Free PDF-XChange Editor AlternativesPDF Editors & PDF Readers like PDF-XChange Editor

The best free alternative to PDF-XChange Editor is PDF Arranger, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to PDF-XChange Editor and loads of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to PDF-XChange Editor are PDFgear, PDF24 Creator, PDFsam and Master PDF Editor.

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  1. PDF Arranger icon
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    Small python-gtk application, which helps the user to merge or split pdf documents and rotate, crop and rearrange their pages using an interactive and intuitive graphical interface.

    70 PDF Arranger alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
     
    • PDF Arranger is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to PDF-XChange Editor.

    • PDF Arranger is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to PDF-XChange Editor.

    • PDF Arranger is Free and Open SourcePDF-XChange Editor is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. PDFgear icon
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    Read, edit, convert, merge, and sign PDF files across devices, for completely free and without signing up.

    44 PDFgear alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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    Comments about PDFgear as an Alternative to PDF-XChange Editor
    zdwk
    Negative
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    Suspected to be spyware/malware. Company and owners behind the software is not clearly identifyable. Suspected to be Russian and/or Chinese spyware.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • PDFgear is the most popular Web-based, Android, Mac, iPhone, iPad & Android Tablet alternative to PDF-XChange Editor.

    • PDFgear is Free and ProprietaryPDF-XChange Editor is Freemium and Proprietary
  3. PDF24 Creator icon
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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.

    164 PDF24 Creator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
     
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    Comments about PDF24 Creator as an Alternative to PDF-XChange Editor
    bluMyst
    Positive
    1

    PDF24 basically just lets you "draw over" a PDF. It doesn't let you edit the existing content or add anything more sophisticated than some text or a few doodles.

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    • PDF24 Creator is Free and ProprietaryPDF-XChange Editor is Freemium and Proprietary
  4. PDFsam icon
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    Free and open source desktop application to split, merge, extract pages, rotate and mix PDF files.

    144 PDFsam alternatives

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    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    Comments about PDFsam as an Alternative to PDF-XChange Editor
    Guest
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    PDFsam can't edit PDF files, i.e. change the content of a page in a PDF file

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    NaturalBornUser
    1

    The premium, paid version of pdfsam can edit pdf

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    • PDFsam is Freemium and Open SourcePDF-XChange Editor is Freemium and Proprietary
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    Master PDF Editor is complete solution for editing PDF and XPS files. You can insert, edit, remove, copy, add images or graphics. Export, import, remove and change page layouts. Also Master PDF Editor provides full functionality for changing PDF information, including author...

    131 Master PDF Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
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    Comments about Master PDF Editor as an Alternative to PDF-XChange Editor
    Guest
    Positive
    1

    Master PDF editor can edit PDF content like PDF X-Change Editor can

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think Master PDF Editor is a great PDF-XChange Editor alternative.

    • Master PDF Editor is Freemium and ProprietaryPDF-XChange Editor is also Freemium and Proprietary
  6. PDFCreator icon
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    PDFCreator allows you to convert any document into a PDF by acting as a virtual printer. It offers features like merging, digital signatures, password protection, and automation for efficient workflows. Its user-friendly settings help you optimize your PDFs easily.

    100 PDFCreator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Bundleware

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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    Scan Tailor is an interactive post-processing tool for scanned pages. It performs operations such as page splitting, deskewing, adding/removing borders, and others. You give it raw scans, and you get pages ready to be printed or assembled into a PDF or DJVU file.

    15 ScanTailor Advanced alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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  8. KDAN PDF icon
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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.

    257 KDAN PDF alternatives

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    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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  9. Skim icon
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    PDF viewer for macOS supports scientific papers, annotations, highlights, bookmarks, split view, exporting notes, AppleScript, multiple annotation types, bibliography integration, full-screen, search, and compatibility with various macOS versions.

    85 Skim alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
     
  10. PDFedit icon
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    Free (and open source) editor for manipulating PDF documents. GUI version + commandline interface. Scripting is used to a great extent in editor and almost anything can be scripted, it is possible to create own scripts or plugins.

    92 PDFedit alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
     
  11. qpdfview icon
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    qpdfview is a Qt-based tabbed document viewer using the Poppler library for PDF rendering and CUPS for printing. Support for the DjVu and PostScript formats can be added via plugins.

    77 qpdfview alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Haiku
    • Qt
     
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