Compare PDFelement Pro vs Brief

PDFelement offers plans based on your desktop’s operating system and the number of PCs where the system will be implemented. Users may first try out PDFelement’s trials for the personal and professional edition. While there’s no expiry date for the trial, there are certain limitations to premium functionalities.

The products are offered with a 30-day money-back guarantee, free customer support, and continuous product development. Here are the pricing plans to choose from for both Windows and Mac:

Individuals

PDFelement Standard – $69/year (annual plan) or $79/one-time cost (perpetual license)

• Add backgrounds, watermarks, footers, and headers
• Edit and create PDF files
• Add annotations and comments
• Convert PDF files
• Secure and sign PDF files
• Access hundreds of PDF templates

PDFelement Pro – $89/year (annual plan) or $139/one-time cost (perpetual license)

• All PDFelement Standard features
• Perform Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and scan PDFs
• Use automatic form recognition and form data extraction
• Batch processing of PDF files
• File size optimization
• Support PDF/A and redaction

Team

PDFelement Pro

• Yearly plan – starts at $109/year for 1 user
• Perpetual license – starts at $139/one-time cost for 1 user

Discounted prices are available for more users.

PDFelement Business – by quote

• For over 20 users

Brief is completely free. Hence, no enterprise pricing is offered.