# PDFBetter

> PDFBetter is an online PDF editor and document workflow platform: edit text, fill forms, sign and request signatures, convert, compress, OCR, and use AI that cites the page it read.

## What PDFBetter is

- PDFBetter (pdfbetter.com) is a web-based PDF editor and document workflow product: edit existing PDF text, fill and build fillable forms, sign and request e-signatures, convert, compress, OCR, redact, share, fax, and AI tools that cite page numbers.
- It runs in a web browser on desktop and mobile. PDFBetter has free desktop apps for Mac and Windows that use the same account and documents as the web; its iPhone and iPad app is coming soon to the App Store, and an Android app is coming soon.
- Many page tools (merge, split, rotate, extract, organize, images to PDF, PDF to images, PDF to text, watermark, page numbers, Bates numbering across many files, headers and footers, sanitize (remove metadata, scripts, attachments and hidden layers), password protect/unlock) run entirely in the browser: the file is not uploaded and the output can be downloaded free without an account.
- OCR (Tesseract, on PDFBetter's processing server) recognizes 48 languages, up to 4 per document. PDF to PDF/A writes PDF/A-2b or PDF/A-3b archive files; PDFBetter checks the conformance markers itself, and the output is not independently validated (for example with veraPDF).
- Anyone can start any tool without an account. Edited documents need a free account to download, share or send; guest drafts are deleted 1 hour after they are created unless the person signs up, in which case they move into the account.

## Company and languages

- PDFBetter is built and operated by AI Generated Inc., Austin, TX, United States. It launched in 2026.
- The website and apps are available in English, Spanish, Japanese, French and German. Each language is written for its own markets, with local templates and official forms, rather than translated word for word.

## Plans and prices (USD)

- Free: free. A real free plan: no card, no end date.
- Pro: $15/month billed monthly or $10/month billed yearly. Everything one person needs, including e-signatures and forms.
- Business: $24/month billed monthly or $18/month billed yearly, per seat. Teams, branding, bulk sending and an API.
- Day Pass: $6 one-time. 24 hours of Pro for one-off jobs. No subscription, nothing renews.
- AI credit pack: $5 one-time. 500 AI credits that never expire.
- Fax pages pack: $6 one-time. 50 fax pages (US & Canada destinations). Never expire.
- The Free plan is not a trial: it has no end date and needs no payment card. Downloads on the Free plan have no watermark.
- New accounts start on the Free plan. There is no automatic trial at sign-up.
- Pro and Business come with a 7-day free trial when subscribing on pdfbetter.com: a payment card is required at checkout, nothing is charged during the trial, and canceling before it ends means no charge. One trial per account; accounts that already had a subscription (on the web or through the App Store) pay from the first day. A reminder email is sent before the trial ends.
- The Free plan includes 3 edited-document downloads a month, without a watermark.
- Signature-request emails sent from Free accounts include a short "Sent with PDFBetter" footer. Documents and downloads do not.
- Day Pass credit: upgrade to Pro within 7 days of buying a Day Pass and its price ($6) comes off the first Pro payment.
- Refunds: for payments made on pdfbetter.com, email support@pdfbetter.com within 14 days of the first payment for a full refund. Purchases made through Apple's App Store are refunded by Apple, not by PDFBetter.

## Monthly allowances by plan

- Edited-document downloads: Free 3, Pro Unlimited, Business Unlimited.
- Signature requests: Free 3, Pro Unlimited, Business Unlimited.
- Form responses: Free 50, Pro 1,000, Business 10,000.
- Office & advanced conversions: Free 10, Pro 500, Business 2,000.
- OCR pages: Free 20, Pro 1,000, Business 5,000.
- AI credits: Free 20, Pro 500, Business 2,000.
- Spreadsheet fill rows: Free 25, Pro 500, Business 5,000.
- Fax pages: Free —, Pro —, Business 50.
- Emails sent with documents: Free 10, Pro 500, Business 5,000.
- Agent (MCP) tool calls: Free 200, Pro 5,000, Business Unlimited.

## AI features

- Answers and summaries cite page numbers; quotes from the document text are checked word for word against the cited page before they are shown. Pages that are only images, such as photos and scans without OCR, are cited by page, without a quote.
- PDF to mind map: every node below the centre must quote the page it cites, and the quote is checked word for word against that page's text; nodes that fail are removed and counted. Chat with an image sends the image itself to a vision-capable model with each question; answers cite the image as page 1.
- AI usage is metered in credits: summary 2, chat message 1, semantic search 1, translation 1 per page, drafted document 5, AI edit 2, field detection 3, signing preparation 3, AI OCR 2 per page, proofreading 1 per page, scan restoration 2 per page, schema extraction 1 per page, AI version comparison 3, redaction suggestions 1 per page, workspace answer 2, brief or slide outline 4, quiz 2, audio brief 6, mind map 3.
- Document text is processed by OpenAI's API, which does not use API inputs to train models by default. Page images for scan restoration are processed by fal.ai.
- Accounts can turn on private AI mode: no stored text index, embeddings or chat history after a request, and no scan restoration. Model calls go to an OpenAI-compatible endpoint run by the deployment's operator when one is configured; otherwise they go to OpenAI's API with storage turned off. It is not a compliance certification.

