Foxit PDF Editor vs PDFelement comparison

Foxit Software and Wondershare are both solutions in the PDF Editing category. Foxit Software is ranked #1, while Wondershare is ranked #7. Foxit Software holds a 12.6% mindshare in PDFE, compared to Wondershare’s 5.6% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Foxit Software users are willing to recommend the solution.

Foxit PDF Editor

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Categories and Ranking

Foxit PDF Editor

Ranking in PDF Editing

1st

Average Rating

9.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

PDFelement

Ranking in PDF Editing

7th

Average Rating

0.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2026, in the PDF Editing category, the mindshare of Foxit PDF Editor is 12.6%, down from 27.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of PDFelement is 5.6%, down from 9.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

PDF Editing Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Foxit PDF Editor	12.6%
PDFelement	5.6%
Other	81.8%

PDF Editing

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Salim Hebada

Huawei IP Pre-sales Solution Manager at MC3

Easy to setup and modify all PDFs

The initial setup is easy. It takes only a few minutes to deploy the solution. It's not really a big software. It's good for safer documentation and so on. You can do it by yourself or with a partner's help. It's a cloud-based solution, but you can use it on-premises too.

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Wondershare PDFelement 6

Overview

Edit your PDFs with powerful yet easy workflows across desktop, mobile, and web—whether you’re at the office, home, or on the go.

Foxit Software

PDFelement is transforming the way people around the world create, edit, convert and combine their PDFs. With versions for Windows and Mac, PDFelement offers a wealth of features at a fraction of the cost of leading branded alternatives. Our developers follow a simple but effective approach: work closely with users to ensure an application that is both powerful and beautifully intuitive.

PDFelement 6 is our latest PDF solution integrating cutting edge techniques in user-centric design and breakthroughs in editing and form recognition technology. PDFelement 6 features a unified Office-inspired look on Mac and Windows, and faster, smarter text editing. It's finally possible for users to edit any document just like they would in Microsoft Word™.

Wondershare

Sample Customers

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CDC, P&G, Stanford, UHS, Axis Bank

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