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Lumin PDF Features

Features Summary

Functionality

4.6

/5

227

Total features

31

4 categories

Lumin PDF features

API
Access Controls/Permissions
Alerts/Notifications
Annotations
Collaboration Tools
Commenting/Notes
Compression
Convert to PDF

Common features of Accounting software

API
Access Controls/Permissions
Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable
Activity Dashboard
Activity Tracking
Approval Process Control
Audit Management

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Free trial

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Functionality

4.6

/5

227

Price starts from

0

Per month

Total Features

31

Unique features

  • Data Synchronization

  • Real-Time Notifications

Functionality

4.4

/5

10.3K

Price starts from

1.95

Per month

Total Features

22

Features in Common

16

Unique features

  • Document Review

  • Communication Management

  • Indexing

  • Data Import/Export

Functionality

4.7

/5

1.4K

Price starts from

5

Per year

Total Features

60

Features in Common

28

Unique features

  • Approval Process Control

  • Optical Character Recognition

  • Document Generation

  • Activity Dashboard

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Celina D.

Nonprofit Organization Management, 11-50 employees

Used weekly for 1-2 years

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  • Ease of use
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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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I Love It

Reviewed 3 years ago

Overall, I love this program and use it on a weekly basis! Definitely makes things easier, as well as keeps all of my PDF documents in one place.

Pros

One of my favorite features of Lumin PDF is that it automatically saves my digital signature, so it's incredibly easy to add it to a new document. I can open documents in Lumin PDF directly from my email, or Google Drive. I frequently use this program in my line of work, and I wish I would have known about it sooner. It's the easiest program to use for modifying fillable PDF documents.

Cons

The only downside to this program is that you have to purchase a subscription to be able to use all of its features, but that's not abnormal.

Vendor response

Hi Celina, thank you for your honest feedback! We are incorporating more features and trying to give people the best experience possible that can be available to the free version.

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Jarvis M.

Education Management, 501-1,000 employees

Used weekly for 2+ years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Lumin helps in office productivity due to ease of use

Reviewed 10 months ago
Pros

Work is no longer confined to an office. One may know be mobile, which helps in productivity. I also appreciate using Lumin for free.

Cons

I have not fully appreciated the other tools of Lumin. Wish there is a tutorial.

Vendor response

Hi Jarvis, Thanks for taking the time to place this review. Tutorial videos are available on our Youtube channel and also at https://help.luminpdf.com/. Thanks again!

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Martin K M.

Hospital & Health Care, 51-200 employees

Used weekly for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Great Cloud Files Editor, But with Few Collaboration Capabilities

Reviewed a year ago

My overall experience with Lumin pdf has been great only that I hope they add more collaboration capabilities to make collaborating on file editing effortless, especially for teams. It possesses advanced pdf editing capabilities, so I would still choose it for cloud files editing and documents signing.

Pros

Excellent cloud-based support for file conversion, editing, sending and signing. It's seamlessly integrates with some of my software stack like Google workspace with significantly improve how I edit my files from cloud storage. It enables me to add comments to files which makes it easy for others reading the files.

Cons

If you're looking for a more collaborative Pdf editor, lumin pdf may not be the best choice as it lacks most of collaboration features such as team editing.

Vendor response

Hi Martin, thanks for this review. At Lumin, we are all for live-collaboration with your team, you can find out more about this here - https://www.luminpdf.com/pdf-tools/pdf-collaboration/. Please let us know if there is anything else we can assist with.

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Sam C.

Outsourcing/Offshoring, 11-50 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Awesome PDF software

Reviewed 9 months ago
Pros

Lumin PDF is what I like to use for opening and sharing PDF files.

Cons

No, I haven't faced any inconveniences so far.

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Hi Sam! Thanks for sharing your thoughts on Lumin, we appreciate it.

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Miguel Ángel V.

Mining & Metals, 1-10 employees

Used weekly for 6-12 months

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  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Great Product

Reviewed 3 years ago
Pros

I love the cloud collaboration between our team members in the same pdf. Also, the app is really good and it provides an easy access to all my files and status reviews. Also, integrations with other apps are great.