## Agents, workflows and workspaces

- MCP server (beta): remote MCP endpoint at https://pdfbetter.com/api/mcp/ (Streamable HTTP, Authorization: Bearer agent key). Agent access is included in Free, Pro, Business. Agent (MCP) tool calls per month: Free 200, Pro 5,000, Business unlimited. The work an agent triggers (downloads, conversions, OCR pages, AI credits) uses the same allowances as doing it in the app. (https://pdfbetter.com/integrations/mcp/)
- Workflow recipes (beta): saved workflows per account: Free 1, Pro 20, Business unlimited. Each step uses the allowance of the action it runs. (https://pdfbetter.com/workflows/)
- Document workspaces (beta): workspaces Free 2, Pro 50, Business unlimited; documents per workspace Free 10, Pro 50, Business 200. A cited answer across a workspace costs 2 AI credits. (https://pdfbetter.com/features/document-workspaces/)
- Share-link activity (beta): included in Free, Pro, Business; activity is kept for Free 14 days, Pro 90 days, Business 365 days. (https://pdfbetter.com/features/document-analytics/)

## Features, integrations and workflows

- PDFBetter MCP server (beta): To connect Claude, Cursor or another AI agent to your PDFs, use PDFBetter's remote MCP (Model Context Protocol) server: create an agent key in Settings → Agents (MCP), add https://pdfbetter.com/api/mcp/ with that key to your MCP client, and ask for what you need. (https://pdfbetter.com/integrations/mcp/)
- Workflow recipes (beta): To automate PDF processing in PDFBetter, save a workflow: a repeatable sequence of steps such as recognize text (OCR), extract invoice fields, stop for a person to check them, then export a CSV. (https://pdfbetter.com/workflows/)
- Document workspaces (beta): To ask questions across multiple PDFs, put them in a PDFBetter document workspace and ask in plain language. (https://pdfbetter.com/features/document-workspaces/)
- Document share analytics (beta): To see who opened a PDF you shared, create the link in PDFBetter's Share dialog and open Activity: it shows, per link and per day, when the document was viewed, downloaded, commented on or filled in, alongside responses to your published forms. (https://pdfbetter.com/features/document-analytics/)
- Private document AI (beta): To use AI on confidential documents in PDFBetter, switch Settings → Data & privacy → AI processing mode to Private AI. (https://pdfbetter.com/features/private-document-ai/)

## E-signatures

- Self-signing by typing, drawing or uploading a signature image; requesting signatures from others with signing order (sequential or parallel), reminders, expiry, decline, optional access codes, and a certificate of completion.
- Each signature request locks the document version (SHA-256) and records consent, views, signatures and IP addresses in a hash-chained audit trail.
- Senders can require signers to confirm a one-time code emailed to them before opening the document. Each signer's browser signs a statement binding the document hash to their entries with a key that stays on their device; PDFBetter certifies that key.
- The completed PDF is sealed with a PAdES digital signature (PDFBetter's own certificate, not yet on Adobe's trust list), time-stamped under RFC 3161 when the time-stamping service is reachable, and embeds the signing evidence; completed signing records are kept for 7 years, even if the sender deletes the document or account.
- Signature requests are designed to the technical requirements of an advanced electronic signature (eIDAS art. 26): a unique key per signer, held under their sole control on their device, linked to the document so any change is detectable. Signers are identified by email (plus an optional emailed code), not ID documents or SMS, and the signatures are not qualified electronic signatures (QES).

## Security and data handling

- Files are stored in Cloudflare R2 (encrypted at rest) and reached only through short-lived signed URLs; private app pages are excluded from search engines.
- Guest drafts are deleted 1 hour after creation; files uploaded only to run a tool are deleted after 24 hours; deleted account documents are purged after 30 days.
- Redaction rebuilds affected pages without the underlying content and verifies that no text can be extracted from redacted areas; whiteout/erase is a visual cover only.
- PDFBetter does not currently claim SOC 2, ISO 27001 or HIPAA compliance and does not sign BAAs.
- Website analytics: Google Analytics 4 (through Firebase) loads only after consent for visitors in the EU, EEA, UK and Switzerland, and is on by default elsewhere with an opt-out under Privacy choices; Global Privacy Control and Do Not Track are treated as opt-outs. It never receives document names or contents, form values or email addresses, never runs on signing, shared-document, public-form or capture pages, and no advertising cookies are used.

