Foxit offers a free PDF reader plus paid PDF Editor plans from $10.99/month with editing, OCR, e-signatures, and enterprise deployment tools.
Foxit Software was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Fremont, California, employing over 1,000 people globally. The company builds a family of PDF products, starting with the free Foxit PDF Reader — a fast, lightweight viewer for reading, annotating, filling forms, and digitally signing PDFs on Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, and the web.
Beyond the free reader, Foxit sells PDF Editor, its answer to Adobe Acrobat, which adds full document editing, OCR, conversion, and security features. The company positions itself as a lower-cost, comparably capable alternative to Adobe's PDF tools for both individuals and enterprise IT departments.
Foxit PDF Reader supports standard and XFA PDF forms, includes Protected View and Safe Mode security features, and integrates with cloud services like SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, DocuSign, and Salesforce. It also includes a ChatGPT-powered assistant for summarizing and querying document content.
For enterprise IT, Foxit supports mass deployment via Group Policy, MSI installers, and XML configuration files, which matters for organizations rolling PDF tools out to thousands of machines. The paid PDF Editor tier layers on true document editing, optical character recognition, and, in its higher plan, AI-powered smart redaction and mobile editing.
Foxit PDF Reader is free to download and use indefinitely. The paid PDF Editor starts at roughly $10.99 per user per month (about $129.99 billed annually) and includes desktop editing, OCR, and 20GB of cloud storage.
A higher PDF Editor+ tier runs about $13.99 per month (around $159.99 annually) and adds mobile editing, e-signatures, 150GB of storage, and AI-powered redaction. Foxit also sells a one-time perpetual license option and custom enterprise pricing for organizations with 10 or more users.
Yes, Foxit PDF Reader is free to download and use for viewing, annotating, and filling forms, with no subscription required.
PDF Editor starts at about $10.99 per user per month ($129.99 annually), while PDF Editor+ costs about $13.99 per month ($159.99 annually).
Foxit offers comparable core editing, OCR, and e-signature features at a lower price point, making it a popular lower-cost alternative for many users.
Yes, Foxit offers a 14-day free trial of PDF Editor before requiring a paid subscription.
Yes, Foxit supports enterprise mass deployment through Group Policy, MSI installers, and XML configuration, plus custom pricing for 10+ user organizations.