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Pros:

You can choose to use the free version or pay (the latter is integrated with dropbox, has no limit on file size, among other extras).

Cons:

Occasionally there is an error in mathematical formulas and symbols when converting a PDF file to word or ppt.

Smallpdf ratings

Average score

Ease of Use
4.7
Customer Service
4.3
Features
4.6
Value for Money
4.4

Likelihood to recommend

8.8/10

Smallpdf has an overall rating of 4.6 out of 5 stars based on 861 user reviews on Capterra.

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Peter
Peter
Executive Director in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Government Administration, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Lots of features to edit PDFs however you see fit

5.0 12 months ago

Comments: Makes merging, editing, and converting PDFs super easy.

Pros:

Lots of features to merge, edit, and convert PDFs. It gives me tools to do everything my organization needs to do to PDFs.

Cons:

Some of the features require paying for the service.

David
David
Director of Software Engineering in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Financial Services, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Smallpdf, a practical way to edit PDF

4.0 last year

Comments: The mobile version of SmallPDF Which is the one I use the most since it is practical, you just take out your phone and you can scan any document, you can edit PDF documents and convert Word, Excel or any image files to PDF format.

Pros:

What I like the most is that it is a practical application to edit PDF files, it is not heavy software that is installed on your PC, this makes it very easy to use since it is used through the browser.

Cons:

What I don't like about small PDF is that the document editing part lacks some tools, it's practical for small editions, but when better text or font recognition is required, it's not as good as other PDF editors.

Luke
Ecommerce Manager in UK
Consumer Electronics, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Smallpdf review

5.0 2 months ago New

Comments: I really like that you can do anything you need to your PDF file such as Compress, Convert, Sign and Merge. This is really useful to our company.

Pros:

The ability to sign PDF files online, easily.

Cons:

The fact you need to make an account for the website.

Angie
Educator in US
Education Management, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Smallpdf seems to be a Personal Info collection lure

1.0 last month New

Comments: It is FREE to edit but there is a cost to access the edited version. You must create an account and agree to a seven day trial or purchase a plan. Either way, your personal information is collected and shared.

Pros:

Opening and editing a PDF was relatively seamless. However, it is not free.

Cons:

SMALLPDF.COM is a top result for searching Free PDF Editor and advertises as FREE PDF Editor. However, while editing the pdf is free, you cannot access your editing PDF until you join the community and sign up for a 7 day trial or purchase an account. Either way, this "FREE" edit is used to collect your personal information as explained in their privacy notice.

Renata
Renata
business administrator in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Easier PDF management

5.0 4 months ago

Comments: It made my job easier because before to edit a PDF file I had to go through several processes or applications so that the document would let me edit it, now it is much simpler

Pros:

It allows me to better manage PDF documents by being able to compress when they are very large files and being able to edit the original PDF file with text or images. All its functions make it easier to work with PDF and from my mobile it is also magnificent with the application that never fails

Cons:

In reality I like everything and I have nothing that I dislike or that affects me

Naseem
Mental Health Support Worker in UK
Health, Wellness & Fitness, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Small but Mighty

5.0 2 months ago

Comments: My experience with Smallpdf has been great. It has been easy to use

Pros:

Always handy and easy to use when needed

Cons:

There is nothing to like least about Smallpdf.

Onur
Onur
Co-Founder in Türkiye
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Smallpdf Review

5.0 2 months ago

Comments: My overall experience with Smallpdf is very good.

Pros:

Smallpdf's easy of use and functionality really helped us managing our PDF files accordingly.

Cons:

More features and functionality can be added to the Smallpdf ecosystem.

Olivia
FOA in US
Medical Practice, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Optimis Corp Review

5.0 last month New

Comments: My overall experience with Smallpdf has been nothing short of efficient and smooth.

Pros:

What I like about Smallpdf is how easy it is to manage documents for all needs.

Cons:

There is nothing I currently dislike about small pdf.

Abhishek
IT Infrastructure engineer in UK
Computer & Network Security, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Great Economical PDF editing and managing solution

5.0 4 weeks ago New

Comments: Best lite tool to edit and manage PDF files ,

Pros:

Great lite economical tool to edit and create PDF

Cons:

HAs basic features when compared to adobe acrobat pro

Huseyin
PTM in Türkiye
Automotive, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: Free Trial
Reviewer Source

Easy to Use

5.0 2 months ago

Comments: SmallPDF stands out as a powerful and user-friendly tool for managing PDFs.
9.9/10, thank you

Pros:

Reduces file sizes without any miss in quality, which is especially useful for the attachments and storage capacity

Cons:

The features are usually reliable, though some advanced functionalities may require a Pro subscription.

Balarka
dba in India
Information Technology & Services, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Best tools to work with pdf

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: It is an excellent tool for any kind of work with pdf with ease of understanding even for school kids. I used it on weekly basis to complete my work with a little time. The best part of this tool is the templates which savemy lots of time to design.

