PDFCreator AlternativesOnly apps categorised as PDF Editors

The best PDF Editor alternative to PDFCreator is PDF-XChange Editor, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to PDFCreator and many of them are PDF Editors so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting PDF Editor alternatives to PDFCreator are PDF24 Creator, Stirling-PDF, PDF24 Tools and Soda PDF.

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  1. PDF-XChange Editor icon

    PDF-XChange Editor

     170 likes

    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.

    145 PDF-XChange Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com
    • Wine
    Version 10 (2024)
     
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    Leaves free version watermark

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • PDF-XChange Editor is the most popular Windows alternative to PDFCreator.

    • PDF-XChange Editor is the most popular free alternative to PDFCreator.

    • PDF-XChange Editor is Freemium and ProprietaryPDFCreator is Free Personal and Open Source
    • PDF-XChange Editor is Customizable and Privacy focusedPDFCreator is not according to our users
  2. PDF24 Creator icon

    PDF24 Creator

     146 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.

    172 PDF24 Creator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    I'm producing 25 x 10.65 inch pages with lots of images on them for a book. PDFCreator produces the pdfs but creates some fuzz around black text. Marginally visible at 100% zoom, very obvious at 200%. PDF24 Creators pdfs are perfect ..... as are 300 dpi jpegs! It's nice to be able to generate pdfs or jpegs from same program! Thanks you. - John M

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks PDF24 Creator is a great PDFCreator alternative.

    • PDF24 Creator is Free and ProprietaryPDFCreator is Free Personal and Open Source
  4. Stirling-PDF icon

    Stirling-PDF

     49 likes

    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
    Stirling-PDF screenshot 1
     

    • Stirling-PDF is the most popular Web-based, Mac & Self-Hosted alternative to PDFCreator.

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

    • Stirling-PDF is Freemium and Open SourcePDFCreator is Free Personal and Open Source
    • Stirling-PDF is Privacy focusedPDFCreator is not according to our users
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  7. Soda PDF icon

    Soda PDF

     10 likes

    Soda PDF was created with the user in mind. Smart, reliable, and accessible, our software is designed with a focus on giving you the most useful features in an easy-to-use package.

    60 Soda PDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Subscription
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Comment feature in Soda PDF Desktop
     

    • Soda PDF is the most popular SaaS alternative to PDFCreator.

    • Soda PDF is the most popular commercial alternative to PDFCreator.

    • Soda PDF is Paid and ProprietaryPDFCreator is Free Personal and Open Source
    • Soda PDF is Privacy focusedPDFCreator is not according to our users
  8. 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...

    164 PDFill alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    The only free pdf-software able to split very big pdf-files over 200 pages
     
  10. Aspose.Pdf for Cloud icon

    Aspose.Pdf for Cloud

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    Aspose.Pdf for Cloud is a REST API to create, edit & manipulate PDF files. It also convert PDF file to DOC, DOCX, HTML, XPS, TIFF etc. You can create a new PDF either from scratch or from HTML, XML, template, database, XPS or an image.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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    • Aspose.Pdf for Cloud is the most popular Linux alternative to PDFCreator.

    • Aspose.Pdf for Cloud is Paid and ProprietaryPDFCreator is Free Personal and Open Source
  11. Corel PDF Fusion icon

    Corel PDF Fusion

     2 likes

    Corel PDF Fusion is the all-in-one PDF toolkit: Powerful PDF Creation Software; Versatile PDF viewer; Supports 100+ file formats; Easy PDF creation; Save files to PDF, XPS and DOC formats. Boost your productivity with Corel PDF Fusion, an all-in-one PDF creator that lets you...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. FlexiPDF icon

    FlexiPDF

     1 like

    Your all-around PDF editor.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    FlexiPDF screenshot 1
     
  13. pdfDocs icon

    pdfDocs

     30 likes

    pdfDocs integrates with business systems to efficiently assemble, secure and distribute documents in PDF and PDF/A format.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Microsoft SharePoint
    • Worldox
    Main Page
     
  14. DeftPDF icon

    DeftPDF

     5 likes

    An all-in-one free online PDF editor that does not require subscriptions or installations! DeftPDF is a free online tool that makes editing and converting PDF easy in just a few clicks!.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    Deft PDF homepage
     
  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!

    92 PDFescape alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    PDFescape PDF Editor Interface
     
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