Foxit Reader vs Preview

Foxit Reader

Description: Foxit Reader is a free PDF reader that provides fast PDF viewing, editing, organizing and security features. It is a lightweight alternative to Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Type: software

Pricing: Freemium

Preview

Description: Preview is a free and open-source document viewer application for macOS. It allows quick viewing of multiple file formats including images, PDFs, Markdown files, Office documents, and more. Preview has basic editing capabilities and annotation tools for PDFs.

Type: software

Pricing: Open Source

Foxit Reader Features

• Fast PDF viewing
• PDF editing
• PDF organizing
• PDF security

Preview Features

• View PDFs, images, text files and more
• Annotate PDFs with shapes, text boxes, signatures
• Basic image editing tools
• Fill out and sign PDF forms
• Combine PDFs and export as PDF or other formats
• Tabbed interface to view multiple files
• Quick Look support to preview files
• Built-in screen capture tool

Foxit Reader

• Freemium

Preview

• Open Source