PDFelement
Comprehensive PDF editing and management software for desktop and mobile platforms
- Also known as
- pdfelement
Available worldwide · Popular in: US
What is PDFelement?
A multi-purpose PDF tool that lets users modify document content (text and images), create interactive forms, read text from scanned files, reorganize pages, convert between document formats, and apply digital signatures. Works on Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, and through a web interface.
PDFelement 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.
From $129.99 one-time for individuals or $139/user/month for teams. Free trial available.
PDFelement for Individuals
Edit, print, convert, eSign, and protect PDFs on Windows PC or Mac
- Edit text and images
- Annotate documents
- Merge and split pages
- OCR scanning
- Convert to and from PDF
- Compress file size
- Create fillable forms
- Digital signatures
- Protect PDFs
PDFelement for Team
Contact salesFlexible team licensing with provisioning, tracking, and management across groups
What PDFelement 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
- Native desktop
- 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
- One time purchase
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- iOS
- macOS
- Web
- Android
- Windows
- Cloud / SaaS
PDFelement alternatives
Other pdf editors we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- Foxit PDF EditorDesktop and cloud-based PDF editor with AI-powered document analysis and enterprise-grade compliancemedium · 55%
- Nitro ProA unified platform that combines PDF editing, digital signatures, and document automation to streamline document workflowsmedium · 55%
- pdf-liblow · 20%
- iLovePDFOnline tools for editing, converting, and managing PDF documents through a browser interfacemedium · 62%
- Stirling-PDFlow · 16%
- PyMuPDFlow · 24%
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 PDFelement, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 96 | 0.05 | 4.7 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 25 | 0.07 | 1.8 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 20 | 0.08 | 1.7 | ✓ |
| Price level | 25 | 0.05 | 1.3 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Integrations | 0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
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 | Iso 27001: Yes · Pricing model: one_time_purchase · Deployment model: native_desktop · File size compression engine: Yes · Interactive form field creation: Yes · Password protection and encryption: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-25 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | mediumsource · 2026-08-25 · 50% |
Pricing
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Iso27001 | Yes | highsource · 2026-08-25 · 75% |