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Adobe Acrobat Reader is a cloud-based PDF viewer that enables users to read, print, search, and annotate PDF documents.
Acrobat Reader is a free PDF viewer software that lets users view, print, share, comment on, and annotate PDF files. Key features include viewing PDFs on small screens, editing PDF text and images, comparing PDFs, redacting sensitive information, sending PDFs for e-signature, converting PDFs to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, adding password protection, and integrating with Microsoft 365. The software works on Windows, Mac, and mobile devices.
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- Digital Signature
- Annotations
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- Convert to PDF
- Watermarking
- Merge/Append Files
Create, edit, convert, sign, and combine documents with Adobe’s all-in-one PDF and e-signature solution.
Adobe Acrobat is a versatile PDF solution that allows users to create, edit, review, and sign documents from anywhere. It offers advanced features to enhance workflows and productivity. Users can convert files to PDFs, directly edit text and images, and collaborate by sharing documents for feedback. The e-signature feature supports legally binding signatures across devices without external logins. Acrobat ensures data protection with password security and redaction. It integrates with Microsoft 365, Dropbox, and Adobe Creative Cloud for a connected document experience. Available on desktop, web, or mobile, Acrobat is a vital tool for managing PDFs for individuals, teams, and businesses.
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Automatically generate professional-looking PDF documents in seconds with Jotform Enterprise.
Automatically generate professional-looking PDF documents in seconds with Jotform Enterprise. Whether you need to create a contract, generate a payment invoice, or build a custom consulting proposal, our PDF Editor helps you edit documents and create polished documents with the data you collect. Share, store, and edit PDFs directly from your browser. With our easy-to-install integrations, you can automatically send your PDF documents to cloud storage platforms like Google Drive and Dropbox.
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The PDF tools for productive people. Your all-in-one stop to Convert, Compress, Merge, Edit, and eSign PDFs for free.
iLovePDF streamlines document management with a versatile suite of 25+ tools, accessible on mobile, desktop, and via a REST API. Whether merging, splitting, compressing, converting, or eSigning PDFs, it offers an all-in-one solution. Trusted by millions worldwide, iLovePDF caters to diverse users, from local businesses to global enterprises and public institutions.
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- Digital Signature
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Bluebeam 2D & 3D PDF markup solutions connect external apps, automate workflows, and allow you to share data across devices.
Elevate your construction projects with Bluebeam's suite of 3D architecture solutions that provide seamless, Cloud-based collaboration tools for your entire team. Why wait for updates when you can have real-time, on-the-go access to every component of any project? Edit both 2D and 3D PDFs with smart tools designed to help your team improve quality, stay on budget, and easily create takeoffs and accurate bid proposals.
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Cloud-based PDF Reader that provides authors with solutions to manage document comments, alerts on versions and password protections.
Services include:
ConnectedPDF Security - grant and revoke document access.
ConnectedPDF Document Management - Track to see who opens your document and what they do and notify readers of new updates.
ConnectedPDF Collaboration - Elevate your teamwork with connected reviews or send requests to others to get a file.
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An all-in-one online PDF editor, built-in e-signature and fillable form builder.
pdfFiller empowers users to seamlessly edit PDFs, eSign, collaborate, and manage documents from a single, cloud-based platform. This full-featured PDF editor provides 100% cloud-based document management experience, including collaborative PDF editing and document management for transparent teamwork.
pdfFiller is the ultimate choice for individuals and teams seeking a comprehensive, access-from-anywhere document creation solution. Our cloud-based platform ensures seamless PDF editing, eSigning, and collaboration on documents —all without the burden of paying for each app install or multiple subscriptions.
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Smallpdf serves 50+ million monthly users with 20+ PDF tools in 24 languages. It's the first and only PDF software you'll love.
Made in Switzerland, the land of watches, banks, and clean design, Smallpdf is an award-winning company that offers a suite of clever document management tools for everyone—for work, for home, for life.
