Adobe Acrobat DC AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Document Managers

The best Document Manager alternative to Adobe Acrobat DC is Smallpdf, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Adobe Acrobat DC and 16 are Document Managers so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Document Manager alternatives to Adobe Acrobat DC are Foxit PDF Editor, Paperwork, DocsBoard and KDAN PDF.

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  1. Smallpdf icon

    Smallpdf

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    Smallpdf is the first PDF Software you will actually like. The perfect gateway to productive, portable and cost-efficient document management solutions in your everyday life.

    173 Smallpdf alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
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    • Most users think Smallpdf is a great Adobe Acrobat DC alternative.

    • Smallpdf is the most popular SaaS alternative to Adobe Acrobat DC.

    • Smallpdf is Freemium and ProprietaryAdobe Acrobat DC is Paid and Proprietary
    • Smallpdf is LightweightAdobe Acrobat DC is not according to our users
  2. Foxit PDF Editor icon

    Foxit PDF Editor

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    Comprehensive suite offering eSign, OCR, multi-platform editing, cloud integration, and robust security. Ideal for professional or personal use, facilitating collaboration while protecting content.

    51 Foxit PDF Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    GeekerPDF

    Edit and annotate PDFs by adding or deleting text, images, and annotations, manage pages with merging, splitting, extraction, and rotation, convert to and from Office formats and images using OCR, encrypt or decrypt files, apply ...

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    DocsBoard

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    Solve your documentation problems with a single platform that integrates all document formats, enhances collaboration, and maintains real-time updates.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  7. KDAN PDF icon

    KDAN PDF

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    Comprehensive solution for editing, signing, form filling, OCR scanning, commenting, converting, and redacting PDFs, with AI-driven analysis and content extraction, data export to spreadsheets, text-to-speech, seamless use across desktop and mobile, and batch processing.

    260 KDAN PDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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    Comments about KDAN PDF as an Alternative to Adobe Acrobat DC
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    Adobe Acrobat DC is a full featured PDF editor. PDF Reader has a nice featureset for a PDF ... Reader, but is far from a complete PDF Editor.

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    PDF Reader is a PDF Reader, not a PDF Editor. It even says it in the name.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think KDAN PDF is a great Adobe Acrobat DC alternative.

    • KDAN PDF is Freemium and ProprietaryAdobe Acrobat DC is Paid and Proprietary
    • KDAN PDF is Privacy focused and LightweightAdobe Acrobat DC is not according to our users
  10. UPDF icon

    UPDF

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    Edit, annotate, and convert PDFs with OCR capabilities, AI-assisted tools for summaries and translations. It supports file protection and offers 2GB of cloud storage for secure management.

    67 UPDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  11. PassportPDF icon

    PassportPDF

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    PassportPDF is a modern cloud infrastructure offering freemium microservices dedicated to addressing document management challenges of professional and general public users, with many productivity-oriented solutions: compression, conversion, OCR, content protection, digital...

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  12. contentCrawler icon

    contentCrawler

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    contentCrawler is an integrated analysis, processing and reporting framework that assesses documents in a DMS for bulk processing.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Microsoft SharePoint
    • Worldox
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  13. I Love PDF 2 icon

    I Love PDF 2

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    I Love PDF 2 is a 100% free online image and PDF tool with no sign-ups, no file size limits, and no usage caps. It offers fast PDF conversions, splitting, merging, OCR, JSON to PDF, editable PowerPoint/Word output, and batch processing - all in a clean.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  14. HelpRange icon

    HelpRange

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    Securely share and store your documents using advanced security controls and valuable insights such as usage statistics, alerts, and visual heat maps in real-time

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
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  15. Quick PDF Join icon

    Quick PDF Join

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    Quick PDF Join is a cross-platform, simple application that joins multiple PDF files together.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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