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Wondershare PDFelement Reviews & Product Details

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What do you like best about Wondershare PDFelement?

I love PDFelement's comprehensive editing tools; being easily able to interact with and edit the information in a pdf. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Wondershare PDFelement?

The only thing I don't like about PDFelement is the cost. I think it's a bit pricey, but I don't mind paying it because the product is fantastic. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Wondershare PDFelement solving and how is that benefiting you?

PDFelement has changed the game for me as a Private Acting Coach. I mainly use it for updating lesson plans, annotating scripts, and student contracts.

One problem I used to have during lessons was screenplay formatting being maintained while attempting to annotate. PDFelement allows me to easily add marginal notes, highlights, and more without having to worry about formatting issues that are normally common with file conversions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Wondershare PDFelement Overview

What is Wondershare PDFelement?

PDFelement is a leading alternative to Adobe® Acrobat®, offering enterprise-grade PDF functionalities and perpetual licensing at a fraction of the price. It is available across desktop, mobile, and web platforms. Sold in 11 different languages globally, PDFelement offers the easiest and smartest way for users of all types to create, edit, convert, and esign PDF documents, all within a user-friendly interface.

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German, English, French, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)
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Product Description

Create, edit, convert, annotate, protect, merge, watermark, compress, and sign PDF files in a better way.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

When you deploy PDFelement software across your organization, you gain a powerful platform for communicating and collaborating. You’ll also maintain control over licensing costs, deployment, security, and compliance.

► Enterprise-Class Features
Implement the easiest PDF solution with powerful PDF editing, conversion, and collaboration tools.

► Lower TCO
Cost-effective pricing delivers faster ROI and reduces your total cost of ownership by 60%.

► Ease of Deployment
Get deployment support for Windows SCCM, Windows Terminal Server™, Citrix™, and more.

► Easy to Own
Enjoy the freedom of Perpetual Licensing with no lengthy contractual requirements.

► License Management
Self-serve license management allows you to assign, revoke, add and remove licenses, and manage devices.

► Standardize on a Single PDF Solution
Enable more users that require PDF capabilities with one standardized solution on both Windows and Mac.


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Year Founded
2003
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Shenzen, CN
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SHE: 300624
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Wondershare is a global tech company dedicated to providing creative solutions. As a leading tech startup, we offer a comprehensive portfolio of 60 different software products designed to simplify people's lives through innovative technology. Reaching across 150 countries, our commitment to simplicity and utility ensures user-friendly products that solve problems. At Wondershare, we believe in fostering a dynamic work environment with competitive salaries and excellent health benefits. Whether in marketing or creative roles, we are always on the lookout for innovators, creators, and leaders who are passionate about making a difference. Join us in our mission to delight and inspire through cutting-edge technology.


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Alex P.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"A great alternative that is both flexible and reasonably priced with very useful features"
The UI is very intuitive as going through the application feels very fluid and editing PDFs are mostly word processing and even though the OCR is f...
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Mary J.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"My overall experience of using PDFelement for almost a year."
Was looking for a decent pdf editor and was trying out the free ones first but most free versions had very limited functionality or just didn't com...
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Wondershare PDFelement Media

Wondershare PDFelement Demo - AI Tools
Chat with multiple PDFs and summarize them simultaneously using AI Knowledge Card. Make the PDF shine with AI Grammar Checker and Translator. Customize the AI prompts for more possibilities in PDF work and study.
Wondershare PDFelement Demo - eSign
Sign PDF on the go and sync the signatures on any device with PDFelement Cloud. Create e-signable PDFs and send them in bulk to recipients for convenient signing across devices. Track and manage the latest status of every signed document in real-time on any device.
Wondershare PDFelement Demo - Create
Create PDF from images, Word documents, and various formats. Support Batch Create. Scan, deskew, and create PDFs from a scanner to ensure high quality. Start from scratch by creating a blank PDF page.
Wondershare PDFelement Demo - Scan and OCR
Convert paper contracts, agreements, and other documents to electronic PDF files - scan to PDF in one step. Recognize text from scanned PDFs and images. OCR PDFs to Word and editable/searchablePDFs in 23 languages.
Wondershare PDFelement Demo - Edit
Add text, images, and shapes to PDFs for more organized editing. Change sizes, colors, and font styles of the text and link. Insert links and add watermarks to your document.
Wondershare PDFelement Demo - Convert
Batch convert PDFs to editable Word, Excel, PPT and text with all fonts and formatting preserved. Convert PDF to JPG, PNG, TIFF, BMP, HTML, ePUB, PDF/A and more in high resolution. Convert almost any files into professional-looking PDFs.
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What do you like best about Wondershare PDFelement?