## Tools

- View & edit: Edit PDF, Create PDF, Find and replace PDF text, Add text to PDF, Add image to PDF, Check PDF spelling (beta), Add page numbers, Add Bates numbering, Add header and footer to PDF, Add checkmark to PDF, Insert table in PDF, Add date to PDF, Markup PDF, Highlight PDF, Add comments to PDF, Add arrows to PDF, Add sticky notes to PDF, Add circles to PDF, Annotate PDF, Measure PDF (beta), Export PDF comments (beta), PDF reader, Search PDF, Compare PDF, Edit Word document (beta).
- Forms & signatures: Sign PDF, Request signatures, Online form builder, Add text fields to PDF, Add radio buttons to PDF, Create PDF template, Create fillable PDF, Remove PDF fields, Fill PDF from Excel, Add checkbox to PDF, Fill PDF, Flatten PDF.
- Pages & organization: Merge PDF, Split PDF, Assemble PDF, Organize PDF, Add pages to PDF, Batch merge PDF, Rotate PDF, Remove PDF pages, Resize PDF, Rearrange PDF pages, Extract PDF pages.
- Convert from PDF: Convert PDF, PDF to Word (beta), PDF to JPG, PDF to PowerPoint (beta), PDF to Excel (beta), PDF to PNG, PDF to CSV, PDF to TXT, PDF to PDF/A (beta).
- Convert to PDF: Word to PDF, JPG to PDF, PPT to PDF, Excel to PDF, PPTX to PDF, PNG to PDF.
- Optimize & OCR: Compress PDF (beta), Edit scanned PDF (beta), OCR PDF (beta).
- Security & cleanup: Erase PDF content, Add watermark to PDF, Protect PDF, Unlock PDF, Redact PDF (beta), Remove PDF watermark (beta), Sanitize PDF.
- Share & deliver: Share PDF, Export PDF, Print PDF, Fax PDF (beta), PDF to URL.
- AI tools: AI PDF summarizer, AI PDF translator (beta), Chat with PDF, AI search in PDF (beta), AI document creator (beta), AI PDF editor (beta), AI signature preparation (beta), AI OCR (beta), Restore scanned PDF (beta), PDF to mind map (beta), Chat with an image (beta), PDF to JSON, PDF to brief (beta), PDF to presentation (beta), PDF to audio brief (beta), PDF to quiz (beta), AI compare PDF versions (beta), AI redaction review (beta).

## Key pages

- [Pricing](https://pdfbetter.com/pricing/): plans, limits and one-time purchases
- [All tools](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/)
- [Security](https://pdfbetter.com/security/)
- [Product facts](https://pdfbetter.com/ai-facts/)
- [PDFBetter vs pdfFiller](https://pdfbetter.com/compare/pdfbetter-vs-pdffiller/)
- [Developer API](https://pdfbetter.com/developers/): REST API v1 at https://api.pdfbetter.com/v1/ and signed webhooks (Business plan)
- [Full text for LLMs](https://pdfbetter.com/llms-full.txt): every feature and tool page as plain text

## Feature, integration and workflow pages

- [PDFBetter MCP server](https://pdfbetter.com/integrations/mcp/) (beta): A remote MCP server for your PDFs: connect Claude, Cursor or any MCP client with a scoped key to fill, convert, OCR, extract data and ask cited questions.
- [Workflow recipes](https://pdfbetter.com/workflows/) (beta): Automate PDF processing: save steps like OCR → extract → review → export CSV and run them on every document filed in a folder, by hand or from an AI agent.
- [Document workspaces](https://pdfbetter.com/features/document-workspaces/) (beta): Chat with multiple PDFs at once: ask one question across a set of documents and get an answer citing each document, version and page, or a clear “not covered”.
- [Document share analytics](https://pdfbetter.com/features/document-analytics/) (beta): Track views, downloads, comments and form fills on shared PDF links, with the verified email for invite-only links. No IP addresses, no cross-day tracking.
- [Private document AI](https://pdfbetter.com/features/private-document-ai/) (beta): Use AI on confidential PDFs without a stored text index or saved chats. Private mode keeps nothing after each request and can use an operator-run model.

