PDF Candy

PDF Candy

Icecream Apps
Pdftools

Pdftools

PDF Tools
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About

PDF Candy provides users all over the world with absolutely free online and offline tools for working with PDF files (converting, splitting, merging, rotating, etc ). PDF Candy is created by Icecream Apps team, which means proven reliability and high quality for processing PDF files. We used our offline software's best functionality to create this unique toolset to provide you with the best experience currently available online. All services are provided at no cost and are ads-free. All tools are very easy to use. You can always upload files from Dropbox, Google Drive or simply by drag and dropping them. Each tool can be added to 'Favorites' for faster access from the index page of the PDF Candy website.

About

Whether you have thousands of documents or millions, Pdftools has the products and services to help make processing a breeze. Designed for document-heavy industries, Pdftools’ suite of SDKs and APIs are here to make your document workflows easier, faster, and stress-free. Built on SDKs and APIs, the Pdftools products integrate seamlessly into your existing (or new) systems and applications. Process thousands of documents every minute. Our tools are precision-engineered to be efficient and run at blazing speeds. We’re engineers at heart, so we’re only satisfied with the most reliable, orderly, and usable, and well-documented platforms. Shrink file sizes down, but keep the quality and interactivity. Your documents will always be compliant for long-term archiving. We’ve obsessed over every detail in our products, and documented everything so it’s easy to get started.

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Audience

Anyone who needs free but effective online PDF tools

Audience

Professionals and anyone in need of a solution to resize, compress, and optimize their PDF files

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

API

Offers API

API

Offers API

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

No information available.
Free Version
Free Trial

Pricing

$0/month/user
Free SDK version available
Free Version
Free Trial

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 1.0 / 5
ease 2.0 / 5
features 1.6 / 5
design 2.1 / 5
support 1.0 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 5.0 / 5
ease 4.9 / 5
features 4.8 / 5
design 4.7 / 5
support 5.0 / 5

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • Advertised as a really good pdf editor. The few times I used it, I enjoyed it. It does what the acrobat editor does at a much lower cost.
  • NONE. This system did not do what I purchased it for.=
  • N/A.
  • The graphics look and sound user friendly. The upside in my experience is that I now know I can convert a word to PDF without any additional programs by using Microsoft print to PDF.
  • It could make PDFs from images, although the customization was limited and the PDF I made turned out to be uneditable even with their own software.

Cons

  • Paid 99 dollars for the lifetime use of the pdf editor. It was a rip off. I used it for about a month and then they told me I had used it on a second device. That was not true. So the bottom line is I used the 99 dollar product 2-3 times, and that was all I could use it for. Bad purchase. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is too good to be true.
  • The Flattening option didn't work AT ALL, so I immediately tried to cancel and these people WILL NOT REFUND MY MONEY. This company is trying to force me to send them my personal laptop information and I absolutely REFUSE. DO NOT BUY FROM THIS COMPANY!!! BUY SEDJA INSTEAD.
  • Difficult user interface, couldn't merge files from a right click on the desktop.
  • It only looks and sounds user friendly. In actually it's worthless to me. I need to be able to convert a word doc to a JPG . First I tried converting to PDF and then used PDF to JPG. The conversions were not the same as the original. The tech support told me it was because I used the draw app. I did not use the draw app. Support said, in order to convert a word to pdf, I had to first use Microsoft print to PDF and then to use their PDF to PNG. What good is a PNG when there is no PNG to JPG option? In Adobe I could actually edit a PDF page i.e. remove text. It appears that is not a function of PDF Candy. If it is there, it's not an obvious method.
  • Expensive, missing the features it used to advertise the purchase to me, breaks when a file is too large despite every page saying that there are no limits on the desktop version. Sent a two sentence form letter and then did not follow up when I reported errors.

Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • Managing pdf in an application doc workflow is often complex. You need a library where you can deliver the same tools as a user has on Adobe. Pdftools does this better than the key player in PDFs, which is crucial for my users.
  • Our product specialises on making it easy for our clients to convert a lot of file formats to PDF (eg. image, HTML, signatures). We introduced the Pdftools SDK about 2 years ago and since then, Pdftools is a valuable partner for us, hence this review.
  • PDF Tools has a good product and team. It just works and has been doing that for the past year for me.
  • Quick PDF libraries and easy to setup. Using the sign and secure functionality. Works well in Javascript and as shell tool.
  • Their SDK covers everything from text extraction to PDF manipulation. It's quick, even with bulky files, and the support documentation is great.

Cons

  • C'est très bon. Voila. What else can I say? From a technical point of view, there is nothing to mention as a con.
  • Nothing to complain about at the moment. It was easy to integrate into our projects and has been reliable for all this time.
  • I haven't encountered any yet. It's a proprietary SDK so you need to have some money available, but the price isn't insane compared to others.
  • Nothing yet - it is pretty much what I expected and a good solution overall.
  • There's a bit to climb in terms of the learning curve, given its rich features.

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Company Information

Icecream Apps
pdfcandy.com

Company Information

PDF Tools
Founded: 2002
Switzerland
www.pdf-tools.com

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Categories

Categories

PDF Editors Features

Access Controls / Permissions
Annotations
Commenting / Notes
Compare Side-by-Side
Customizable Branding
Delete Pages
Electronic Signature
Forms Management
Full Text Search
Merge / Append
Offline Access
Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
Rearrange Pages
Rotate Pages
Watermarking

PDF Features

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

Integrations

.NET
C
C#
C++
Docker
Java
Maven
NuGet
Python
Windows Server
npm

Integrations

.NET
C
C#
C++
Docker
Java
Maven
NuGet
Python
Windows Server
npm
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