Smallpdf alternatives
At 1 user, Smallpdf costs $15 a month. 1 PDF editor costs less, from $9 (iLovePDF). The closest match, Adobe Acrobat, covers 100% of what Smallpdf does. Each one shows how much of it it covers, capability by capability, next to the price.
What Smallpdf does
Core: Merge, split and organize pages (partly), Office and image conversion, Browser-based editing.
Important: Edit existing PDF text (partly), Scanned document OCR (partly), Fill and sign forms (partly), Request signatures from others (partly), Passwords and digital IDs (partly), Mobile apps (partly).
Also has: Annotation and review (partly), Sensitive data redaction (partly), Batch processing (partly), Accessibility and PDF/A (partly), AI document assistant (partly), Native desktop apps (partly), Cloud sharing and team review (partly), Team admin and compliance (partly).
Alternatives to Smallpdf at 1 user, best match first
- iLovePDF: $9/mo Team10 = 10 x $9 per-seat estimate; volume tiers unknown (Premium, monthly billing, 1 user). It covers 100% of Smallpdf. Free plan: Basic: free for 1 user, with a 15 MB file cap on PDF to Word and PDF Forms and no OCR on Word export..
- Adobe Acrobat: $24.99/mo Team10 is annual-commitment only (10 x $16.99/mo) (Acrobat Standard, 1 user, monthly billing). It covers 100% of Smallpdf. Free plan: Acrobat Reader is free for viewing, commenting and form filling; it cannot edit existing text..
Prices at every size
- Smallpdf: 1 user $15/mo, a 10-person team $120/mo (Pro and Team prices from third-party listings)
- iLovePDF: 1 user $9/mo, a 10-person team $90/mo (Team10 = 10 x $9 per-seat estimate; volume tiers unknown)
- Adobe Acrobat: 1 user $24.99/mo, a 10-person team $169.90/mo (Team10 is annual-commitment only (10 x $16.99/mo))
Prices are USD per month on monthly billing (annual-only plans divided by 12) for subscription plans; one-time licenses are not compared. The headline is one user on the cheapest plan that can edit existing PDF text, convert, organise pages and fill and sign forms without free-tier limits; we also price a 10-person team plan with central seat management.
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