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PDFelement vs iLovePDF: Which is a better fit?

Updated on December 1st, 2024
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What's your intended use case?
Summary
Features in PDF Editor
11
17
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Image Editing
14
Best performer
17
  • Customizable Branding
  • Delete Pages
  • Rearrange Pages
User satisfaction
4.4
User reviews428
Ease of use
4.3
Functionality
4.3
Value for money
4.3
Customer support
4.1
4.7
User reviews1,637
Ease of use
4.8
Functionality
4.7
Value for money
4.6
Customer support
4.3
Price starts from
Yearly subscription
Free version
Free trial
Yearly subscription
Free version
Free trial
Best for

Education Information Technology and Services Real Estate Human Resources Legal Services Government Administration Financial Services Banking Accounting Construction Consumer Services

Businesses and individuals working with PDFs and confidential data: Legal Departments, Travel and Consulting agencies, Clerks, Healthcare, Banking and Public Officers.

User reviews
pros & cons
1 / 4
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1 / 4
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Video reviews
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Travis W
Marketing Manager
4.0

Speaker 1: Hi, I am Travis. I'm marketing manager for an air compressor company. The size is about 25 employees, and with one, to share PDFelement, I would give it about a four out of five on a scale. Before using PDFelement, I was using the free version of Adobe Acrobat, and it was working for some stuff, but I still needed more features, which Adobe blocks behind the paywall. So I switched to PDFelement, which was super affordable, and had all the features that I needed for the basic use case scenarios, and it did a really good job at doing all the basics really well. I chose PDFelement because of the job that it does at recognizing text in a PDF that wasn't really meant to be editable. So when you go into a PDF and you just want to edit some text, or even pull an image out, or replace an image, it was pretty easy to do that and makes those types of jobs really quick and easy. So to implement PDFelement it was pretty easy, straightforward, because I've already used Wondershare programs in the past. All I needed to do was log in, pay for the upgrade, and then just download the software and get into it, and it was pretty straightforward from there. If you're looking to get PDF element and implement it in your organization or just for individual use, I would recommend it. However, if you're using a lot of Adobe products, I probably would gear towards the Adobe Acrobat program, just because if you create something in the Adobe ecosystem, you're likely using Adobe fonts and then those are kind of difficult to convert over when you're using a different PDF editor. So it kind of depends on the ecosystem you're in. If you don't really use a lot of Adobe products outside of that, then I think PDFelement would be much more cost-effective and better overall.

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Joshua O
Infrastructure Engineer
5.0

Joshua: Hi, my name is Joshua and I work with Arrows. I'm rating iLovePDF 5 out of 5. I use iLovePDF because I get tired and frustrated using Microsoft Word, transferring and trying to edit different document and saving it in PDF. So iLovePDF is on the go, and that's much more easier for me to use. I chose iLovePDF because it's kind of mobile. You could use it on the app, you could use it on the laptop, on the desktop, on the mobile, on the go, on the plane. Anywhere it's accessible. And it's easy to use. That's why I chose iLovePDF. Getting to use iLovePDF is simple. Much more easier than I think. You don't need an excuse to learn about iLovePDF. Just go online, upload your file, decide what you want to do. You want to add dates, you want to delay it, you want to call it, you want to... All kind of it. It's easy to do. It's just one click away. I think you guys should try iLovePDF, because I've used it for quite a while now, say two, three years now. And I've continued to love iLovePDF because it's virtually simple to use and make much sense to me, probably. And it's free.

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PDFelement

11/17
  • Customizable Branding
  • Delete Pages
  • Forms Management
  • Rearrange Pages
  • Rotate Pages
  • Side-by-Side Comparison
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Annotations
  • Commenting/Notes
  • Convert to PDF
  • Electronic Signature
  • Full Text Search
  • Image Editing
  • Merge/Append Files
  • Optical Character Recognition
  • Text Editing
  • Watermarking
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iLovePDF

Top Features
14/17
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PDFelement

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iLovePDF

  • Best Value PDF Editor
    Software (2023)
  • Best Value PDF Editor
    Software (2022)
PDFelement
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
iLovePDF
Deployment
  • Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
  • Desktop - Mac
  • Desktop - Windows
  • Desktop - Linux
  • Desktop - Chromebook
  • On-Premise - Windows
  • On-Premise - Linux
  • Mobile - Android
  • Mobile - iPhone
  • Mobile - iPad
Support
  • Email/Help Desk
  • FAQs/Forum
  • Knowledge Base
  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat
Training
  • In Person
  • Live Online
  • Webinars
  • Documentation
  • Videos
PDFelement
  • By Wondershare
  • Located in Canada
  • Founded in 2003
iLovePDF
  • By ILOVEPDF
  • Located in Spain
  • Founded in 2010
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