Both PDF protection software and image protect software can be used for secure document storage. However they each have their advantages and disadvantages depending on the given scenario.
One of the first things to consider is, will the secure document be viewed on the desktop, ie: downloaded and portable between computers, or will it be viewed from a fixed location like a web site?


If the document needs to be portable then PDF security software might be the better choice because it will provide a most secure viewer for the document in whatever proprietary reader it is encrypted for. And regardless of whether the document is in Word, text or image format, it can easily be converted to PDF and then encrypted for use in the secure PDF reader. Whereas image scans of documents, like those used in court rooms, will need a secure image viewer and the PDF protection industry already provides the most secure and most sophisticated readers with all sorts of options for expiration, print control and user rights access.

But if the document can be viewed online from a web site, image protect software may be the better choice, and quite frankly a more lasting solution that will not be dependent on end-of-life of computer operating systems and secure PDF readers. We have already seen how most copy protect solutions have been rendered useless for online viewing by popular web browsers dropping support for real browser plugins that are required for secure copy protection at system level. Now, only CopySafe PDF Protection is the only PDF protection software that can be used for copy protecting PDF that is displayed on web pages.

The same applies to image protect software because the choices are similarly limited. Without system level control, no copy protection software can be effective in mission critical scenarios. Sure there is a plethora of image and content protection plugins for most CMS like WordPress, but all they can do is annoy a site visitor by removing the right click menu options, leaving the page and all of its media available for print, copy and save instructions by various means such as the web browser toolbar, keyboard control keys and hotkeys.
Thankfully CopySafe Web Protection can be used for encrypting images and for providing the means to display them on web pages most securely. Such images are encrypted using the web site domain as the unlock key (domain lock) to ensure that the images, even if downloaded or stolen by company or server staff, cannot be displayed from anywhere except the web site that they belong to.
Or you can avoid using encryption completely and still secure all media that can be displayed on a web page by using the ArtistScope Website Protection Software (ASPS). While viewing an ASPS web page nothing can be exploited whatsoever.