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The main features I use are compression and conversion. It's also good for batching, merging/splitting and editing. One particular flow I use often is PDF to JPG to PDF which provides a simple level of protection that stops people copying and pasting my text content.
- Super-quick.
- Intuitive and easy to use.
- Great pricing for everything you get.
- Conversion, compression, editing.
- Available directly from the browser.
- The way I use it, there are no downsides. Yes, it's web-based, but that's perfectly okay!
September 18, 2019
SmallPDF: the king of "good enough" PDF editing.
We mostly use Smallpdf to collate text and images of different sources into standardized PDFs that we can use for e-filing with different court systems and administrative entities, as well for our internal filing system. We also occasionally use its PDF signing and PDF to Excel features when appropriate. Due to our size and the per-user licenses of SmallPDF we've found it more efficient to have 2 people in charge of most of PDF editing, with other employees forwarding the required files with instructions on what's needed.
- It's PDF editing tool suite is extremely comprehensive.
- Drag & Drop functionality and intuitive user interface means non-technical users can easily use most of its features.
- It's online-first design avoids typical problems of depending on one specific computer for specific tasks.
- It's online-first design means that working with big files will be slowed down due to network performance.
- Its lackluster desktop software lacks many of the website functionalities and is prone to stability issues.
- Smallpdf focuses on doing what it does very well and efficiently, but lacks many features standard to other PDF editors.
- Chrome Extension seems useful but requiring read and write access to all websites is a security nightmare.
September 20, 2019
A wonderful tool for PDF conversion.
Smallpdf is one of the most useful pieces of software in my organization. Everyone in my organization uses this software for their respective work. It helps us in converting our office documents from office extensions to PDF format and vice versa. These conversions help us in our project presentations.
- It is very effective in compressing large PDF files into smaller size files which are easy to attach in an email.
- With this tool, I protect my PDF files by encrypting them.
- It is also helpful by allowing users to sign PDF files electronically.
- No offline mode is available.
- It doesn't have a mobile application. Sometimes I require it on my mobile device when I travel.
- Sometimes it is very difficult to upload larger files for conversion.
May 28, 2019
SmallPDF: Big package, cheap price
SmallPDF is being used by myself. I use it almost every day. It allows me to do a whole host of activities like converting and merging PDFs to my liking. It is a lot simpler and cheaper than trying to use Acrobat Pro.
- Converts
- Combines
- Unlocks
- Signature
- I would like to see a stand-alone platform.
February 01, 2019
Simply the best PDF software on the market.
Smallpdf is being used across the whole organization, it is our go-to pdf reading software since it is extremely fast and runs smoothly. We also use it for pdf editing, especially for cropping and mixing complete files (a function mostly used by our HR department when working with our staff files and organizing resumes). We also use it to convert to and from pdf to other formats such as Excel or Word documents.
- One of the best things that Smallpdf does is pdf conversion both to and from pdf. It is especially great to transform pdf tables into Excel documents.
- PDF splitting is really great since allows for cropping large files and just keep the information necessary; something that comes really handy when presenting information to your supervisors.
- PDF merging also works wonders, it allows for mixing several different pdf documents into just one of them. It is extremely easy to set up.
- This a really fast pdf reader, it feels really fast compared to other options that tend to feel clunky. Its workspace is super comfortable and well organized so finding a tool you need is always a simple task.
- I have absolutely nothing bad to say about this software, I think it works amazingly as it is, and has proven to be a great asset for our team.
I discovered Smallpdf less than a year ago. One day I found myself with a problem after creating a test for my students since I did not know how to pass it to PDF to be sent by mail. My students could not modify it until my boyfriend arrived and he told me that with Smallpdf you could convert it and from there always I can change it. I've even shown other teachers how to use it when they need to pass PDF to Word files.
- It is very fast, since for any file conversion it takes only a few seconds.
- Everything is indicated, so it is not possible to make a mistake when choosing a function.
- The conversion of files is very good, there are no collating errors, nor sizes, nor loss of any kind.
- Maybe they could include a PDF to Epub converter that works, because the ones I've worked with so far have the problem of creating double jumps between paragraphs.
April 11, 2019
Effecient and user friendly .pdf solution platform
Smallpdf is a handy platform that we use in our IT department to convert files like a Word document or PowerPoint presentation to a .pdf extension. We also recommend this tool for our faculty members and students because of its simplicity in converting and combining files together without the need of installing software.
- Compressing files size to be easily uploaded on our online platform.
- Converting any file extension to .pdf and vice versa.
- Merging documents together.
- Editing and protecting .pdf documents.
- Improve the conversion from .pdf to Excel. Sometimes when we have a lot of tables in .pdf and convert them to a spreadsheet, the fonts and tables will be messed up.
- Being worried about uploading documents with personal data for editing or conversion.
Smallpdf is a PDF editor. I use it the following ways: merge PDFs into one file, split PDFs into smaller files or compress large (memory) PDFs into smaller files. You can access Smallpdf through an extension in Chrome, which takes you to their website. As a real estate broker, it helps to combine multiple PDFs into one file, which helps make managing work and paper flow easier.
- Merge documents into a single PDF
- Edit PDFs
- Compress PDFs into a smaller file
- You can't convert all file types into PDFs.
- They don't have an app.
- You can't edit offline.
