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Manage Your PDF Files Without Monthly Fees

Easily edit, create, share, or eSign PDF files. Convert PDFs to or from virtually any document—Word, Excel, PowerPoint, or images. Its everything you need without the never-ending payments.

Overview

Everything to Manage PDFs at a Lower Cost Than Adobe

Millions of individuals and businesses trust Power PDF to edit, create, convert, share, and eSign PDF files.
I tried a few of the free applications out there, but they were difficult to use and didn’t have the features I needed.
Johnathan R.
Power PDF has all the features I needed and isn’t ridiculously expensive like Adobe. I didn’t even need tech support! Well worth the money.
Elizabeth G.
There is virtually no learning curve if you’ve used Adobe Acrobat. Power PDF is very similar and works flawlessly. A great value for the price.
Kasia N.
This is an easy, user-friendly program that quickly allows you to scan and send PDFs, edit documents, and convert PDFs to editable Word, Excel, and PowerPoint programs.
Kristen S.

#1 Global Alternative to Adobe Acrobat

Packed with features and easy to use, Power PDF is fully scalable and ready for any business—at an unbeatable price.

Create, convert, and edit PDFs from almost any document or file type

Create, convert, and edit PDFs from almost any document or file type

All your documents easily shared on the cloud

Search every scanned document using optical character recognition

Stop filling cabinets and boxes with paper

TrustRadius Awards
Awards

Customers Love Power PDF

  • Most Loved Technology Product
  • Winner of Best Feature Set - PDF Editors
  • Winner of Best Customer Support - PDF Editors
Savings

Pay Once, Own It Forever

Overpaying for PDF software is bad for business. Why rent Adobe Acrobat for just one year when you could own Power PDF forever?
We saved more than $338,766 by replacing Adobe with Kofax Power PDF—that’s a huge reduction.
Manufacturing Company
Damen Shipyards Group

$539.64

Adobe Acrobat Pro DC
3-year subscription

Versus sign

$179

Kofax Power PDF Advanced
one-time purchase
(with expert support)

Equals to sign

-$360.64

SPENT on Adobe Acrobat
over 3 years
(you own nothing)

Power PDF vs. Acrobat

Compare Power PDF Advanced and Adobe Acrobat

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Which Power PDF 4 Is Best For You?

Power PDF Standard

$129

  • Create and compile PDF files from almost any document or file type, including multiple files into a single PDF.
  • Easily convert PDF files to other formats, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, images, and more.
  • Convert JPG files to PDF, or convert PDF to JPG.
  • Edit and enhance PDF documents to change text, pictures, add annotations, apply stamps, and more.
  • Use digital and stamp-based signatures for PDF documents.

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Best Value

Power PDF Advanced

$179

Everything you get with the Standard edition, plus:

  • Redact sensitive information from documents.
  • Apply Bates stamping to a single document or to a complete set of documents.
  • Sign and send PDFs for signature using DocuSign®.
  • Take advantage of cloud connectivity with popular services like Box, Evernote, Google Drive, and Microsoft OneDrive.
  • Collaboratively create and edit PDFs in real time with users on the same network.
  • Connect to popular enterprise document management systems like SharePoint and NetDocuments.
  • Automate PDF-creation jobs using a watched folder.

30-Day Money Back Guarantee

Kofax offers a 30-day money back guarantee for the purchase price on all individual license products purchased on kofax.com, beginning on date of purchase. Excludes Power PDF Enterprise volume licensing. 

What our customers are saying on Reviews on TrustRadius logo

The ease of converting and editing documents has been particularly easy. 

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Most of the commercial pdf software is too complicated and uses terminology that is unfamiliar. This is easy to use and straight forward. Wo... 

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What is the refund policy?

Kofax offers a 30-day money back guarantee on Power PDF, PaperPort, and OmniPage individual desktop licenses purchased on Kofax.com.

Is Power PDF a subscription?

Power PDF is a perpetual license, which means that once you buy a license, you own it forever. There are no additional monthly or annual fees if you purchase an individual license.

What is the support policy?

Kofax provides 90 days of expert support that will cover installation, setup, and personalized configuration.