PDF Studio
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: 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 10/05/2021
Pros
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
- Industry: Consumer Electronics
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Finally a PDF editor that is fast and smooth even on huge architectural drawing.
Reviewed on 27/12/2023
Fantastic. Because of the tab tool bar interface, I can find tools I did not know existed and try...
Fantastic. Because of the tab tool bar interface, I can find tools I did not know existed and try them and because of the tap tool bar, it is not overly cluttered.
Pros
Love the interface and ease of finding the tools.
Cons
App does not respect my Logi Options mouse settings. Zooms to fast with mouse wheel.
- Industry: Environmental Services
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10
Does not work on Mac Studio M1 Pro
Reviewed on 2/08/2023
I used it daily for years and then upon upgrading last year it continually disappoints. Since I had...
I used it daily for years and then upon upgrading last year it continually disappoints. Since I had used it for a long time and spent a lot of time and effort with customer support to try and get the 2022 version running properly, I figured that the 2023 offering would have fixed all the issues that I had highlighted to the Quoppa people, but no, it's exactly the same.
Pros
Great feature set. Adn ability to use scaled drawings and measurements
Cons
Back in 2012 (PDF Studio 12) it was fully reliable, but the recent iterations (2022 and 2023) do not work on Mac Studio M1 Max computer. Simple copy / paste errors, can't delete some annotations, print to JPG often misses some annotations, so exported jpg's are incomplete, can't re-order objects (send to back or bring to front does not work)
- 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 7/08/2020
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: Outsourcing/Offshoring
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Monthly for Free Trial
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- Likelihood to recommend 4.0 /10
Affordable
Reviewed on 22/05/2022
Affordable while maintaining all capabilities of expensive editor such as Adobe Acrobat. Pdfstudio...
Affordable while maintaining all capabilities of expensive editor such as Adobe Acrobat. Pdfstudio has great quality.
Pros
The workspace gives me that Microsoft word 2010 look. Which is familiar to me.
Cons
Only issue is that I wish this app was free.
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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