Every department in my organization uses this software. This software is very helpful for all kinds of PDF-related work. In my department I need to send office documents to my clients via email and this software helps me to convert my documents into other formats. It also helps me to compress my PDF files to reduce sizes so that I can easily share via email.
- Its user interface is very easy. I feel very good to work on it.
- It also offers browser extension. So I can convert my files from the browser itself.
- Its encryption feature is one of my favourite features; it ensures the privacy of my documents.
- They don't have a mobile app of this software.
- It does not provide document scan features like other apps. Sometimes I need this feature very badly.
- In PDF edition they have very basic tools only.
April 24, 2019
One stop solution for document conversion into PDF.
I use it for converting my business documents. For printing purposes I need PDF versions of my documents, so I use Smallpdf. In the sales department I use it and my colleagues in Marketing department also use it. Before Client meetings we use the print version of necessary documents so I use Smallpdf to convert my Excel sheets, Word files etc.
- Its dashboard very simple and easy to understand.
- It can convert almost all type of necessary documents.
- Their privacy policies are very good. They don’t store users data on their servers.
- They provide cloud facility also.
- Its drag and drop interface complete my work in just one or two clicks.
- Splitting PDF files gives best results in this software.
- They should create a mobile app for this tool. It is very much required. Users can use their services on mobile phones also.
- They should minimise ad space on their web page. Sometimes they are annoying.
- Sometimes pdf compression doesn’t give required results. They should improve here.
- It lacks on giving option of downloading a file when I merg two files and then convert it in other format and then try to compress it but because of the size of new edited file it can’t convert.
December 18, 2018
A complete PDF engineer for all your office needs.
Every department in my organization uses this wonderful software. It helps our marketing department in creating beautiful design materials for email promotional campaigns by converting PDF files to image files. It helps my Sales department in the documentation process by helping them convert various Office documents. Converting Office files into PDF makes them easy to print while retaining the original text format of the file.
- It is very effective and provides excellent results in merging two or more files into one PDF file.
- It doesn't require system installation. I can use it via web browser.
- It is one of the best software programs for converting Word, Excel, Powerpoint and JPEG files into PDF, and vice versa.
- Fewer functions in PDF editor.
- I am not sure about the privacy of uploaded files. There is no encryption related information on the website.
- Conversion process gets slowed down when there are bigger files, even though the internet speed is high.
I have been using Smallpdf for around two years, and we use it mainly in the management team since we frequently have to create PDF files with statistics, images, and graphics and the result is a file of many (MB). But with Smallpdf we can reduce the size and weight of the files in a considerable way and almost without losing quality in the image, which allows us to have greater convenience and speed when having to attach the files in the different emails.
- It works very fast, either to create files, reduce size or to modify them in some way
- You can reduce the weight of the files by leaving them very small and almost without losing quality in the file.
- Its use in the free version is limited to a certain amount of daily use.
September 07, 2018
Create, edit, cut out and much more with this little tool
In my case, I know Smallpdf a long time ago. Usually I have to create pdf files, which are easy to elaborate, but usually my files contain many images, or they are made to attach photographs and vouchers of works and activities, so usually the pdf files created have a weight much higher than expected, making its management for intranet networks not the most appropriate. And this point was when I got to know Smallpdf, which was one of the best pdf compressors I could find on the net, and that, unlike other similar programs, does not distort the image or produce so much loss in the quality of the file.
- Its file compression system is very good, it greatly reduces the weight of the files without producing a significant loss of quality.
- The system is quite fast and as a rule its servers work quite well, and thanks to that in just a few seconds you can create, join, rotate, generate watermarks and other things.
- From the same page you can create pdf files from other files. You can transform your files to other formats, as well as rotate, join or cut pdf files.
- So far I have not found anything bad or anything important to improve.
November 28, 2018
Convert all your office documents easily with SmallPDF.
It is being used by my sales and marketing department. Marketing department uses it for creating marketing materials for real estate projects and I use it in sales department for documentation for my clients.
- Its user interface makes it very easy to operate.
- Its PDF compressor is very useful and very effective. It keeps the quality intact.
- It can convert PDF files in variety of other file formats.
- It converts PDF to all kind of Office files.
- Instead of monthly plans they should have plans based on quantity of files.
- Unavailability of mobile application of this software.
- They should add more features in its editor to make documents more customised.
Smallpdf Scorecard Summary
About Smallpdf
The company's mission is to provide a fast, reliable and most of all simple experience for users in working with their documents.
Smallpdf boasts a comprehensive portfolio of 18 PDF tools in 24 languages, with a global user base of 100,000 companies and over 500 million individuals.
Categories: PDF Editors, Document Management
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Pricing
- Has featureFree Trial Available?Yes
- Has featureFree or Freemium Version Available?Yes
- Does not have featurePremium Consulting/Integration Services Available?No
- Entry-level set up fee?No
| Edition | Pricing Details | Terms |
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| Smallpdf Basic | $0 | |
| Smallpdf Pro | $12 | per month |
| Smallpdf Pro | $108 | per year |
Discounts are available for bulk purchases
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Smallpdf Technical Details
| Deployment Types: | On-premise, SaaS |
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| Operating Systems: | Windows, Mac |
| Mobile Application: | No |
| Supported Languages: | English, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Italian, Indonesian, Polish, Vietnamese, Thai, Chinese, Simple Chinese, Arabic, Russian, German, French, Dutch, Turkish, Hebrew, Swedish |