PDF Architect Description

PDF Architect presents a cost-effective solution compared to high-priced PDF software options. This application is equipped with a wide range of features designed for professional applications. Additionally, it offers multiple deployment options, making it suitable for use in larger organizational settings. Its versatility ensures that users can tailor it to meet their specific needs efficiently.

Pricing

Pricing Starts At:
$49 per year
Free Version:
Yes

Integrations

No Integrations at this time

Reviews - 111 Verified Reviews

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features
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Company Details

Company:
pdfforge
Year Founded:
2009
Headquarters:
Germany
Website:
www.pdfforge.org/pdfarchitect/business

Media

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Product Details

Platforms
Windows
Types of Training
Training Docs
Customer Support
Online Support

PDF Architect Features and Options

PDF Software

Annotations
Convert to PDF
Digital Signature
Encryption
Merge / Append
PDF Reader
Watermarking

PDF Editors

Access Controls / Permissions
Annotations
Commenting / Notes
Compare Side-by-Side
Customizable Branding
Delete Pages
Electronic Signature
Forms Management
Full Text Search
Merge / Append
Offline Access
Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
Rearrange Pages
Rotate Pages
Watermarking
  • Name: Borut M.
    Job Title: Designer
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Monthly
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    PDF Architect review

    Date: Jun 05 2025

    Summary: Fine software, but as we are hearing, the price will go up, we might stop using it, since we are using it rarely.

    Positive: I like to work with program, the functions it has. It's easy to use and it works what I need.

    Negative: Well, the changes in licesing models always bring us - the users problems
    Everytime it happened.
    The support was impossible to find on the website.
    If I hadn't have previous e-mails i'd be stuck.

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  • Name: Anonymous (Verified)
    Job Title: Developer
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User, Administrator, Deployment
    Organization Size: 20,000 or More
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Fantastic Product

    Date: May 28 2025

    Summary: I have used this product extensively for about 10 years. It does a wonderful job with OCR and other features.

    Positive: I use the full suite, with OCR and everything. Have been using this product for years. I have been using this product for 10 years.

    Negative: Nothing. I have had a wonderful experience with this product.

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  • Name: Gerald R.
    Job Title: Retired
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Monthly
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    PDF Architect good for newer and older users

    Date: Apr 22 2025

    Summary: PDF Architect is one of the easier PDF programs to operate, and it works smoothly. I prefer it over the others that are out there. I like the way the program is set up. You can't beat the support you get.

    Positive: Easy to work with and plenty of features to work with for any type of job you need to do. The support you get is one of the better places, very good!

    Negative: The only thing I wish is the buttons for upgrade would disappear when you have it already on your account.

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  • Name: NATHALIE B.
    Job Title: Consultant
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Efficient customer service

    Edited: Apr 16 2025

    Summary: My problem has been solved so everything is fine. Compared to other solutions, we have the same services for less money

    Positive: You can exchange by chat or phone. You almost immediately have someone on the line. A good bargain.

    Negative: It's not always easy to describe your problem and I don't know why it didn't work.

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  • Name: ANGELA M.
    Job Title: Attorney in Law
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Recomended

    Date: Mar 18 2025

    Summary: I am using PDF Architect for the last 6 years. And I had to ask for help only in two or three occasions. In all of them the Support Team helped me not even to think about switch this excellent program!

    Positive: Easy to manage, all the necessary features I need for my job (I am an attorney at law). Support always solves in time the tasks I had. My version is a permanent license, and I am happy with it!

    Negative: There is nothing to comment. I am satisfied with the product!

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  • Name: William K.
    Job Title: User
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Weekly
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 1,000 - 4,999
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    I Have Been a Satisfied Long Time User

    Date: Mar 01 2025

    Summary: I have used PDF Architect for more years than I can remember. It has been my go to program for creating and opening pdf documents. I highly recommend it.

    Positive: I like the ease of merging documents and the overall maneuverability in the module. It's easy to use and meets all my needs.

    I have caused some self induced installation issues and have been impressed with the response and knowledge of the support staff to correct my errors.

    Negative: No major issues. The software performs flawlessly and meets all my needs.

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  • Name: Graham L.
    Job Title: Musician (arranger/composer)
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    PDF Architect-a great alternative

    Date: Jan 27 2025

    Summary: I don't use many of the features of PDF Architect in my music but have used a number with word processing. Many of these features have saved me much time and effort.

    Positive: For me, the program has worked 'out of the box' as it describes. I use predominantly word processing programs and specialised music programs. I'm printing music PDFs on a daily basis for all sorts of music ensembles from professional symphony orchestras down to beginner level bands and orchestras in schools. PDF Architect allows me to print off, combine, Copyright en masse and finally email to the various music librarians. I can watermark, adjust pages, remove/replace pages and annotate individual pages or as I said, en masse and with ease. I will say the price has been very attractive for what the program provides and for me, the 'Help' aspect from PDF Architect HQ has always been timely and helpful.

    Negative: Some aspects of the program were a little difficult for me to get my head around, initially (page replacement, removal/adjustment [moving pages 50-55 up to position 89-94 for example]). With subsequent improvements and upgrades to the program, these have become a lot easier...again, the Help assistance was appreciated.

