--- description: Learn more about Soda PDF price, benefits, and disadvantages for businesses in New Zealand. Read verified software reviews and find tools that fit your business needs. image: https://gdm-localsites-assets-gfprod.imgix.net/images/capterra/og_logo-e5a8c001ed0bd1bb922639230fcea71a.png?auto=format%2Cenhance%2Ccompress title: Soda PDF Pricing, Reviews & Features - Capterra New Zealand 2026 --- Breadcrumb: [Home](/) > [PDF Software](/directory/31122/pdf/software) > [Soda PDF](/software/148773/soda-pdf) # Soda PDF Canonical: https://www.capterra.co.nz/software/148773/soda-pdf Page: 1 / 11\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.nz/software/148773/soda-pdf?page=2) > Soda PDF is a reliable, secure, and compliant solution for managing complex document workflows, available on both desktop and online. > > Verdict: Rated **3.5/5** by 238 users. Top-rated for **Likelihood to recommend**. ----- ## Overview ### Who Uses Soda PDF? Small Business | Medium-Sized Market | Large Enterprise ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **3.5/5** | 238 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 3.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support | 2.8/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 3.2/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 3.6/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 50% | (5/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Avanquest - **Location**: Saint-Laurent, Canada - **Founded**: 2009 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$7.00 - **Pricing model**: Flat Rate (Free version available) - **Pricing Details**: Soda PDF is available as a monthly or a yearly plan. We also offer a perpetual license option for Business package (year/lifetime). Prices per user or license: - Soda PDF Standard package: $48.00 / year or $12.00 / monthly - Soda PDF PRO package: $87.00 / year or $15.00 / monthly - Soda PDF Business Plan: $198.00 / year or $20.00 / monthly All plans and perpetual licenses are eligible for volume discounts starting at just 5 licenses. Special deployment options are available, including Terminal Server, Citrix, GPO, and SCCM. - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based, Mac (Desktop), Windows (Desktop), Linux (Desktop), Windows (On-Premise), Chromebook (Desktop) - **Supported Languages**: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish - **Available Countries**: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium and 209 more ## Features - Access Controls/Permissions - Annotations - Collaboration Tools - Commenting/Notes - Convert to PDF - Data Extraction - Data Import/Export - Data Security - Delete Pages - Digital Signature - Document Capture - Document Classification - Document Conversion - Document Management - Document Storage - Electronic Signature - Encryption - File Conversion - File Sharing - Forms Management - Full Text Search - Merge/Append Files - Mobile Signature Capture - Multi-Party Signing - Optical Character Recognition - Rearrange Pages - Reminders - Rotate Pages - Search/Filter - Status Tracking - Text Editing - Text Extraction - Third-Party Integrations - Version Control - Watermarking - Zone Selection Tool ## Integrations (9 total) - Box - Dropbox Business - Evernote Teams - Google Drive - Microsoft Excel - Microsoft Outlook - Microsoft PowerPoint - Microsoft Word - OneDrive ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat ## Category - [PDF Software](https://www.capterra.co.nz/directory/31122/pdf/software) ## Related Categories - [PDF Software](https://www.capterra.co.nz/directory/31122/pdf/software) - [OCR Software](https://www.capterra.co.nz/directory/31459/ocr/software) - [Document Management Software](https://www.capterra.co.nz/directory/30063/document-management/software) - [PDF Editor Software](https://www.capterra.co.nz/directory/32779/pdf-editor/software) - [Digital Signature Software](https://www.capterra.co.nz/directory/30739/digital-signature/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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Learning Curve - It uses the standard Office ribbon UI, so your non-technical teams can start editing without you having to write a "How-To" wiki. Security - The redaction tool actually scrubs the data from the file stream instead of just throwing a black box on top. Value for Money - It’s roughly half the price of Acrobat Pro, which makes it an easy win when you're trying to cut licensing costs. PDF Document Management - Merging, splitting, and reordering pages in a 100MB technical manual is fast and doesn't corrupt the file. Document Editing - The text reflow is the best I’ve seen outside of Adobe; you can actually edit paragraphs like it’s a Word doc. Digital Signatures - The e-sign workflow is a massive upgrade over the old "print-sign-scan" routine for vendor contracts. Time Saving - The batch processing and OCR are reliable enough to digitize hundreds of legacy scans in one afternoon. > > **Cons**: It’s a bit of a memory hog when you have multiple large files open at once. Everything else looks solid given the project's budget constraints. > > If you’re looking to kill the "Adobe Tax" without losing professional features, Soda is the most practical pivot I found during my time at Deloitte. The Office-style ribbon UI means you won't waste time training the team or writing "how-to" guides for the non-tech folks. Its redaction is actually secure—it scrubs the underlying file stream—and the text reflow is the closest thing to Word I've seen in a PDF editor. It handles heavy 100MB+ merges and batch OCR without the constant "Not Responding" errors or file corruption you get from cheaper clones. ----- ### "Dishonest people and a waste of time" — 1.0/5 > **Geoff** | *13 March 2025* | Writing & Editing | Recommendation rating: 0.0/10 > > **Pros**: There was nothing I liked about it. It was terrible in everyway. > > **Cons**: Promise of free editing but when you go to save your first document, it will not let you and tries to forced you to but it. And a constant harassment window pops up in your system tray. Not honest people and not a product or people you at to deal with. All they want is money and do not care what they do to get it. > > Terrible. An utter waster of time from dioshonest people ----- ### "PDF translate." — 4.0/5 > **Natalie** | *14 April 2025* | International Trade & Development | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: Soda PDf Extension is easy to install on Google Chrome and this save space on my device. Soda PDF AI translator is quick to use to translate PDF documents from any language to another. > > **Cons**: Soda PDF is limited to some features like pdf merge is slow and pdf editor lacks some tool. > > Data can be imported from or Exported to Google Drive, OneDrive ,Dropbox and you device which makes work effortless. ----- ### "A Game-Changer at an Affordable Price" — 5.0/5 > **Claire** | *12 December 2024* | Professional Training & Coaching | Recommendation rating: 9.0/10 > > **Pros**: This software encompasses both basic and advanced features of PDF editing at an affordable price. It is user-friendly and can be easily downloaded to a desktop computer. > > **Cons**: It kept changing itself to my default printer. > > The experience was highly positive. It proved to be extremely useful while I was collaborating with a colleague on a book that integrated art and text, as I needed to rearrange multiple files to assemble the final product. ----- ### "This place is a scam" — 1.0/5 > **Nathan** | *11 October 2024* | Accounting | Recommendation rating: 0.0/10 > > **Pros**: The software is a poor imitation of adobe pro. > > **Cons**: There’s nothing to like, it is not suitable for editing docs. > > Trying to refund during the cancellation period? Good luck. They will try everything even when you say “please refund my money” they will send long extended messages that are tone deaf offering discounts. ----- Page: 1 / 11\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.co.nz/software/148773/soda-pdf?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.co.nz/software/148773/soda-pdf) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-AR | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-CR | | | es-DO | | | es-EC | | | es-MX | | | es-PA | | | es-PE | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | | it | | | ja | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | | pt | | | pt-PT | | ----- ## Structured Data