Alternatives to HiPDF
Wondershare's online PDF suite for converting, editing, compressing, merging and summarizing PDF files. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
HiPDF
Wondershare's online PDF suite for converting, editing, compressing, merging and summarizing PDF files.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as HiPDF.
iLovePDF
Browser PDF toolkit for merging, splitting, compressing and converting.
iLovePDF covers routine PDF tasks in the browser with mobile apps and an API, while free use is limited by file size and daily task count.
Smallpdf
Browser PDF tools for compressing, converting, editing and signing.
Smallpdf offers browser tools for compressing, converting, editing and signing with desktop and mobile apps, but free use is capped at a couple of documents per day.
PDF24 Tools
Free online PDF tools for merging, compressing, creating, editing and converting PDF files in a browser.
PDF24 Tools is free online with no registration, limits or watermarks, though it shows advertising and has no AI summarizing or chat.
Sejda PDF
PDF editor available both online and as a desktop application.
Sejda PDF works online and as a desktop app that processes files locally, but free use is limited to a few tasks per hour.
PDF2Go
An online PDF editor and converter for editing, compressing, merging, splitting and converting PDF files.
PDF2Go is a free online editor and converter that deletes uploads after 24 hours, though many tools require a free account.
PDF Candy
An online toolkit of more than 90 tools for converting, merging, splitting, compressing and editing PDF files.
PDF Candy offers more than 90 free online tools including OCR and ebook conversion, with files uploaded for processing and sign-in prompts.
DeftPDF
A browser-based collection of more than 40 tools for editing, converting, splitting and signing PDFs.
DeftPDF has more than 40 browser tools including translation, OCR and Bates numbering, plus Android and iOS apps, with free tier file size limits.
BentoPDF
Browser-based PDF toolkit that edits, merges and converts files locally.
BentoPDF processes documents locally in the browser instead of uploading them to a server, and needs no signup, but offers less advanced editing.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
ChatPDF
An AI tool that summarizes PDFs and answers questions about them, with citations to the source.
CloudConvert
An online file converter for more than 200 document, image, audio, video, archive and CAD formats.
Convertio
A browser-based file converter that handles documents, images, audio, video, ebooks and archives in over 300 formats.
LightPDF
Online and desktop PDF editor and converter with OCR and AI document chat.
Humata
An AI tool for asking questions about your documents, with cited answers and summaries.