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  • Name: David John C.
    Job Title: Architect, Structural Engineer and Building Construction Project Manager (Retired)
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User, Administrator, Deployment
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Excellent and affordable PDF editor/document organizer

    Edited: Jan 23 2025

    Summary: Excellent PDF document software and easy to use. Anything (text) in the printed excel files in pdf format can be easily edited with PDF Architect Pro software, so there is no need to reprint the file in pdf again.

    Positive: Many of the editing functions and typing new items are easy and straightforward. All MS Windows fonts are available and can be adjusted with regards to each letter font space and also adjusting paragraph heights, just to mention a few.

    Negative: File conversion to excel and word are not refined enough. Many times a clear picture in pdf showing data table remains as a picture in excel and word. I have to resort to some free online pdf convertors to be able to do this. The OCR reader is optional - I would like to see it incorporated.

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  • Name: Cem K.
    Job Title: Medical Doctor
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User, Administrator, Deployment
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Easy to Use PDF reader/editor

    Date: Dec 17 2024

    Summary: Nice to use! I incorporated it to my billing and managing application (medical purpose). Especially PDF Creator allows me to create pdf's to send them easily to the patients

    Positive: It is an easy to use PDF editor. Moreover compared to the Adobe product , one subscription gives the use of the whole program. Additionally I use PDF Creator Free from the same company to my entire satisfaction.

    Negative: The color red is too bright! Differences between version (7,8 and 9) make it difficult sometimes to retrieve some functions (pre registered stamps for example). It sometimes skips from the subscribed version to a non subscribed version (free version)

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  • Name: Neil M.
    Job Title: Retired
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Weekly
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    PDF Architect

    Date: Oct 15 2024

    Summary: Used for years now and works well although it does not appear to be able to fully convert a PDF to an editable word document.

    Positive: The app is all embracing and works well and have been using 2 versions for many years and I find them both quick and easy. I would like a proper conversation to an editable word document.

    Negative: Nothing all works well with the various attributes however a proper conversation from PDF to a word document would be good.

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  • Name: Anthony B.
    Job Title: NDT Supervisor and Inspector
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Daily
    Role: User, Deployment
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    PDFA9Pro has everything I need for my expanded SOW

    Date: Oct 08 2024

    Summary: 99.52% satisfied. Not going back to the Standard version if I want to be as productive as I need to be. Oh, whether it's AI bot or a real person, the Chat made the process of upgrading to Pro easy and painless. It/she (Mary) let me have a discount based on the fact I already had purchased the Standard version about 6 months prior. Nice. Definitely sticking with Pro till I retire in 3 years.

    Positive: PDF Architect 9 Pro has all the editing, security and conversion features I need on a daily basis. I tried the Standard version for the past 6 months, down from using the Pro version from 2022 til May this year. Standard worked great however my work scope expanded unexpectedly and I needed the other features available only in Pro. It's damned reliable, accessible and easy to get my work done. Simple as friggin that.

    Negative: I tried to upgrade to Pro from my desktop app in the account management section but it went to a webpage no longer exits kinda thing. Not sure why that couldn't be fixed in a software update to the desktop app.

    The Standard version was sometimes slow, and me too impatient surely, when stitching PDF documents together to form a single document. Not terrible, just slow. Probably heavy processing involved, but it would seem to freeze for a while and I wasn't sure the changes were made.

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  • Name: Gerry Lai Y.
    Job Title: Church Administrator
    Length of product use: 1-2 Years
    Used How Often?: Weekly
    Role: Administrator
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Good fast respond from service team.

    Date: Sep 24 2024

    Summary: User-friendly and easy to use. Never fail my expectations in terms of the features of the software.

    Positive: Almost flawless in the program design. The merging of files from various types of file extensions helped me to easily compile a report.
    The insertion of the watermark is effortless and nice.

    Negative: I can't think of any at the moment.
    Whatever I need and expected in the software, it can do.

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  • Name: David W.
    Job Title: Marketing & Media
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Weekly
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 1 - 25
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Great product for dealing with PDF's

    Date: Aug 13 2024

    Summary: A good experience with PDF Architect. The program generally does what I require. I have used this in the past and will continue to do so.

    Positive: Program works well and is easy to use. It does all that I need to deal with PDF's in a clear and efficient way.

    Negative: Need to register even for free version. Pricing is per year and not forever which is a downside to buying the premium versions.

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  • Name: Anonymous (Verified)
    Job Title: Director
    Length of product use: 2+ Years
    Used How Often?: Monthly
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 26 - 99
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Refund on Unwanted Charge

    Date: Jul 15 2024

    Summary: Positive. I think the product is very good and I enjoyed using it for reports. I am not sure it was needed to record payments, donations and receipts.

    Positive: That my comments about not wanting to renew contract were acted on immediately and much appreciated!

    Negative: The renewal of the contract happened automatically and was charged against my credit card. I would have liked more notice so I could advise that I no longer needed the PDF service

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  • Name: Tim M.
    Job Title: Retired
    Length of product use: Less than 6 months
    Used How Often?: Monthly
    Role: User
    Organization Size: 20,000 or More
    Features
    Design
    Ease
    Pricing
    Support
    Likelihood to Recommend to Others
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

    Activation

    Date: Jul 13 2024

    Summary: GREAT Experience with Steve & Chat.

    Positive: I had a problem activating my account. Steve analyzed the issue and walked me through the fix. Great Job

    Negative: Nothing,.

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