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    Smallpdf

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AMade in Switzerland, Smallpdf is a company that offers a suite of document management tools for everyone-for work, for home, for life. Founded in Switzerland in 2013, Smallpdf provides what they describe as a simple, secure, and reliable answer to the world's PDF challenges. Smallpdf boasts serving over a billion users in 24 different languages since 2013, and in every country in the world.

    $0

    UPDF

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AUPDF is a PDF editor that provides features to annotate PDFs, edit PDFs, convert PDFs, organize PDF pages, protect PDFs with passwords, and recognize text in scanned PDFs with OCR.

    $69

    per year per user

    Pricing
    SmallpdfUPDF
    Editions & Modules
    Smallpdf Basic
    $0.00
    Smallpdf Pro
    $12.00
    per month
    Smallpdf Pro
    $108.00
    per year
    UPDF Yearly Plan (Enterprises)
    $69
    per year per user, 3 devices
    UPDF Lifetime Plan (Enterprises)
    $99
    one-time fee per user, 3 devices
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    SmallpdfUPDF
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsDiscounts are available for bulk purchasesDiscounts available for use in institutions of higher learning and education. Discounts for enterprise products also available periodically.
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    SmallpdfUPDF
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    Smallpdf
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    13 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    15 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    82%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    91%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
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    User Ratings
    SmallpdfUPDF
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (26 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.5
    (6 ratings)
    -
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    Performance
    9.4
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.9
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    6.8
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    SmallpdfUPDF
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Smallpdf
    As per my knowledge and experience, Small PDF is well suited when we want to convert the large and bulk processing on the images to convert them into a single file and share. I found it well suited for college students because daily they scan multiple images and merge them to send as a single assignment file. Smallpdf has the future in the education field. Sometimes it is less appropriate for the people who want to share official documents by converting them into pdf without a watermark. I personally really like the Small PDF, it really helped reduce the difficulty of sending files, and photos to others.
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    Superace Software Technologies Co. Ltd.
    We have been using UPDF from Superace for all our PDF files. Because we work across 4 different companies and like 10+ different teams, UPDF fits us well. We can leave comments for other users, and they finalize a PDF document very easily especially if we need to get a signature from lawyers for contract approval. Then we can easily protect the PDF document and send it over via email to CEO or other stakeholders.
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    Pros
    Smallpdf
    • 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.
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    • OCR feature
    • Sharing via email
    • Leaving comments
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    Cons
    Smallpdf
    • It has everything I'm not sure what I will say. E-sign, Share, convert. You can give an option in upload priorities features which I can see later.
    • Background remover thing also you can add in it. So I can remove the unnecessary thing from an image.
    • You can add a chatbot for help.
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    Usability
    Smallpdf
    I give this rating to Smallpdf because it comes with a large array of tools and gadgets. It allows not only pdf reading but also mixing, splitting, conversion to and from pdf, pdf compression or protecting. It is really complete and it works excellent compared to other much more expensive alternatives in the market.
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    Performance
    Smallpdf
    1.- Because it is easy to use and each function is duly indicated so you can not go wrong. 2.- Its service is fast, it takes only a few seconds to transform the files and in less than a minute it is downloaded and you can occupy it without problem. 4.-This IS online so you do not install anything, which is very useful because you can also use it from a tablet or your mobile
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    Superace Software Technologies Co. Ltd.
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    Support Rating
    Smallpdf
    Everything is so simple and works so well, you shouldn't need support, but on the one occasion in several years that I needed it, support was quick and courteous.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Smallpdf
    I think that Smallpdf stacks up against its competitors in terms of easiness of use. The tool is very user-friendly, every feature is communicated in an efficient way and very simple to user so the user doesn't have to be particularly good at using software. Its features are superficial when compared to Acrobat but easiest to use for sure.
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    Superace Software Technologies Co. Ltd.
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    Return on Investment
    Smallpdf
    • It has definitely increased efficiency. Lower paid employees can complete a simple task with Smallpdf rather than having a higher paid employee use their time to do it differently.
    • Smallpdf decreases the customer-response time. Being able to send over the proper sized file quickly makes us look great!
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    Superace Software Technologies Co. Ltd.
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    ScreenShots

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    UPDF Screenshots

    Screenshot of how UPDF supports editing the text and images on a PDF document.Screenshot of how UPDF supports to rotate, reorder, extract, replace, insert, and delete pages in PDFs.Screenshot of how UPDF supports all kinds of annotating and commenting tools.