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Foxit PDF Editor

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What is Foxit PDF Editor?

FoxitPhantom PDF is a document management software offering from FoxIt.

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Foxit PDF Editor

$10.99

Cloud
per month per user

Foxit PDF Editor +

$13.99

Cloud
per month per user

Foxit PDF Editor

$129.99

On Premise
per year per user

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
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Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $10.99 per month per user
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Product Details

What is Foxit PDF Editor?

Boasting a global reach of over 700 million users and 485,000 customers, Foxit offers businesses of all sizes—from small startups to multinational enterprises, PDF and AI-enabled document solutions designed to empower organizations to streamline their workflows and enhance productivity.

Foxit’s PDF editing solutions include a standalone PDF Editor and the Foxit PDF Editor+, which combines all of PDF Editor’s tools with Foxit eSign to create a complete intelligent document platform supporting workflows across desktop, mobile, and the cloud. This platform allows users to create, edit, fill, and sign documents through their integrated, feature-rich PDF Editor and eSign offerings—from anywhere and on any device.

Recently, Foxit created an AI-enabled PDF Editor, designed to support the dynamic needs of today's workforce by reducing the time spent on document preparations, enabling users to focus on higher-value tasks.

Foxit was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Silicon Valley, with global offices extending beyond the Americas across APAC and EMEA.

Foxit PDF Editor Features

PDF Editors Features

  • Supported: Edit Text and Images
  • Supported: Merge or Split PDFs
  • Supported: Add Annotations
  • Supported: Text Recognition (OCR)
  • Supported: Page Management
  • Supported: Form Creation and Editing
  • Supported: Secure PDFs
  • Supported: Convert to Different Formats
  • Supported: Comment and Review Tools
  • Supported: Undo and Redo Actions

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Foxit PDF Editor Technical Details

Deployment TypesOn-premise, Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsWindows, Mac
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android

Frequently Asked Questions

FoxitPhantom PDF is a document management software offering from FoxIt.

Foxit PDF Editor starts at $10.99.

Adobe Acrobat, Nitro Productivity Suite, and Wondershare PDFelement are common alternatives for Foxit PDF Editor.

Reviewers rate Usability highest, with a score of 9.

The most common users of Foxit PDF Editor are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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Easy to use and reliable PDF solution

Rating: 9 out of 10
May 19, 2021
GM
Vetted Review
Verified User
Foxit PDF Editor
2 years of experience
FoxitPhantom PDF is being used to notarize documents, editing, converting of documents, and viewing of documents. It is being used across the whole organization. It is solving the problem of creating PDF documents and makes it an easier process, especially when sending the documents to the scanner. It has saved us a huge amount of time and everyone can easily share the PDF documents in the required format.
  • Easy to use with an intuitive user interface.
  • It simplifies working on multiple documents by splitting them into separate tabs.
  • It allows creating and converting of PDF documents into different formats like HTML, RTF, [etc.]
  • Its integration capabilities with Google Drive, Dropbox and many others is incredible.
Cons
  • It fails when it comes to dealing with image-heavy documents as the performance is low key.
It is less appropriate for organizations looking for a document management with OCR functionality as this may not be a suitable fit. I would suggest going for other alternatives with this function.

Once you use Foxit you may never go back to your previous PDF software.

