LightPDF.com AlternativesPDF Editors & PDF Readers like LightPDF.com

LightPDF.com is described as 'Cloud-based toolkit offers 20+ PDF editing, conversion, OCR, merge, split, and annotation tools, free online use, no watermarks, multi-platform support' and is a PDF Reader in the office & productivity category. There are more than 100 alternatives to LightPDF.com for a variety of platforms, including Web-based, Windows, Mac, iPad and iPhone apps. The best LightPDF.com alternative is Foxit PDF Reader. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Foxit PDF Reader or PDF-XChange Editor. Other great apps like LightPDF.com are PDF24 Creator, PDFsam, Adobe Acrobat DC and Breeze PDF.

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  1. Foxit PDF Reader icon

    Foxit PDF Reader

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    Foxit Reader offers a lightweight PDF viewing experience across multiple platforms with features such as annotation, form filling, signing, cloud storage integration, collaborative review options, heightened security via Trust Manager, and organizational tools like Group Policy and XML Configuration.

    120 Foxit PDF Reader alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Bundleware

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • ReactOS
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    • Foxit PDF Reader is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to LightPDF.com.

    • Foxit PDF Reader is the most popular free alternative to LightPDF.com.

    • Foxit PDF Reader is Free Personal and ProprietaryLightPDF.com is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. PDF-XChange Editor icon

    PDF-XChange Editor

     170 likes
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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.

    141 PDF-XChange Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • Wine
    Version 10 (2024)
     
  4. Stirling-PDF icon

    Stirling-PDF

     48 likes
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    locally hosted web application that allows you to perform various operations on PDF files.

    86 Stirling-PDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker Hub
    • Cloudron
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    • Stirling-PDF is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to LightPDF.com.

    • Stirling-PDF is the most popular Open Source alternative to LightPDF.com.

    • Stirling-PDF is Freemium and Open SourceLightPDF.com is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Stirling-PDF is Privacy focusedLightPDF.com is not according to our users
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    Foxit PDF Reader

    Foxit Reader offers a lightweight PDF viewing experience across multiple platforms with features such as annotation, form filling, signing, cloud storage integration, collaborative review options, heightened security via Trust Ma...

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  6. PDF24 Creator icon

    PDF24 Creator

     145 likes
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    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.

    170 PDF24 Creator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Main window
     
  7. PDFsam icon

    PDFsam

     223 likes
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    Free and open source desktop application to split, merge, extract pages, rotate and mix PDF files.

    145 PDFsam alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • PDFsam is the most popular Linux alternative to LightPDF.com.

    • PDFsam is Freemium and Open SourceLightPDF.com is Freemium and Proprietary
  8. Adobe Acrobat DC icon

    Adobe Acrobat DC

     203 likes
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    Manage documents effortlessly, edit PDFs, create them from other formats, and e-sign anywhere. Secure sharing and comparison tools ensure smooth workflows and data protection. New AI Assistant offers quick document insights. Perfect for desktop and web platforms.

    310 Adobe Acrobat DC alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
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    • Adobe Acrobat DC is the most popular commercial alternative to LightPDF.com.

    • Adobe Acrobat DC is Paid and ProprietaryLightPDF.com is Freemium and Proprietary
  11. BentoPDF icon

    BentoPDF

     7 likes
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    BentoPDF is a PDF Toolkit that works fully offline with no sign ups. It's fast, secure and forever free. In an era where data is a commodity, we take a different approach. All processing for BentoPDF tools happens locally in your browser.

    63 BentoPDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  12. Sejda icon

    Sejda

     35 likes
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    Sejda helps with your PDF tasks: edit existing text, split, merge, extract, compress, export to other formats and more.

    133 Sejda alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  13. Smallpdf icon

    Smallpdf

     58 likes
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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.

    177 Smallpdf alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Android Tablet
    Desktop app home
     

    • Smallpdf is the most popular Android, iPhone, iPad, SaaS & Android Tablet alternative to LightPDF.com.

    • Smallpdf is Freemium and ProprietaryLightPDF.com is also Freemium and Proprietary
  15. Signature PDF icon

    Signature PDF

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    Free open-source web software for signing (alone or with others), organizing (merge, sort, rotate, delete, extract pages, ...), editing metadatas or compressing PDFs.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • WebApps
    • Docker Hub
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