## Tool pages: View & edit

- [Edit PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/edit-pdf/): Click the words you need to change, type the correction, and download a PDF that looks like the original with your fix in place.
- [Create PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/create-pdf/): Pick a page size and page count, get a blank document in the editor, and build your PDF with text, images, tables and fields.
- [Find and replace PDF text](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/find-replace-pdf-text/): Type what to find and what to put instead, review the list of matches, then replace the ones you choose across the whole document.
- [Add text to PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/add-text-to-pdf/): Click anywhere on a page, type, and position a text box that stays exactly where you put it in the downloaded PDF.
- [Add image to PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/add-image-to-pdf/): Upload a PDF, drop in a PNG or JPG, and resize and position it exactly where it belongs on the page.
- [Check PDF spelling](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/check-pdf-spelling/) (beta): Run a spelling review over the PDF, see every suspected mistake with a suggestion, and apply only the fixes you accept.
- [Add page numbers](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/add-page-numbers/): Choose where the numbers go, which pages get them and what number to start from, then download the numbered PDF.
- [Add Bates numbering](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/add-bates-numbering/): Put your files in order, set a prefix, start number and digits, and download every PDF numbered in sequence with a log of each file's first and last number.
- [Add header and footer to PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/add-header-footer-to-pdf/): Type text into any of six slots, use tokens for page numbers, date, title or file name, choose the pages, and download the finished PDF.
- [Add checkmark to PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/add-checkmark-to-pdf/): Click any box on the page to drop a checkmark, X or dot exactly where it belongs, then download the marked PDF.
- [Insert table in PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/insert-table-in-pdf/): Draw a table on the page, set its rows, columns and borders, and type your content straight into the cells.
- [Add date to PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/add-date-to-pdf/): Pick a date from the calendar, choose its format, and place it on the date line of your PDF.
- [Markup PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/markup-pdf/): Mark what needs fixing with shapes, lines and strikeouts, explain it in a note, and send back one marked-up PDF.
- [Highlight PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/highlight-pdf/): Select the passages that matter and highlight them in the colors you choose; on scanned pages, drag a highlight box over the area.
- [Add comments to PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/add-comments-to-pdf/): Select an area, write a comment, and keep a threaded discussion attached to that exact spot in the document.
- [Add arrows to PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/add-arrows-to-pdf/): Drag from start to end to draw an arrow, then adjust its endpoints, color and thickness so it points exactly where you mean.
- [Add sticky notes to PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/add-sticky-notes-to-pdf/): Click anywhere to pin a note, type your message, and choose whether it shows open or as a small icon.
- [Add circles to PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/add-circles-to-pdf/): Drag an ellipse around anything on the page, set its border and fill, and fine-tune its size and position.
- [Annotate PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/annotate-pdf/): Open the PDF with every annotation tool at hand — highlight, comment, note, draw — and keep or strip the annotations when you download.
- [Measure PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/measure-pdf/) (beta): Set the drawing's scale once, then click points on the plan to get distances, perimeters and areas labelled in feet, inches, metres, centimetres or millimetres.
- [Export PDF comments](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/export-pdf-comments/) (beta): Turn a reviewed PDF into one list of everything reviewers wrote and marked, page by page, ready to send, file or work through in a spreadsheet.
- [PDF reader](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/pdf-reader/): Open any PDF in the browser and move through it with thumbnails, zoom, search and fit-to-width reading.
- [Search PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/search-pdf/): Type a word or phrase and get every match in the PDF, listed by page with surrounding text, ready to click through.
- [Compare PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/compare-pdf/): Add the old and new versions, and see every word that was added or removed, highlighted side by side.
- [Edit Word document](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/edit-word/) (beta): Upload a .docx, get a faithful PDF of it in the editor, make your changes, and download a PDF (or convert back to Word).

## Tool pages: Forms & signatures

- [Sign PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/sign-pdf/): Create your signature once, click the signature line to place it, add initials or a date, and download the signed PDF.
- [Request signatures](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/request-signatures/): Add the people who need to sign, place each person's fields, send, and get the completed PDF plus a certificate of completion when everyone is done.
- [Online form builder](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/form-builder/): Turn a document into a live form people fill out from a link, QR code or your website, and collect every response in one place.
- [Add text fields to PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/add-text-fields-to-pdf/): Draw text fields over the blanks in your PDF and download a form that anyone can type into, in any PDF reader.
- [Add radio buttons to PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/add-radio-buttons-to-pdf/): Group options so only one can be selected, give each option a value, and download a PDF form that enforces a single choice.
- [Create PDF template](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/create-pdf-template/): Set up a document once with its fields and fixed content, save it as a template, and start a clean copy every time you need it.
- [Create fillable PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/create-fillable-pdf/): Convert a static PDF into a form with real fields — detected automatically, checked by you — and download a fillable PDF.
- [Remove PDF fields](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/remove-pdf-fields/): Pick the fields to remove, decide whether their current values stay on the page, and download the PDF without them.
- [Fill PDF from Excel](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/fill-pdf-from-excel/): Match spreadsheet columns to form fields, check a preview, and generate one filled PDF for every row.
- [Add checkbox to PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/add-checkbox-to-pdf/): Place interactive checkboxes on your PDF so people can tick any number of options, and download a form that remembers their choices.
- [Fill PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/fill-pdf/): Open the form, move through every field with Tab, fill it in, and download a completed PDF that keeps or locks your answers.
- [Flatten PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/flatten-pdf/): Turn every field, value and annotation into ordinary page content and download a PDF that cannot be changed by clicking.