Rating: 9 out of 10
December 04, 2018
JG
Vetted Review
Verified User
Foxit PDF Editor
1 year of experience
Bloomstar is an organization with 350+ employees in four locations across Canada.
During the last year we have been updating our software and now we use Foxit as our default software to manage PDF documents.
Foxit Reader has the feeling of a full PDF software and is intuitive and friendlier than other PDF readers. The Phantom version offers all the capabilities of editing, signing documents, sharing, presentations, etc. However, it is still in the transition stage where some users have a local license of a different PDF editor but soon will be using Foxit Phantom too.
Document filing and storage is probably the most common use of Foxit at Bloomstar, especially related to human resources where all employees documents are now filed electronically. In our industry there are a lot of new seasonal hires during floral holidays and using a friendly PDF tool to manage the employees files is very convenient.
  • One thing that stands out is the way Foxit manages all the tabs of the opened documents. It probably sound simplistic but it has the feeling of a web browser like Chrome, but better because when you have a lot of opened documents, you don't get these microscopic tabs that get smaller and smaller, instead you can use arrows that go left-and-right and you can see your tabs and actually read what they are. Similar to the worksheets tabs in the lower part of an Excel file where you can move sideways to keep looking all your worksheets in a document, but even better -again- because you also have a top-right drop-down arrow that will show the full list of documents in a drop-down window, this is similar to the favorites tabs in Chrome where you have a limited number of favorites on the top bar and the rest of them are shown in a list.
  • Foxit is interconnected with their online application. When you want to convert a PDF document into a different type like Word for example, you just click on the extras menu on the top, select convert to Word and then it is interesting that it actually opens your browser and goes to Foxit Online. The great advantage that I see with this process is that you get instant connectivity with everything because Foxit will give you all the available options to store your converted file and that can be Google Drive, Dropbox, One Drive, etc, and of course, your local drive.
  • Mobility is an advantage. Your user is independent of your installed software in your computer. You can access anywhere online, you can have all your store documents in the cloud and if you don't have access to your computer where you have Phantom installed it doesn't really matter because you can pretty much do everything on Foxit Online, so it gives you all the mobility you need.
Cons
  • One thing that can be a problem for some users is that at least when running on Windows 10 you can easily find yourself opening PDF files with Microsoft Edge when what you really want is to use Foxit. Somehow Edge overrides the default reader for PDF files and you need to know how to set your default program and do it manually. This is not a particular problem of Foxit but it would be nice to prevent Edge from overtaking the PDF files.
  • Foxit does so many things that it takes time to get familiar with all the small icons that are pretty much everywhere around your interface. You have this tiny quick access tool bar on the top left and some others on the top right, then a couple more on the lower middle. The only problem that I see is that they are tiny and I understand that we all want to maximize the working area on the screen but there could be an option to make them bigger.
  • One downside for some users is that you need to be logged in to your user. I mentioned this as an advantage because it gives you all the connectivity but on the other hand if you don't have internet access or you want to work as a stand-alone user it may be complicated.
FoxitPhantom is very good for sharing files, commenting on files with coworkers, and converting files into other formats. It is also excellent to save your files in every cloud service you use, no matter which one you use. For a basic user who only needs to read PDF documents, a full version like FoxitPhantom is less appropriate and the free reader would be a better option.

Best document reader

Rating: 10 out of 10
June 28, 2018
RK
Vetted Review
Verified User
Foxit PDF Editor
3 years of experience
Foxit Phantom PDF is used by our organization to read, highlight, comment and edit documents for users to read online and manually. It is used across all departments in our organization it is easy to use and install and does not require any technical skills for one to operate. I personally use this software to write articles and edit them for use on my blog and on the company's website.
  • Easy to use
  • Easy to setup
  • You can be able to read, comment, highlight and edit documents
  • Tabbed user interface
  • User-friendly
Cons
  • Great software for document reading
  • I have no negative comments on this software
FoxitPhantom PDF is suitable to all users whether in a large or small organisation. It supplements all users needs and requirements therefore better than other document reading softwares.

Tons of features + low cost = winning combination

Rating: 9 out of 10
December 14, 2017
BH
Vetted Review
Verified User
Foxit PDF Editor
3 years of experience
It is being used across the organization as our PDF editor of choice. It allows us to edit PDFs in a simple, easy to use manner, but more importantly it cut down on costs associated with having expensive Adobe Acrobat licensing.
  • Converting documents to PDFs is a breeze. You can do it from within a Word document with the Foxit plugin, or straight from Windows Explorer by right-clicking. You can even select multiple word documents and combine them with a click of a button!
  • Working with multiple PDFs is easy with Foxit. Being able to choose between having different PDFs in tabs or windows, and the ability to drag and drop to rearrange pages is a nice touch. You can even drag and drop pages from one document to the other.
  • The OCR functionality is great. Being able to scan a document and then select text makes my life a lot easier.
Cons
  • Using the form fields can be challenging. While some aspects are intuitive, other aspects - like setting a tab order - can be confusing.
  • The user interface is older looking. Would definitely like to have things easier to use. Clients of ours complain that it isn't "pretty" like Adobe.
  • I've never liked having to change the pointer option (hand vs text selector) to do different things. Always trips me up.
A large number of users that are switching from Adobe is a great scenario because it is much more cost effective. A scenario where it is less appropriate would be where someone uses a CRM or ERP that requires Adobe integration (this happens).

FoxitPhantom PDF is a paperless dream come true...

Rating: 10 out of 10
March 14, 2017
JA
Vetted Review
Verified User
Foxit PDF Editor
2 years of experience
We currently use FoxitPhantom PDF to convert all our documents to a paperless PDF filing system. We are cleared over 30 filing cabinets so far. We also have implemented an scan-and-shred system where every (well almost every) new document that comes in is immediately scanned and then shredded. Finally we use the PDF optimizer to save space on all our large files.
  • Shrinking PDF files
  • Combining multiple PDF's into one
  • Converting to PDF and printing to PDF
Cons
  • Their PDF editing is not very intuitive and building from a blank PDF is frustrating
  • When it does crash, the crash reporting tool has never worked right.
  • Edit text sometimes has problems grabbing the correct text on a busy page
For smaller companies looking to go paperless it is perfect. It's affordable, easy to use, and has a really good workflow for converting everything. I think it also works well for companies who are looking to convert just their mail to email attachments. This was actually where we started and it worked flawlessly. I think bigger companies would need something more integrated or will already have the same features built into a larger system.
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