PDFgear
PDFgear is a comprehensive and completely free PDF editor software and online tool suite designed to simplify PDF tasks.
Our verdict
Who it's for
Read, edit, convert, merge, and sign PDF files across devices, for completely free and without signing up.
Who should look elsewhere
Online tool has a 50 MB file size limit
Pros
- +Completely free with no hidden costs or watermarks
- +No sign-up required for online tools
- +AI-powered features enhance productivity
- +Available across multiple platforms (desktop, mobile, web)
- +Comprehensive set of PDF editing and management tools
Cons
- −Online tool has a 50 MB file size limit
- −Direct conversion of uneditable PDFs to editable PDFs is still in development (though OCR to Word/TXT is available)
- −Recent online discussions about security concerns (though officially addressed)
Key features
- ✓Edit PDF text, images, shapes, signatures, and links
- ✓Annotate PDFs with highlights, notes, stamps, and shapes
- ✓Convert PDFs to and from Word, TXT, JPG, Excel, PPT
- ✓OCR for converting scanned PDFs into editable text (30+ languages)
- ✓Merge, split, delete, rotate, and rearrange PDF pages
- ✓Fill and sign PDF forms
- ✓AI-powered assistant for summarizing and managing PDFs
- ✓Batch conversion mode
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Billing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | — | month | Read, edit, convert, merge, and sign PDF files; AI-Powered PDF Software; Work with PDF Anywhere (PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android) |