The UI is very intuitive as going through the application feels very fluid and editing PDFs are mostly word processing and even though the OCR is far from perfect but it totally changes the game in terms of how I deal with scanned papers now. And what’s also nice about it's perpetual license is the freedom it gives me from a monthly subscription and along with the ability to handle more than one PDF is particularly useful for managing large amounts of pdfs at once. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Wondershare PDFelement?

For me, the main disadvantage is that the software sometimes has a hard time with complex PDFs when converting them to word or excel as it typically inserts whole pages as images rather than editable text. Also the customer service were also not able to correct some repeating occurrences, such as randomly unpinning pinned files which is very annoying. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Wondershare PDFelement solving and how is that benefiting you?

By allowing simple editing, annotation and securing of PDFs without using expensive solutions like Adobe Acrobat, PDFelement has really simplified my work and also other than creating forms, it really helped in making some really modest fillable PDFs. And it still serves to be a reliable and affordable alternative for my needs of document management even though it is not the best solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MJ
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What do you like best about Wondershare PDFelement?

Was looking for a decent pdf editor and was trying out the free ones first but most free versions had very limited functionality or just didn't completely have the functions that I was looking for. But then when I saw wondershare was providing lifetime licenses for PDFelement, I decided to buy 2 licenses, one for my phone and another for my pc. And up until now I had an amazing experience since they are almost a complete one stop solution for all of your pdf editing needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Wondershare PDFelement?

Like I said, I bought 2 licenses one for my phone and another for my pc but this is what I dislike about them. As they have made their licenses such that you can't use a single license on all the OS. So if I decided to move to an ios phone later on, my android license would be useless. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Wondershare PDFelement solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is my one stop solution for all my pdf editing needs and since I don't need to frequently move to a different software, it saves me quite a bit of time. Also it has some rare but useful features like converting your pdf to epub which is quite helpful and it also can do OCR in multiple different languages which I think is a huge advantage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Wondershare PDFelement?

I like the designs and layout of this Wondershare PDFelement app. i can easily navigate the useful tools as a Quick tools which is top center of my screen. The Organize option in Quick took let me arrange and shuffle the pages easily. i can translate the text in target language which is useful for me to make me understand things quickly and easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Wondershare PDFelement?

one thing i was facing an issue while using Wondershare PDfelement is it's zooming feature, while zooming in and out in pdf i notice a sudden lag and was not smooth. i also think the free trial period should be increase to 15 days if possible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Wondershare PDFelement solving and how is that benefiting you?

since i am a freelancer and a student as well i have to go through lots of pdfs and documents everyday and to manage those pdfs it was hard for me. After i get to know about Wondershsare PDFelement app and start using, it make my work so easy and hassle free. The quick tools and translate options really help me on the ground level. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Wondershare PDFelement?

i personally like the interface of this app, it is user friendly. At the top of the screen it has quick tools which has so many options which let me edit pdf, convert pdf, ocr pdf, compress pdf. The Lumi AI assistant can help me in summarize and help in making the key points of my document. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Wondershare PDFelement?

The subscription plan for yearly and quarterly is not best in my view. it can be more less if its possible. The free trial period should be increase from 7 days to 15 days. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Wondershare PDFelement solving and how is that benefiting you?

With chat with AI feature it give me ideas and story telling techniques which is really helpful. It lets me easily edit text,convert files to different formats, and fill out forms. I can also use the e-signature which is really helpful during online form filling. The OCR feature is a best for scanned documents, making them editable. It saves my time and makes PDF tasks simple. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Wondershare PDFelement?

I have been using Wondershare PDFelement almost for 4 years and I can definitely say that it was well worth it for my money. And the best thing I like about it that it has very stable updates so over these 4 years, there has been no such update where I regretted updating it and unlike most softwares where the program becomes slow or buggy after a mojor update, wondershare has done a great job in this case. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Wondershare PDFelement?

I wouldn't say that I dislike it but when opening multiple pdfs in the pdfelement, it consumes was too much ram and cpu and once I saw it consuming 1.5 gb of ram out of 8 gb. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Wondershare PDFelement solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use it as my go-to pdf reader and though it is quite resource heavy, it is very fast and efficient and when opening any pdf, it opens rather quickly without any issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Wondershare PDFelement?

Having used a number of other PDF viewers and editors including PDF Expert I keep coming back to PDF Element as it is the most fully featured app out there. It is generally easy to use and when I have had a question the customer support is immediate and very helpful.

It is also excellent value. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Wondershare PDFelement?

