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About LightPDF
LightPDF is a PDF toolkit available in the browser and as apps for Windows, macOS, iOS and Android. It edits, converts, annotates, signs and organizes PDFs, runs OCR, and includes AI tools that summarise documents and let you chat with them.
Free online tools are offered, and a single Pro plan unlocks editing and AI features across all platforms with one account. It suits people who want one PDF tool on every device.
Strengths
- Available on web, desktop and mobile
- Editing, conversion, OCR and signing in one tool
- AI summary and document chat
- One Pro account covers all platforms
Limitations
- Full features require a Pro subscription
- Online tools send documents to the vendor's servers
Details
- Pricing
- FreemiumFree online tools, with a paid Pro plan for full editing and AI features.
- License
- Proprietary
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, Web
- How it runs
- Downloadable app, Web application
- Best suited for
- People who want an all-in-one PDF tool across desktop and phone
- Categories
- PDF tools, AI assistants
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to LightPDF
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Adobe Acrobat
Adobe's PDF software: the free Acrobat Reader for viewing and commenting, and paid Acrobat plans for editing and conversion.
Adobe Acrobat offers a free Reader on desktop, web and mobile, with editing and conversion requiring a Standard or Pro subscription and AI Assistant sold separately.
UPDF
A cross-platform PDF editor with annotation, OCR, conversion, redaction and built-in AI tools.
UPDF also covers editing, OCR, conversion and AI chat across desktop and mobile, adding redaction and batch processing, with full features behind a paid plan.
PDFelement
A commercial PDF editor for creating, converting, editing, annotating, protecting and signing PDF files.
PDFelement covers editing, conversion, protection and signing on desktop, mobile and web, and its mobile app doubles as a document scanner, with paid-only pricing.
PDFgear
A free PDF reader, editor and converter for desktop and mobile, with online tools and an AI assistant.
PDFgear provides editing, conversion, merging and signing free with no sign-up on desktop, mobile and web, though AI features send content online.
PDF Reader Pro
A commercial PDF reader and editor for annotating, converting, signing and organizing PDFs on desktop and mobile.
PDF Reader Pro offers editing, OCR, forms and signing on Windows, macOS, Android and iOS, without a web version, and uses credits for AI features.
Xodo
PDF reader and editor across web, desktop and mobile.
Xodo offers the same annotation and signing tools on web, desktop and mobile with Google Drive, Dropbox and OneDrive integration, but no macOS app.
KDAN PDF
PDF reader and editor across Windows, macOS, Android and iOS.
KDAN PDF offers editing and annotation with cloud sync on Windows, macOS, Android and iOS, lacks a web version, and needs a subscription for editing.
Smallpdf
Browser PDF tools for compressing, converting, editing and signing.
Smallpdf is mainly a browser toolkit with desktop and mobile apps for compressing, converting and signing, with free use capped at a couple of documents daily.
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iLovePDF
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