Cons

Paying for it, although I think is an affordable and worth the investment,

Vendor response

Hi Miguel! Thank you for your honest feedback! We are incorporating more features and trying to give people the best experience possible that can be available to the free and paid version.

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Colter M.

Government Administration, 5,001-10,000 employees

Used daily for 2+ years

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  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend8/10

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Reviewed 3 years ago

New applications are easier to process and review with this software.

Pros

Accessibility of features for use and ability to apply it to multiple applications and documents.

Cons

It would be great if the signing feature didn't always encrypt the document afterwards this makes things harder for those that don't have the time to undo the encryption.

Vendor response

Hi Colter! Thank you for your pros and cons feedback! This helps us know what areas need improvements or fix, but if need further assistance or have any other concerns, you may email support team at support@luminpdf.com.

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Aleena B.

Higher Education, 5,001-10,000 employees

Used monthly for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Great for students

Reviewed 3 years ago

I turned to Lumin PDF when I needed to fill an e-form and realized that other competitors were charging for such an essential feature. The free version has that feature and more which makes it a perfect tool for students like me who may find themselves completing many online forms or editing pdfs, especially with the pandemic as sometimes it is difficult to access physical copies.

Pros

I love that it is linked to my Google Drive which makes accessing and saving files so much easier. the signature tool is also a great feature as well as the fill tool for forms.

Cons

I have no complaints. Lumin fulfilled every need at the time.

Vendor response

Hi Aleena, we appreciate your honest feedback! We're glad we were able to help you. This drives us to keep improving our service. Thanks! Regie Lumin PDF

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Olabamiyo O.

Hospital & Health Care, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used weekly for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Does the work!!

Reviewed 3 years ago
Pros

It's so easy to use and it makes my PDF to be more organised.

Cons

The fact that I am unable to use it to edit my Doc.file but not a big issue as the main document that is difficult to edit is PDF.

Vendor response

Hi Olabamiyo! Thank you for your honest feedback! We are incorporating more features and trying to give people the best experience possible that can be available to the free version.

YP
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Ysabella P.

Mental Health Care, 51-200 employees

Used monthly for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Simple and User friendly!

Reviewed 3 years ago
Pros

I love using Lumin so PDF editing because it super simple and easy to access since it's attached right to your gmail account! Its a great and easy way to use for e-signatures and love that it's saved right to your drive! Makes document signing super easy!

Cons

Some of my colleagues find it hard to find in their google account!

Vendor response

Hi Ysabella! Thank you for taking the time to write this honest feedback. This gives us ideas as to where we can improve our service so that we can provide the best experience possible. We would be keen to investigate this further so if you come across it again please email support@luminpdf.com

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Christina W.

Facilities Services, 1-10 employees

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  • Likelihood to recommend6/10

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Lumin PDF

Reviewed 3 years ago

The software allowed us to communicate better with our customers during Covid-19.

Pros

Allowed me to send documents to customers to sign instead of having contact with them in the office. Great addition because of Covid-19.

Cons

The software did not have all of the editing tools available in the free trial but still allowed me to send the documents for signatures.

Vendor response

Hi Christina, Thank you for your honest feedback! We are incorporating more features and trying to give people the best experience possible that can be available to the free version. Regie Lumin PDF

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Margaux D.

Philanthropy, self-employed

Used daily for less than 6 months

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Paying for Lumin PDF is a mistake

Reviewed a month ago

Very poor experience. Misleading advertising that makes it sound like there are far more capabilities than it has. Especially for the high price, just get Adobe Acrobat.

Pros

Lumin's integration with Google Drive is a nice option.

