Foxit PDF Editor vs Zoho PDF Editor

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.

Zoho PDF Editor is a free tool for editing, organizing, and sharing PDF documents. The online editor supports rich-text formatting, text and image overlays, shapes, highlighting, white-out, QR codes, barcodes, hyperlinks, and watermarks. Page tools can combine, split, extract, rotate, and replace pages. Users can create fillable and signature fields, fill and sign PDFs, and collect data and digital signatures. Shared documents can allow viewing, commenting, editing, or further sharing. The online editor imports files from Zoho WorkDrive, Dropbox, Box, and OneDrive, and exports PDFs, fillable PDF forms, password-protected PDFs, JPEG, and PNG. A free desktop app works on the device without internet access; Zoho lists Windows and macOS apps and says PDF Editor is among its Linux desktop apps. The online editor requires a Zoho account. Its dashboard accepts PDFs up to 50 MB or 150 pages and does not accept encrypted or password-protected files. Zoho also offers cloud-based PDF editing APIs for editing, page organization, forms, compression, metadata, and password protection.