Free PDF-XChange Editor Alternatives Filtered by 'OCR'

The best free alternative to PDF-XChange Editor is PDFgear. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to PDF-XChange Editor and many of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to PDF-XChange Editor are PDF24 Tools, ScanTailor Advanced, KDAN PDF and UPDF.

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PDF-XChange Editor alternatives are mainly PDF Editors, but if you're looking for PDF Readers or Text to Speech Services you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Mac, Android Tablet, Linux, iPad, Free, Open Source and Free + OCR. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to PDF-XChange Editor.
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  1. PDFgear icon
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    Read, edit, convert, merge, and sign PDF files across devices, for completely free and without signing up.

    49 PDFgear alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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    Suspected to be spyware/malware. Company and owners behind the software is not clearly identifyable. Suspected to be Russian and/or Chinese spyware.

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    • PDFgear is Free and ProprietaryPDF-XChange Editor is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. Scan Tailor is an interactive post-processing tool for scanned pages. It performs operations such as page splitting, deskewing, adding/removing borders, and others. You give it raw scans, and you get pages ready to be printed or assembled into a PDF or DJVU file.

    15 ScanTailor Advanced alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. KDAN PDF icon
     185 likes

    Comprehensive solution for editing, signing, form filling, OCR scanning, commenting, converting, and redacting PDFs, with AI-driven analysis and content extraction, data export to spreadsheets, text-to-speech, seamless use across desktop and mobile, and batch processing.

    262 KDAN PDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  4. UPDF icon
     4 likes

    Edit, annotate, and convert PDFs with OCR capabilities, AI-assisted tools for summaries and translations. It supports file protection and offers 2GB of cloud storage for secure management.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  5. PDF Agile icon
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    PDFagile is a fast, lean alternative to Adobe Acrobat and Foxit. It offers a smaller memory footprint and a clutter-free UI without sacrificing pro features. Enjoy high-fidelity conversion, OCR, and batch processing with professional performance, minus the bloat or premium price.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
     
  6. Read, edit, annotate, and sign PDF documents with built-in AI features like summarize and translate, OCR in 50+ languages, fill forms, export to major formats offline, apply watermarks, compress files, secure with passwords, and use text-to-speech on all major platforms.

    76 PDF Reader Pro alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
  7. LightPDF icon
     23 likes

    Cloud PDF toolkit provides over 20 tools for editing, conversion, OCR, merge, split, annotation, batch processing, and signatures, with free online access, cross-platform usability, no watermarks, no size limits, and options for mobile and desktop integration.

    171 LightPDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Windows
    • Mac
     
  8. ClarifyDocuments is a free AI tool that converts PDFs, images, and slides into clean, editable text. It automatically cleans, organizes, and processes content in any language, helping students and educators focus on learning.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  9. PDF Multitool Utility – Convert PDF to Text, Extract Data from PDF as CSV, XML, Text or XLS Format, Convert PDF to HTML, Convert PDF to TIFF, PDF to PNG, PDF to BMP Images and More.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  10. Speedpdf Editor is an easy-to-use and full-featured PDF editor. Support one-click paragraph editing, say goodbye to tedious and time-consuming single-line editing; automatically recognize fonts, saving time and effort; full text annotation can make it easier for you to read...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  11. Revolutionize PDFs for free! Try PDFPro: advanced editing, annotating, converting, signing. Premium tools, cloud support, secure.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
     
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