PDF Candy vs Tungsten Power PDF

PDF Candy is a PDF toolkit for editing, converting, merging, splitting, compressing, signing, protecting and managing documents. Its tools include text editing, annotations and OCR, while AI features can summarize, chat with and translate PDF documents. Users can import files from Google Drive or Dropbox and save updated versions back to cloud storage. PDF Candy Desktop is a Windows download with 35 tools that can operate offline; the company lists 98 PDF tools and 19 languages. Access is listed for web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android. The free plan has page and hourly restrictions, limited file size, no batch processing and a desktop operations limit. Students and teachers can get one year of PDF Candy PRO online at no cost, with no hourly limits and uploads up to 500 MB. PDF Candy says files are deleted from its servers within two hours after processing. The free plan is available, with paid access from $6/mo.

Tungsten Power PDF is a PDF product for creating, editing, converting, and annotating documents. Listed capabilities include text editing, OCR, form creation, redaction, Bates stamping, e-signatures, searchable PDFs, Word export, and handwriting OCR. Power PDF Advanced is described as a Windows desktop editor with PDF creation, editing, and conversion, plus cloud connectivity and collaboration. Its listed price is $179 a month for one license per machine, and a 15-day trial is available. Power PDF Business is listed for five or more users, but no price is given. The product supports Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, and web browsers; a Chrome and Edge browser add-in and API are also listed. Other listed capabilities include approval workflows, PO matching, accounting integrations, line-item extraction, and Peppol access. The information lists on-premises and cloud deployment, and marks the primary platform as desktop. The product has no free plan. Tungsten Automation is headquartered in Irvine, California, and is listed as founded in 1985.