Foxit PDF Editor
Desktop and cloud-based PDF editor with AI-powered document analysis and enterprise-grade compliance
- Also known as
- foxit-pdf-editor
Available worldwide · Popular in: US
What is Foxit PDF Editor?
A professional PDF editing platform available as both cloud subscription and perpetual desktop licenses, featuring full document creation and manipulation, OCR, encryption, and AI-driven summarization and translation. Designed for enterprises with security certifications including SOC 2, HIPAA, and GDPR compliance.
Foxit PDF Editor pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Free tier with 20 AI credits/month; PDF Editor+ from $159.99/year subscription; PDF Editor perpetual license $209.99; Paid AI Assistant tier with 2,000 credits/month
PDF Editor
Perpetual license with core PDF editing capabilities
- Full PDF editing and creation
- OCR and document scanning
- Form creation and interactive fields
- 256-bit AES encryption and access control
- Digital signature support
- Redaction and content removal
- Document conversion
PDF Editor+
Full-featured subscription with cloud, mobile, and AI capabilities
- All PDF Editor features
- Web-based Editor Cloud platform
- Mobile apps (iOS, Android)
- Unlimited cloud storage
- AI Assistant (20 credits/month included)
- Smart Redact using AI
- 150 eSign envelopes per year
- Document Management System
- eSignature integration
AI Assistant - Free
FreeFree tier with limited monthly AI credits
- ai_credits
- 20/month
- Document summarization
- Multi-language translation (27+ languages)
- Chat with documents
- Access to ai.foxit.com web platform
- Works in desktop and mobile apps
AI Assistant - Power Users
Expanded AI capabilities with higher monthly credit allowance
- ai_credits
- 2000/month
- 2,000 AI credits monthly
- Multi-document research agent
- Priority processing
- Access to ai.foxit.com web platform
- All AI features
What Foxit PDF Editor does
The capabilities that matter for pdf editors, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Deployment model
- Cloud saas
- Base text and image editing within PDF
- ✓
- Page merging extraction and splitting
- ✓
- OCR optical character recognition scanning
- ✓
- Permanent blackout redaction engine
- ✓
- Password protection and encryption
- ✓
- Interactive form field creation
- ✓
- Digital signature certification enforcement
- ✓
- Microsoft office docx xlsx conversion
- ✓
- File size compression engine
- ✓
- SOC2 type ii
- ✓
- ISO 27001
- -
- Pricing model
- Flat subscription
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- iOS
- macOS
- Web
- Android
- Windows
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (15)
Independently observed- Dropbox
- Salesforce
- SharePoint
- NetDocuments
- iManage Work
- iManage Cloud
- Egnyte
- OpenText Documentum
- OpenText eDOCS
- OpenText Content Suite
- Worldox
- FileOpen
- Microsoft Entra ID
- Foxit eSign API
- Google Chrome
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Compare Foxit PDF Editor
Side by side against other pdf editors, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Foxit PDF Editor, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 100 | 0.08 | 8.4 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 100 | 0.05 | 4.9 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 60 | 0.07 | 4.4 | ✓ |
| Price level | 80 | 0.05 | 4.2 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 35 | 0.04 | 1.4 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
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Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Soc2 type ii: Yes · Pricing model: flat_subscription · Deployment model: cloud_saas · File size compression engine: Yes · Interactive form field creation: Yes · Password protection and encryption: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-25 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 15 | mediumsource · 2026-08-25 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | HqCountry: US · PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-25 · 75% |