022
Pros
I use PDFelement daily - to open, covert, edit, OCR, combine etc. files and love it. When you have the paid version, you can do almost everything you need to work with various document types. I like the insert/extract page feature. It helps me during my day-to-day job. When I need to translate a pdf document, first, I try to convert it to word, then start the translation process. In 7 out of 10 times, it really helps.
Cons
I do not like that I cannot purchase the software license - I can purchase a subscription only. The software has a lot of updates and due to that, it sometimes crashes if the update is bad or needs improvements.
- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Pleased with Software
Reviewed on 12/04/2021
Almost immediately I started using advance features that I did not even know existed in my previous...
Almost immediately I started using advance features that I did not even know existed in my previous editor. On day two I was converting my old pdf forms which took no time at all with a very small learning curve. I really enjoy this software.
Pros
The interface is a slick as it gets. Very intuitive and clean. I can hardly believe it is so pleasurable to use. Good software community forums will almost always find an answer to any questions you may have. Support was within usual norms. I did not try calling support - just email.
Cons
Lacking in really good documentation. You will need to set up your own previewer for Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Explorer. While there is a solution to this, they refuse to acknowledge it, and removed it from their blog (marked as spam) because it mentions a competitors product. When the inquiry was sent to their email support, they did not recommend the solution either just saying it is not supported. I had to find it on my own. Initially, I had removed my Adobe and had to reinstall it and make a tweak to the settings so that I could view PDF's from within those programs. I'm not sure what to do with those html files. I guess you have to put them on a server and link to them but it doesn't really tell you.
- Industry: Airlines/Aviation
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 1.0 /10
Nasty Surprise
Reviewed on 29/10/2019
Pros
Interface is relatively straightforward and easy to use.
Cons
Stability problems dealing with larger pdfs, started getting worse when version 7 launched and the developer decided they needed more revenue. We will probably not be buying the upgrade.
Alternatives Considered
Kofax Power PDFReasons for Choosing PDFelement
CostSwitched From
Kofax Power PDF- Industry: Religious Institutions
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
PDFelement an affordable alternative to Adobe Acrobat
Reviewed on 08/01/2020
Adobe Acrobat stopped updating because it was not optimized for my new Mac operating system when I...
Adobe Acrobat stopped updating because it was not optimized for my new Mac operating system when I updated it. So I went to update it and the price 1) had gone up significantly and 2) they are trying to lock you into a monthly subscription. I was absolutely NOT interested. So I looked at PDF editor alternatives and came across PDFelement. It has been a great option for me. I create a lot of PDF forms and have to edit old documents. I am grateful to have found this product.
Pros
Affordable options for either subscription or license. Compatible with Mac. Professional options for more advanced editing of documents. Team options and ability to purchase for 20+ users.
Cons
There is a small learning curve if you are used to using Adobe Acrobat for so long. But it is a very small curve. No notable cons.
Alternatives Considered
Readdle PDF ExpertReasons for Choosing PDFelement
Adobe was TOO expensive and has switched to a subscription model.Switched From
Adobe Acrobat ReaderReasons for Switching to PDFelement
PDF Expert currently does not allow you to make PDF forms. Otherwise, both were feasible options.- Industry: Real Estate
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Weekly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Huge Time Saver
Reviewed on 08/11/2019
I am solving time by being able to make a quick edit to an existing PDF form where use to have to...
I am solving time by being able to make a quick edit to an existing PDF form where use to have to start from square one.
Pros
Great Value compared to other platforms. Ease of use along with regular how to blogs and videos that are sent out by the company. It saves me a ton of time being able to make a simple change to the many real estate forms and brochures where I would otherwise have to start over. I think the program has improved since I first bought the lifetime option about 2+ years ago. I am glad I did so. I use their Filmora Pro for my video editing which is how I found out about this alternative to the much more expensive and harder to use Adobe program.
Cons
It can sometime be a little slow to load when you have a brochure that has a large number of high resolution photos.
Alternatives Considered
Adobe Creative CloudReasons for Switching to PDFelement
Value and the UI seemed to be more user friendly and I was using another product that they own for video editing and felt comfortable with using them for this program.PDFelement FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for PDFelement.Q. What type of pricing plans does PDFelement offer?
PDFelement offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: US$79.99/year
- Pricing model: Free Version, Subscription
- Free Trial: Available
PDFelement supports a free trial version for mac and windows. - PDFelement is priced starting at $79.99 billed annually - PDFelement team license is priced starting at $109 billed annually or $139 billed perpetual - Please contact PDFelement directly for pricing options for PDFelement business
Q. Who are the typical users of PDFelement?
PDFelement has the following typical customers:
Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000
Q. What languages does PDFelement support?
PDFelement supports the following languages:
Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
Q. Does PDFelement support mobile devices?
PDFelement supports the following devices:
Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
Q. What other apps does PDFelement integrate with?
PDFelement integrates with the following applications:
Google Chrome, Microsoft Outlook
Q. What level of support does PDFelement offer?
PDFelement offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep), Chat
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