Founded in Switzerland in 2013, Smallpdf provides a simple, secure, and reliable answer to the world's PDF challenges, and has become the most loved and trusted PDF software on the planet. We’ve served over a billion users in 24 different languages since 2013, and in every country in the world!
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With Publuu, you can easily and intuitively create an interactive flipbook from your PDF files.
With Publuu, you can easily and intuitively create an interactive flipbook from PDF. Convert a PDF to flip, customize it by adding your branding, selecting background, colors and inserting interactive hotspots. Make your flipbook SEO-friendly and share it with your readers by embedding it on your website or sending it via email or social media. Engage your customers and check their reactions in real time!
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Nitro is a global leader for digital document solutions including advanced PDF editing and compliant eSigning with exclusive, real-time
Nitro is a global leader for digital document solutions including advanced PDF editing and compliant eSigning with exclusive, real-time ROI and sustainability insights. Nitro Pro offers an all-in-one subscription plan so you can edit, convert, secure, fill, sign and share PDFs across multiple devices. Nitro Pro Business adds enterprise-grade eSign capabilities, analytics, integrations and more with world-class customer support. Millions of customers around the world choose Nitro for easy, seamless and secure document workflows.
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#1 Adobe® Acrobat® alternative: PDFelement is your all-in-one PDF solution. Create, edit, convert, and esign PDF files in a better way.
PDFelement is a one-stop PDF solution powered by AI. Fast, smart, affordable, and easy way to manage (.pdf) documents across desktop, mobile, and web.
It provides a great user experience and is an excellent alternative to Adobe® Acrobat®, making it perfect for individuals and small businesses. The mission is to stay at the forefront of PDF technology, constantly innovating and improving our product to meet the evolving needs of our users.
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ABBYY FineReader PDF is a universal PDF software for efficient work with documents - both PDFs and scans - in the digital workplace
ABBYY® FineReader PDF is a PDF tool for working more efficiently with digital documents. Powered by ABBYY's AI-based OCR technology, FineReader PDF integrates scanned documents into digital workflows and makes it easier to digitize, convert, retrieve, edit, protect, share, and collaborate on all kinds of documents in the digital workplace. Form creation added in the latest release.
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Free PDF conversion tool that comes with access control, PDF/A file support, digital signature, and automated PDF printer capabilities.
Free PDF conversion tool that comes with access control, PDF/A file support, digital signature, and automated PDF printer capabilities.
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- Digital Signature
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- Encryption
- Convert to PDF
- Watermarking
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Online File Converter for Office documents, JSON, XML, PDF, images, video, audio, and other files.
Support for 50+GB JSON and XML files
Online File Converter for office documents, PDFs, images, video, audio, and other files.
Converting large files up to 50+ GB. Public REST API is available.
With Conversion Tools, it is possible to Convert Large XML files to Excel, CSV, JSON.
We offer Custom Converters development to provide you with a solution to convert files based on your business requirements.
Supported formats:
- Office documents (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
- PDF files
- Images
- Video
- Audio
- OCR for images and PDFs
- Data
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Flipsnack is the fastest PDF to flipbook converter on the market. Easily create & publish your catalogs, brochures, magazines and more.
Flipsnack is the fastest PDF-to-flipbook converter on the market. This online publishing solution allows you to bring your PDFs to life, transforming them into life-like publications with a 3D flip-page effect. Alternatively, you can use our Design Studio to easily create engaging flipbooks from scratch.
Bring your printed catalogs to digital customers while embracing a more sustainable and cost-effective path for your business. Powerful features like shopping buttons, videos, GIFs, enticing p
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PDF solution for creating industry-standard PDF files that uses virtual printer for document preview, conversion, and printing.
PDF solution for creating industry-standard PDF files that uses virtual printer for document preview, conversion, and printing.
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- Digital Signature
- Annotations
- Encryption
- Convert to PDF
- Watermarking
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Power PDF Advanced lets you create, convert, edit, share and secure PDF files. Buy it once and own it forever.
