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Roxana G.

Consultor de Planificación

Telecommunications

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

10/16/2019

"I like its PDF Mix tool"

4.5/5

What do you like best about PDFsam Basic?

PDFSam Basic is based on a free, downloadable and installable application and for the purpose of my review, on Windows. PDFSam Basic includes tools such as PDF Merge, PDF Split, PDF Mix, PDF Rotate and PDF Extract. I liked the PDF file mixing tool that allows you to combine them into one by following some criteria or pattern that you can point out in its options menu. At first, implementing it can be somewhat complicated but the online help offered by PDFSam is very useful and with it, you can complete the task successfully. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PDFsam Basic?

It does not allow you to create, edit and convert PDF documents, unless you install PFSam Enhanced. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering PDFsam Basic:

I recommend trying the tool to mix PDF. I don't remember seeing this tool in another similar application to PDF. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PDFsam Basic solving and how is that benefiting you?

PDFSam Basic includes basic and necessary tools such as PDF Merge, PDF Split, PDF Mix, PDF Rotate and PDF Extract, which are useful in my day-day. With these tools it turns out to be more efficient to formulate documents and engineering including only the information required from other previous PDF documents. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Juan Francisco U.

Especialista de Proyectos

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/9/2019

"My experience with PDFSam Basic"

4/5

What do you like best about PDFsam Basic?

The first thing that is appreciated when starting PDFSam Basic (desktop application) is that it presents options to manipulate PDF documents where each option is a module within what we could call “dashboard”. With this application you can only split (in number of pages or size in Mb or Kb), extract pages, combine, rotate and mix PDF documents. It called my attention the option to divide a PDF document into several documents taking into account the weight in MB or KB indicated by the user. PDFSam Basic is offered as a free tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PDFsam Basic?

Other options are also included in the dashboard (such as generate PDF as a virtual printer, convert PDF to Excel, Word, and edit, crop, delete pages and visual combine or reorder PDF documents), but require downloading the PDFSam Enhanced application and paying by activating several of those options. It should be noted that all of the options not offered within the basic application can be obtained in other applications for free. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering PDFsam Basic:

Although it is a simple application, PDFSam Basic is a useful tool for executing basic functions such as splitting, merging, rotating and mixing of PDF documents. It is a free tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PDFsam Basic solving and how is that benefiting you?

The option to divide by size in MB or KB a PDF document proves to be a very useful tool if you need to section a file for sending by email. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jose Manuel A.

Project Control Manager

Management Consulting

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/1/2019

"Awesome software for basic PDF edition"

3.5/5

What do you like best about PDFsam Basic?

This software is very simple to use, it has a self explanatory and intuitive interface with a strong set of options to better organize my PDF files. The document manipulation functionalities is very vast, and for those only looking to merge and split files or extract, mix and rotate PDFs quickly, this tool comes in very handy. Another feature to remark about it is the fact that I can manipulate large size files very smoothly without crashes and lags Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PDFsam Basic?

PDFsam Basic might not let you make direct edits to PDFs, but it includes very handy utilities for your basic everyday needs. If you want to edit a PDF file in full depth you’ll need to pay for that functionality. Although this software is relatively inexpensive. Another low point is its design, for me it looks old since it uses old version of java but that doesn’t affect its performance Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering PDFsam Basic:

I recommend this tool to any user that needs to split or merge PDF files easily, it’s very simple because it has a pretty user friendly interface. It’s a very smooth software that will allow you to coordinate and improve the way the tasks are performed Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PDFsam Basic solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use it on a daily basis since I constantly need to remove and add pages to PDFs as well as split them to create smaller size files so it can be shared with my peers and clients which helps me to gain time making me more productive Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jordon W.

Owner

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/22/2019

"Powerful PDF Software. "

4/5

What do you like best about PDFsam Basic?

I like how simple and clean the software is. It is also powerful as I have used it to merge PDF's with over 100 pages in them for email. It has well thought out little features like option to automatically adding a table of contents when merging PDF's. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PDFsam Basic?

The ability to preview PDF's within the software before merging, splitting etc. It just requires you to open the PDF separately then close it before you can make edits in PDFsam Basic. I also could not find how to password protect files but I believe it has this feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering PDFsam Basic:

Give a try as its free for all of the basic features.

Its also great that its an offline tool so you don't need to upload documents that might be sensitive to a server. The premium features add a lot of value as well I just wish you could preview PDF files before you edit them to double check what page needs editing or to be split. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PDFsam Basic solving and how is that benefiting you?

The ability to merge massive PDF's without crashing and in a small file size that can be shared or sent.

If the file is way too big it will split it bu size limit so you can send the PDF in parts. The software makes managing PDF's easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Josue R.

Coordinador de operaciones

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/27/2019

"Productivity in the office with PDFsam Basic"

4.5/5

What do you like best about PDFsam Basic?

I think there are few PDF management software with as many functions as PDFsam Basic. You can mix, merge, extract and much more. It has an ordered interface with well-placed functions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PDFsam Basic?

Occasionally I tried to download new versions and had to access the website directly to do so, because it is not possible from the same program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering PDFsam Basic:

It is a very accessible tool for business and with great potential. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PDFsam Basic solving and how is that benefiting you?

