Case Study: Drees & Sommer cuts costs and streamlines PDF workflows with Foxit Software's PhantomPDF

PhantomPDF sees successful use at Drees & Sommer

Drees & Sommer, a Stuttgart-based real estate and construction consultancy with about 2,150 employees across 41 offices, needed to replace a costly PDF solution with a versatile editor capable of handling Office-to-PDF, CAD conversions, form workflows, OCR and collaborative review. Head of IT purchasing Ralf Schneller ran a year-long field test with multiple user groups to find a more cost-effective, user-friendly alternative.

After testing, PhantomPDF was chosen for its broad feature set (editing, OCR, signing, exporting, security and collaboration) and competitive price, with Foxit providing responsive pre-sales support and a quick solution for exporting PDF form comments. The software was deployed automatically, supported by training videos and a dedicated forum; the ribbon-based interface meant minimal further training, and today ~2,150 users worldwide use PhantomPDF successfully, reducing maintenance costs and improving usability.

Drees & Sommer

Ralf Schneller

Head of IT Purchasing