Cons

The paid version of Lumin PDF is extremely limited. It does not nearly have the capabilities of Adobe Acrobat. An irritating "feature" of Lumin PDF is that document management happens through the Lumin PDF website or app only. If you delete your account you lose access to all your Lumin PDF documents. OCR is nonexistent. Text editing is limited and clunky. Copy/Cut and Paste is awkward and doesn't work between pages. Text boxes will cut off edits. Rearranging Text blocks is limited and there are many places on the page where a text block cannot be placed, even though it looks blank. Background images, real or imagined by Lumin PDF, are static and cannot be changed or deleted. Page arranging is slow to respond. Merging PDFs is clunky. Converting PDFs is inaccurate.

Vendor response

Hi Margaux, we appreciate your honest review of using Lumin. Comments like yours help us ensure that we can work on improving our product. We'd love for you to give Lumin a go again in a couple of months time as we're actually already addressing some of the things you've pointed out. Again, thank you!

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Dnyanoba M.

Pharmaceuticals, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Ease of use
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  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Best PDF editor Lumin

Reviewed a year ago

With the lumin PDF our overall experience is very positive and interesting so far.

Pros

The best part with the lumin PDF is that we can edit, crop, rearrange and rotate any pages in the document unlike others we can reshuffle the pages and rotate any single pages from the entire document which is not possible in some of the PDF editor.

Cons

Lumin PDF is very good with very few flaws with editing of different fonts and alphabets.

Vendor response

Hi Dnyanoba, Thank you for sharing your honest feedback on our product. We're glad you've chosen Lumin, and that you've had an overall positive experience. Let us know what else we can do better by sending more of your thoughts to hello@luminpdf.com. Thanks again!

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Mohammad M.

Civil Engineering, 51-200 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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A buttery-smooth, cost-effective software that flawlessly handles all my PDF requirements.

Reviewed 2 years ago

I'm genuinely impressed by how well this software runs even on low-end hardware. The suite of features to modify & organize my documents on the go are well worth its asking price & I'm overall satisfied with it.

Pros

Since I'm using the Pro version of the software, I'm able to sync & resume work on my utilized PDF files across my home & office devices. PDF editing & exporting are the primary tools that I use, & Lumin facilitates these processes without any hassle.

Cons

My only nitpick would be the background auto-updates that increase the CPU temps & usage on my dual-core Athlon 200GE office computer when monitored using Task Manager.

Vendor response

HI Mohammad, What an awesome review! Thank you so much for taking the time out of your day to share the love. We're glad to hear that Lumin has been satisfactory and catered to your needs. We'll definitely pass on your feedback regarding the background auto-updating causing an increase in the CPU temp. Thanks again! The Lumin Team

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Aloha F.

Internet, self-employed

Used weekly for 6-12 months

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  • Ease of use
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  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Gestione documenti PDF semplificata con Lumin PDF

Reviewed 2 years ago

In generale, Lumin PDF è un'ottima soluzione per la gestione dei documenti PDF. Offre molte funzioni avanzate che rendono il processo di editing e condivisione dei documenti molto più semplice. L'interfaccia intuitiva rende il software facile da usare per qualsiasi utente, anche per coloro che non sono molto esperti di tecnologia. Tuttavia, ci sono alcune funzionalità che potrebbero essere migliorate per soddisfare al meglio le esigenze di tutti gli utenti.

Pros

Lumin PDF è un software molto intuitivo e facile da usare, in grado di gestire efficacemente i documenti PDF. La funzione di editing è molto potente, consentendo di modificare facilmente i documenti in vari modi, come la modifica del testo, l'aggiunta di immagini e l'evidenziazione. Lumin PDF offre anche la possibilità di aggiungere firme digitali, che rendono il processo di condivisione dei documenti molto più semplice e sicuro. L'integrazione con Google Drive è un altro punto forte di questo software, in quanto consente di accedere e modificare i documenti PDF direttamente da Google Drive.

Cons

Il software Lumin PDF è molto buono, tuttavia, alcuni degli strumenti di modifica avanzati potrebbero essere migliorati. Ad esempio, l'aggiunta di forme personalizzate può essere complicata e richiedere un po' di pratica. L'integrazione con altri software potrebbe anche essere migliorata, poiché alcuni formati di file non vengono supportati.

