Easy to use, full-featured PDF editing software that is a reliable alternative to Adobe^® Acrobat^® and provides all PDF functions needed at a fraction of the cost. PDF Studio maintains full compatibility with the PDF Standard.

Why Choose PDF Studio?

Adobe® Acrobat® isn’t the only PDF software out there. See what makes PDF Studio different and why you should switch!

PDF Studio™ is an all-in-one and easy to use PDF editor that provides all PDF features needed (see features comparison with Acrobat) at one third the price of Adobe® Acrobat® and maintains full compatibility with the Adobe PDF Standards.

1/3 the price of Adobe Acrobat. Deploy to more users for same price.

Works on Windows, Mac, & Linux. Each user license can be used on 2 machines of any OS.

Fully compliant with the Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) Specifications

User friendly design makes PDF creation, markup, and editing easier

< 500 MB installed with all the features you need & no bloatware (compared to 4.5GB for Adobe Acrobat DC)

99% customer satisfaction rate & responsive customer service.

Testimonials

I just want to say how pleased I was to see how much substance you put into your software. I’m also impressed with your online user guide, as well as the multi-platform support. So much software is offered without a user guide, depending on a “knowledge base” to help people learn. Very inefficient… So, THANK YOU!

– John Thompson

I just purchased PDF Studio Pro for personal use after spending a couple of days extensively trailing a whole bunch of other similar software. I’m an architect and use Acrobat Pro at work on a daily basis but I have to say that your software absolutely blows it out of the water! I have also used Bluebeam PDF software extensively on my previous Windows machine and again PDF Studio outshines it and is in my opinion, much better value for money.

– Walter C., Architect

PDF Studio Pro runs seamlessly on my Mac and I’m finding the interface/menus intuitive, logical and extremely easy to use. From a functionality viewpoint your software does everything that Acrobat/Bluebeam does but is far simpler and much easier to navigate/operate – I’ve not found any limitations yet. As you probably gathered by now, I am extremely impressed, so thank you for a fine piece of software that is a joy to use.

– Walter Carniato

This program puts Acrobat to shame. Keep up the good work!

– Tim Aiken

PDF Studio Features

Below is a brief summary of features available in PDF Studio. For a complete list, see our grid comparison page.

Reviewing and Annotating

Highlight, cross-out, underline text
Add sticky notes, text boxes, pencil annotations
Add hyperlinks (URL, file, or email)
Attach files to a PDF document
Add shapes: circles, rectangles, lines, arrows, polygons, clouds
Add sound annotations, record audio into a PDF document
Add rubber stamps, predefined stamps or build your own
Precision measuring tools for distances, areas & perimeters
Annotation review statuses; ability to flatten annotations
Import and export in FDF/XFDF/XDP formats

Creating and Assembling Documents

Scan papers directly to PDF
Set document properties and initial view
Extract, insert, move, rotate & delete pages
Convert Microsoft Word, images and text files to PDF
Sophisticated bookmark / document outline creation
Apply headers, footers, watermarks or custom actions
OCR creates searchable documents on Windows, Mac, Linux
Create Imposition layouts Pro
Create documents by merging multiple files into a single PDF
Split by bookmarks, page range, text search

Working with PDF Forms

Fill in and save interactive PDF forms
Flatten interactive form fields
Support for JavaScript
Fill non-interactive forms with typewriter tool
Interactive form designer Pro
Import and export form data in FDF/XFDF/XDP formats

Editing Content Pro

Edit text content and properties Pro
Edit shapes and path objects Pro
Move, resize images Pro
Redact text, images and shapes Pro
Optimize PDFs to reduce file size Pro

Conversion and PDF Sub-Formats

Convert PDF to text, images (JPG, TIFF, GIF, PNG)
Convert images (JPG, TIFF, GIF, PNG) to PDFs
Convert Text, Microsoft Word and Excel files to PDF
Convert PDF to HTML5 / SVG Pro
Convert to Fast Web View (Linearize PDFs) Pro
Convert to PDF/A Pro
Preflight for PDF/X, PDF/A, PDF/UA Pro
Create accessible tagged PDF Pro

Advanced User Interface

Text Search
Loupe tool; Rulers and grid views
Touch mode for tablets & touch screens
Powerful tool chest to store recent & favorite markups
Third Party Integrations with Docusign & Document Services (Dropbox, Google Drive, One Drive)
Drag & drop pages to move them across documents
Easy navigation through thumbnail, bookmark & comment panes
Compare 2 PDFs side by side
Compare multiple PDFs using overlay Pro

Adding Security to PDF Documents

Secure documents with passwords
Encrypt with highest level of encryption
Set user permissions on PDF documents
Fast sign PDFs (type, draw, import signature)
Digitally sign PDF documents Pro
Manage digital ids and trusted certificates Pro

Batch Functions Pro

Work on multiple documents at once Pro
Batch form functions (Export, Flatten, Reset)Pro
Batch conversion functions (Imgs, Text, PDF/A)Pro
Batch annotation functions (Delete, Export, Flatten)Pro
Batch document functions (Set Initial View, Set Security)Pro
Batch page functions (Print, Crop, Delete, Apply Watermarks)Pro
Advanced functions (Merge, Split, OCR, Rasterize) & more…Pro

