Adobe Acrobat alternative; what about EaseUS PDF Editor?

[kiddingguy]

I'm looking for a more afforadable Adobe Acrobat PDF program.
Paid version is OK.

I do like the MS Office integration Adobe has with the MS Office suite.

I found EaseUS PDF Editor as a decent replacement. What are your experiences with this? Does this also have the MS Office integration to create directly PDF files out of (open) Word/PowerPoint files? Preferably from within the ribbon.
Or do these need to be converted from within the EaseUS PDF Editor program?

Any other PDF-alike tooling besides EaseUS are also more than welcome.

[kiddingguy]

Or maybe you'll know an alternative which has a ribbon-option in Microsoft Office...

[Jose_49]

On 02/01/2025 at 09:30, kiddingguy said:

Does this also have the MS Office integration to create directly PDF files out of (open) Word/PowerPoint files? Preferably from within the ribbon.

Are you referring to the ability to export docx and pptx to PDF? (Office does it natively, is that what you are referring to?)

 

Have you checked Foxit Reader?

I don't have experience with EaseUs PDF editor. You can always check on reddit if this place seems dead.

 

[kiddingguy]

On 02/01/2025 at 16:08, Jose_49 said:

Are you referring to the ability to export docx and pptx to PDF? (Office does it natively, is that what you are referring to?)

 

Have you checked Foxit Reader?

I don't have experience with EaseUs PDF editor. You can always check on reddit if this place seems dead.

 

Yes. Plus options like password protected files on editing/printing and so on.
Creating and filling in PDF files with text boxes etc.

I have used Adobe Acrobat for like ages, I really like it. However, it's getting more and more expensive to use on subscription (or just a license).

[_neutrino Veteran]

we have been moving to PDF Gear

[metallithrax]

https://www.pdf-xchange.com/

 

 

[goretsky Supervisor]

Hello,

I have always just used the "Print to PDF" option in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, etc.) when I needed to make a PDF file out of a Microsoft Office document, but Neowin has been highlighting various PDF programs for years (decades?), so I would start by looking at those:  https://www.neowin.net/news/tags/pdf_editor/

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky
 

[Yogurth]

This might fit Your bill. Open Source desktop suite with PDF editor.

 

https://www.onlyoffice.com/desktop.aspx

[C:Amie]

Foxit PDF Editor has a COM add-in for Microsoft Office https://www.foxit.com/blog/foxit-pdf-creator-add-in-gives-you-advanced-pdf-workflows-from-microsoft-office/

 

Very little info exists about it online though, I tried to find a screenshot for you and couldn't. Hopefully it's still under development. You might have to look at the trial.

[Brandon H Supervisor]

I generally lean towards Foxit as my 3rd party PDF viewer/editor myself. Their suite has been pretty reliable over the years, and it's MUCH lighter/better on resources compared to Acrobat.

[Nick H. Supervisor]

Another vote for Foxit.

[s0rt3d]

https://www.foxit.com/pdf-editor/
https://www.gonitro.com/pricing

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best OCR

https://iriscorporate.com/softwares/readiris-pdf/
https://pdf.abbyy.com/finereader-pdf/

 

Edited January 4, 2025 by kelcyra4ever

[kiddingguy]

Thanks. Foxit seems a good alternative with also the COM-addons.
I'm more looking for a 'cheaper' alternative with the functionalities as described above.

Edited January 4, 2025 by kiddingguy

[kiddingguy]

Kinda strange that there a so much difference in subscription prices between US and NL;

US €188 (converted) vs. NL (EU) € 288

[+thexfile Subscriber²]

Wondershare PDFelement it has all the options.  I have been using it for over a year now.

[C:Amie]

With Foxit, you can probably take the admin console component off and save a bit, as you won't need group integration for a single user.

[energie10]

On 03/01/2025 at 01:25, LittleNeutrino said:

we have been moving to PDF Gear

Same here.

[Copernic Reporter]

https://www.neowin.net/software/master-pdf-editor-5995/

[kiddingguy]

Thx.

I'm also looking for a tab in Word, and other Office-apps. Do these mentioned apps have this?

I trialled some of them (e.g. PDF-XChange , and most didn't have that.

In some/most cases these programs mentioned here, are seperate apps where files should be opened/imported in to manage/edit these Word/PDF-files from there.

[Circaflex]

Nitro Pro is pretty darn good. I like the interface much more than Acrobat and it seems overall speedier.

[kiddingguy]

On 04/02/2026 at 17:26, Circaflex said:

Nitro Pro is pretty darn good. I like the interface much more than Acrobat and it seems overall speedier.

Does it have Office ribbon integration to create PDFs from with Word, PowerPoint and alike?

[Circaflex]

On 04/02/2026 at 09:31, kiddingguy said:

Does it have Office ribbon integration to create PDFs from with Word, PowerPoint and alike?

Yup it does and the interface is much more like the Office suite.

[xrobwx71]

On 02/01/2025 at 11:28, metallithrax said:

https://www.pdf-xchange.com/

 

 

Same here. Love this program!

[skylinestar]

On 02/01/2025 at 23:08, Jose_49 said:

Are you referring to the ability to export docx and pptx to PDF? (Office does it natively, is that what you are referring to?)

 

Have you checked Foxit Reader?

I don't have experience with EaseUs PDF editor. You can always check on reddit if this place seems dead.

 

I downloaded the Foxit Reader installer. The Installer has menu selections that look like something from pre-XP era. I had to think twice if it is a legit installer. Is that normal?

[kiddingguy]

Thx for all the replies.

I found a decent upgrade-price via a legit reseller. One more year Adobe Acrobat Pro for me... it is.