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Adobe Acrobat Reader vs. Tungsten PaperPort

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Adobe Acrobat Reader

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AAcrobat Reader is a PDF viewer and converter, available as a free download from Adobe. Users can view, sign, collaborate on and annotate PDF files, or edit and convert PDFs into file formats like Excel and Word.N/A

    Tungsten PaperPort

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ATungsten PaperPort (formerly from Kofax and Nuance) is a document management software offering. It includes features such as desktop document management solution and allows you to manage and organize your documents in one solution.

    $99

    one-time fee per license

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    Adobe Acrobat ReaderTungsten PaperPort
    Editions & Modules
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    PaperPort Standard
    $99
    one-time fee per license
    PaperPort Professional
    $199
    one-time fee per license
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Adobe Acrobat ReaderTungsten PaperPort
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPerpetual license products, there are no subscription or maintenance fees. Buy once, own forever.
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    Community Pulse
    Adobe Acrobat ReaderTungsten PaperPort
    Considered Both Products
    Adobe
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    Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    69 Answers
    78%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    65 Answers
    71%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    71 Answers
    78%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    44 Answers
    75%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    96%
    Implementation went as expected
    47 Answers
    75%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    User Ratings
    Adobe Acrobat ReaderTungsten PaperPort
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (74 ratings)
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.2
    (2 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
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    User Testimonials
    Adobe Acrobat ReaderTungsten PaperPort
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Adobe
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    Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
    Kofax PaperPort is great for any office that has paper documents - seriously! We have set up multiple businesses to use Kofax PaperPort to cut down their storage of paper receipts, invoices, documents, etc by nearly 90%! Their office is much better organized and they have the ability to edit PDF Documents for a lot cheaper than buying Adobe Acrobat.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Adobe
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    Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
    • With Kofax PaperPort, documents can be merged, pages can be extracted from multiple documents and combined to make a new PDF document. It is an important feature as one needs to do it very often and more ubiquitous pdf readers like Adobe Acrobat Reader DC lacks functionalities like these.
    • Kofax PaperPort scans the documents and using it's OCR, converts these scans to searchable PDF documents so that these documents can be searched based on the text content in them.
    • Functionality to convert other formats to PDF and PDF to other formats. This is important as many times , we need to upload certain documents only in a specific format and conversion is required to and from PDF format.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Adobe
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    Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Adobe
    To be honest, I do not have any say in the renewal of Adobe Acrobat Reader DC. It is managed at an enterprise level, and the decision to renew or not renew is handled well above my pay grade as an external consultant.
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    Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
    PaperPort has a few quirks, but it is the only program of its kind that actually does what it claims to do. The power of it is so much more than they claim especially when it comes to trying to achieve a truly paperless office. With PDF editing built-in, it also saves considerable investment in other PDF editing programs.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Adobe
    Again, Adobe Creative Suite is widely used and backed by an industry leader, making the experience very familiar and common for anyone who has used a PDF and wants more features to interact with it. It also makes copy text a lot easier than just previewing the file.
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    Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
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    Implementation Rating
    Adobe
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    Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
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    Alternatives Considered
    Adobe
    We have reviewed DocuSign in comparison to [Adobe] Acrobat Reader [DC's] e-sign capabilities. We found that DocuSign has more robust options when creating contracts and consent capabilities. DocuSign's online UI is much more suited to this type of task as well. However, we decided to stick with [Adobe] Acrobat Reader DC because of the price (DocuSign is more expensive) and we felt we didn't need all of the bells and whistles for contract signature and consent.
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    Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
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    Return on Investment
    Adobe
    • It's available for free, so there is no excuse to not install
    • Contains features that you would normally have to pay for in competitor software, so it has a positive impact on ROI
    • Reduces the amount of printing
    • Decreases the amount of time spent on regulatory and governance documentation
    Incentivized
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    Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
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