## Tool pages: Pages & organization

- [Merge PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/merge-pdf/): Drop in two or more PDFs, set the file and page order, and download one combined PDF.
- [Split PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/split-pdf/): Choose where to cut, preview every resulting file, and download them as separate PDFs or one ZIP.
- [Assemble PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/assemble-pdf/): Combine PDFs and photos into one packet with a bookmark per item, in the order you set.
- [Organize PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/organize-pdf/): Fix a messy PDF in one pass: move, rotate, delete, duplicate and insert pages, then save one clean file.
- [Add pages to PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/add-pages-to-pdf/): Insert blank pages, or pages from another PDF, exactly where they belong, then save one file.
- [Batch merge PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/batch-merge-pdf/): Group many PDFs, then produce one merged PDF per group in a single run.
- [Rotate PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/rotate-pdf/): Turn sideways or upside-down pages the right way and save the rotation into the file.
- [Remove PDF pages](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/remove-pdf-pages/): Select the pages you do not want, check the remaining page count, and save a shorter PDF.
- [Resize PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/resize-pdf/): Change the paper size of some or all pages, or crop away margins, without converting the file.
- [Rearrange PDF pages](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/rearrange-pdf-pages/): Put pages in the right order by dragging thumbnails or moving ranges, then save the reordered PDF.
- [Extract PDF pages](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/extract-pdf-pages/): Select specific pages and save them as a new PDF, without changing the original.

## Tool pages: Convert from PDF

- [Convert PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/convert-pdf/): Upload a PDF, Office file or image and choose what to convert it into.
- [PDF to Word](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/pdf-to-word/) (beta): Get an editable DOCX from a PDF, including scanned pages when OCR is on.
- [PDF to JPG](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/pdf-to-jpg/): Turn chosen PDF pages into JPG images at the resolution you need.
- [PDF to PowerPoint](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/pdf-to-ppt/) (beta): Get a PPTX with one slide per PDF page, looking like the original, with editable text boxes.
- [PDF to Excel](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/pdf-to-excel/) (beta): Pull the tables out of a PDF into an Excel workbook you can sort, filter and sum.
- [PDF to PNG](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/pdf-to-png/): Save PDF pages as sharp, lossless PNG images, optionally with a transparent background.
- [PDF to CSV](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/pdf-to-csv/): Turn tables in a PDF into CSV files ready to import into a spreadsheet, database or accounting tool.
- [PDF to TXT](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/pdf-to-txt/): Get all the words from a PDF as a plain text file you can search, paste or process.
- [PDF to PDF/A](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/pdf-to-pdfa/) (beta): Get an archive copy of a PDF in PDF/A-2b or PDF/A-3b that looks the same today and in twenty years.

## Tool pages: Convert to PDF

- [Word to PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/word-to-pdf/): Turn a Word document into a PDF that looks the same on every device.
- [JPG to PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/jpg-to-pdf/): Put one or many photos into a single PDF with the page size, orientation and margins you choose.
- [PPT to PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/ppt-to-pdf/): Turn a PowerPoint 97–2003 presentation into a PDF with one page per slide.
- [Excel to PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/excel-to-pdf/): Turn a spreadsheet into a PDF with the sheets you pick, columns that fit the page, and print areas respected.
- [PPTX to PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/pptx-to-pdf/): Turn a PPTX deck into a PDF with one page per slide that looks the same everywhere.
- [PNG to PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/png-to-pdf/): Combine PNG images into one PDF, keeping them lossless and choosing what shows behind transparent areas.

## Tool pages: Optimize & OCR

- [Compress PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/compress-pdf/) (beta): Upload a PDF, choose how hard to compress its images, and download a smaller file with the text and form fields untouched.
- [Edit scanned PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/edit-scanned-pdf/) (beta): Upload a scan, run OCR in your document's language, and keep working in the editor with text you can select, correct and add to.
- [OCR PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/ocr-pdf/) (beta): Upload a scan, pick its language, and download a PDF that looks the same but lets you search, select and copy the text.