Pros:

I liked small pdf due to their simple and easy-to-understand user interface. Functionalities are categorized better way as compared to other similar tools which do not create confusion for me as a user of small pdf. Pricing is excellent for countries like India. The best part I liked about small pdf is the template's of invoices, bills, etc.

Cons:

In small pdf, some of the functionality is missing pdf reader like reading mode, search for a keyword in the pdf reader, and commenting option. Customer service should be improved. If it has integration features like google drive, and GitHub it is easier and time-saving to do the work.

Janaína
Jornalista e Social Media in Brazil
Marketing & Advertising, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

An ally in the office routine

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: The application has already saved me in several situations, it has several good features but the pdf editing for me is the best, a shame it is limited in the free version!

Pros:

When I was recommended the application I really liked it because several times I was breaking my head to be able to edit a pdf, I tried in several ways and many times without success. Now I know where to go when I need to!

Cons:

I don't like the app having a daily limit for conversion. I know that the intention is to get people to purchase the paid option, but people are not always able to do so or use it for work routines and bosses do not buy the paid version, as is the case with me.

john
Software Developer in US
Information Services, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Small PDF Review

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: My overall experience is very positive and i would recommend it to anyone that I know.

Pros:

I use this software mostly to spilt and edit pdf files and it works great for the price.

Cons:

Nothing much that I can speak negatively about this software.

Ankoun
Research Assistant in US
Research, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Efficient and time saving tools for smooth operation.

5.0 12 months ago

Comments: Additionally, bank-grade 256-bit SSL encryption is used for every file transfer to ensure data protection. Upon processing, every file is automatically removed from the servers. For this reason our research project data file remain safe and secure.

Pros:

A useful PDF file can be edited easily. It can complete every simple online task connected to PDFs. With all the essential PDF functions that users would require, the application's free edition is already a powerful PDF utility. PDF page remove, page merge can also edit easily using this PDF.In order to provide more dynamic, smooth, and easy PDF operations, it also provides integration compatibility with other programs like Dropbox and Google Drive. Drag-and-drop functionality allows it to effortlessly execute various PDF actions, such as splitting, merging, and converting.

Cons:

Trail period given limited time.Sometimes large documents seems problematic.

Adam
Adam
Chief Information Technology in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Information Technology & Services, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Small PDF a quick solution to edit pdf files

4.0 2 years ago

Comments: Small pdf has improved over the years, when I started using it only had the online version, now it offers its app for different operating systems, Windows, iOS and Android, you can do everything that is done in the web version, it's quite practical and has the basic functions to edit or convert files to pdf.

Pros:

Small PDF is a practical solution to interact with PDF files without having to install software that requires a lot of resources on your PC, I like that it has many tools in its free version such as convert files to pdf, merge documents, and transform image formats to pdf, one of the tools that I like the most about small pdf is that it can compress pdf files and reduce their size without losing quality, this is useful when sharing documents by email.

Cons:

Although it is a basic solution, I think they need to add more functions such as more signature templates and customization when editing a pdf.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Nonprofit Organization Management, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Review for Smallpdf

4.0 2 years ago

Pros:

Very nice online application that does things like split pdf to office formats, split pdf documents, merge pdf files, convert image files to pdf, crack password (remove password). If you want, it saves the file to dropbox or google drive. I've been using it lately. I dealt with a few sites and programs that said before, that they would translate the first three pages, and that they could not translate it in a ridiculously long time. But this is really nice. At the same time, pdf documents are signed electronically, as well as allowing you to do a thousand and one transactions.

Cons:

Application where the desktop version is even more useful than the site. I think its price is more expensive than other similar products. The lack of OCR support is also a shortcoming.

george
Online Learning Manager in US
Verified LinkedIn User
E-Learning, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

compress your PDF files to the maximum

4.0 6 years ago

Comments: smallpdf I met him in a casual way once I was doing postgraduate studies. On that occasion I did a job in pdf which contained images I weigh a lot more than allowed to attach to my mail, and looking in several forums to get to smalpdf and really was an incredible utility as it decreased the weight to half and still it looked very good. Truly one of the best tools to reduce the weight of pdf files.

Pros:

smallpdf is practically the same as the other similar programs that exist of this type, performs the same processes and in the same way being very easy to use (and with a very friendly environment), giving the options of cutting and pasting pdf, converting files pdf to other formats (word, excel. ppt jpeg), as well as to transform the files to pdf, number pages and in itself, all the same functions that the other programs have. However, it has a great advantage, and that is that the processing done to reduce the weight of the pdf files is really very good, since not only does this decrease, but it also maintains the resolution of the file as much as possible.

Cons:

it does not have anything in particular that needs to improve or that it is a disgrace compared to other similar programs.

Smallpdf Response

3 years ago

Hi George, We are pleased that you are enjoying your experience with Smallpdf. If there is anything we can do for you, just let us know at [email protected]! Have a wonderful day!

Steven
Research Resident in Canada
Biotechnology, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

SmallPDF as an online PDF viewer/editor

5.0 last year

Comments: SmallPDF is my go-to software for quickly viewing, editing, converting and merging PDFs!

