# Nitro PDF Reviews 2026. Verified Reviews, Pros & Cons | Capterra > Is Nitro PDF the right PDF solution for you? Explore 570 verified user reviews from people in industries like yours to make a confident choice. Source: https://www.capterra.com/p/167449/Nitro/reviews --- Nitro PDF 4.5 (570) [View alternatives](https://www.capterra.com/p/167449/Nitro/alternatives/) Provider data verified by our Software Research team, and reviews moderated by our Reviews Verification team. [Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Reviews of Nitro PDF Ease of use 4.5 Customer Service 4.1 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews AM Antonia Bolena M EngineerCivil Engineering, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “It has all the tools I need for creating, editing, and converting PDFs, and it works quickly, even with large files.“ November 19, 2024 NP Nick P CEOReal Estate, Self-employedUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “page rotation – lacks option to rotate <> all pages or <> pages X – Y when trying to select a file from the “previous” drop-down list the system frequently (always) delivers to other files or folders“ May 12, 2025 AR Anthony R finance and international businessFood & Beverages, 201 - 500 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “This tool is all I need to be able to better manage my pdf files, being able to edit, convert and merge them very quickly.“ November 6, 2024 CO Colin O editorPublishing, Self-employedUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Steer clear of this company, support is useless and the website just sends you round and round in everlasting circles, passing the buck from one company to another and back again.“ February 13, 2026 Patricia M Administrative DirectorHuman Resources, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “It is great value for money and I can electronically sign my urgent documents“ January 25, 2026 NM Nancy M AdministratorConstruction, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “One of our licenses will not work correctly on one of our Windows 10 machines (i.e. the bosses computer) and there's simply no way to get assistance from the company.“ May 15, 2024 DS Darren S Product OwnerComputer Software, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “It is easy to use and does everything well- merge, conversion, OCR, e-signatures etc, at a much cheaper price.“ March 24, 2026 AV Alexander V Quality Intervention SpecialistHospital & Health Care, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “I would say the used interface (UI) is very clunky at times , if I don't use it in a while it's very easy to get lost or forget where a tool or control is“ May 16, 2025 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 570 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Youness D. Seaman Writing and Editing Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "There's no problem with the title; it's a good name." January 24, 2026 4.0 “I've been working with Nitro PDF for two years and I really like it.and I enjoy working with your company Pros I like Nitro PDF because it is comprehensive: merging, converting files to multiple formats, creating documents, it has everything you need. Cons There is only one problem when you could contact support.and everything else is fine and I would like to correct this problem. Review Source RM Renee M. Paralegal Law Practice Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Nitro PDF is a Great Program and Very Comparable to Adobe" February 19, 2026 5.0 Overall, I find that working in Nitro PDF is user friendly and assists in work efficiency. The E-signature request feature helps facilitate a smoother workflow by allowing users to send requests for electronic signatures directly from the document. Pros I really enjoy the comprehensive features that assist with work efficiency and integration with Microsoft programs. I love the digital signature and document modification features the most. Cons I really wish that Nitro PDF would have a simpler and more efficient way of moving pages in large documents. I also think that the text box editing feature could use improvement to help in ease of formatting. Switched from [Adobe Premiere Pro](https://www.capterra.com/p/233456/Adobe-Premiere-Pro/) My previous employer had Adobe Pro. My new employer uses Nitro PDF. Review Source CO Colin O. editor Publishing Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Good software but avoid the company." February 13, 2026 2.0 Steer clear of this company, support is useless and the website just sends you round and round in everlasting circles, passing the buck from one company to another and back again. Pros It works well and fulfilled all my needs for many years., but when I needed to transfer the licence from one laptop to another things fell apart. Cons Incorrect information from support, quick to take money for a licence impossible to get it back when they fail to provide the software. Switched from [Adobe Acrobat Reader](https://www.capterra.com/p/170833/Acrobat-Reader-DC/) NitroPro was better, cheaper, and in those days support was very good. Review Source NP Nick P. CEO Real Estate Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Terrific