## Tool pages: Security & cleanup

- [Erase PDF content](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/erase-pdf/): Paint over part of a page in white or a matching color, then type the replacement on top.
- [Add watermark to PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/add-watermark-to-pdf/): Type a word or pick an image, set how it sits on the page, and download a watermarked PDF without uploading the file.
- [Protect PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/protect-pdf/): Set a password to open the file, optionally restrict printing, editing and copying, and download an encrypted PDF.
- [Unlock PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/unlock-pdf/): Enter the password you already have and download an unencrypted copy of the PDF.
- [Redact PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/redact-pdf/) (beta): Mark what must go, apply redaction, and download a PDF where the marked content no longer exists in the file.
- [Remove PDF watermark](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/remove-pdf-watermark/) (beta): Upload a PDF, find out whether its watermark is a removable object, and download a copy without it.
- [Sanitize PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/sanitize-pdf/): See what your PDF carries besides its pages, tick what to remove, and download a clean copy with a report of everything taken out.

## Tool pages: Share & deliver

- [Share PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/share-pdf/): Create a link to your document, choose what people can do with it, and turn it off whenever you want.
- [Export PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/export-pdf/): Choose fillable or flattened output, decide whether comments come along, and download the finished PDF.
- [Print PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/print-pdf/): Send your filled, signed or annotated PDF to a printer with everything positioned as it appears on screen.
- [Fax PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/fax-pdf/) (beta): Enter a US or Canadian fax number, send your edited PDF, and follow the delivery status until it is confirmed or fails.
- [PDF to URL](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/pdf-to-url/): Publish a frozen copy of your PDF at a link anyone you send it to can open in the browser.

## Tool pages: AI tools

- [AI PDF summarizer](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/ai-pdf-summarizer/): Upload a PDF, pick a length and optional focus, and get key points you can check against the cited pages.
- [AI PDF translator](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/ai-pdf-translator/) (beta): Choose a target language and the pages to translate, and get a separate translated PDF to compare with the original.
- [Chat with PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/chat-with-pdf/): Upload a PDF and ask questions in plain language; every answer points to the pages it is based on.
- [AI search in PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/ai-search-pdf/) (beta): Describe what you're looking for and get the passages that match its meaning, each with a page number.
- [AI document creator](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/ai-document-creator/) (beta): Describe a document in a sentence or two and get a draft you can edit, fill and send from the editor.
- [AI PDF editor](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/ai-pdf-editor/) (beta): Type an instruction like “change the due date on page 2 to March 1”, review the proposed edits, and apply only what you approve.
- [AI signature preparation](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/ai-signature-preparation/) (beta): Upload an agreement, let AI propose who signs where, adjust the fields, and send only when you're ready.
- [AI OCR](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/ai-ocr-pdf/) (beta): Run OCR, let a vision model correct what it misread, and download a searchable PDF with better recognized text.
- [Restore scanned PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/restore-scanned-pdf/) (beta): Clean up crooked, grey or speckled scan pages and download a restored copy, keeping the original in case you prefer it.
- [PDF to mind map](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/pdf-to-mind-map/) (beta): Upload a PDF and get a mind map of its themes and key points, where every node opens a verified quote from the page it came from.
- [Chat with an image](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/chat-with-image/) (beta): Upload a JPG, PNG or WebP image (HEIC in Safari) and ask questions in plain language; answers come from what the image itself shows.
- [PDF to JSON](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/pdf-to-json/): Choose the fields you need, run it on one PDF or a whole batch, and check each value against the quote and page it came from before exporting.
- [PDF to brief](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/pdf-to-brief/) (beta): Upload one to five PDFs and get a short report with headed sections, where every claim links to the page it came from.
- [PDF to presentation](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/pdf-to-presentation/) (beta): Upload one to five PDFs and get a slide-by-slide outline with sourced bullets and speaker notes, ready to paste into your slide software.
- [PDF to audio brief](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/pdf-to-audio/) (beta): Upload one to five PDFs and get a short MP3 summary to listen to, with a transcript where every part links to its source page.
- [PDF to quiz](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/pdf-to-quiz/) (beta): Upload one to five PDFs, answer multiple-choice questions on screen, and see the quote and page behind each correct answer.
- [AI compare PDF versions](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/ai-compare-pdf/) (beta): Add the old and new version: get the exact before/after text with page numbers, plus an AI explanation you can check against it.
- [AI redaction review](https://pdfbetter.com/tools/ai-redact-pdf/) (beta): Upload a PDF, review suggested sensitive text by category, apply real redaction to what you select, and see a check that it is gone from the text.