Pros:

SmallPDF is a small online PDF viewer/editor but offers the same capacity as many big name PDF viewers. Across all platforms, it is quick, little to no lag, and offers quick uploading for PDF conversion and merging.

Cons:

SmallPDF can only convert and merge PDF files to a specified size for their free option. However, many of my use-cases in academia have barely went above their file limitation.

Zoyree Estefania
Zoyree Estefania
Coordinador(a) Industrial in Venezuela
Verified LinkedIn User
Civil Engineering, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Definetly one of the best PDF software I have ever used

5.0 6 years ago

Comments: Small pdf is significantly cheaper than it's competitors and offers a quality product that is second to none, it is an incredible tool and has been amazing every since we started using it. I truly recommend it.

Pros:

Ever since I used the free version in small pdf website I was convinced that this was one of the best pdf softwares available and I was totally right, it has every possible tools and gadgets for pdf editing and it is incredibly easy, its conversions are top notch and most of all it is really fast for pdf reading.

Cons:

Something I really don't like about smallpdf is how limited the free version is on its website, you can convert only two files an hour, it almost convinced me not to buy it (but thanks god I did)

Oriana Veruska
Oriana Veruska
Manager in Venezuela
Verified LinkedIn User
Accounting, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Best PDF software I have ever used

5.0 6 years ago

Comments: I can't tell you enough how much I love this software, it has truly been a gamechanger for me, even for someone who doesn't want to pay for the software (even though is really cheap) its free version is amazing for pdf reading.

Pros:

SmallPDF is the best pdf software ever, it is extremely easy to use for pdf converting or editing, it comes with every tool you might possibly need for working with pdfs and best of all at a really reasonable price, it is the whole package.

Cons:

The only issue I might have with smallpdf (but that I really understand) is the fact that when working with large files the conversion process can take a long time. Also opening the software can take a longer time than with other ones.

Saraf
Senior Teacher in Bangladesh
Education Management, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

All type of pdf work can be done with the tool

4.0 12 months ago

Comments: I am satisfied with the smallpdf. I love using it. It serve all my purposes. So i am recommending it to everyone.

Pros:

This the allrounder tool that can solve all your pdf problems. It can be used for merging pdf, compressing, editing pdf, protecting pdf everything can be done with that. So it's must recommended.

Cons:

If you are using free plan, there is so much limitation. But if you want to buy a plan, it will cost a bit high amount as per my point of view. Because using this tool is not a daily task for normal people. So they should decrease the price.

Bernardo
SDR in Brazil
Computer Software, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

The Substitute that shows its better than the main one

5.0 5 years ago

Comments: I have a great experience and recommed for anyone searching for a PDF solution.

Pros:

Small PDF shows that, even been free, you can have a good quality software. And the best part is: Its online! although the online software have some problems with too much ads, the software compensates by not charging anything for most of the functions. 99% of the things you have to do daily, Small PDF can solve for free. The best part is, for what this software does for free and with high quality, Adobe charges a LOT.

Cons:

Too much ads on the online plataform. Sometimes the online processing of the PDF takes too long.

Kaychelle Joy
Secondary School Teacher in Philippines
Education Management, 5,001–10,000 Employees
Used the Software for: Free Trial
Reviewer Source

Smallpdf review

5.0 last year

Comments: You have all the editing options available. If you want to edit in your pdf file, be it a signature, text change, watermark, page numbers, fonts and anything, you are at the right place.

Pros:

I am a teacher and sometimes converting a pdf to word os a must for me especially when the pdf is long. Thus, this smallpdf app is a great help to this and I have been using this to convert files and I must say, it's very easy and accurate.

Cons:

The company just needs to work a little more on the calibration of the cursor and reduce the sensitivity.

Logan
Logan
psychology in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Human Resources, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

a necessary tool for my work

5.0 last year

Pros:

I have made my job easier since I met Smallpdf, because its conversion processes from other files to pdf are very easy to do, it doesn't take a lot of time and they are very useful in my work and even in my personal life, also the other option that I like Arto is when the file is too big and I can also compress it very easily

Cons:

In all the functions that I have used they have worked correctly without failures, I have liked everything

Shirley "Sokes"
Shirley "Sokes"
Real Estate Agent in Canada
Verified LinkedIn User
Real Estate, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Life and time saver

5.0 5 years ago

Comments: An indispensable tool that I use daily to compress and attached PDFs to emails. Other similar PDF compression tools can't even come close to how excellent Smallpdf. Use this tool now!!

Pros:

Smallpdf is an incredible easy to use tool that no one should be without. An absolute essential if you work with PDFs. Drag and drop and watch large sized PDFs magically compress to a fraction of its original size. There's no other PDF converting software that's as simple, safe and easy to use at Smallpdf. The Chrome widget is another great feature, though the most useful is the Gmail integration.

Cons:

All good things need to come to some type of end, what was once a free tool now requires a subscription, thought it's money well spent.