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Vendor response

Hi Aloha, thank you very much for taking the time to write this review. We appreciate your feedback, and we will be sure to pass this on to improve the product.

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Jesus Nima C.

Consumer Goods, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used daily for 6-12 months

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  • Ease of use
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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Nima's Lumin PDF Review

Reviewed 3 months ago

The use of Lumin PDF made my work easier and accessible at all times

Pros

Easy access and conversion of documents

Cons

There's not much not to like about lumin pdf as most of its functions are up to date efficient and effective

Vendor response

Hey Jesus Nima! We appreciate this great review. We appreciate your feedback and insights in using Lumin. Don't forget, you can also now download our Google Chrome extension and the desktop app to use it as your PDF reader.

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Aryne Dolly L.

Medical Practice, 51-200 employees

Used daily for 1-2 years

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  • Ease of use
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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Simple PDF sofware

Reviewed 2 years ago

Overall, I like how simple it was to operate. It's simple to modify and excellent for document signing.

Pros

Because Lumin is part of the Google Drive platform, using it is quite simple. It is simple to use every day to sign and amend papers and offers a wide range of capabilities. Lumin is far superior to document printing and scanning. I heartily endorse it.

Cons

At first, Google Drive's file saving or reuploading feature could seem a bit confusing. The Lumin PDF is also a bit challenging to utilize. Even though it has an excellent solution, occasionally Lumin loses its connection to Google Drive without warning, and I have to enter it again.

Vendor response

Hi Aryne! Thanks for your honest feedback. Your feedback helps us find areas we need improve and to better further our service. If you need assistance with the cons you mentioned, please just email us at support@luminpdf.com.

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Fernanda T.

Education Management, 5,001-10,000 employees

Used weekly for 6-12 months

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  • Ease of use
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  • Customer support
  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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My impressions about Lumin PDF as a Teacher in Pandemic situation

Reviewed 3 years ago
Pros

I started to use this software because it´s easy for sign documents in pdf located in google drive. You don´t have to download the document and start to looking for another software just for make a electronic signature, you can make all in a few clicks because it´s integrated with google drive. It´s make me gain a lot of time. Later I knew another features of the interface and now I open my pdf files just there.

Cons

Sometimes Lumin losts his conection with google drive without any explanation and I need to make the login again, besides that it is a great solution.

Vendor response

Hi Fernanda, we appreciate your honest feedback! We're glad we were able to help you. If ever you encounter any problems please let us know via support@luminpdf.com and we'd be happy to help out. Regie Lumin PDF

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Lexa H.

Nonprofit Organization Management, 201-500 employees

Used other for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Lexa Harawa Lumin PDF Review

Reviewed 3 years ago

For the time I have used Lumin PDF, I found it so easy to use. Considering my work which requires alot of data work , paper checks and signing. and now that we are working from home: this software made it easy for me to progress, I was able to sign online and sent the documents online for approval. this is so helpful. I would recommend this to others over and over again.

Pros

The signing part of it, Editing document online which i rarely done by other softwares

Cons

I think this software has all we need based on the nature of my work.

Vendor response

Hi Lexa! We're so happy to get your positive feedback about Lumin app! This gives us the drive to improve and brainstorm ideas that will be more helpful in the future.

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Humairah E.

Information Technology and Services, self-employed

Used daily for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Lumin PDF reliable

Reviewed 3 years ago

It is very easy to open a pdf file with all the tools available in Lumin PDF. Before using this application, my PDF files always opened with Microsoft Edge which do no have much tools. However, Lumin PDF has a lot more tools to facilitate the life of its users. Thank you.

Pros

As a university student, I often read lecture notes as well as books available in PDF format . Lumin PDF has enabled me to do so and also helped me understand more by providing tools so as to highlight the important sentences. Thank you.

Cons

Not really. I used this tool mostly for my studies and I did not have any problems with it.

Vendor response

Hi Humairah! We're so happy to get your positive feedback about Lumin. We appreciate the feedback and will pass it on to the wider team.

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Akshila E.

