Free PDFCreator Alternatives for Windows

There are many alternatives to PDFCreator for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best free Windows alternative is PDF-XChange Editor. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to PDFCreator and many of them are free and available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Windows alternatives to PDFCreator are PDF24 Creator, Stirling-PDF, doPDF and Bullzip PDF Printer.

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PDFCreator alternatives are mainly PDF Printers, but if you're looking for PDF Editors or PDF Readers you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source, Linux and Mac. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to PDFCreator.
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  1. PDF-XChange Editor icon

    PDF-XChange Editor

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    Feature-rich PDF editor offering direct content editing, ABBYY OCR, viewing, annotation, form filling, PDF merging, compression, and encryption. Operates efficiently offline, requiring no registration and no ads, while providing privacy-focused features and convenient portability.

    157 PDF-XChange Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • Wine
    Version 10 (2024)
     
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    PDF24 Creator

     149 likes

    PDF24 Creator is free and feature-filled PDF creation, merging and conversion tool for Windows. Its unique feature among the free PDF printer tools is an editor, which allows to easily assemble, create and modify PDF files with Drag & Drop.

    183 PDF24 Creator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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    iTop PDF

    Comprehensive PDF tool for viewing, editing, annotations, and conversion between formats like Word, Excel, or PPT. Features include encryption, redaction, and fast batch processing.

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  6. doPDF icon

    doPDF

     87 likes

    doPDF allows you to freely convert documents to PDF files. It installs as a printer driver, enabling you to print from any Windows application.

    90 doPDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    doPDF Main Window
     
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  8. CutePDF Writer icon

    CutePDF Writer

     69 likes

    CutePDF Writer (formerly CutePDF Printer) is the free version of commercial PDF creation software. CutePDF Writer installs itself as a "printer subsystem". This enables virtually any Windows applications (must be able to print) to create professional quality PDF...

    81 CutePDF Writer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    CutePDF Writer screenshot 1
     
  10. iLovePDF icon

    iLovePDF

     22 likes

    iLovePDF is an online service to work with PDF files completely free and easy to use. Merge PDF, split PDF, compress PDF, office to PDF, PDF to JPG and more!

    153 iLovePDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    Homepage
     
  11. PDFill icon

    PDFill

     39 likes

    With PDFill you can create, fill, delete and submit PDF form fields; insert new formatted text, check, image, hyperlink, whiteout, highlight, drawing, comment and annotation anywhere in the document; save, print or email the filled and password-protected PDF; save and resume...

    170 PDFill alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    The only free pdf-software able to split very big pdf-files over 200 pages
     
  12. PrimoPDF icon

    PrimoPDF

     30 likes

    PrimoPDF is a handy and lightweight utility that converts just about any file type to a PDF by using the source program that created the file and its Print command. The conversion process is quick and efficient, bolstered by a clean, simple interface.

    84 PrimoPDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    PrimoPDF screenshot 1
     
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    clawPDF

     8 likes

    Yet another PDF Printer? Yes! This PDF Printer has the intention to be completely open source. Print to PDF, PDF/A, PDF/X, PNG, JPEG, TIF and text.

    41 clawPDF alternatives

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    • Windows
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  14. CubePDF icon

    CubePDF

     2 likes

    CubePDF is a Windows virtual printer that allows you to convert to PDF when you need it from any application, including Web browsers, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint (PPT), bitmap files (PNG, JPEG, BMP), etc.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    CubePDF screenshot 1
     
  15. PDFescape icon

    PDFescape

     17 likes

    PDFescape is your free, online PDF reader, editor, form filler, & form designer. Without required downloads or installations! Without watermarks! Without required registration!

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    PDFescape PDF Editor Interface
     
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