Foxit PDF Editor vs PDFWix

Foxit PDF Editor handles PDF text editing, annotation, conversion, signing, OCR, form creation, comparison, password protection, and collaboration. It runs on the web, Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android; the PDF Editor+ subscription specifically includes iOS and Android apps. Foxit also offers a free PDF Reader for reading, annotation, and collaboration, and every account, including Reader accounts, includes 300 AI credits per month. The annual PDF Editor subscription costs $129.99 per user per year; PDF Editor+ costs $159.99 per user per year and includes mobile apps, 150 eSign envelopes per year, and Smart Redact. Monthly billing starts at $10.99 per month. The Foxit PDF Editor 14 perpetual license costs $209.99 per user as a one-time purchase, but excludes AI Assistant, Workspace, Smart Redact, DMS, and cloud features. Subscriptions include Foxit DMS. Listed integrations include Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Google Drive, Box, OneDrive, Salesforce, and Dropbox. Foxit lists SOC 2, HIPAA-ready, GDPR-supported, and Section 508/ADA compliance. A 14-day PDF Editor+ trial is available without a credit card; there is no free plan for the editor.

PDFWix is a free service for PDF and image work, with web, Android, and iOS platforms. Its PDF tools merge, split, compress, convert, edit, sign, secure, and repair files, and also organize pages, fill forms, add watermarks and signatures, redact content, edit metadata, and perform OCR. Image tools handle compression, resizing, cropping, watermarking, and format conversion. The Free web app costs nothing and includes 35+ PDF tools, no daily task limits, no watermarks, and no signup requirement. Most tools run in the browser through WebAssembly. Protect PDF and Unlock PDF process files on servers; PDFWix says those files use TLS 1.3, stay in memory, and are not written to disk. Browser tools have a device-memory limit, while Protect and Unlock accept files up to about 25 MB per request, with another FAQ giving different figures. PDFWix is not HIPAA certified. It lists a remote MCP server using OAuth 2.1 and a pre-launch REST API with a waitlist.