About PDF Studio
PDF Studio is an on-premise PDF editing software that is compatible with Windows, Mac, and Linux operating systems. It includes several features and tools to complete PDF editing workflows. Users can create PDFs, scan documents, fill in forms, secure sensitive documents, edit pages, optimize PDFs, compare files, and more. PDF Studio can integrate with DocuSign, Dropbox, OneDrive, and Google Drive.
PDF Studio Standard is available with limited features needed to create and edit PDFs. Using PDF Studio PRO, users can access additional features, including file conversions, batch processing, OCR options, digital signatures, redact and sanitize, interactive form designer, plus more. Both versions of PDF Studio allow users to review and annotate PDFs, set user permissions or passwords, and add watermarks and headers/footers.
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- Industry: Market Research
- Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
One of the best pdf editors for Linux
Reviewed on 9/7/2021
In my company we need to use the same tools over different operating systems for security purposes...
In my company we need to use the same tools over different operating systems for security purposes and also for a universal approach to the solutions we provide. However, we have user machines running in windows and remote servers running Linux. As far as I know this is the best PDF solutions that runs smoothly across different OS platforms.
Pros
PDF Studio enables editing in Mac and most importantly Linux OS. It is much cheaper that Adobe Acrobat and has quality signing options. It has optical character recognition features even for non OCR documents.
Cons
I have never encountered any serious problems with PDF Studio and never wanted to do something that this editor couldn't do. In my opinion, what could be done differently is reduce the RAM and CPU consumption of this software.
- Industry: Research
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
PDF Studio 2019- solid choice for Linux users, researchers, who want a cross-platform solution.
Reviewed on 7/8/2020
PDF Studio is reliable tool for annotating PDFs. It is fast, easy to use, has a good UI that allows...
PDF Studio is reliable tool for annotating PDFs. It is fast, easy to use, has a good UI that allows users to switch between the tradition menu bar and a ribbon bar. I use it daily for reducing the size of PDFs and converting them to png image formats for distribution.
Pros
It is truly cross-platform- I used it on my Linux, Windows, and Apple systems without any problem. Its one of the few PDF editors for Linux.
It's easy to use- the menu is well designed and its much easier to find the tools I need than Adobe Acrobat with its convoluted odd menu system.
It has reliable OCR built into the software and good tools for optimizing PDFs (reducing size) and for saving as image files (jpeg, png, tiff, etc).
Cons
It cannot open dynamic XFA forms, but considering that most non-Adobe PDF editors can't read them, its not unusual. Dynamic XFA forms are uncommon PDF forms render drawing and layout information. Even Adobe products don't properly support them. Unfortunately, our office used these forms regularly.
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PDF Studio was the first to offer a native Linux version. The developer, Qoppa Software responds very quickly to all requests, bug reports, and suggestions. Support is outstanding.- Industry: Environmental Services
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
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Reviewed on 7/4/2023
It is such a relief when a product *just works* how you want it to.
It is such a relief when a product *just works* how you want it to.
Pros
PDF Studio has all the features without cluttering the user interface. Tools that are usually a little more complicated to use are surprisingly intuitive in PDF Studio. Not to mention they offer a perpetual license at a fraction of the price of popular competitors' annual subscriptions...
Cons
I haven't managed to get the dark theme to work. And I am not really bothered by this.
- Industry: Accounting
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Daily for 1-5 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 4.0 /10
Affordable and great customer services but difficult to use
Reviewed on 29/11/2022
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The app is cheaper than others and the customer services is great with quick response to inquiries.
Cons
It's really difficult to use, especially if you have used Acrobat before. Text addition: you can't change the font type or size. Once you have added the text, you cannot edit it any more. With Acrobat, I simply double clicked on the added text to edit it.Signature: The signature photo is always on top of the text so it has to resize to fit in the box without covering the line.Convert PDF to Excel: It cannot convert to Excel properly. Mostly it put all the data into a single cell.I haven't tried other tools yet but such above tools make me disappointed.
- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for Free Trial
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Super complete, fast and powerful PDF editor
Reviewed on 10/5/2021
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Easy to edit a pdf, do everything I did with Acrobat Pro without a problem
Very fast and include a lot a functionality, maybe more than Adobe
Cons
Integration with onedrive not fully working on my ubuntu
PDF Studio FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for PDF Studio.Q. What type of pricing plans does PDF Studio offer?
PDF Studio offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from: US$99.00/one-time
- Free Trial: Available
PDF Studio Standard: $99 one-time fee PDF Studio Pro: $139 one-time fee A single-user license includes 2 computers. Volume discounts, academia discounts, and non-profit discounts are available.
Q. Who are the typical users of PDF Studio?
PDF Studio 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 PDF Studio support?
PDF Studio supports the following languages:
English
Q. Does PDF Studio support mobile devices?
PDF Studio supports the following devices:
Q. What other apps does PDF Studio integrate with?
PDF Studio integrates with the following applications:
DocuSign, Dropbox Business, Google Drive, OneDrive
Q. What level of support does PDF Studio offer?
PDF Studio offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base
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