Wondershare PDFelement Reviews & Product Details

I like the features for document optimization and compression greatly. Technical documentation usually contains screenshots, architecture diagrams, detailed configuration information and makes the PDF file rather large. It gives the possibility of reducing the size of such files without making them hard to use for viewing and sharing. Also, it's quite helpful that the user may customize the compression options. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes the processing of rather large PDF files with a lot of graphic elements may take longer time than it takes usually. Also, there may be some delays if you switch from editing to viewing or vice versa. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I really like is the editing tools. I use those every week. Old scanned documents -- the OCR will pick-up the text, and then I can edit the document as if it was a regular file (no print sign scan, etc.). I also love the ability to generate an electronic signature request with the time stamped certificate. Lastly, PDFelement hasn’t crashed on me in months – which is a big deal for me with pdf software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Occasionally I’ll upload something that has checkboxes in it, and the tool will fill in all of the boxes – which is odd & annoying to correct. Also creating fillable forms from scratch can take some getting used to – it took me a couple tries to figure out where the field tools were located. Additionally, I wish there would be clearer pricing. A lot of very basic features are locked behind the more expensive tiers. So you don't know until later. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It's the OCR that I actually use and when I put a scanned pdf in there, and it easily converts it to something I can search, read and edit. Additionally, it will do all your OCR at once (batch) so you don't have to do each document individually. Also editing the text and images within the pdf works fairly well too and doesn't usually mangle the layout. Combining files, making password protected pdfs are also super simple. Nothing to learn. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The biggest pet peeve I have is the font choices. That's silly, but that gets under my skin every time I need to match something. Some of the edits produce unreadable/garbled text until you've saved. Also, it doesn't support PDF/A so if you're working at a company that requires that format, it won't work. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The only reason this app remains installed on my desktop is that I am able to scan an image of a paper form (essentially a picture of a page), enter information into it and electronically sign it prior to sending via email. Before PDFelement I printed forms, filled them in by hand, took pictures using my smartphone and sent them as photos to myself (caveman). Now each month I complete a 4-page application related to insurance and I no longer have to print the application and manually write in information. It has also identified areas on forms that were previously unknown to me. Additionally, opening PDFelement is much quicker than my previous application and does not freeze or fail during use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Although I purchased a permanent license to PDFelement, it still prompts me to sign-in if I desire access to the more advanced features. In addition, the screen displays a notice in the upper-right-hand corner promoting an upgrade to the latest version and covers part of the Zoom control area. Although AI is offered as an optional feature, you receive a limited number of credits per month and after those credits are exhausted the feature will be grayed-out until the next month. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like best about Wondershare PDFelement is its ability to bookmark and manage bookmarks which turns out to be rather helpful while working with large operational manuals and archived reports. Thanks to the creation of meaningful navigational points for various important sections, I will be able to facilitate the access to needed material for my colleagues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The searching function becomes inefficient in case the documents are using some specific fonts, spacing is not consistent, or the document text is not well incorporated in the file. Finding the required piece of reference becomes more time-consuming in this case. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What is like the best about Wondershare PDFelement is its page cropping and resizing features since they will prove invaluable when scanned records have very large margins and poorly framed content. Once you clean up the page view, your documents will be easier to inspect as part of your quality check process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Even though it is useful in certain cases, there is no substitute for a data-validation tool when you are validating thousands of records against business rules. The PDFelement tool works more as a PDF editor, which means that any complex validation needs to be done elsewhere. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I mostly use it to take plain text from scanned documents, rather than retyping everything. The OCR feature generally does a decent job identifying fonts (though I've seen some weird results). Anyway, Wondershare PDFelement allows me to modify PDF's as though they were Word docs., saving me from the hell of cutting/pasting. All I need to do is click & modify the text wherever I'm working on the document. Glad it didn't crap out on me today. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The Mac Version of Wondershare PDFelement is literally identical to the Windows version, but for absolutely no apparent reason. I despise when companies do things like that -- when I move between systems, my short cuts are always off. I think that the fact that Wondershare charges a monthly fee (subscription) is ridiculous - I'd rather pay one time and be done with it. If the scanned document is remotely blurry or otherwise distorted, the OCR will produce complete garbage and then I'll have to go through the process of fixing it myself. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Wondershare pdfelement does exactly what I need. It allows me to merge PDFs that I receive as part of my diet plans & clinic records. It reduces file size so they will send via email without bouncing. The AI/Chat feature is fairly decent. I am able to ask it to provide summaries of lengthy Health Papers, which saves me time and effort reading 50+ pages of text when I am already tired. I simply appreciate that all of the tools (merge, split) are in one application. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dislike that the Free Version limits access to the AI features after a short amount of usage. It provides you with a "taste" and then blocks you. So annoying. Also when I attempt to load large PDF files they take an extremely long time to load. And when attempting to utilize the OCR Scanner on Arabic Text, it renders the formatting completely useless. English seems fine; however, Arabic becomes totally garbled in symbol form. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love the powerful OCR feature and how easily it converts PDFs into formats like Word and Excel without losing any original formatting. It saves me a lot of time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The free trial leaves a large watermark on saved documents, and many advanced editing or OCR features require a paid upgrade. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I particularly appreciate the possibility to perform batch processing on various PDF documents that need the same treatment. The batch processing is very helpful in situations when it is required to handle numerous documents at once and when reports or records follow a similar format/template. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Batching requires thorough file selection since performing some actions on the wrong set of documents would be useless and would lead to extra work. Therefore, it is important to review the results in the output folder and open a few resulting documents in order to confirm that everything is correct. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.