## Guides

- [How to edit a PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/how-to-edit-a-pdf/): Change existing PDF text, add text and images, fix pages and remove content safely. What a PDF editor can and can't change, and how to check the result.
- [How to edit a scanned PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/how-to-edit-a-scanned-pdf/): A scanned PDF is a picture of a page. Learn how OCR makes its text editable, how to correct recognition errors, and when to cover, redact or retype instead.
- [How to sign a PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/how-to-sign-a-pdf/): Sign a PDF by typing, drawing or uploading your signature, add the date, and send a clean copy. Plus when an e-signature is enough and when it isn't.
- [How to request an electronic signature](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/how-to-request-an-electronic-signature/): Send a PDF for signature: add signers and fields, set the signing order, reminders and expiry, and get a signed copy with a certificate of completion.
- [Electronic signature vs digital signature](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/electronic-vs-digital-signature/): An electronic signature shows intent to sign; a digital signature is a cryptographic seal with a certificate. How they differ, legally and technically.
- [How to make a PDF fillable](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/how-to-make-a-pdf-fillable/): Turn a flat PDF into a fillable form: detect or draw text fields, checkboxes, dropdowns, dates and signature fields, then test it in another PDF reader.
- [How to fill out a PDF form](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/how-to-fill-out-a-pdf-form/): Fill in a PDF form on a computer or phone, including forms that aren't fillable, then save your entries so they don't disappear when you send the file.
- [How to collect form responses from a PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/how-to-collect-form-responses-from-a-pdf/): Publish a fillable PDF as a web form, share the link or QR code, and get each response as a filled PDF plus a CSV or Excel export, without emailing files.
- [How to create an invoice PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/how-to-create-an-invoice-pdf/): Make a professional invoice PDF with the details clients and tax authorities expect, totals that add up, and a numbering system. Free template included.
- [How to convert a PDF to Word](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/how-to-convert-pdf-to-word/): Convert a PDF to an editable Word document, including scanned PDFs with OCR. What converts cleanly, what needs cleanup, and when to edit the PDF instead.
- [How to convert a Word document to PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/how-to-convert-word-to-pdf/): Save a Word document as PDF in Word, Google Docs or online, keep fonts and page breaks intact, and check links, tracked changes and accessibility first.
- [How to compress a PDF for email](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/how-to-compress-a-pdf-for-email/): Shrink a PDF to fit email attachment limits. Which compression level to pick, why scans are big, and what to do when the file is still too large to attach.
- [How to OCR a PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/how-to-ocr-a-pdf/): Run OCR on a scanned PDF so you can search, copy and select its text. How to get better recognition, pick languages and check results before you rely on them.
- [How to split a PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/how-to-split-a-pdf/): Split a PDF by page ranges, every N pages or one file per page. When to split, extract or delete pages, and how to name the parts so they stay organized.
- [How to rotate PDF pages and save the rotation](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/how-to-rotate-pdf-pages-permanently/): Rotate PDF pages so they stay rotated when you reopen, print or upload the file. Why viewer rotation doesn't stick, and how to fix only the sideways pages.
- [How to add page numbers to a PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/how-to-add-page-numbers-to-a-pdf/): Number PDF pages with “Page 1 of 10” or custom formats, skip the cover page, start from any number, and avoid clashing with numbers already on the page.
- [How to password protect a PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/how-to-password-protect-a-pdf/): Encrypt a PDF with an open password, restrict printing or copying, and share the password safely. The difference between open and permissions passwords.
- [How to redact a PDF properly](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/how-to-redact-a-pdf/): Drawing a black box over text doesn't remove it. How to truly redact a PDF, find every occurrence, strip hidden data, and verify nothing can be recovered.
- [How to remove a password from a PDF you can open](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/how-to-remove-a-password-from-a-pdf/): Remove the password from a PDF when you know it, so it opens without asking. Open vs permissions passwords, and what to do if you don't have the password.
- [How to summarize a PDF with AI and verify the summary](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/how-to-summarize-a-pdf-with-ai/): Get an AI summary of a long PDF, focus it on what matters, and check every key point against the cited pages before you rely on it. Includes what AI misses.
- [How to connect Claude to your PDFs with MCP](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/how-to-connect-claude-to-pdfs-with-mcp/): Connect Claude Code, Claude Desktop or Cursor to your PDFs through PDFBetter's MCP server: create a scoped key, add the endpoint, and test it with one prompt.
