BlinkDMS vs. Nitro Productivity Suite

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
BlinkDMS
Score 5.0 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
BlinkDMS is a lightweight DMS (Document Management System) for small companies (~500 employees) or other organizations. It is focused on version management and a controlled release process. Difference to other DMS systems: designed for the usage in a (medical) regulated environment (ISO13485, FDA CFR820) documents are organized in a flexible folder system, so people find documents in an intuitive way strict separation of the working area of…N/A
Nitro Productivity Suite
Score 9.3 out of 10
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Nitro Productivity Suite combines electronic signature and general PDF editing, from Nitro, Inc. It is built around capabilities such as getting approvals and esignatures in seconds and sharing and reviewing documents from anywhere.
$9.99
per month billed annually per user
Pricing
BlinkDMSNitro Productivity Suite
Editions & Modules
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Nitro Sign® Essentials
$9.99
per month billed annually per user
Nitro Sign® Advanced
$19.99
per month billed annually per user
Nitro Sign® Premium
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
BlinkDMSNitro Productivity Suite
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
5.0
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9.3
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Likelihood to Renew
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10.0
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Usability
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9.0
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Performance
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8.0
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Support Rating
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9.2
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Ease of integration
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5.0
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User Testimonials
BlinkDMSNitro Productivity Suite
Likelihood to Recommend
A big organization. Where documents need to be shared or viewed by multiple parties. Easy upload and understanding with very little training needed. This helps workflows and saves time. We did run into issues where there was no multi language option
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I run a professional services business from home. I need to edit documents quickly and easily and with minimal subscriptions to minimize overheads. I love that Nitro is a one-off payment to get a license to the software, and you can simply upgrade to the latest version if that's what you want, but you're not obligated to. I've been using the same version of Nitro for 7-8 years now. Despite the fact the upgraded versions have a lot of great, nice-to-have features, the version I'm on still does the job.
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Pros
  • UX
  • Data implementations
  • User count
  • Electronic signature support
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  • Ability to combine files SEAMLESSLY and order them around as necessary (so underrated)
  • Signing not only for yourself but for others. Helpful for those who have been granted the authority to sign for VPs and directors
  • Much easier to use than some other PDF viewing services
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Cons
  • More UX options
  • Long download
  • Better way to file within a file
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  • Converting from PDF to Microsoft Word can be complicated at times. Some parts of a document such as tables are not converted properly.
  • Sometimes it appears to be easier to save MS Word documents to PDF rather than using NPS to convert. It can be a bit slow to convert at times.
  • In my view, it wasn't user friendly at the beginning.
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Likelihood to Renew
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We will definitely be renewing the Nitro Productivity Suite. Saves the company a lot of money for something we use everyday
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Usability
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For the most part, the entire software is extremely easy to navigate and use. You won't need to follow tutorials or anything for the bulk of the core features, as it's all pretty seamlessly designed.
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Performance
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It works as advertised.
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Support Rating
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Nitro checks all the boxes for what we need. It is fairly priced, it allows us to read and edit PDF documents, convert PDF to MS Word and convert MS Word to PDF. It allows us to combine multiple files and do all the post processing like adding page numbers and adding headers and footers
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Alternatives Considered
The simple design of BlinkDMS is my preference. Especially when it comes to new employees. Currently using Dropbox and we struggle to find things where more frequently than when I had used BlinkDMS.
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Every 1-2 years will do a check on current PDF options to include trialing the software. Have tried Foxit and several that seem to have failed in the marketplace. Over the last 4 years, I have always stuck with Nitro. Unfortunately, we still need to keep Adobe Acrobat (free version) installed to view a small percentage of some PDFs we receive.
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Return on Investment
  • Time
  • Organization. Prevents mistakes
  • Awareness of system. Was easy to say its in Blink
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  • Positive - Cheaper than Adobe
  • Positive - Allows us to modify PDF documents from our clients to submit our proposals.
  • Positive - Allows us to convert PDF documents to MS Word to share with our consultants and others without a PDF editor who contributes to our proposals.
  • Negative - Need to upgrade to get the latest features/versions unlike something like MS/Office 365 where we just get updates automatically and free for the monthly fee. Maybe they will or need to move to a subscription solution versus a product price.
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