ZenDocs Reviews

Summary: I combined invoices, rearranged two pages, and sent a completed file to a manager. The process seemed logical except for a brief time figuring out the split.

Positive: I combined several client PDFs and ensured the page order was just right. Uploading was fast, and the file size was small enough that it could easily be emailed.

Negative: The option for splitting the file took a minute to find. Clearer icons for the toolbar could help.

Summary: We were working together to get feedback on a policy document and it ended up being that five people were marking up one document. Everyone added comments in place and nothing overlapped. It ended up being a fraction of the work to compile everything compared to emailing back and forth with comments.

Positive: Adding comments in place on PDFs keeps everything organized and in view. Each comment will pin in place and allow text formatting.

Negative: No option to filter comments by user when multiple users have annotated one document. That would be helpful.

Summary: Received a 50-page report, but only twelve pages were relevant to my department. I selected everything else, clicked delete, and had a lean document ready for distribution in under a minute.

Positive: Delete PDF pages tool allows for a thumbnail view, where you can click on a page to select it for deletion. This is instantaneous, and there is no guesswork. The preview is updated in real time, and the export produces a clean document with no remnants of deleted content.

Negative: No undo available if you delete pages within the editor. A simple "restore" button before exporting the document can prevent accidental deletions from becoming permanent.

Summary: Had old meeting notes only in phone photos of a whiteboard. Used OCR to turn them into clean, editable text that could go straight into a shared document. Saved hours of time, and nothing was lost in translation.

Positive: Scan to text read handwritten notes and printed text within a photographed document with remarkable clarity. The output was editable and even allowed for small print in the margins to be read clearly, with no further correction needed.

Negative: Sometimes, OCR software can struggle with cursive writing in tight spaces. A bit more recognition of connected letters would make this feature perfect.

Summary: Product pictures were taking up space, slowing down our website. I ran all files through "Compress Image," and our site is loading much faster now. Easy fix to something that had been annoying us for weeks 😊

Positive: I had a group of product pictures to deal with, and their compress image reduced their total size by nearly 70% without any noticeable degradation in quality. Processing was quick, even with fifteen files waiting to be processed, and all were downloaded neatly organized and ready to go.

Negative: I don't think batch file compression shows file sizes before and after. Showing file sizes would help determine which files still need further reduction.

Summary: Completed a client handbook in Word and need a locked PDF version for distribution. Conversion took mere seconds and looks identical to my source file down to the last bullet point. Shared it with confidence that nothing moved or broke in transit.

Positive: Word to PDF conversion included all my tables, images, and header style types from my original document. Fonts were rendered correctly, spacing was consistent, and it looks identical to what it looks like on my screen in Word before uploading.

Negative: No option to edit PDF metadata such as author and title during conversion process. That would have saved me from having to edit it afterward.

Summary: Working on a 45-page grant proposal with three others means each person had their own section to highlight, and the ability to share those with the others, with no problems with exporting the highlighted document. This process replaced the traditional method of printing the document and scribbling on it.

Positive: Having many highlight color choices enables me to categorize various kinds of comments visually, even in long documents. For example, one color for questions, one color for approvals, and one color for changes. The ability to add notes to each highlighted section also provided useful information without cluttering the page.

Negative: The colors available for highlighting cannot be changed, only chosen from the list of colors provided. This would be improved with the addition of the ability to use hex colors.

Summary: A pitch presentation was created with content gathered from various places, and the pages were in the wrong order after merging. The reorder pages feature allowed the content to be dragged into place visually and then exported in under two minutes.

Positive: The reorder PDF pages feature has a thumbnail view, which makes the process of rearranging the content easy. The pages were dragged into place, and the new order was previewed and exported with no quality issues.

Negative: The thumbnail view could be improved by making the thumbnails slightly larger, especially if the content on the pages appears similar. Zooming into the thumbnails would be more effective.

Summary: had to send employee documents via email and needed an additional layer of security beyond what encryption provided. zendocs gave me ability to lock down each file individually without installing anything. very fast and exactly what i needed.

Positive: password-protecting sensitive PDFs took ten seconds. uploaded my file, set credentials, and downloaded an encrypted version that asked for login credentials before opening. whole process was smooth and felt very secure indeed.

Negative: no option to set varying permissions such as view only or edit on protected documents.

Summary: Monthly sales reports are sent to me in PDFs, and manually re-entering data was taking hours of my time every week. With ZenDocs, I've reduced my prep time to a mere five minutes flat.

Positive: The PDF to Excel conversion maintained cell structure, numerical data formats, and column widths surprisingly well. The data imported into a clean spreadsheet format with almost no need for manual adjustments before processing it for calculations.

Negative: The PDF's merged cells sometimes ended up as separate columns in Excel. This is a minor issue, but worth mentioning for complex tables.

Summary: Had to put together all my product photos into one shareable PDF document to send to a wholesale buyer. Uploaded all images, conversion happened instantly, and it looks professional without me needing to do anything. Definitely bookmarking this page for future use.

Positive: Uploaded twelve JPEGs and they converted into one organized PDF in seconds. Image quality remained sharp, page sizing adjusted automatically, and my finished document was professional enough to send to clients straight away.

Negative: No ability to change page margins or space between images prior to conversion. Would have been helpful.

Summary: Received a 20-page scan from a vendor, and half the pages were in landscape and the other half in portrait. Rotated all the pages to the correct orientation, and this process took less time than writing this review. Simple program, perfect execution.

Positive: Rotate PDF Pages fixed an entire batch of scanned documents that came in sideways. This program selected all the sideways documents at once, rotated them 90 degrees, and exported them with no quality loss. This process took maybe thirty seconds total.

Negative: Bulk rotation works well but selecting non-consecutive pages requires clicking each one individually. Shift-click multi-select would speed that up.

Summary: The tool was useful for obtaining exactly three specific chapters from a massive study guide without having to carry around 300 pages. Simply set my page ranges, click split, and I've got clean standalone PDFs in a minute or less. That's exactly why this tool is earning a permanent bookmark.

Positive: Split PDF divided a 300-page document into individual chapters according to page ranges. The output files retained the same level of quality as their source files, and processing took less time than expected, even for a high number of pages in the source document.

Negative: Custom naming for each split section before downloading would eliminate manually renaming every file after processing completes each time.

Summary: Having to review a vendor proposal meant marking up dozens of pages with questions and notes. The annotation tools worked great, and highlighted sections export well when sharing everything back with my team to discuss.

Positive: Highlighting, sticky notes, and text comments are all effective and work well within the editor. Having multiple colors available is also great for developing a system of organization within the document. The notes will stay exactly where they are placed, regardless of zoom level.

Negative: Annotation toolbar is placed low on the screen and gets pushed out of view by long documents. It should be able to be "pinned" higher up on the screen, or float.

Summary: Contract arrived in PDF that needed edits before going out. Converting to Word kept structure intact and changes took minutes instead of retyping paragraphs from scratch. Solid turnaround for document-heavy work like mine.

Positive: PDF to Word conversion preserved tables, header styles, and paragraph spacing almost perfectly. Output opened in Word without layout issues and required only minimal cleanup before it was ready for editing and sending out.

Negative: Some bold formatting dropped off headings during conversion, which meant a quick manual pass to restore styling before sharing with clients.