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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Tungsten Power PDF

    Score9.5 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    Tungsten Power PDF (formerly Kofax) is a solution to manage PDFs for businesses and individuals available with a one-time purchase with no subscription fees. It has a built-in eSignature integration with SignDoc and DocuSign for a complete end-to-end document…

    $129

    one-time fee per license

    Pricing
    Tungsten PaperPortTungsten Power PDF
    Editions & Modules
    PaperPort Standard
    $99
    one-time fee per license
    PaperPort Professional
    $199
    one-time fee per license
    Power PDF Standard
    $129
    one-time fee per license
    Power PDF for Mac
    $129
    one-time fee per license
    Power PDF Advanced
    $179
    one-time fee per license
    Power PDF Business
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    per year per seat
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Tungsten PaperPortTungsten Power PDF
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPerpetual license products, there are no subscription or maintenance fees. Buy once, own forever.Desktop licenses are buy once, own forever. No subscription fees. Business server licenses are term-based or perpetual with optional maintenance & support contract. Volume and upgrade discounts available.
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    Community Pulse
    Tungsten PaperPortTungsten Power PDF
    Considered Both Products
    Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
    Chose Tungsten PaperPort
    I've been using this for years, had many different versions of it, so I just kept upgrading and I didn't try any other software.
    Incentivized
    Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
    Chose Tungsten Power PDF
    I think it is much, much superior. One of the law offices I contract with uses Acrobat and the Legal Assistant I work with can't figure out how to remove metadata from her PDF's. I do it for her. Document signing using a digital signature or the hand signature that I've scanned …
    Incentivized
    Chose Tungsten Power PDF
    I have used a number of PDF products and have stuck with Power PDF as the best to date so far
    Incentivized
    Chose Tungsten Power PDF
    I tend to avoid annual subscriptions when possible.
    Incentivized
    Chose Tungsten Power PDF
    Nuance was recommended to me years ago and since then I have never tried any other PDF program. Besides Kofax, I use Microsoft Word. These two programs are all I need to run my business. They both have quality designs and professional-looking documents.
    Incentivized
    Chose Tungsten Power PDF
    I've tried some other products not listed in the drop-down but have always found Power PDF to be the best combination of value and functionality. At one point I tried the full Adobe Acrobat product but Power PDF is just as functional for all intents and purposes and it costs …
    Incentivized
    Chose Tungsten Power PDF
    Integration with PaperPort.
    Incentivized
    Chose Tungsten Power PDF
    As I said, I used Nuance PDF Converter, and this is an improvement.
    Incentivized
    Chose Tungsten Power PDF
    Kofax Power PDF (formerly Nuance) stands up well beside any PDF program out there. I do use and like Wonder Share PDF as well. Wonder Share is a good PDF program. Adobe is way to expensive so I do not use any of Adobe products. My default PDF program is Kofax Power PDF …
    Incentivized
    Chose Tungsten Power PDF
    Kofax definitely has a shorter learning curve which is greatly appreciated. I have little interest in spending hours on getting an important tool (the ability to edit and manipulate PDF files) operational.
    Incentivized
    Chose Tungsten Power PDF
    While the above reads as Reader I have used Acrobat 9, 10 and Acrobat Pro 11. I found Kofax Power PDF to be as good in most areas and better with more features in several areas like security, ease of use, cost, outright ownership versus subscription model for 11 Pro, and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Tungsten Power PDF
    I have found Power PDF a much more powerful program than the commonly available shareware PDF editors and readers and it is much more affordable than Adobe products and easier to use. I also enjoy that I do not have to constantly update the program to correct bugs and security …
    Incentivized
    Chose Tungsten Power PDF
    I was using other software applications from ScanSoft, TextBridge PaperPort, OmniPage, and Speech Recognition. When the need for a PDF utility arose, I compared the price of Adobe Acrobat to products offered by ScanSoft at the time. Colleagues did not like Adobe (cost was …
    Incentivized
    Chose Tungsten Power PDF
    I previously used Adobe Acrobat version 9, which is quite old and outdated now. Power PDF was cheaper than upgrading to the latest Acrobat and is just as functional. It is much easier to use than version 9 was. Adobe Reader is used by most of my colleagues but despite being …
    Incentivized
    Chose Tungsten Power PDF
    Power PDF is faster and a far better product than PaperPort. PaperPort crashes multiple times per day which is time-consuming and frustrating especially in the middle of an activity. If they can sort out PaperPort's glitches, it would be a fantastic program however, it appears …
    Incentivized
    Chose Tungsten Power PDF
    I think this is a better product than Adobe Acrobat given the cost savings and the features.
    Incentivized
    Chose Tungsten Power PDF
    I have been a past Acrobat user and high price points for equivalent functionality and the continual need to update drove me to what was then Nuance Power PDF and I have not looked back since. At the time, I started to use Power PDF, I also became a PaperPort user and found the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Tungsten Power PDF
    Generally it is much better. And certainly very much cheaper than some.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    78%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    97%
    Would buy again
    571 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    71%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    562 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    78%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    569 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    75%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    514 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    75%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    542 Answers
    Features
    Tungsten PaperPortTungsten Power PDF
    PDF Editors
    Comparison of PDF Editors features of Tungsten PaperPort and Tungsten Power PDF
    Feature
    Tungsten PaperPort
    -
    Ratings
    Tungsten Power PDF
    7.8
    15 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Edit Text and Images00 Ratings7.614 Ratings
    Merge or Split PDFs00 Ratings8.815 Ratings
    Add Annotations00 Ratings7.814 Ratings
    Text Recognition (OCR)00 Ratings6.512 Ratings
    Page Management00 Ratings8.115 Ratings
    Form Creation and Editing00 Ratings6.511 Ratings
    Secure PDFs00 Ratings7.911 Ratings
    Convert to Different Formats00 Ratings8.314 Ratings
    Comment and Review Tools00 Ratings8.113 Ratings
    Undo and Redo Actions00 Ratings8.114 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Tungsten PaperPortTungsten Power PDF
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    8.7
    (587 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (111 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.8
    (46 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (13 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (13 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.5
    (428 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    3.6
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (33 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (9 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (10 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (12 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (7 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (7 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Tungsten PaperPortTungsten Power PDF
