getPDF compared

The PDF tools most people already use, next to getPDF, one at a time: what is free and what is limited, what it costs, where your files go while they are worked on, and where the other tool is honestly the better choice. Every claim about another product was checked against its own pages on the date the page gives, with the sources listed.

The short version: getPDF runs every tool in your browser, so nothing is uploaded and there is nothing to limit or sell. The others mostly upload your file to their servers, and a free tier is how they sell the paid one. For the whole field on one page, read the best free PDF tools, compared.

How these pages are made

Prices, free limits, file sizes and where files are processed come from each product's own pricing, help and privacy pages, read on the date at the top of the page, and every page lists those sources. Where a product's own pages disagree with each other, the page says so and quotes both. What getPDF does comes from its code, and what it does not do yet is said as plainly. Found something out of date? Write to hello@getpdfs.app.

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