- [How to extract invoice data from PDFs to JSON or Excel](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/how-to-extract-invoice-data-from-pdf/): Pull invoice numbers, dates, totals and line items out of PDF invoices into JSON, CSV or Excel, check each value against its page, and handle a whole batch.
- [How to automate invoice processing with OCR, extraction and review](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/how-to-automate-invoice-processing/): Set up a workflow that runs OCR, extracts invoice fields, waits for a person to approve them and exports a CSV each time an invoice lands in a folder.
- [How to ask questions across multiple PDFs with citations](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/how-to-ask-questions-across-multiple-pdfs/): Put related PDFs in one workspace and ask a question across all of them. Each answer cites the document, version and page, or says the documents don't say.
- [How to see who opened a PDF you shared](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/how-to-see-who-opened-a-shared-pdf/): Find out when a shared PDF link was opened, downloaded or filled, and who opened it when the link is limited to specific people. What you can and can't know.
- [How to compare two contract versions and explain the changes](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/how-to-compare-two-versions-of-a-contract/): Compare an original and a revised contract PDF: get every changed clause with page numbers, the changed amounts and dates, and a plain-language explanation.
- [How to find and redact personal data in a PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/how-to-find-and-redact-personal-data-in-a-pdf/): Find names, emails, phone numbers, ID numbers, card numbers and IBANs in a PDF, choose what to remove, apply true redaction and check the text is really gone.
- [How to turn a PDF into a presentation](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/how-to-turn-a-pdf-into-a-presentation/): Two ways to make slides from a PDF: convert each page to a PowerPoint slide, or have AI write a sourced slide outline with speaker notes to build your deck.
- [How to turn a PDF into an audio brief](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/how-to-turn-a-pdf-into-audio/): Listen to a PDF as a short spoken summary: make a 2–4 minute MP3 with a cited transcript, or use read-aloud when you need every word. Which one fits when.
- [How to make a quiz from a PDF](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/how-to-make-a-quiz-from-a-pdf/): Turn a PDF into multiple-choice questions to check what you or your team understood. Each correct answer quotes its page; how to get questions worth asking.
- [How to use AI on confidential documents](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/how-to-use-ai-on-confidential-documents/): Check whether you may send a document to an AI service, share less of it, and pick the right processing: browser tools, private AI or an operator-run model.
- [How to edit a PDF on a Mac](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/how-to-edit-pdf-on-mac/): What Preview on a Mac can do with PDFs (fill, sign, annotate, rearrange pages) and what it can't, like changing existing text, plus how to do that instead.
- [How to edit a PDF on an iPhone](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/how-to-edit-pdf-on-iphone/): Edit PDFs on iPhone with built-in Markup and form filling, or change existing text in your browser. Step by step, with what each method can and can't do.
- [How to edit a PDF on Windows](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/how-to-edit-pdf-on-windows/): Edit PDFs on Windows with Microsoft Edge's built-in tools, Word's PDF conversion, or a browser PDF editor. What each method handles and when to use it.
- [How to edit a PDF in Google Docs without losing formatting](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/how-to-edit-pdf-in-google-docs-without-losing-formatting/): Opening a PDF in Google Docs strips tables, columns and images. Better routes: convert to DOCX first, or edit the PDF directly and keep the layout intact.
- [How to sign a PDF on an iPhone](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/how-to-sign-a-pdf-on-iphone/): Sign a PDF on iPhone with Markup in the Files app or in Safari with PDFBetter. Save your signature, add the date and send the signed copy back by email.
- [How to convert JPG or photos to PDF on an iPhone](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/how-to-convert-jpg-to-pdf-on-iphone/): Turn photos into a PDF on iPhone: scan paper documents with Notes, Files or Preview, or combine photos into one PDF in Safari with page size and order control.
- [How to merge PDFs on a Mac](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/how-to-merge-pdfs-on-mac/): Combine PDFs on a Mac with Finder's Create PDF quick action or Preview's thumbnail sidebar, or merge in your browser with page-level control and no upload.
- [How to fill out Form W-9](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/how-to-fill-out-form-w-9/): Line-by-line help for IRS Form W-9 (Rev. March 2024): name, tax classification, the new line 3b, TIN and certification, plus how to send it securely.
- [How to fill out Form W-4 (2026)](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/how-to-fill-out-form-w-4/): Step-by-step help with the 2026 Form W-4: filing status, multiple jobs, dependents, the new deductions worksheet lines, and claiming exemption.
- [How to fill out Form I-9](https://pdfbetter.com/guides/how-to-fill-out-form-i-9/): How employees and employers complete Form I-9: Section 1, Section 2 deadlines, acceptable documents, supplements, and the rules for signing it electronically.

## Blog

- [The best PDF editors in 2026](https://pdfbetter.com/blog/best-pdf-editors/): Eight PDF editors compared on editing real text, forms, signing, AI and price. PDFBetter is our pick; here is how the rest stack up in 2026.