In the office we needed software that allowed us to merge and divide documents. PDFsam Basic solved our inconvenience and awarded us with more than those functions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Gabe C.

Owner

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/22/2019

"PDFsam Basic does what it needs to, and does it well!"

5/5

What do you like best about PDFsam Basic?

PDFsam is free and open source version, and it's available for multiple platforms. Very intuitive, and well laid out. Easily split and merge PDF's. Very lightweight and loads quickly. Lots of options for the various functions. Saves space when merging PDF's. No irritating registration or queue to wait through. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PDFsam Basic?

There honestly isn't much to dislike. It does what it says, and it does it well. I do wish the ability to edit files was present in the free version, but that's not something that I've seen on many, if any, free PDF editors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering PDFsam Basic:

Definitely worth considering for your PDF editing needs. Compares favorably to other free merge/splitters I've used, especially online sites like FoxyPDF. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PDFsam Basic solving and how is that benefiting you?

Easily combining and splitting PDF's is much faster and less tedious than having to print specific pages and rages from a file to a new PDF. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Joretta F.

Accounting Manager

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/18/2019

"PDF Split and Merge is Great!"

5/5

What do you like best about PDFsam Basic?

PDFsam Basic (a.k.a. PDF Split and Merge) has a lot of good functions and is pretty easy to use! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PDFsam Basic?

I have not been able to figure out how to split by Bookmark level. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering PDFsam Basic:

PDFsam Basic has a lot of options to combine or split documents. You can even rotate pages and change the order of the pages, if needed. You can also split by page number or size. There is even a way to Bookmark certain pages and split them according to the Bookmark, but I have not used that function. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PDFsam Basic solving and how is that benefiting you?

I take multiple documents and merge them together into one document, making it easier to print multiple documents at the same time. I also sometimes need to take a few pages out of the middle of a document, and PDFsam Basic makes that very easy to do. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ryan B.

General Manager

Hospitality

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/28/2019

"Simple but very useful PDF Tool"

5/5

What do you like best about PDFsam Basic?

PDFsam Basic does a great job of getting simple tasks (made complicated by the restrictive nature of PDFs) a breeze. Need to separate pages in a multi-page PDF, easy. Combine two or more PDFs into one large one, just a couple of clicks. PDF is upside down? Easy rotation of files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PDFsam Basic?

Free functions cover most important uses, but you have to pay extra for the premium features. Not really a dislike as it the team that made this deserves our investment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering PDFsam Basic:

Highly recommended to do simple task to manage your PDF files such as rotate, merge, split, extract pages, reorder and more. Try the free version and see if it suits you. If you like it, support the team behind this software and get more tools. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PDFsam Basic solving and how is that benefiting you?

Helps my team manage and organize our collection of PDFs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Juan S.

Data Science Jr

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

4/2/2019

"PDFsam has everything you need to edit PDF"

4.5/5

What do you like best about PDFsam Basic?

The software is very simple and intuitive to use. What I like the most is that it works on Windows, Mac and Linux. It has all the important PDF document manipulation tools: split, merge and reorder. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PDFsam Basic?

The Java framework is mandatory for the program to work. It also does not have services in the cloud, everything is worked locally. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering PDFsam Basic:

It is a program that has everything necessary in terms of PDF manipulation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PDFsam Basic solving and how is that benefiting you?

We create new PDFs by splitting and merging files or selectively extracting pages from existing documents and combining them in a variety of ways. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Stephanie P.

Gerente Comercial en Dj Profile.TV SpA

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/22/2019

"A basic tool for the transformation of PDFs"

5/5

What do you like best about PDFsam Basic?

PDF split and Merge or PDF Sam is a multiplatform tool built in Java that allows to solve several of the most common operations in the field of the transformation of PDF files.

Intercalation / Mixing of several PDF files to create a single final document.

Union of two or more PDF files (one after the other)

Splitting a PDF file (in single pages)

Customize the orientation of each of the pages of a PDF.

Modify the orientation for all pages of a PDF.

Surely you have ever found a PDF longer than a book. These files are somewhat heavy and the editor spends a lot of resources when opening them. With PDFsam you can divide them to make them more manageable.

It is also possible otherwise, that you want to join several files. In all these occasions PDFsam will be the appropriate tool.

The program saves the forms, the images and graphics without altering them at all when joining and dividing. In the first case, you can choose which number of pages should be cut, perform an unequal division or divide the file into equal files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about PDFsam Basic?

When the files are very heavy it crashes.

The option of visual rearrangement sometimes fails, as it does not show all the thumbnails of the pages

Requires java for its operation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering PDFsam Basic:

PDFsam Basic is a simple tool that will surely get you out of more than one hurry. And if you need something more powerful, take a look at PDFenhanced, which offers very interesting extra features, although at the moment it is only available for Windows. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is PDFsam Basic solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is a very powerful tool because it helps me in a few seconds with PDF files, if I want to join them, separate them into pages to send only what is necessary by mail, in order to help me in my day to day and in my administrative tasks Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.