Atril vs PDF Professional

Atril — Atril is a document viewer application for Linux designed to view PDF and other file formats. It features a simple, clean interface, continuous scrolling, thumbnail preview, bookmarking, annotations,

PDF Professional — PDF Professional is a PDF editor and converter that allows users to create, edit, convert, annotate, secure, and optimize PDF files. It provides a full set of PDF tools in one easy-to-use application.

Atril offers View PDFs, View Postscript files, View DjVu files, View TIFF files, View DVI files, while PDF Professional provides Edit PDF text, images, links, and pages, Create PDFs from 300+ file formats, Fill and sign PDF forms, Add comments and annotations, Protect PDF files with passwords and permissions.

Atril stands out for Clean, simple interface, Good PDF support, Support for many file formats; PDF Professional is known for Full set of PDF editing tools, Easy to use interface, Supports many file formats for conversion.

Feature	Atril	PDF Professional
Overall Score	N/A	N/A
Primary Category	Office & Productivity	Office & Productivity
Pricing	Open Source	N/A

Product Overview

Atril

Description: Atril is a document viewer application for Linux designed to view PDF and other file formats. It features a simple, clean interface, continuous scrolling, thumbnail preview, bookmarking, annotations, and more.

PDF Professional

Description: PDF Professional is a PDF editor and converter that allows users to create, edit, convert, annotate, secure, and optimize PDF files. It provides a full set of PDF tools in one easy-to-use application.

Key Features Comparison

Atril Features

• View PDFs
• View Postscript files
• View DjVu files
• View TIFF files
• View DVI files
• View XPS files
• View CBZ/CBR comic books
• View ePub e-books
• Continuous scrolling
• Thumbnail preview
• Bookmarking
• Annotations

PDF Professional Features

• Edit PDF text, images, links, and pages
• Create PDFs from 300+ file formats
• Fill and sign PDF forms
• Add comments and annotations
• Protect PDF files with passwords and permissions
• Optimize PDF file size
• Convert PDF to Word, Excel, PowerPoint and more
• Combine and rearrange PDF pages
• Extract images and text from PDFs

Pros & Cons Analysis

Atril

Pros

• Clean, simple interface
• Good PDF support
• Support for many file formats
• Free and open source

Cons

• Limited annotation features compared to proprietary options
• Lacks some advanced PDF features like form filling
• Linux only - no Windows or Mac version

PDF Professional

Pros

• Full set of PDF editing tools
• Easy to use interface
• Supports many file formats for conversion
• Good value for the price

Cons

• Lacks some advanced features of Adobe Acrobat
• Mobile app has limited functionality
• Can be slow with large PDF files

Pricing Comparison

Atril

• Open Source

PDF Professional

• Not listed