BUT tweaking suggested NO requested" May 12, 2025 4.0 Good product easy download easy use – everything – except cons above above Pros Good product easy download easy use – everything – except cons below Cons Overall ✓ however a couple of bugs that drive me nutz (1) I’d rather a one-off purchase – like it used to be – rather than monthly/annual payments (2) page rotation – lacks option to rotate <> all pages or <> pages X – Y (3) when trying to select a file from the “previous” drop-down list the system frequently (always) delivers to other files or folders (4) I’d like the “printer ID” to be much more visible (to avoid clicking on Adobe PDF) thanks Nick Penny Oztralia (down under – shrimps – barbie) \[sensitive content hidden\] Switched from [Adobe Acrobat Reader](https://www.capterra.com/p/170833/Acrobat-Reader-DC/) Thought Adobe was $expensive & Nitro • easier to use thus • more productive for me – and I was right Review Source AY Aaron Y. Director of IT Facilities Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Many Adobe features at a fraction of the price." April 17, 2025 4.0 When we switched from Adobe, the majority of users were happy with what Nitro can do. The layout and options were laid out very similarly to Adobe so there wasn't even much of a learning curve to the change for our teams. The majority of people had no issues and adopted it immediately while a few others with specific workflows needed some extra support. Pros It is a much cheaper option to Adobe Acrobat and performs very well in comparison. We are able to put our resources to more places by saving money with a product that can do the same job. Cons It is not always a 100% match for what Adobe can do depending on what features you need, so there are some times when we need to reach outside of the product to find a solution. This is only for niche circumstances though. Alternatives considered [Foxit PDF Reader](https://www.capterra.com/p/175376/ConnectedPDF/)[SwifDoo PDF](https://www.capterra.com/p/239715/SwifDoo-PDF/) Reason for choosing Nitro PDF They had the best feature set at the best price. Switched from [Adobe Acrobat](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/) The price of adobe per month was vastly higher than a perptual Nitro license. Review Source PZ Pierre Z. Finance Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Great value for money alternative " December 13, 2025 5.0 Very good alternative to adobe. It has all the most used features you can look for. Aggregate reports, edit and also redacting are easy to do Pros cloud based product. Very intuitive and easy to use. Great features overall and extremely good alternative to adobe Cons No real deficiencies. As mentioned above it’s an overall great product and value for money. Worth a try Switched from [Adobe Acrobat Reader](https://www.capterra.com/p/170833/Acrobat-Reader-DC/) Easier to use, more economical. Switch was then logical step to do Review Source NE NAthan E. System adminstrator Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Nitro PDF!" October 8, 2025 5.0 Pros Cost and ease of setup, Allows us to give certain staff a product to edit documents and perform other PDF functions Cons Not much i don't like, it is affordable and functions properly as a pdf tool. only thing might be with product licenses when we move them to other staff we have to remove it from the other Switched from [Adobe Acrobat](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/) Cost, Nitro PDF has a perpertual licensing so it lowers Review Source FL Fernando L. Managing Partner Law Practice Used the software for: 2+ years ### "It just works!" November 17, 2024 5.0 I was first introduced to Nitro Pro at a previous employer and loved how it was being used. I then bought a license for my own personal use and now I use it for my law practice. I have had very few issues with the program and I love its versatility in providing useful tools to the legal field. Pros What I like most about Nitro Pro is the array of tools it provides for legal professionals Cons What I like least about Nitro Pro is that some of the features to reduce the size of a file actually enlarge the file size of a document. Switched from [Adobe Acrobat Reader](https://www.capterra.com/p/170833/Acrobat-Reader-DC/) Previous employer used Nitro Pro and I just liked using it better for its features that help legal professionals Review Source SD Suzanne D. Systems Administrator Aviation & Aerospace Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Cheaper cost PDF solution" November 21, 2024 5.0 I need this ability a lot for documentation. The integration into other apps is available so it saves some time. Pros It does everything you would need for a PDF file for less cost Cons Sometimes it gets slow so the cache needs deleted Switched from [Adobe Acrobat Reader](https://www.capterra.com/p/170833/Acrobat-Reader-DC/) The cost of Adobe vs Nitro was a factor, and it does all that we need it to do. Review Source DS Darren S. Product Owner Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Nitro PDF is a great alternative to Adobe Acrobat." March 24, 2026 4.0 Nitro PDF is a great alternative to Adobe Acrobat. It is easy to use and does everything well- merge, conversion, OCR, e-signatures etc, at a much cheaper price. Pros Nitro PDF is easy to use, with a great UI. It has all the features you need, and it is cheaper Adobe Acrobat. Nitro has excellent conversion and merge facilities. Cons Lacks the advanced features of Adobe Acrobat Pro. Sometimes OCR can be inconsistent, but otherwise everything works. Switched from [Adobe Acrobat](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/) Price. Nitro PDF was substantially cheaper. