PDF Architect

PDF Architect

pdfforge
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About

PDF Architect is a Windows-based PDF editor and document processing solution that supports the entire PDF lifecycle, including creation, text editing, file conversion, page management, OCR, form handling, security, and e-signatures. Designed for business environments, it offers an Admin Portal for centralized license and user management and integrates directly with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. For business and enterprise environments, PDF Architect offers centralized license management via an Admin Portal, where IT or operations teams can allocate seats, manage users, and control feature access across departments. It integrates with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), so employees can generate and edit PDFs from tools they already use daily. The solution scales from single-user workstations to multi-user rollouts, supported by volume licensing from about 10 seats upward.

About

Powerful PDF Editing On Your Mac. Add signatures, text, and images. Make changes and correct typos. OCR scanned docs. Fill out and create forms. Export to Microsoft® Word, Excel, PowerPoint. With PDFpenPro, you can add text and signatures, make corrections, OCR scanned docs and more, just like PDFpen. But PDFpenPro goes beyond, with more powerful features. Make a scanned form come alive with PDFpenPro! Build interactive forms with text fields, checkboxes, radio buttons, interactive signature fields and submit buttons! Export your PDFs not just in .docx format for the Microsoft® Word users in your life, but also .xlsx for Excel, .pptx for PowerPoint, and PDF/A for archival PDFs. Whether it’s a single Web page or a whole site, make it into a PDF complete with clickable links. Now you can edit your PDFs wherever you are. Use iCloud or Dropbox for seamless editing with PDFpen for iPad & iPhone.

Platforms Supported

Windows Supported
Mac Not Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Not Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Platforms Supported

Windows Not Supported
Mac Supported
Linux Not Supported
Cloud Not Supported
On-Premises Not Supported
iPhone Not Supported
iPad Not Supported
Android Not Supported
Chromebook Not Supported

Audience

IT teams, system administrators, and business departments evaluating PDF software for team or enterprise deployment on Windows.

Audience

Anyone who needs a powerful PDF editor for Mac

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

Support

Phone Support Not Supported
24/7 Live Support Not Supported
Online Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

API

Offers API Not Supported

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

€109.00 per year
PDF Architect is available in three plans to match your team's needs.

PDF Architect Free covers core PDF viewing and creation, including basic page management, at no cost. Users who need more can purchase a higher tier, which installs and runs alongside it.

PDF Architect Professional is built for business use, adding full editing, conversion, document security, review and commenting, fillable forms, OCR, and 50 eSignatures per year. €109 per user per year, with volume discounts from 10 licenses.

PDF Architect Business includes everything in Professional plus unlimited eSignatures per year, suited for teams with high-volume signing workflows. €169 per user per year, with volume discounts from 10 licenses.
Free Version Supported
Free Trial Not Supported

Pricing

$124.95 one-time fee
Free Version Not Supported
Free Trial Supported

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 3.7 / 5
ease 3.9 / 5
features 3.9 / 5
design 3.9 / 5
support 3.9 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 0.0 / 5
ease 0.0 / 5
features 0.0 / 5
design 0.0 / 5
support 0.0 / 5

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Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • With Acrobat I always felt like I was fighting with it for control of how I use it, finding what I want. Acrobat tries to steer me all the time to what it thinks I want to do, and then pay more for some extra thing I want to do. With PDF Architect everything is exactly where I would expect it to be on the screen, but most importantly I feel I am in total control of which tools I use and how I use them. It is so well designed! I especially love the easy to use mark up tools, completely flexible and intuitive. Additionally I had a need for help with renewing to a different level, and I got very prompt and totally customer centered help. Support has been great.
  • Prior to using this program I had used others on the market, I find this program is good and user friendly also the support is very good.
  • In general the program works fine and it is a user friendly program. It has extensive options. You can extend it with modules such as secure and sign, which now also has new features.
  • I use PDF Architect to add fields to my pdf's, so people can fill them in and send them back. And I can let people add there signature.
  • I like to work with program, the functions it has. It's easy to use and it works what I need.

Cons

  • Sorry, can't think of any. There have been occasional small bugs but they seem to be taken care of pretty quickly as they disappear in the next version.
  • Nothing negative to add. I find this program has a lot to offer if your are an extensive user.
  • Every year some functionalities suddenly become unavailable. Then we need to contact support to resolve the issue. This happens too often and not at the time of a contract extension.
  • I'm hoping for an upgrade that the program would detect a table and changes it into a form automatically in 1 action. Now I have to add each field by myself and that takes quite some time.
  • Well, the changes in licesing models always bring us - the users problems Everytime it happened. The support was impossible to find on the website. If I hadn't have previous e-mails i'd be stuck.

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

pdfforge
Founded: 2009
Germany
www.pdfforge.org/pdfarchitect/business

Company Information

Smile Software
Founded: 2003
United States
smilesoftware.com/pdfpenpro/

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Categories

PDF Supported
PDF Editors Supported

Categories

Digital Signature Supported
OCR Supported
PDF Supported
PDF Editors Supported

PDF Features

Annotations Supported
Convert to PDF Supported
Digital Signature Supported
Encryption Supported
Merge / Append Supported
PDF Reader Supported
Watermarking Supported

PDF Editors Features

Access Controls / Permissions Supported
Annotations Supported
Commenting / Notes Supported
Compare Side-by-Side Supported
Customizable Branding Not Supported
Delete Pages Supported
Electronic Signature Supported
Forms Management Supported
Full Text Search Supported
Merge / Append Supported
Offline Access Supported
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Supported
Rearrange Pages Supported
Rotate Pages Supported
Watermarking Supported

PDF Features

Annotations Supported
Convert to PDF Supported
Digital Signature Supported
Encryption Supported
Merge / Append Supported
PDF Reader Supported
Watermarking Supported

OCR Features

Batch Processing Supported
Convert to PDF Supported
ID Scanning Not Supported
Image Pre-processing Not Supported
Indexing Not Supported
Metadata Extraction Not Supported
Multi-Language Supported
Multiple Output Formats Not Supported
Text Editor Not Supported
Zone Selection Tool Not Supported

Integrations

Dropbox Supported
Evernote Supported
Google Drive Supported
Microsoft 365 Not Supported
Microsoft Excel Not Supported
Microsoft OneDrive Supported
Microsoft OneNote Supported
Microsoft Word Not Supported
iCloud Not Supported

Integrations

Dropbox Supported
Evernote Not Supported
Google Drive Not Supported
Microsoft 365 Supported
Microsoft Excel Supported
Microsoft OneDrive Not Supported
Microsoft OneNote Not Supported
Microsoft Word Supported
iCloud Supported
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