EDELPDF vs Adobe Acrobat, Foxit and Nitro
Every feature side by side, honestly. Where EDELPDF isn't there yet, we say so.
EDELPDF
€20
once, for good
Adobe Acrobat Pro
$720
over 3 years at $19.99 / month
Nitro PDF
~$540
over 3 years at about $15 / month
Foxit PDF Editor+
$480
over 3 years at $159.99 / year
| EDELPDF | Adobe Acrobat Pro | Foxit PDF Editor+ | Nitro PDF Standard | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price & licence | ||||
| Price | €20 oncefree during early access | $19.99 / monthannual plan | $159.99 / yearor Editor 14 at $209.99 once | about $15 / monthper user, annual plan |
| Licence type | One-time | Subscription | Subscription or one-time | Subscription, or 3-year licence |
| Move to a new computer yourself | ✓old one switched off automatically | Sign in / out | Sign in / out | Sign in / out |
| Free trial | 30 daysafter early access | Yes | 14 days | 14 days |
| Free months for feedback | +6 monthsper suggestion we build | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Privacy & openness | ||||
| Open source | ✓GNU AGPL-3.0 | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Works fully offline, no account | ✓ | Account required | Account for subscription | Account for subscription |
| Edit | ||||
| Edit existing text | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Move, resize, delete images | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Add text boxes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Add new images, links | Not yet | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Headers, footers, watermarks | Not yet | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Undo / redo | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pages | ||||
| Rotate, delete, reorder | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Insert pages, merge files | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Extract / split | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Crop pages | Not yet | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Convert | ||||
| PDF to Word | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PDF to Excel | Coming soon | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PDF to PowerPoint | Coming soon | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Word, Excel, PowerPoint to PDF | Coming soon | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Web page / HTML to PDF | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PDF to images, images to PDF | Not yet | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Forms & signatures | ||||
| Fill in forms | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Create form fields | Coming soon | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Sign (draw, type, image) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Send for signature | Coming soon | ✓ | ✓150 envelopes / year | ✓ |
| Certificate-based digital signatures | Not yet | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scan & OCR | ||||
| OCR: scan to searchable PDF | ✓offline | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scanned PDF to editable Word | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| OCR languages | English, French, German, Spanish | Many | Many | Many |
| Review | ||||
| Highlight, underline, notes, drawing | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Find text | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Compare two PDF versions | Coming soon | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Security | ||||
| Password protection & permissions | Coming soon | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Redaction (permanently remove content) | Not yet | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Compress / reduce file size | Not yet | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Platforms | ||||
| Windows | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mac | Coming soon | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Phone & tablet | Planned | ✓ | ✓ | iOS |
| AI assistant | ✗your files stay private | Paid add-on | ✓ | ✓ |
Competitor prices are the individual plans listed on adobe.com and foxit.com in October 2026, in US dollars; Nitro's is the commonly quoted figure, as gonitro.com prices by quote. Prices differ by country. Adobe Acrobat, Foxit and Nitro are trademarks of their respective owners; EDELPDF is not affiliated with them. Spotted something out of date? Tell us at feedback@edelpdf.com.