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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 Stirling PDF, PDF24 Creator, PDF24 Tools and Soda PDF.

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  1. PDF-XChange Editor icon

    PDF-XChange Editor

     177 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.

    180 PDF-XChange Editor alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

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

    Stirling PDF

     66 likes

    Locally hosted web application offering an interactive GUI to merge, split, reorganize, convert, compress, watermark, secure, sign, flatten, repair, extract images, detect blanks, apply OCR, set permissions, and enable file processing or API integration for PDFs.

    138 Stirling PDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Cloudron
    • Docker Hub
    • US flagUnited States
    Stirling PDF screenshot 1
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  4. PDF24 Creator icon

    PDF24 Creator

     155 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.

    207 PDF24 Creator alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • European Union flagEU
    Main window
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    PDF Reader Pro

    Read, edit, annotate, and sign PDF documents with built-in AI features like summarize and translate, OCR in 50+ languages, fill forms, export to major formats offline, apply watermarks, compress files, secure with passwords, and ...

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  7. Soda PDF icon

    Soda PDF

     11 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.

    64 Soda PDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU
    Comment feature in Soda PDF Desktop
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  9. iLovePDF icon

    iLovePDF

     29 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!

    183 iLovePDF alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • ES flagSpain
    • European Union flagEU
    Homepage
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  10. 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...

    180 PDFill alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • US flagUnited States
    The only free pdf-software able to split very big pdf-files over 200 pages
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  11. 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 type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • US flagUnited States
    Aspose.Pdf for Cloud screenshot 1
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  12. 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 type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • CA flagCanada
    Corel PDF Fusion screenshot 1
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  13. PDF Genie icon

    PDF Genie

     1 like

    40+ free PDF tools plus AI-powered contract review, invoice extraction, and document chat — all in your browser, no signup needed.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Mac
    • AE flagUnited Arab Emirates
    PDF Genie screenshot 1
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    pdfDocs

     30 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Microsoft SharePoint
    • Worldox
    • AU flagAustralia
    Main Page
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