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About Xodo PDF Studio
PDF Studio, now branded Xodo PDF Studio, is a full desktop PDF editor sold as an alternative to Adobe Acrobat. It creates PDFs, scans to PDF with OCR, annotates, fills and designs forms, and edits text and images.
The Pro edition adds redaction, sanitizing, document comparison, optimization, batch processing, an action wizard, digital signatures, conversion to and from Microsoft Office formats, and support for PDF/A, PDF/X, PDF/UA and PDF 2.0. It is one of the few full PDF editors with a Linux version.
Strengths
- Native versions for Windows, macOS and Linux
- OCR, redaction, comparison and batch processing
- Support for PDF/A, PDF/X, PDF/UA and PDF 2.0
Limitations
- Paid licence after the trial
- Recent rebranding to Xodo may cause confusion in documentation
Details
- Pricing
- PaidPaid software with a downloadable free trial.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- Qoppa Software
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Linux and mixed-OS users who need a full Acrobat-style PDF editor
- Categories
- PDF tools
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Xodo PDF Studio
Compare allSoftware that can replace Xodo PDF Studio for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Adobe Acrobat
Adobe's PDF software: the free Acrobat Reader for viewing and commenting, and paid Acrobat plans for editing and conversion.
Adobe Acrobat moves you to subscription plans on Windows, macOS, web and mobile, with no Linux version, though the free Reader covers viewing and commenting.
Master PDF Editor
Cross-platform PDF editor with a Linux build that people actually use.
Master PDF Editor also has Windows, macOS and Linux builds with forms, signatures and OCR, and offers a limited free version for non-commercial use.
Nitro PDF Pro
Commercial Acrobat alternative for editing, converting and signing.
Nitro PDF Pro is a paid Windows and macOS editor with strong Word and Excel conversion, but it has no Linux build.
ABBYY FineReader PDF
Commercial OCR and PDF editor with very high recognition accuracy.
ABBYY FineReader PDF adds higher OCR accuracy and cross-format document comparison, but it runs only on Windows and macOS and is expensive.
PDFelement
A commercial PDF editor for creating, converting, editing, annotating, protecting and signing PDF files.
PDFelement drops Linux support but adds Android, iOS and web apps, bundling editing, conversion, protection and signing in one commercial tool.
UPDF
A cross-platform PDF editor with annotation, OCR, conversion, redaction and built-in AI tools.
UPDF covers desktop, mobile and web with editing, OCR, redaction and AI tools, but has no Linux build and its AI relies on an online service.
Sejda PDF
PDF editor available both online and as a desktop application.
Sejda PDF runs on Windows, macOS, Linux and web with a local desktop version, but free use is limited to a few tasks per hour.
PDF-XChange Editor
Windows PDF editor whose free version covers most everyday tasks.
PDF-XChange Editor is Windows only, but its free version covers most everyday tasks, with paid features watermarking output rather than being hidden.
Xodo PDF Studio as an alternative
Listings that name Xodo PDF Studio as an alternative.
Able2Extract Professional
Desktop PDF converter and editor that turns native and scanned PDFs into Excel, Word and other formats.
Xodo PDF Studio keeps native Linux, Windows and macOS versions with OCR and batch processing, and focuses on full Acrobat-style editing rather than table extraction.
Bluebeam Revu
PDF markup and collaboration software for architecture, engineering and construction drawings and project documents.
Xodo PDF Studio is a general paid PDF editor with comparison and batch processing on Windows, macOS and Linux, without construction-specific takeoff or project workflows.
Tungsten Power PDF
PDF editor for creating, converting, editing, redacting and e-signing PDFs, formerly Kofax Power PDF.
Xodo PDF Studio is a paid desktop editor for Windows, macOS and Linux with OCR, redaction, comparison and PDF/A support, rather than a mobile app.
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PDFsam Basic
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