Wednesday, April 22, 2026

PCWorld Review

Though PDF Complete may not be as well-known as other Acrobat alternatives like Nitro Pro and PDFelement Pro, it’s well up to the task of being your primary PDF editor. That and its budget-friendly price should earn it a spot on your shopping list.

TechRadar Review

PDF Complete is a more than adequate solution in its part of the market. It doesn’t take long to get used to, and it comes packed with lots of useful features that should satisfy the needs of most users on the market. The comprehensive knowledge base and responsive support push it even further in the charts, and as long as you’re comfortable with the slightly outdated look, this is a great application all around.

PCWorld Best of PDF Editors Article

PDF Complete has more than just a low price going for it. It’s a very capable PDF editor that takes its cues from Adobe’s Acrobat Pro DC. With support for a variety of file types and formats, as well as the full complement of editing tools and functionality, your PDF needs are covered. PDF Complete also uniquely offers a wealth of support, from its “learning center” of instructive videos to its searchable knowledgebase. It’s a great value!

Hewlett Packard & PDF Complete:

For over a decade, Hewlett-Packard desktop, notebook, tablet, and workstation computers included PDF Complete software.  Hewlett-Packard relied on PDF Complete to provide an amazing out-of-box experience for their customers.  We are proud to be part of delivering PDF solutions to Hewlett-Packard customers.

You now have an opportunity to extended the features of your existing software to include editing, document organization, scanning, and optical character recognition.  

We invite you to take advantage of our 30-day money back guarantee to try PDF Complete Office Edition.  We think that you will find that it is hands-down, the best value for PDF document software anywhere.

PDF Complete Products: What's Included

PDF Features HP Special Edition (Pre-installed) Corporate Edition 4 (PDF Creator) Office Edition 4.2 (PDF Editor)
View Standard PDFs    
Search for text    
Select & copy text    
Create & print to PDF (Limited)  
Security permissions (Limited)  
Archive & email attachments(Limited)  
Form fill (Limited)  
Combine PDFs    
Page extraction    
Insert/append pages    
Rotate and move pages    
Scan and search for text    
(Advanced) OCR scan    
Edit text    
Insert text & images    
Sticky-note comments    
Mark-up/annotations    
(Advanced) Security settings    
Redact text & images    
Insert digital signatures    
Export to Word, Excel & PowerPoint   
Export to eBook and Alto formats   
Export to HTML, XPS & text    
Archive to PDF/A-1, 2 & 3    
HP Special Edition Pre-installed on your PC
View Standard PDFs
Search for text
Select & copy text
Create & print to PDF Ltd
Security permissions Ltd
Archive & email attachmentsLtd
Form fill Ltd
Combine PDFs
Page extraction
Insert/append pages
Rotate and move pages
Scan and search for text
OCR scan
Edit text
Redact text & images
Digital signatures
Export to Word, Excel & PowerPoint
Corporate Edition 4 PDF Creator — Activate from $9.95
View Standard PDFs
Search for text
Select & copy text
Create & print to PDF
Security permissions
Archive & email attachments
Form fill
Combine PDFs
Page extraction
Insert/append pages
Rotate and move pages
Scan and search for text
OCR scan
Edit text
Redact text & images
Digital signatures
Export to Word, Excel & PowerPoint
Office Edition 4.2 Full PDF Editor — Upgrade from $69.95
View Standard PDFs
Search for text
Select & copy text
Create & print to PDF
Security permissions
Archive & email attachments
Form fill
Combine PDFs
Page extraction
Insert/append pages
Rotate and move pages
Scan and search for text
OCR scan
Edit text
Insert text & images
Sticky-note comments
Mark-up/annotations
(Advanced) Security settings
Redact text & images
Insert digital signatures
Export to Word, Excel & PowerPoint
Export to eBook and Alto formats
Export to HTML, XPS & text
Archive to PDF/A-1, 2 & 3

PDF Complete Corporate Edition includes everything in HP Special Edition plus full PDF creation, security permissions, document organisation, combining, page management, and scanning tools — permanently activated with no watermarks, no annual fees, and no subscription required. Backed by our 30-day money-back guarantee.

Activate Corporate Edition — $29.95

 


 

PDF Complete Office Edition includes everything in HP Special Edition plus the full PDF editing suite — modify existing text, redact sensitive information, add digital signatures, annotate, fill forms, run OCR on scanned documents, and export to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and more. One-time purchase, no subscription, backed by our 30-day money-back guarantee.

Upgrade to Office Edition — $69.95

A Brief History of PDF Complete

PDF Complete is small business that has been building and selling PDF solutions since 2003.  PDF Complete began with a Windows virtual printer that could create fantastic PDF documents. We quickly rose to the top tier of PDF document creators and partnered with Hewlett-Packard to include our PDF creation software on new HP computers.

Several years later, we introduced the ability to read and view PDF documents. Hewlett-Packard liked us so well that we took the place of Adobe Acrobat on their computers for a number of years. As more and more companies threw their hat into the PDF marketplace, we began to add PDF editing and other advanced functionality into our products.

Today, we have tens of millions of people using PDF Complete products, our feature list is growing, and our tools are more intuitive than ever before. We are working hard on delivering new and very helpful document tools that no one else is bringing to the marketplace. Please stay tuned …

Why PDF Complete? Since Day 1, we have backed our products with a 30 Day Satisfaction Guarantee. Our goal is to make electronic documents easy to use and easy to trust.

 

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