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer prepress printing manager Printing Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Reliable PDF Tool" June 21, 2023 5.0 I am really not happy about the price (Total\\Annual)-the full package of features maybe-but it flies away from regular users. Reconsidering compatibility with most Windows resources. Pros While using the software I found a number of features more than other PDF tools, allowing me to upload images in different formats, merge data to other formats found easy like Excel, and convert to PDF files in not easier before in other software. Nitro is a great tool with an all-in-one package. OCR Scanner is an advantage. Easy to combine, split or edit any PDF Files. Cons When handling a big file size or after using the software for a time shows a bug hanging and crashes the durability of the software in the pro version. To have a mobile App with complete features would be nice. The UI needs to be redesigned to be more flexible with a large document view (check Zooming). Switched from [Adobe Acrobat Reader](https://www.capterra.com/p/170833/Acrobat-Reader-DC/) I only Try most of the software when I can, when needed. Review Source AS Alejandra S. Student Higher Education Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Nitro is a very good tool for create and edit PDF" April 22, 2023 5.0 Excellent! Nitro is a so powerful and so versatile PDF editor and reader with many useful tools and features Pros Nitro is easy to use and has extensive tools and functionalities for PDF editing and management with a wide range of tools for editing, merging, splitting, or converting PDFs, Nitro can be a digital notebook since it also has tools such as highlighting, striking through, adding comments, adding forms, adding images, signatures, and stamps, etc. Also has cloud integration and you can collaborate with other people (with access) in the documents. Cons Sometimes (although it also depends on the computer's computing power) Nitro tends to lag or close on its own, losing the work that has been done. Also, the interface can be a bit confusing, causing some utilities to be in unexpected menus. Switched from [Adobe Acrobat Reader](https://www.capterra.com/p/170833/Acrobat-Reader-DC/)[iLovePDF](https://www.capterra.com/p/173963/iLovePDF/)[Adobe Acrobat](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/) I find Adobe Reader a bit complicated to use and it doesn't include the amount of features that Nitro offers. I switched to Nitro once I had tried it and I honestly prefer it. On the other hand, ILovePDF's functionalities are limited. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Chief Experience Officer Outsourcing/Offshoring Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "The best alternative to Adobe Acrobat" September 1, 2021 5.0 Nitro Pro is perfect for working with PDF files. The price is great! The OCR functionality needs improvement Pros Nitro Pro offers the best set of tools to manage and work with PDF files. I love the ease to use, and the cost is excellent! Cons I would love them to add the feature to detect fields when creating forms automatically. Switched from [Soda PDF](https://www.capterra.com/p/226942/SODA-PDF/)[Adobe Acrobat](https://www.capterra.com/p/251329/Adobe-Acrobat-DC/) Soda PDF's customer service is not good. When I purchased a new computer and needed help with installing the product on my new computer, no response. The cost of Adobe Acrobat led me to a search for an alternative product. Review Source cS chandra S. electrical designer Construction Used the software for: 2+ years ### "best for PDF viewer" April 1, 2022 4.0 overall its good for a pdf viewer. Pros easy to view the pdf and zoom in zoom out selecting text copy and paste number of options are available for pdf viewing. Cons lack of number of editing options and simultaneous work is also missing. extracting options to different format s are missing. Switched from [Adobe Acrobat Reader](https://www.capterra.com/p/170833/Acrobat-Reader-DC/) several options are missing in the adobe reader. Review Source LL Linda L. Lead Administrative Assistant Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Nitro Exceeds Expectations" June 28, 2023 5.0 As a new user, my overall experience exceeded my expectations. I am no longer intimidated. Kudos for making a product that enhances productivity and security at the same time. Nitro makes document management so much easier. Pros What I like most about Nitro is that it has features that make document management easier. I was used to a limited use program and Nitro provided greater opportunity to explore how PDF can be used. I especially like having the ability to create, combine and revise documents with