Foxit PDF Reader vs. RAD PDF Comparison


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About Whether you're a consumer, business, government agency, or educational organization, you need to read, create, sign, and annotate (comment on) PDF documents and fill out PDF forms. Foxit PDF Reader is a small, lightning fast, and feature rich PDF viewer which allows you to create (free PDF creation), open, view, sign, and print any PDF file. Foxit Reader is built upon the industry's fastest and most accurate (high fidelity) PDF rendering engine, providing users with the best PDF viewing and printing experience. Available in English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. Sign documents in your own handwriting or utilize eSignature and verify the status of digital signatures. Be safe from vulnerabilities by utilizing Trust Manager/Safe Mode, ASLR & DEP, Disable JavaScript, and Security Warning Dialogs. Integrate with leading cloud storage services and popular enterprise CMS.		About Add a fully functional PDF editor to your ASP.NET website in minutes! Compatible with 99% of desktop & mobile browsers, from Internet Explorer 6 through the latest iOS Safari release, RAD PDF simply works. No plugins or other software needed. RAD PDF natively supports the most commonly used PDF features. Beyond a PDF reader, RAD PDF equips web applications with a browser-based PDF editor & PDF annotator. Features not even available in Adobe Acrobat Reader can be used to provide advanced PDF functionality. By enabling PDF form filling, PDF redaction, & PDF signing directly in the web browser, RAD PDF users can utilize PDF features without worrying about having the right platform or software installed! Allow your app to design new PDF forms, protect content, sign PDFs, & more using an intuitive graphical user interface (GUI). Client (JavaScript) and server APIs allow for endless possibilities .NET Core, Framework, & .NET 5+ supported Try editing any PDF with RAD PDF, FREE!
Platforms Supported Windows Supported Mac Supported Linux Supported Cloud Supported On-Premises Not Supported iPhone Not Supported iPad Not Supported Android Not Supported Chromebook Not Supported		Platforms Supported Windows Supported Mac Supported Linux Supported Cloud Supported On-Premises Supported iPhone Not Supported iPad Not Supported Android Not Supported Chromebook Not Supported
Audience Anyone that needs a flexible PDF reader		Audience Developers and anyone searching for a web based PDF viewer, editor, and form filler to control PDF content access
Support Phone Support Supported 24/7 Live Support Not Supported Online Supported		Support Phone Support Supported 24/7 Live Support Not Supported Online Supported
API Offers API Not Supported		API Offers API Supported
Screenshots and Videos View more images or videos		Screenshots and Videos View more images or videos
Pricing $8 per month Free Version Not Supported Free Trial Not Supported		Pricing $299 per developer RAD PDF is priced per developer or server machine Free Version Not Supported Free Trial Supported
Reviews/Ratings Overall 4.8 / 5 ease 5.0 / 5 features 4.8 / 5 design 4.4 / 5 support 4.5 / 5 Read all reviews		Reviews/Ratings Overall 5.0 / 5 ease 5.0 / 5 features 5.0 / 5 design 4.3 / 5 support 5.0 / 5 Read all reviews
Pros & Cons from Real Users Pros It is fast, accurate and does not try to get you to install Norton or McAfee every time it updates. Easy to personalize. Allows to edit PDF files Requires minimal system resources Multi Platform availability Available on smartphones Free version I love the ability to write on/in PDF forms whether they are forms or not. The ability to add digital signatures is a plus. Foxit reader also lets you redact documents or "cut" out pieces of the document to paste in other documents. The ability to resize comment text to match the existing format has helped us make corrections or changes to existing documents. It works well for filling in pdf forms and will even remember fields that are commonly used to speed filling time. Foxit is a very light and fast software. It's GUI is simple and very effective. It's easy to use. Some features include Annotations, Convert to PDF, Digital Signature, Encryption, and Watermarking. What I really liked was the possibility of opening multiple files in different tabs within the same window. View & edit multiple PDFs. Free version provides most of the features. Available across platforms. Lightweight - uses minimal resources. Cloud storage Integration. Cons Haven't been able to find any cons so far. Not one complaint. Needs a update in interface and a general smoothness. The system always prompts you to save to the "Foxit Cloud" and when you click "Save as" the cursor jumps to the bottom right of the screen. The major issue I've experienced with Foxit Reader on Linux is related to the Printing options. I wanted to change the default options for my printer (one-sided vs two-sided) but I couldn't find where to do that. All the settings that were set properly in CUPS were simply ignored by Foxit. After discussions with the support people, it appears that it is possible in the Windows and Mac version only but not in the Linux version. UI has become outdated. Problems with opening some large files.		Pros from Real Users Pros The best kind and fast service. in every inquiry I always receive a professional response. Great Tool! After evaluating several other replacements for our current PDF solution, RAD PDF is the best fit by a large margin. The architecture is a very close fit to our current solution and will require very little conversion. Support for signatures was a key feature we were looking for, and RAD PDF provides solid signature support.
Training Documentation Supported Webinars Not Supported Live Online Not Supported In Person Supported		Training Documentation Supported Webinars Not Supported Live Online Not Supported In Person Not Supported
Company Information Foxit Software Founded: 2001 United States www.foxit.com/pdf-reader/		Company Information Red Software Founded: 2007 United States www.radpdf.com
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Categories PDF Supported PDF Annotators Supported PDF Printers Supported PDF Readers Supported		Categories Document Generation Supported PDF Supported PDF Annotators Supported PDF APIs Supported PDF Editors Supported PDF Generators Supported PDF Readers Supported PDF Redaction Supported
PDF Features Annotations Supported Convert to PDF Supported Digital Signature Supported Encryption Supported Merge / Append Supported PDF Reader Supported Watermarking Supported		PDF Features Annotations Supported Convert to PDF Not Supported Digital Signature Supported Encryption Supported Merge / Append Supported PDF Reader Supported Watermarking Supported Show More Features Document Generation Features Batch Processing Supported Collaboration Supported Digital Signature Supported Interaction Tracking Supported Multiple Output Formats Supported Templates Supported PDF Editors Features Access Controls / Permissions Supported Annotations Supported Commenting / Notes Supported Compare Side-by-Side Not Supported Customizable Branding Supported Delete Pages Supported Electronic Signature Supported Forms Management Supported Full Text Search Supported Merge / Append Supported Offline Access Supported Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Not Supported Rearrange Pages Supported Rotate Pages Supported Watermarking Supported
Integrations ASP.NET Not Supported ASP.NET Core Not Supported Amazon EC2 Not Supported Azure App Service Not Supported Azure Virtual Machines Not Supported Google Chrome Not Supported Microsoft Edge Not Supported Microsoft IIS Not Supported Mozilla Firefox Not Supported NuGet Not Supported Opera Not Supported SQL Server Not Supported Safari Not Supported Show More Integrations		Integrations ASP.NET Supported ASP.NET Core Supported Amazon EC2 Supported Azure App Service Supported Azure Virtual Machines Supported Google Chrome Supported Microsoft Edge Supported Microsoft IIS Supported Mozilla Firefox Supported NuGet Supported Opera Supported SQL Server Supported Safari Supported Show More Integrations View All 13 Integrations
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