Over 10 million users trust Tungsten Power PDF and choose this leading PDF application without being held hostage by subscription fees. Tungsten Power PDF Advanced is a powerful and intuitive tool designed for businesses to create, convert, edit and share PDF files. With Power PDF Advanced, your organization can optimize productivity and securely manage the document lifecycle, helping your business work more collaboratively and seamlessly across devices and platforms. Try it for free today!
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Lumin is an easy-to-use PDF editor that integrates with Google Workspace.
Lumin’s world-renowned PDF editor is used by over 100 million people worldwide. Designed to be accessible to all users, no matter their digital skillset.
Lumin’s PDF editor is designed for every stage of the work cycle: give feedback on new documents by adding comments and highlights; action necessary changes with edit text and add images; or do heavy lifting with fillable forms, formatting tools and storage. Lumin is cloud-based and fully integrated with Google Workspace, so you can edit PDFs from your mobile, tablet or desktop.
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Soda PDF Anywhere is the first full-featured PDF solution available both as a desktop and a web-based app.
Soda PDF Anywhere is the first fully functional PDF solution available both as a desktop and a web-based app. Users have the freedom to access features on any device with a web browser, including desktops, laptops, smartphones, and tablets. It comes equipped with innovative features specifically designed to increase productivity, including PDF conversion, editing, reviewing & security tools, a reputable e-signature solution, Bates numbering, cloud integration, and much more. Try it free today!
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Reading, Note taking and Document Analysis app winning Editor’s Choice from Apple & Microsoft
"PDF Editor with Superpowers, FastCompany
The first Reading, Note taking and Document Analysis app to win Editor’s Choice from both Apple and Microsoft.
"PDF Editor with Superpowers" FastCompany.
For professionals whose work involves analyzing complex sets of documents; to study, analyze and reach conclusions. LiquidText is an active reading and note taking tool where all your documents, highlights, annotations and underlines are in the same workspace as your notes and lets you make dynamic visual connections across content and notes.
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PDF Technologies is a leading software provider of affordable, secure Out-of-Box PDF solutions on desktop, mobile and online tools.
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Automatically generate professional-looking PDF documents in seconds with Jotform Enterprise.
Automatically generate professional-looking PDF documents in seconds with Jotform Enterprise. Whether you need to create a contract, generate a payment invoice, or build a custom consulting proposal, our PDF Editor helps you edit documents and create polished documents with the data you collect. Share, store, and edit PDFs directly from your browser. With our easy-to-install integrations, you can automatically send your PDF documents to cloud storage platforms like Google Drive and Dropbox.
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- Convert to PDF
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Cross-platform PDF converter, creator, and editor with OCR, electronic and digital signatures and AI-powered PDF to Excel conversions.
Able2Extract Pro 19 is a business-grade PDF converter and editor with OCR. It enables users to convert data from PDF files to fully editable Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, AutoCAD, OpenOffice... It can batch process multiple PDF files at once (OCR included), create universally compatible PDFs from 300+ formats, add electronic and digital signatures to PDF, edit PDF text and images, split and merge PDF, compare any two printable documents and much more. Available for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
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- Digital Signature
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Online cloud-based platform that allows you to quickly create, edit and review PDF files. (fka PDFPro)
PDF and document management solution designed to help businesses of all sizes, government officials, and lawyers create, edit, split, merge, modify, and rotate PDF files. DocFly enables administrators to convert files in MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint into PDFs. Teams can utilize the platform to add or erase texts, images, watermarks, and signatures, reorder pages, and convert PDFs into JPG and PNG file formats. It allows administrators to add or change passwords to secure PDF files.
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- Digital Signature
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PlatoForms converts PDFs to web forms, simplifying PDF form creation management for businesses.
PlatoForms turns PDFs into web forms that are easy to fill out in any browser. It offers conditional logic, integrations with CRM and email tools, workflows, and customizable themes. Create responsive forms, support e-signatures, and offer multi-language options. Data export and robust security features streamline information sharing and ensure data protection. Widely used by businesses, PlatoForms enhances the efficiency of managing PDF forms online.
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