Consumer Goods, 51-200 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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Lumin PDF - Easy to use

Reviewed 2 years ago

Overall this is a really good tool to use.

Pros

Considering other tools, This is a really good tool. really easy to convert and create PDF documents.

Cons

Sometimes the select tool is not accurate, but a good tool to use.

Vendor response

Hi Akshila, Thanks for your valuable feedback. We'll definitely pass this on to our development team. If you have any specific feedback, please feel free to email us at hello@luminpdf.com. Thanks again!

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Mone D.

Mental Health Care, 51-200 employees

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  • Likelihood to recommend7/10

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Limited Free Trial Access

Reviewed 3 years ago

It was ok the free trial was really limited so it didn’t allow me to get the full scope of what it could offer.

Pros

Having the ability to create signatures and edit documents that need to be done when the other person may not be able to be present is definitely a plus with Lumin

Cons

The problem I kept running into is when I went to save the changes I made and download the document, the downloaded document would still be the original document with no changes. I was using the free trial so maybe this is why, but it should be at least an option for maybe one document so one can see how they really like it.

Vendor response

Hi Mone, we appreciate your honest feedback! We're glad we were able to help you. If ever you encounter any issues that you need help with, please feel free to email support@luminpdf.com and we'd be happy to help. Regie Lumin PDF

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Natalie T.

Retail, 11-50 employees

Used monthly for 6-12 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Great product - I have already recommended to friends

Reviewed 3 years ago
Pros

Lumin PDF allows for ease of adding dates, signatures etc. to PDFs. It's fantastic that it connects with Google Drive, allowing for easy and safe storage of documents. I choose not to print these documents, and instead use Lumin to complete any editing to PDFs required. Love this product so much and I've already got friends onto it! If I used it more regularly, I would purchase the paid version as there's so much more available, and it's a much better price than the adobe alternative.

Cons

For limited use, it's not cost effective.

Vendor response

Hi Natalie, Thank you for this honest feedback! This gives us the drive to improve our service. Regie Lumin PDF

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Deloris S.

Writing and Editing, self-employed

Used monthly for 1-2 years

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  • Likelihood to recommend10/10

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Lumin PDF is a Lifesaver

Reviewed 2 years ago
Pros

There have been times when I needed to fill out paperwork for a client and I didn't have a scanner to print and fill everything out. So, I opened the document with Lumin PDF and I was able to complete the document and email it back to the client with ease.

Cons

There is nothing I don't like. It has helped me out a lot.

Vendor response

Hi Deloris! We're so happy to get your positive feedback. We've been trying our hardest to provide the best service possible.

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Anil P.

Information Services, 1-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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One of the best PDF signing software!

Reviewed 2 years ago

This software made it simple for me to advance, I was able to sign online and submit documents for approval online.

Pros

It is suitable for your documentation needs because it is simply accessible and simple to use. We were able to annotate PDF documents in real time and reply to comments.

Cons

The file saving or reupload option of Google Drive might be a little perplexing at first. In addition, the Lumin PDF is a little tough to use.

Vendor response

Hi Anil! Thanks for the honest feedback. We're working on further improvements and your feedback helps us know the areas we need to improve or fix. But if you need further assistance with the issue you encountered, you can email support@luminpdf.com and one of the supports will be very much happy to assist you.

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Kevin R.

Defense & Space, 10,001+ employees

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  • Likelihood to recommend9/10

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Decent software but somewhat expensive

Reviewed 3 years ago
Pros

The signature feature was what drew me to the software and it worked excellent. Thankfully I only needed to sign 1 document. I did not have to use the editing options much, but for my limited needs, it worked very well. The integration with Google Drive makes uploading your files very easy.

Cons

The limited signatures for the free version is, well, a limitation. But so long as you don't need to sign a lot of documents per month, it's not an issue. It's a little confusing when editing a document how to get back to the "home" screen where your documents are, but once your figure that out (trial and error), it's a quick recall.

Vendor response

Hi Kevin! Thanks for the honest feedback. We're working on further improvements and will incorporating more features for both free and premium version.