--- description: Review of PDFCreator Software: system overview, features, price and cost information. Get free demos and compare to similar programs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/software_advice/og_logo-55146305bbe7b450bea05c18e9be9c9a.png title: PDFCreator | Reviews, Pricing & Demos - SoftwareAdvice GB --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [PDF Software](/directory/4791/pdf-software/software) > [PDFCreator](/software/477111/PDFCreator) # PDFCreator Canonical: https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/477111/PDFCreator Page: 1 / 18\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/477111/PDFCreator?page=2) > PDFCreator is a powerful and easy-to-use software that enables users to create PDF files from any program. Whether you are an office worker, small business owner, or freelancer, PDFCreator caters to professionals across various industries who need to work with PDF documents. With a range of features designed to streamline workflows and enhance productivity, PDFCreator simplifies the process of creating, editing, and managing PDFs. PDFCreator offers comprehensive support to ensure a smooth experience. From onboarding guides to responsive customer service, their team is ready to assist you with any questions or issues. Additionally, the software includes detailed tutorials and online resources to help you maximize its features. PDFCreator is an all-in-one solution for managing and automating your document workflows. Whether you're a business looking to optimize your operations or an individual needing a reliable PDF editor, PDFCreator offers the flexibility and functionality to meet your needs. > > Verdict: Rated **4.6/5** by 418 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.6/5** | 418 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 4.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Avanquest - **Location**: Saint-Laurent, Canada - **Founded**: 2009 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$27.50 - **Pricing model**: Per User (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: Streamline your document management with PDFCreator software. Create and convert PDFs from any printable file in one click. Merge, split, or rearrange documents, and ensure compliance with PDF/A archiving for long-term storage. Protect sensitive files using password encryption and legally binding digital signatures. Automate repetitive workflows with actions, tokens, and auto-save features to save time and boost productivity. Ideal for individuals, teams, and businesses, our PDF editor is available in 20+ languages for seamless global use. Below is an overview of the available editions and their pricing: 1. PDFCreator Free Features: Basic PDF creation capabilities suitable for individual users. 2. PDFCreator Professional Designed for business use, this edition includes advanced features for businesses, such as COM-Interface, CS-Script, Group Policies, License-Server, and MSI Package, starting at $27.50 per workstation per year (volume discounts available) 3. PDFCreator Terminal Server Suitable for environments requiring installation on terminal servers, this edition supports an unlimited number of users per server. $456.00 per server per year. Includes all features of the Professional edition, optimized for terminal server use. 4. PDFCreator Server Designed for high-demand scenarios, this edition allows centralized PDF creation and management. $1,375 per server per year . Offers centralized settings, CS-Script, License-Server, MSI Package, and multi-threading capabilities. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Windows (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise) - **Supported Languages**: Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese - **Available Countries**: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium and 210 more ## Features - Batch Processing - Convert to PDF - Digital Signature - Document Management - Electronic Signature - Encryption - Merge/Append Files - PDF Conversion - Watermarking ## Integrations (7 total) - Dropbox Backup - Microsoft Excel - Microsoft Outlook - Microsoft PowerPoint - Microsoft Word - OneDrive - Thunderbird ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base ## Category - [PDF Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/4791/pdf-software/software) ## Related Categories - [PDF Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/4791/pdf-software/software) - [PDF Editor Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/4419/pdf-editor/software) - [Digital Signature Software](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/directory/4235/electronic-signature/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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Highly recommend. ----- ### "Indispensable to send files that require a certain degree of protection of information." — 4.0/5 > **Rafael** | *10 March 2018* | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Indispensable to send files that require a certain degree of protection of information.   Creating documents with this format (PDF) is extremely easy and fast. In addition, in many cases the security of the information you want to send is vital and this format offers several options and levels of security such as the ability to add a watermark, encrypt data and use passwords and, on the other hand, and not least is the fact that it has a great capacity to compress the size of files. > > **Cons**: In many cases it can be very difficult to work with information received in a PDF document, since this format, in principle, is not made so that the editable document, in other words, it is practically impossible to edit a PDF for the simple fact that it is it's about an image of a document. Fortunately, there are already tools such as the Aiseesoft PDF Converter Ultimate that allows converting PDF to Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other editable text formats. > > The biggest gain I've had and still have with this program is the level of security and the relatively little space I need to work with files in this format, both for those I send and for those I receive or download from the Internet, which , combined with the PDF converter, allow me to generate text files from the original pdf format. ----- ### "Open source PDF creation" — 4.0/5 > **Verified Reviewer** | *19 July 2019* | Computer Software | Recommendation rating: 6.0/10 > > **Pros**: PDFCreator was the first open source PDF creator launched, and that gained a lot of popularity over the years. It's the type of program that you install and use whenever you want to convert a regular document into a PDF. Later versions introduced conversion to other formats as well (JPG, PNG, TIF, ...) so it's more than a PDF creator now. It also allows PDF file manipulation as you can combine several documents into a single PDF file and it has support for multiple conversion profiles. > > **Cons**: Still requires an additional download, Ghostscript. Not the most intuitive interface. A bit on the freemium side since they introduced the PDFCreator Plus paid version. > > PDFCreator is ideal for whenever you want to convert a regular document into a PDF. Used it in the past quite a lot, as PDF creation was not part of Office. However, since Microsoft introduced the ability to convert Office documents into PDFs I basically switched back to what it offers. Whenever I need something more advanced I basically use one of the various online PDF manipulation sites (i.e. for merging PDFs), but I guess PDFCreator still has its use for those that need to convert to PDF more often rather than just ocassionally. ----- ### "create in second and free of charge any type of PDF document" — 5.0/5 > **Ana** | *22 April 2018* | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: Free tool, easy to install and use, works as an assistant in the form of a virtual printer, so it can be used in conjunction with any program capable of sending files to the print queue, it can significantly compress the size of the Word, Excel document. Power Point by transforming it to the pdf format, occupying less space on the disk and are easier to send by email. As a teacher I constantly use it to compress documents and that these occupy less space on my pc. It helps to avoid plagiarism also limiting the file only to the visualization > > **Cons**: I consider that its only disadvantage is that it should have an option that allows editing the documents that are in this format since it is practically impossible to edit a PDF, for the simple fact that it is an image of a document ----- ### "Excellent software for creating and editing PDF documents" — 5.0/5 > **Wulliams** | *27 October 2018* | Arts & Crafts | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: This software came into my work environment by chance, and it's the best chance I've ever had. PDF Creator is a very useful software to create and edit documents in PDF format. As it generates we use this format a lot in our work environment for the creation of documents in PDF format related to theatrical scripts, elaboration of speeches of presentation of works or theatrical spaces and of microtheatre. And not only does it stay with the creation of PDF documents, but you can also modify them, this feature is one of the most prominent and the one that makes us use more this software, since the material we create in PDF is reviewed by the entire team, and in this review always appear highlights that further nourish the content of the text, and this is where we modify according to these new ideas. And if that wasn't enough we can add passwords to protect each of our PDF documents. Undoubtedly this software is quite complete and very useful not only for our field of work but for any other field of work that requires the use of these features. > > **Cons**: For the features we use, I don't think it's convenient to enunciate some negative element that distorts the image and functions of this incredible software. Perhaps you could mention that its paid version is a little expensive for our management, however it is a trifle in comparison to all the positive features offered by this software. ----- Page: 1 / 18\ Next: [Next page](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/477111/PDFCreator?page=2) ## Links - [View on SoftwareAdvice](https://www.softwareadvice.co.uk/software/477111/PDFCreator) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | en | | | en-AU | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-NZ | | ----- ## Structured Data