Sometimes the amount of features can be overwhelming but a call to Customer Support solves any issue. There are a few minor niggles eg to Extract a PDF from a PDF document should be a right-click > Extract but there is an extra stage in its current implementation. But Wondershare are very happy to receive suggestions for future versions.

Upgrading from the annual contract can be a bit lengthy but again they apparently plan to make this simpler.

Overall there is very little to dislike and a lot to like. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Wondershare PDFelement solving and how is that benefiting you?

Correcting errors on PDF documenst used to mean asking the sender to produce and send another version , but with PDF Element I can make the corrections myself. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Wondershare PDFelement?

Friendly and effective layout, all useful features including editing, Create, Protect, Forms etc. Very useful is Convert between diffferent formats to and from PDF - a strongly needed feature. AI feature has a strong use on daily basis though it involves additional payment.

Have been using Android and IOS version and cloud and all work smoothly with cross working on different gadgets and same document.

Addition of cloud service to store the documents is a great help always.

All in all a full PDF software on all above system for regular use in all daily work. Updates are nice and regular and hope AI will become more affordable to use with time and get better and better Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Wondershare PDFelement?

Interface is very good but Right side panel showing AI features always opens by default and can't be hidden till you click on the arrow till you click every time.

Paymnet for AI use can be more affordable

Can slow down a bit if few conversions are used at a time . Hope to get a better speed with updates.

Protect not effective in removing many password which competitiors are easily able to do. Some work can be done on that Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Wondershare PDFelement solving and how is that benefiting you?

Helps to view and edit all the PDF documents, convert PDF to other formats including office documents and vice versa, Create new pdf documents from scrtach, crop and reorganise documents. Protect helps to deal with password protrcr though found not perfect.

PDF is one the commonest document format in use for sharing and ability to edit them so well is a big advantage including effective OCR features.

Many of my scientific papaers and books as a doctor are in PDF format and being able to extract images and text and use them for quotes, rearrange pages and even simply use the programme on Android or IOS (Ipad) for reading PDF materal is a great help with handy availability of editing tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Wondershare PDFelement?

I have used Wondershare PDFelement as my PDF editing software for my law practice for nearly 7 years. It has all of the practical features that I need to run my business every day without charging me a costly annual subscription. PDFelement gave me the ability to purchase a perpetual license for a reasonable cost, without sacrificing features or performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Wondershare PDFelement?

Currently, if you want to request e-signatures through PDFelement, you have to purchase a separate annual subscription to Wondershare's cloud service. I'm hoping that future versions of the PDFelement software will include e-signature requesting and processing without an extra charge (or for only a modest additional perpetual license fee). For now, I am using another company's product for requesting e-signatures that is more competitive on price. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Wondershare PDFelement solving and how is that benefiting you?

I need to generate and edit PDFs for litigation and arbitration purposes. I also need to create, and comment upon, PDF versions of legal documents and agreements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nick L.
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What do you like best about Wondershare PDFelement?

I really enjoy the tool's ability to convert PDFs into multiple formats such as Excel, Word and PowerPoint. Additonally, when working with a PDF, the edit tools are excellent. It is easy to use, installation via online download is quick and seamless and customer support is readily available, if required.

I use the software every day and it has, literally, saved me hundreds of hours by virtue of its capabilities when compared to the previous PDF program I used. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Wondershare PDFelement?

The only potential negative of the product is Wondershare's efforts to upsell users on the latest version of the software Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Wondershare PDFelement solving and how is that benefiting you?

PDF Element's ability to convert PDF documents (even scanned ones, when making use of the OCR functionality) can save an enormous amount of time when compared to manually capturing information from a PDF document and inputting it into, say, Excel.

The edit toolbar is also excellent and easy to use - with an image of your signature, you can quickly and easily electronically sign documents (preventing you from having to print and physically sign long paper agreements) and small edits to PDFs are quickly achieved with very little fuss.

Lastly, the tool's ability to create PDF documents from multiple files (like seperate JPEG images) is very useful and works quickly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Larry Y.
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What do you like best about Wondershare PDFelement?

I think each version has improved in terms of speed and reliability. Also the features to share, edit and combine PDF's have also improved where it's easier to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Wondershare PDFelement?

After opening each document, the AI help center opens up on the right and it's not needed for every document. So closing it requires an extra step which uses up time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Wondershare PDFelement solving and how is that benefiting you?

Combining multiple PDF's as well as inserting pages helps consolidate the PDF's into 1 file instead of multiple files helps save time and energy. The ability to lock the PDF with security so that it can't be printed also helps. Adding signatures and allowing for other people to sign the documents is another feature that I think should be expanded. The ability to edit PDF's also helps although it doesn't really save the file in a format where it's readable with other PDF programs which could be an issue for compatibility. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.