Smallpdf AlternativesPDF Editors & PDF Readers like Smallpdf

Smallpdf is described as 'The first PDF Software you will actually like. The perfect gateway to productive, portable and cost-efficient document management solutions in your everyday life' and is a popular PDF Editor in the office & productivity category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Smallpdf for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Windows, Mac, SaaS and Android apps. The best Smallpdf alternative is PDFgear, which is free. Other great apps like Smallpdf are Stirling PDF, PDF24 Creator, Adobe Acrobat DC and BentoPDF.

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  1. PDFgear icon
     75 likes

    Read, edit, convert, merge, and sign PDF files across devices, for completely free and without signing up.

    88 PDFgear alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  2. Stirling PDF icon
     67 likes

    Locally hosted web application offering an interactive GUI to merge, split, reorganize, convert, compress, watermark, secure, sign, flatten, repair, extract images, detect blanks, apply OCR, set permissions, and enable file processing or API integration for PDFs.

    132 Stirling PDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    • Docker Hub
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  3. PDF24 Creator icon
     154 likes

    PDF24 Creator is free and feature-filled PDF creation, merging and conversion tool for Windows. Its unique feature among the free PDF printer tools is an editor, which allows to easily assemble, create and modify PDF files with Drag & Drop.

    205 PDF24 Creator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. Adobe Acrobat DC icon
     207 likes

    Manage documents effortlessly, edit PDFs, create them from other formats, and e-sign anywhere. Secure sharing and comparison tools ensure smooth workflows and data protection. New AI Assistant offers quick document insights. Perfect for desktop and web platforms.

    377 Adobe Acrobat DC alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
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  5. BentoPDF icon
     21 likes

    BentoPDF is a PDF Toolkit that works fully offline with no sign ups. It's fast, secure and forever free. In an era where data is a commodity, we take a different approach. All processing for BentoPDF tools happens locally in your browser.

    89 BentoPDF alternatives

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  6. iLovePDF icon
     29 likes

    iLovePDF is an online service to work with PDF files completely free and easy to use. Merge PDF, split PDF, compress PDF, office to PDF, PDF to JPG and more!

    180 iLovePDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  7. Sejda icon
     39 likes

    Sejda helps with your PDF tasks: edit existing text, split, merge, extract, compress, export to other formats and more.

    169 Sejda alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  8. Breeze PDF icon
     9 likes

    Breeze PDF is a powerful, free PDF editor that works entirely offline in your browser. No uploads, 100% privacy guaranteed.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
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  9. Signature PDF icon
     10 likes

    Free open-source web software for signing (alone or with others), organizing (merge, sort, rotate, delete, extract pages, ...), editing metadatas or compressing PDFs.

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    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • WebApps
    • Docker Hub
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  10. Provides editing of text, images, and objects in PDFs, annotation options, OCR for scanned files, conversion to multiple formats, form filling and signing, page management, merging and splitting, cloud integration, camera to PDF functionality, and sharing tools.

    152 Wondershare PDFelement alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  11. PDF Candy icon
     10 likes

    PDF Candy is an online PDF toolset of 47 services for successful processing of PDF files. The service is free for single-file operations and does not require an account. A desktop application is also offered,

    202 PDF Candy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
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