ease. Makes organizing a breeze. Cons I am a new user to Nitro Pro but I would like to see the ability to convert PDF documents to Word quicker. At first I was intimidated to utilize the features because there were so many but once I began to utilize the features, I found the possibilities to be endless. Switched from [Adobe Acrobat Reader](https://www.capterra.com/p/170833/Acrobat-Reader-DC/) Adobe Acrobat Reader was limited and outdated. We needed something that had advanced technology. Because we are virtually paperless, Nitro fit out profile. Review Source DG Donna G. owner Management Consulting Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Full featured, and available in a desktop version " August 26, 2020 4.0 I use this program when downloading reports, pages, etc. and then taking key parts out to use in customized reports for my clients. Also use to combine materials in several formats (jpeg, docx, xlsx, etc) into one document, or create PDFs from word docs that I don't want easily edited. Pros I am on my 4th version of Nitro since first purchasing it 8+ years ago as a cheaper alternative to Adobe Acrobat. I like the edit ability, ease of printing and creating PDF's and the ability to highlight text or insert comments into documents. Past versions had more tech issues, but whenever I have contacted support, they responded quickly and got the issues resolved. I like that it's not cloud-based, my preference is to purchase a software product and own it on my desktop, vs paying fees into infinity. I have not used some of the advanced features like OCR but works very well for being able to snapshot, add text or copy text. Cons The highlight feature is only in one color, and have to remember to turn off highlighting before switching to selecting text for copying or screenshots. The add text feature interface is a little clunky, it's hard to edit that text once you've typed it, sometimes easier to just delete and start over. Print to PDF not currently working with some sites in Firefox, so have resorted to using Microsoft Print to PDF free version and then having to go back and open from Nitro directly. Switched from [Adobe Acrobat Reader](https://www.capterra.com/p/170833/Acrobat-Reader-DC/) Wanted a more full featured PDF program at a reasonable cost Review Source SH Stefanie H. Analyst Insurance Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Nitro Pro For Document Editting" September 24, 2024 5.0 I use Nitro Pro daily. Is handy for entering information easily prior to saving as a pdf. Pros Nitro Pro is great for entering information/deleting information/amending information Cons Nitro Pro's fields on certain documents are too small for what has to be entered. Review Source JT Jerry T. Lawyer Law Practice Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Impossible to install" September 1, 2024 5.0 Pros I liked PDF editing. Wonderful. Program excellent. Cons Unable to install it after purchasing two licenses. Review Source JR Jennifer R. Billing Financial Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Love me some Nitro PDF" June 17, 2024 5.0 Love Nitro - if you need PDF or editing or signatures this is the program for you Pros I love its ease of functions , I love how easy it is to maneuver through . It’s easy to create a PDF and it’s easy to edit if needed Cons Price - only thing I would complain about is price . BUT you get what you pay for so it’s well worth it Review Source CS Craig S. Admin Computer Networking Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "The best out there?" June 17, 2024 5.0 Pros If you're looking at Adobe PDF, the recurring costs get expensive. I feel Nitro is just as good and less costly. I even find some editing much simpler. Cons Sometimes editing text from another person's document takes some extra formatting. But I still feel the product is worthy. Review Source RC Racey C. IT Manager Used the software for: 2+ years ### "NitroPDF > Adobe Acrobat" February 6, 2018 4.0 Not paying Adobe their absurd licensing costs. Pros For the absurd cost I can't see why anyone would use Acrobat over Nitro PDF. Nitro PDF costs well less than half of what an Acrobat Pro license costs, and there is no super amazing functionality Acrobat has that Nitro doesn't that would justify spending your money with Adobe. Nitro is more than sufficient, and even their free PDF reader has more functionality than Adobe's to boot. Additionally, at least from a corporate perspective, every time I ever contact Nitro for something like a licensing quote, a question, or even for technical support (essentially never needed) they were always ultra responsive and professional. I think about an hour or so is the longest they have ever taken to get back to me and I've been doing business with them for five years at this point. Cons The only con is a fairly minor one, is a bit of a technical issue, and the only reason I gave overall quality four stars. Sometimes when closing a PDF the Nitro process will get hung. The next time you attempt to open a PDF, nothing will happen. You won't get an error or anything, but you'll double click the file and simply (seemingly) nothing happens. Well, in actuality another instance of the Nitro process launches, but the user