How Ockem Proof compares
Every vendor in this market sells one of two things: a tool your staff operates, or an outcome someone else’s staff produces. Proof is the third option: software does the work, you make only the judgment calls, and every document leaves with a criterion-by-criterion certificate. These comparisons are sourced and include the cases where the other choice wins.
Ockem Proof vs. Adobe Acrobat Pro
Auto-tagging, a Full Check and the tools for a trained person to fix the rest, one document at a time. Versus fixing, re-checking and certifying every document.
Ockem Proof vs. Documenta11y
Per-page quotes after expert review, days of turnaround, their team does the work. Versus published per-document pricing, automated remediation and a certificate.
Ockem Proof vs. Equidox
A license plus your staff’s time on every document, with an on-prem option. Versus buying the finished, certified document outright.
Ockem Proof vs. CommonLook (Allyant)
The incumbent’s editor, or services quoted per project with a conformance guarantee. Versus automating the loop itself — with a certificate.
Ockem Proof vs. Continual Engine PREP
The closest comparison: both automate the mechanical majority. The differences are the last mile, the evidence, the price model, and where the AI runs.
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The alternative that isn’t a vendor at all is publishing the content as a web page. Should this be a PDF at all? covers when that’s the right call, and when the PDF is the record and has to be fixed.
The fastest comparison is one of your own PDFs.
Free, no account. You get the remediated file and a verification record; certify it for $59 when you’re ready.