Nitro Productivity Suite vs. Secured Signing

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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If you need any documents digitally signed, it's a perfect solution and is legally binding. We used it for signing all documents that didn't require a wet signature. It's a perfect solution as well if you're working remotely and can't get paperwork done in person. I would also suggest it to those who are looking for an option to have documents signed electronically instead of using paper.

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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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• Easy to add signature fields.
• Easy to upload documents.
• Secure audit history.
• No need for an app - can sign through a browser.

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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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• We don't have particularly complex requirements and it does everything we need, plus has many other more advanced features.

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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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Wouldn't want to go back, and no one else offers a better service and support.

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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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There is so little to it - it just works.

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It works as advertised.

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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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Usually quick and responsive - even with a newby.

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Training users (and ourselves) to think differently is the challenge - but given most users are not as familar with the computer systems which run their accounting software, that's not new.

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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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I haven't looked in detail at alternatives, as Secured Signing does everything we have needed it to, at a very reasonable price point

Incentivized

• 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.

Incentivized

• Digital signing is simply one of the highest return on investment things you can do. It costs next to nothing compared to the cost of printing, signing, scanning, emailing, chasing multiple parties multiple times, printing and compiling counterparts, re-scanning, and saving that you'd otherwise do.

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