visually sees nothing. If you run into this and go look at running processes you'll see an instance of the Nitro process running for every time you tried to open a PDF after it got hung up. The fix is to either manually kill all the processes or just have the user log out and log back in (which does the same thing). No need to restart the machine or anything, just need to kill those processes one way or another. Having said that, I will tell you that I have run Nitro in my environment for more than 100 users for the last five+ years and would see someone have this problem maybe once a month. If you do the math on the number of PDFs being opened and worked on every day you would end up with an error rate of something absurd like .00001. Only an IT administrator or helpdesk tech would ever even be aware of such an issue and a home user will likely never run into this. It's also possible that they've corrected this is the most current version, I'm still using 9 Pro (had this issue in v8 also, current is v11 Pro). Review Source Mark Anthony S. Freelancer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Organized, combined, convert your PDF files with Nitro" August 8, 2022 5.0 I used to work on my pdf files with Adobe Acrobat Reader before however, things changed when I discovered Nitro PDF. It's very easy to use, user-friendly interface and is very suitable for small businesses. Meanwhile, Pro Edition has a lot to offer especially for big businesses which totally worth the investment. I really love using it, and I would continue to use it and recommend it to my friends. Pros Nitro PDF is really good in terms of viewing, editing, merging, splitting, converting, reducing file size, deleting unwanted pages, and adding signatures to your PDF documents which means that you don't need to use third-party or external applications. It's very simple, very light with very low storage requirements. I have no experienced hanging while working with Nitro PDF. Cons I had some little concern with the conversion of PDF to MS Word files. Sometimes, you will lose the formatting you set up and you have to do the formatting again. But it's not a big deal actually. I still love it. Review Source RM Rajeeb M. Project Engineer Construction Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The Best PDF Editor/Reader Suited for Engineers" January 4, 2023 5.0 I am very happy user, Nitro is really helping me to reduce my load in daily work activities. Pros The best feature I like about this product is the PDF editing feature provided by the software. The merging function provided by the software is also a very use full tool i use in my daily work life schedule. It is really help to combine "n" number of documents and make it one file. Another feature i like about the product is the Digital signature, very helpful in signing the contracts of Engineering documents received from client or contractor end. Cons I feel that the software is up-to the mark and got any kind of bugs so far. Review Source CY Calvin Y. Project Manager Civil Engineering Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A very robust pdf software" September 5, 2021 5.0 Nitro is able to do everything I expect it to. I use it to read, manage, edit and review documents all the time and have never had cause to complain. Pros Nitro is a complete package when it comes to managing pdf documents. It is able to convert files to pdf almost immediately (even for medium to large documents), edit documents, and easily add in notes and comments to facilitate team collaboration. Cons Text searching does not always work as expected. Beyond that, I haven't had any other issues with it. Switched from [Adobe Acrobat Reader](https://www.capterra.com/p/170833/Acrobat-Reader-DC/) Less product licencing complications. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Student Counselor & Customer Relation Officer Legal Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "A good Editor and pdf reader for users" January 23, 2019 5.0 This made my life easier, and would definitely recommend this to my friends and Co- workers. Pros Nitro explains thas issue, it's converter is the best it is hands on its best element. Where it truly sparkles is while changing over PDFs, how often do we have a pdf and we require some piece of the report or an exceed expectations table and it's a bad dream to reorder them in view of configurations. This is a decent PDF peruser it will take care of business. Nitro has an element where you can change over it into Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Power Point and furthermore to Image jpeg. I cherish this program since it has pleasant highlights which can enable you to alter, Read/View, and furthermore you dont need to hustle changing over any record. The most I cherish about nitro is that I can complete an advanced mark and I can alter the pdf the manner in which I need. Cons I don't have anything to say about it's cons but in the future they can apparatuses can be enhanced for the openness everything being equal, frequently restricting the instruments to utilize somewhat more promoting and installment strategies available to all nations in their local money. 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