Feature comparison between PDF Studio Standard & PDF Studio Pro

	PDF Studio Standard	PDF Studio Pro
Operating Systems Supported	Windows, Mac, Linux, Unix	Windows, Mac, Linux, Unix
Computers per user license	2	2
Same license across OS	V	V
Create PDFs	Yes	Yes
Review and Annotate PDFs	Yes	Yes
Fill and save PDF forms	Yes	Yes
Interactive form field designer	No	Yes
Secure PDFs with passwords & permissions	Yes	Yes
Digitally sign PDFs	No	Yes
Combine and rearrange documents	Limited	Yes
Add watermarks, headers & footers	Yes	Yes
OCR (text recognition)	Yes	Yes
Edit PDF content	No	Yes
Redact permanently	No	Yes
Compare PDFs	No	Yes
Optimize PDFs	No	Yes
Batch process multiple PDFs	No	Yes
Precision measuring tools	Yes	Yes
Preflight and convert to PDF/A	No	Yes
PDF linearization (for fast web view)	No	Yes
Convert to HTML5/SVG	No	Yes
Annotation tool chest	Yes	Yes
Loupe, pan & zoom, rulers & grids	Yes	Yes
Advanced Imposition Tools	No	Yes
Adobe Compliant PDFs	Yes	Yes
Action Wizard	Yes	Yes
Session Manager	Yes	Yes
Autosave Document Recovery	Yes	Yes
Create PDF from blank page	Yes	Yes
Create PDFs from images	Yes	Yes
Create PDFs from MS Word & Excel Documents	Yes	Yes
Create PDFs from text documents	Yes	Yes
Scan to PDF	Yes	Yes
Optical Character Recognition	No	Yes
Combine multiple files into PDF	Limited	Yes
Convert PDFs to images	Yes	Yes
Convert to PDF/A	No	Yes
Convert to HTML5/SVG	No	Yes
Convert to MS Word	No	Yes
Extract text from PDF	Yes	Yes
PDF linearization (for fast web view)	No	Yes
Set document properties & initial view	Yes	Yes
Loupe, pan & zoom, snapshot	Yes	Yes
Easy navigation with thumbnails, bookmarks, etc...	Yes	Yes
Display rulers & grids	Yes	Yes
Alignment tools	Yes	Yes
Search text in multiple PDF documents using directory or recent files list	Yes	Yes
Touch mode	Yes	Yes
Output preview	No	Yes
Annotation tool chest (recent and saved annotations)	Yes	Yes
Spell check for annotations and form fields	Yes	Yes
Side by side PDF comparison	Yes	Yes
Overlay PDF comparison	no	Yes
Customizable toolbars	Yes	Yes
Drag & drop page manipulation, import, & export	Yes	Yes
Commenting tools: sticky notes, graphical annotations, audio comments, pencil tool, typewriter tool	Yes	Yes
Use Rich Text & System Fonts in Text Box, Callout, & Typewriter annotations (Bold, Italic, Underline, Crossout)	Yes	Yes
Support characters from any language	Yes	Yes
Text markups: highlights, underline, text replace, text insert, and strikethrough	Yes	Yes
Rubber stamps such as "Approved" & "Reviewed"	Yes	Yes
Dynamic rubber stamps	Yes	Yes
Assign annotations to layers	Yes	Yes
Insert hyperlinks	Yes	Yes
Precision measuring tools (distance, perimeter, area) with separate x & y values	Yes	Yes
Flatten annotations	Yes	Yes
Customizable default annotation properties/settings	Yes	Yes
Import/export annotations	Yes	Yes
Import/export custom stamps during computer transfer	Yes	Yes
Edit multiple annotations properties at once	Yes	Yes
View and search annotations in Comments Pane	Yes	Yes
Save favorite annotations in My Comments toolchest	Yes	Yes
Insert, delete, rotate, organize pages	Yes	Yes
Correct text in original PDF content (font, style, size, color)	No	Yes
Modify images in original PDF content (move, resize, delete, copy, paste, edit properties)	No	Yes
Embed file attachments	Yes	Yes
Add/edit bookmarks	Yes	Yes
Reduce/optimize PDFs	No	Yes
Add headers, footers, watermarks	Yes	Yes
Add bates numbering	Yes	Yes
Batch process multiple documents	No	Yes
Permanently redact sensitive data	No	Yes
Add/edit document JavaScript	Yes	Yes
Add/edit layers	No	Yes
Crop pages (crop box, bleed box, trim box, art box)	Yes	Yes
Resize Pages	No	Yes
Add/Edit Page Labels	no	Yes
Create fillable interactive PDF forms	No	Yes
Fill and save PDF forms	Yes	Yes
Create enhanced forms with JavaScript	No	Yes
Import/export form data	No	Yes
Flatten fields	Yes	Yes
Edit multiple field properties at once	Yes	Yes
Merge/assemble PDF forms	Yes	Yes
Secure PDFs with passwords & permissions	Yes	Yes
Digitally sign PDF documents	No	Yes
Certify PDF documents	No	Yes
Support for 128 & 256 AES bit encryption	Yes	Yes
Manage digital IDs and trusted certificates	Yes	Yes
Fast Sign (No Encryption)	Yes	Yes

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