File Viewer Plus vs SumatraPDF
File Viewer Plus
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| Figure | File Viewer Plus | SumatraPDF |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | €1.83/mo | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 3 | 1 |
| Spec score · File Viewer Software | 7.9 (#11) | 7.7 (#15) |
| Document tools | It edits Office documents, annotates PDFs, converts PDFs to editable DOCX, and supports syntax highlighting for more than 80 programming languages. | The documentation lists PDF tasks including annotation editing, form filling, signing, merging, splitting, extracting, and conversion. |
| Integrations | It is available through the Microsoft Store and supports command-line file opening; a command-line batch conversion API is available under the Enterprise license. | The documentation lists LaTeX integration and configurable external viewers, search, and translation services. |
| Purpose | File Viewer Plus opens, views, edits, and converts more than 400 file formats in one Windows application. | SumatraPDF is a free Windows reader for PDFs, ebooks, and comics. |
| Support | Support accepts inquiries by contact form and says it responds within one business day, Monday through Friday. | Users can report bugs through the issue tracker and ask questions or share feedback in the forum. |
Plans
File Viewer Plus
- Annual Subscription€22 a year
- One-Time Purchase€45, paid once
- Enterprise / VolumePriced on request
In their own words
File Viewer Plus
File Viewer Plus has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
SumatraPDF
SumatraPDF is a free, open-source Windows reader for PDFs, ebooks and comics. It opens PDF, EPUB, MOBI, CBZ, CBR, DjVu, XPS, CHM and common image formats. Document tools include annotation editing, form filling, signing, merging, splitting, extraction and conversion. The app supports text-to-speech, Windows UI Automation screen readers and keyboard-only use. Users can customize keyboard shortcuts, themes and toolbar layout. A portable edition runs without installation, including from a USB drive. Windows 7, 8, 10 and 11 are listed, with 32-bit, 64-bit and ARM64 builds. Documents and their names are not uploaded, although recently opened files remain in a local settings file. Update checks contact the maker’s server, and official builds send crash reports that may include document fragments. SumatraPDF has no OCR support and is not available for Mac or Linux.