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Nitro PDF Pro vs PDF Viewer Editor

Nitro PDF Pro

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PDF Viewer Editor

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FigureNitro PDF ProPDF Viewer Editor
Price from$15/moFree
Free plan—Yes
Free trialYes—
Open source——
WebYes—
WindowsYesYes
macOSYesYes
Linux—Yes
iOSYes—
APIYes—
Plans published31
Spec score · PDF editors9.2 (#5)8.2 (#35)
Annotation toolsYesYes
Form creationYesYes
Free planNoYes
OCRThe product includes OCR for turning scanned documents into searchable and editable files.It runs local OCR using Tesseract.js, with English bundled and nine additional language packs available for download.
PDF conversionIt converts PDFs to and from Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and image formats while preserving layout and quality.Yes
PurposeNitro PDF lets users create, edit, convert, organize, secure, and sign PDF documents.PDF Viewer Editor is a desktop application for viewing and editing PDF files.
Security featuresPDF protections include password protection, encryption, permission controls, and audit trails.It includes password encryption using bundled qpdf and tools to redact documents or remove hidden information.
Supported platformsWindows,macOS,iOSwindows,macos,linux
Text editingYesYes

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Nitro PDF Pro

  • Nitro PDF Standard$15 a month
  • Nitro PDF Classic$270, paid once
  • Nitro PDF PlusPriced on request

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PDF Viewer Editor

  • PDF Viewer EditorFree

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