When comparing Master PDF Editor vs Foxit PhantomPDF Editor, the Slant community recommends Foxit PhantomPDF Editor for most people. In the question“What are the best free PDF form creators for Windows?” Foxit PhantomPDF Editor is ranked 1st while Master PDF Editor is ranked 2nd.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Built-in OCR
Pro Free for non-commercial use
Pro Very good import capabilities
Pro Only cross-platform editor that can handle LiveCycle Dynamic XFA forms
PDF-Exchange can handle XFA, but it's Windows only. XFA is usually created in Adobe Acrobat.
Pro Fast and lightweight
Pro Reasonable OCR capabilities
While PhatomPDF's OCR capabilities are not as powerful as those found in some competing products, it will get the job done as long as the layout elements are basic and the text has no particularly odd fonts.
Pro Clean, easy to navigate user interface
PhantomPDF has a ribbon-like interface that allows keeping it clean and intuitive.
Pro Can directly convert Outlook e-mails to PDFs
Single messages, conversations and folders can be converted.
Pro Offers a 30-day trial
Pro Supports password and certificate protection and DocuSign signatures
Pro Author of a document can allow others to leave comments
Through a feature called Shared Review, the author can share a document with others for them to leave comments. Once enabled for sharing through SharePoint, network folder or e-mail, the document can be accessed with Foxit Reader, MobilePDF Business and PhantomPDF Business.
Cons
Con Proprietary, but reasonably priced
Con Free only for non-commercial use
Con Very frequent crashes
Con Not the best for this price
Con Plugins are 32-bit only and don't work with 64-bit MS Office
Plugins for Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint that allow simplified PDF creation are only available for the 32-bit versions.