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
    GREAT for combining documents into a single PDF. Great for working with a PDF. Not so great converting PDF to Word format. Would like to see more effort put into that development. Would like to see more effective testing of updates prior to pushing them out as well. Otherwise it is awesome.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    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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    Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
    • Typewriter functionality is great, although can take some time to load. This allows you to fill in text wherever applicable without turning the rest of the pdf into editable text.
    • Fast load times
    • Has autogenerated text feature so anything in the pdf can become editable
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
    • It should have a back button, so if you go from one folder to the next, it would be simple to get back to the first folder.
    • When you combine two PDFs, it should retain the title of the one that's on top.
    • The send to bar should be easier to change.
    Incentivized
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    Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
    • I find that quickly editing text within a document or adding a line of text is clunky and can snowball into things popping out of place. I prefer to export text, and then work on it elsewhere.
    • Sometimes it seems that text recognition is trying too hard and throws me paper punches as "O"s and wrinkles as shapes, so I have to get rid of those artifacts.
    • The "Update Available" popup which is usually not an actual update announcement but rather an offer to sell me something is annoying.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
    Tungsten Power PDF is easy to use, the staff all like it, and there are no issues with it on any level. It is a more cost-effective solution to our PDF needs than other products currently available on the market. This product works as intended and it fits our business needs perfectly.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
    For us, it's only focusing processes that we're already doing... creating folders, placing scanned files into those folders, then searching for and opening up those files later, as needed. It just helps us view everything in one place - very convenient. Further, being able to drag non-native files to their corresponding source app for editing (Word, Excel, etc) is pretty nice.
    Incentivized
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    Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
    It is fast and easy to get the hang of. It really didn't take a lot of effort to learn how to use this program and I appreciated that it was pretty "plug and play" and there wasn't a long learning curve.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
    No answers on this topic
    Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
    Other that a PDF partially disappearing if left up for a long period of time - no issues. (If you close it and reopen it, it is all there. We have some PDFs that are 400-600 pages long.)
    Incentivized
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    Performance
    Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
    No answers on this topic
    Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
    Pages nearly always load at the expected rapid speed. Some documents that print quickly from Adobe Reader print much more slowly from Power PDF. I have never generated a report - that's a feature I didn't know existed until now and do not know what it's for
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
    No answers on this topic
    Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
    I have used it for 15 years and have only needed support once: a simple update that allowed me to use the software as intended. The support team was attentive and responsive, and I was on my way very quickly.
    Incentivized
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    In-Person Training
    Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
    No answers on this topic
    Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
    I got an overview of the product from my predecessor who was about to retire from the job I now hold. He did not go into very many of the features and probably only knew about the ones he used most frequently.
    Incentivized
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    Online Training
    Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
    No answers on this topic
    Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
    We watched the training videos and tested out the features and functionality side by side. Some features are not used on a regular basis is it is convenient to go back and review training on that particular functionality when needed.
    Incentivized
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    Implementation Rating
    Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
    No answers on this topic
    Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
    Easy and quick, with no problems or support needed. Worked as intended right out of the box. E-signing was the only area that implementation was dificult and required support
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
    I was ecstatic to see someone moving PaperPort away from Nuance (Those in my circle of friends refer to them as Nuisance). The lack of customer involvement by Nuance made finding answers to things that sometimes irritate a user to being downright frustrating. Maybe the purchase of Nuance by Microsoft will allow the company to focus more on the customer.
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    Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
    There is nothing to compare it to. Tungsten Power PDF is by far an easier and more efficient option. The one advantage of CutePDF is the functionality of overlay and underlay with headers and footers. The other functions in Tungsten Power PDF are much easier to use. Pricing is also an attractive option.
    Incentivized
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    Scalability
    Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
    No answers on this topic
    Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
    Not really familiar since I'm the only person who uses it. But in the past it has been my understanding that Power PDF was offered only on a single-license basis, so it's been expensive for me to use it at home and at work because I had to pay for it on my own. In my current position management supports it so I at least only have to pay for it once.
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
    • Simple focus on organization of files
    • Efficient later, when searching for files
    • Convenient throughout the office, as we're all accessing a shared data store
    Incentivized
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    Tungsten Automation (formerly Kofax)
    • Although it was expensive to get the program (just under $200), I found that it was nice that there was only that one time charge. If there were updating or annual fees, I think that would be a deal breaker. Thankfully there isn't, though!
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Tungsten Power PDF Screenshots

    Screenshot of the PDF Create Assistant, which can be used to create multiple PDFs at the same time from a variety of source formats. Create individual PDFs, or combine into one PDF package.Screenshot of PDF Profiles that can be created to apply commonly desired settings to new PDF documents created in Power PDF.Screenshot of the application's color, changed from purple to blue, light gray or dark gray.Screenshot of some lightweight document automation that can also be achieved with the Watched Folder and Sequence features.Screenshot of where packages can be signed with pre built templates using Kofax Sign Doc or other integrating e-signersScreenshot of PDFs that can be navigated with a thumbnail view