PDF Element (PDF Editor) Perpetual License US$129.99 (~ $200AUD) (RRP: US$695) 81% off @ Wondershare

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PDF Element (PDF Editor) Perpetual License US$129.99 (~ $200AUD) (RRP: US$695) 81% off @ Wondershare
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the-rabs on 03/12/2024 - 15:31 pdf.wondershare.com (198 clicks)
Last edited 03/12/2024 - 15:31

My Adobe 2020 Pro license no longer works because signing out from my old PC no longer "unbinds" the software and Adobe are simply unable to unbind it. So the only option left with Adobe is to pay a monthly subscription.

So in looking for a PDF editor that I can pay once for a perpetual license, I found this sale.

The chatbot says you can only use it on two devices at once but can unbind the license (or use their portal to unbind any old computers) in order to use the license again.

It seems to do all the basic things I would normally use Adobe pro for, such as reading and editing PDFs (splitting pages, merging documents, digital signatures, etc).

  • Forever to use PDFelement [1]
  • Work across desktop, mobile (iOS and Android) and PDFelement Cloud (Limited Time)
  • Get access to all features
  • Free 100GB PDFelement Cloud storage
  • No watermark
  • Free tech support

[1] You own the software forever and have free minor updates within PDFelement 11(Desktop). You might need to pay for major upgrades.

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Comments

  • zerokas on 03/12/2024 - 15:43

    It's $ 103.99 at the moment.

    • the-rabs on 03/12/2024 - 15:45

      Yeah, it suddenly just dropped! I just installed the trial and started using it when it came up with that offer so I purchased it. it does the things I want.

      • the-rabs on 03/12/2024 - 15:47

        wait.. sorry, I was looking at the "Cross platform" option..

  • PainToad on 03/12/2024 - 15:56
    +1

    Unless I'm missing something, Preview on macOS has all these PDF features for free bundled with the OS…

    Well except this, but there's no way I'd be touching that.

    Free 100GB PDFelement Cloud storage

    • the-rabs on 03/12/2024 - 15:58
      -1

      Windows… WINDOWS!!! Why do you forsake me!!!!!

      So I've already decided to switch to iphone this coming jan.. it looks like I'm also switching to MacOs … :( I see a rather expensive tech migration in my future :(

      • PainToad on 03/12/2024 - 16:12

        Make sure you do your own research. I hardly ever edit PDFs.

        • the-rabs on 03/12/2024 - 16:16

          Thanks for this.. will do!

          I'm also moving from Evernote to iOS Notes when I move from Pixel to iPhone.. and from Google Photos to iCloud… Huge, huge changes..

          • Corgsta on 03/12/2024 - 20:06
            +1

            @the-rabs: I’ve gotten to really like Notes on MacOS. It’s simple and gets the job done and keeps out of your way. Once you learn it, it can be quite fast.

  • littlesoldier on 03/12/2024 - 16:06
    +1

    How is it compare to https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/881882 ?

    • the-rabs on 03/12/2024 - 16:13

      I think it provides the same, or similar, functionality.

      The thing that has me buying from companies like WonderShare is how long the company has been around. I purchased their "Streaming Audio Recorder" on 2014-08-14 and it's still working and supported.

      I also found this support article about how to deregister an old device wheras the process with wondershare is done via the account portal (yourself).

      So I guess it's just a maturity and supportability thing for me.

    • ashumz on 03/12/2024 - 16:25

      I just got the free 2022 then paid the discounted upgrade fee with a discount on top. $44aud.

  • hambogan on 03/12/2024 - 16:07

    I think you can get it for around $60 if you use an APN and buy the Chinese version

    • thangnhoc on 03/12/2024 - 16:20
      +1

      Set VPN to Malaysia only costs me $51 - but if I go purchase, does that mean I have to switch on VPN to MAlaysia every time i use the app?

  • Serious Lee on 03/12/2024 - 16:28

    Free pdf editor software
    Libreoffice Draw
    GIMP

  • OzyBe on 03/12/2024 - 18:05
    +2

    OP, that Adobe 'unbinding' issue sounds a little dodgy. Surely they would have a way of 'unbinding' it from their end when this sort of thing happens….
    but it is more convenient to try to push you into a subscription.

    Adobe Acrobat is a good app, but it does have bugs, and these bugs get brought to the attention of Adobe via their community forums, but they don't seem to do anything about fixing them. Even 4+ years later.

    3 Issues I have found:

    1) There is a handy plugin that comes with the package, that works with the Outlook email client. In theory this is a good idea, except that it regularly seems to get the latest email in the trail incorrect - it does not display properly. For this reason I simply cannot use it, and instead manually convert email to PDF when I have to.

    2) The combine PDF feature (using right click in file explorer) - this is a very handy feature, and not many PDF programs have this yet. This feature has an option to delete the separate source files when a combined PDF has been created - the issue with this is that it DELETES the source files even when a combined PDF is NOT successfully created. I have read about this happening to other people, but nothing has been done about it. It happened to me once, so I had turned this option off (it permanently deletes the source files rather than sending these to the recycling bin - undelete could not find them).

    3). I find that every 20 or 30 conversions, a successful PDF cannot be generated from the source - not sure what it is that causes this, instead of a PDF, there is a text file with error codes. When this happens, I simply use the free Microsoft PDF creator.

    Note: I wish Microsoft made their PDF convertor more functional - it just seems to work well no matter what. Not going to MAC, but it seems they have native PDF functionality in the OS?

  • xNik on 03/12/2024 - 18:25
    +1

    Just use LibreOffice. Saved you $200 (exception of cloud storage)

  • ruprectaus on 03/12/2024 - 18:56

    On Linix, Okular is free for anyone looking and is also on Windows I see.

    https://okular.kde.org/download/

  • CheapGit on 03/12/2024 - 20:46

    For windows i just use the free PDF24 creator https://tools.pdf24.org/en/creator they do have an online version, found out about it from a German colleague
    There is also PDF Gear https://www.pdfgear.com/ that works on Windows, Mac, IOS and Android.

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