How Does Power PDF Compare to Nitro PDF Pro?
Power PDF is built for business, powered up with new features and advanced OCR. A win for every user.
Kofax Power PDF: A Better Alternative to Nitro PDF Pro
Add robust flexibility and reliability to how your teams work with documents every day. Kofax Power PDF has a two-decade history of providing five-star functionality and we offer a leading alternative to solutions like Nitro PDF and Adobe.
What you can do with Power PDF
Convivialité
An instantly recognizable user interface that feels familiar from the first time you launch Power PDF
Features built for business workflows like automated batching, watch folders and integrated e-signatures with Kofax SignDoc
A native Android and iOS mobile app for in-depth PDF functionality in your pocket
Sécurité
Support for Microsoft ADRMS, standard PDF password encryption, certificates and more
Built-in protection against malicious PDFs that can carry ransomware and viruses
Integration with Microsoft Information Protection architecture for finely-detailed security controls
Editing
Real-time same-document collaboration on-network or via private webserver
Tools for editing, managing document order, merging and more
Powerful, easy-to-use tools including search and redact
Conversions & Scanning
Integrated connections to Microsoft Office for PDF creation and conversion
Support for conversion to and from PDF, including new support for PDF A/4 conversion for long-term archival purposes
Best-in-industry Kofax OCR to create full-text documents from every scanned page
Searching
New Fuzzy Search functionality that returns more near-matches for your search terms
Use Looks Like Search™ to identify preset or user-defined alphanumeric strings, such as SSNs that need redaction
Instantly navigate to found text in a document and begin editing
Kofax Power PDF Advanced 5 vs. NitroPro13
| Nitro Pro 13 | Kofax Power PDF Advanced 5 | |
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| Compatibilité | ||
| Microsoft Office-style ribbon user interface to minimize learning curve and maximize productivity | ||
| Compatible with Microsoft Windows 8.1, 10, 11 | No Windows 11 | |
| Compatible with Microsoft Office 2010, 2013, 2016 and 2019 | No Office 2010 | |
| Integrated create and convert add-ons for Microsoft Office Suite, Outlook and Internet Explorer | No PDF conversion | |
| PDF Create add-ons in Firefox and Chrome | ||
| PDF/A compliance checking for the full range of PDF/A-1, PDF/A-2 and PDF/A-3 levels as well as the PDF/E, PDF/X, PDF UA and PDF sub-standards | No Compliance Check-er or Tagging | |
| PDF Creation | ||
| Automatically proofread text recognition results after scanning and review, and cor-rect suspected errors | ||
| One-step PDF creation from web pages in Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome | No Firefox or Chrome | |
| Create PDF of some or all pages of a website from File menu | ||
| Retain hyperlinks embedded in web pages when converting to PDF | ||
| Create ISO-standard PDF/A files (PDF/A-1, PDF/A-2, and PDF/A-3 levels) | Only Create PDF/A-1b Convert to PDF/A-2 |
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| Customizable PDF creation profiles | ||
| Insert pre-made and custom watermarks at creation | ||
| PDF Security and Signing | ||
| Use Kofax SignDoc to sign and send a PDF or to sign a PDF with signing pad or im-age file | ||
| Add passwords with 128-bit and 256-bit AES secure encryption and permission controls to PDF files | ||
| Support for FileOpen-protected documents (digital rights management) | ||
| Apply redaction text properties including color, redaction codes and custom overlay text | ||
| Conversion de PDF | ||
| Convert PDF to Word, Excel and PowerPoint | ||
| Proofread and correct text after OCR conversion | ||
| Convert documents with superior accuracy using OmniPage OCR engine | I.R.I.S. OCR | |
| Extract tables from a PDF file and place into Excel or Word | ||
| PDF Editing and Assembly | ||
| Remove blank pages with sequencer option | ||
| Reduce the file size of one or a batch of PDF files | No batch reduce | |
| Fix PDF/A compliance problems with the compliance checker | ||
| Add macros for Page #, Author, Title, Subject, Date and advanced formatting and page positioning with Bates stamping | Only Bates # | |
| PDF Review and Collaboration | ||
| Comment and mark up with familiar tools (notes, text boxes, typewriter, callouts, highlight, text underline, cross-out, stamps) | ||
| Collaboratively create, edit and review documents in real-time with users on the same LAN | ||
| Perform Fuzzy Search to find “likely” as well as exact match | ||
| Compare documents side-by-side (PDF-to-PDF and PDF-to-Word) | PDF to PDF only | |
| PDF Forms | ||
| Create digital signatures fields | ||
| Export form data from one or multiple completed PDF forms | Only single forms | |
| Conversion automatique des fichiers PDF en formulaires PDF à remplir | ||
| Accessibilité | ||
| Certified Section 508-compliant user interface | Only Microsoft Text-to-Speech | |
| Editable PDF tags | ||
| API capabilities (programming interface) | ||
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* This comparison chart is not an exhaustive list of all features and functions of each product listed. It is merely an indication of the minimum features and functions for comparison purposes. Nitro products may contain additional features and functions not listed.
Easily Work from Anywhere with Power PDF Mobile
Working while away from the office is here to stay and companies face a greater need to “go mobile” than ever before. While users can find Nitro PDF Pro on iOS devices, the software leaves Android users behind. With Power PDF’s new mobile app, Android and iOS users alike can enjoy the ideal solution for working on the go.
- Provide feedback on documents and stay in the loop, no matter where you are. Power PDF Mobile lets you do more. Retrieve a PDF document from cloud storage using the app and open it to begin a smooth, seamless browsing experience. Use standard text editing tools including highlight, annotate, strikethrough and others to mark up the document with your feedback. Then save and share it back to your coworkers via email, the Cloud or AirDrop.
- Create and apply signatures to documents directly in Power PDF Mobile. Sign and send back to recipients faster and more efficiently than with Nitro. The new Kofax SignDoc integration eliminates the need to open a web browser for finalizing document signatures for desktop users. Faster, safer, and more secure, these new workflows deliver the versatility to today’s business demands.
Available for a one-time licensing fee that delivers remarkable cost-efficiency over time, Power PDF is the solution your business needs to simplify document workflows. Get your free trial version today to see how Power PDF makes your business better.
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