Foxit PhantomPDF Reviews in May 2025: User Ratings, Pros & Cons

"1st Time User"

What do you like best? I like being able to open and separate the files in the same place. Overall usage is much more user friendly that Adobe. What do you dislike? I haven't found anything that works against me when using this product. Recommendations to others considering the product: I'm new to the software so I don't have much advise to give but I will say that the more I use it, the easier it is to use and the more it pulls me away from the Adobe platform. i would recommend that you go ...

"Perfect low cost alternative"

What do you like best? I loved Adobe, but the subscription costs were way too high for a casual user. This was the perfect replacement. What do you dislike? Nothing. So far it works great. I have had no issues. Recommendations to others considering the product: There is a little learning curve but it appears it had all the functions of Adobe. Some are just in different places. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? Mostly converting documents to ...

"Very Easy and Powerful"

What do you like best? The ability to deploy with the license key is incredible as an IT professional. I can have it loaded on a user's computer within 1 1/2 minutes while I'm on the phone with them and they can use it before they tell me what they did during the weekend. In addition, I have even had users ask for this over Adobe. What do you dislike? If I had to choose something to dislike, I would say that it would be more difficult than I want to purchase licenses. I have sorted it out ...

"Works great"

What do you like best? Foxit works very similar to adobe. I haven't had any complaints so far. What do you dislike? Works great so far. It takes just a little to get used to something that isn't adobe. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? It's much cheaper than adobe.

"1st Time User"

What do you like best? I like being able to open and separate the files in the same place. Overall usage is much more user friendly that Adobe. What do you dislike? I haven't found anything that works against me when using this product. Recommendations to others considering the product: I'm new to the software so I don't have much advise to give but I will say that the more I use it, the easier it is to use and the more it pulls me away from the Adobe platform. i would recommend that you go ...

"Multiple PDF Optimization, PDF Editing, and Update Purchase"

What do you like best? The software is very efficient in OCR pdf files, and the multiple OCR function is super. The one-time purchase is also very good as an alternative to monthly subscription. I also like the way it can work independently from the free Foxit Reader. I now use the Foxit Reader to read pdf files while OCR other files I am not using for further reference. This separate arrangement is very convenient. What do you dislike? The inability of optimizing multiple pdfs at the same ...

"Like it even better than Adobe Pro DC"

What do you like best? We switch to Foxit Phamtom PDF from Adobe Pro DC about 4 months ago now. It at least as good as Adobe in most areas, and in a couple areas I actually like Foxit better: a) Organizing pages: In Foxit, you can drag and drop from the sidebar menu, meaning that you can still have a full-size view of the pages you are moving in the main pane. In Adobe, the org screen took all the place and it could be hard to see which page you needed to move because they all became ...

"Phantom PDF Business has helped workflow and productivity within my office"

What do you like best? The ability to edit PDFs, perform optical character recognition and review documents with other colleages has helped workflow within my organisation. We are able to easily create and edit PDF documents and fillable form. Whilst being able to sort pages, add headers/footers/watermarks, and export PDFs. The ability to convert paper into editable and searchable PDFs, has helped our office move towards a paperless workplace, saving on printing cost and resulting in ...

"Foxxit Phantom PDF"

What do you like best? Phantom gives me the ability to edit PDF's files easily. The functionality is similar to Adobe Acrobat so it was effortless to learn. I like that you can buy the software without being trapped in a yearly subscription. What do you dislike? So far, there is nothing that I dislike. What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? I was able to create and editable form for our RGA process.

"Foxit is a great PDF tool"

What do you like best? easy to use good customer service reasonable price What do you dislike? nothing so far, the software has been great alternative What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized? We use Foxit as our pdf solution for the following: Read, create, redact and security