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Compare PDFLiner and Smallpdf 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (64.9% of reviews)
Small-Business (44.6% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$15.00 1 Users Per Month
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PDFLiner
Star Rating
(57)4.9 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (64.9% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
$15.00 1 Users Per Month
Browse all 3 pricing plansSmallpdf
Star Rating
(298)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (44.6% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
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Browse all 3 pricing plansPDFLiner vs Smallpdf
- Reviewers felt that PDFLiner meets the needs of their business better than Smallpdf.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that PDFLiner is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of PDFLiner over Smallpdf.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
PDFLiner
Basic
$15.00
1 Users Per Month
- Upload, redact, complete, add text to any document anytime
- Highlight, annotate and draw on your PDFs
- Create digital signatures for your PDFs on the go
Smallpdf
Free Plan
0
1
Access to all 21 PDF tools on web app—2 conversions/day.
- Compress PDF
- PDF Converter
- PDF to Office
Free Trial
PDFLiner
Free Trial is available
Smallpdf
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.4
54
9.0
236
Ease of Use
9.7
54
9.4
239
Ease of Setup
Not enough data
9.5
38
Ease of Admin
Not enough data
9.5
25
Quality of Support
9.4
54
8.7
200
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
Not enough data
9.2
26
Product Direction (% positive)
10.0
48
9.3
221
Features by Category
Organization
9.9
48
9.0
107
9.6
49
9.0
113
9.2
12
8.9
108
8.5
17
8.7
111
Editing
8.3
13
8.9
121
9.5
49
8.8
118
9.8
48
9.2
116
9.3
48
8.8
107
8.6
35
8.5
105
Operating System
10.0
45
8.9
108
9.9
37
8.5
87
9.0
7
8.1
77
Design
Not enough data
8.6
81
Not enough data
8.5
76
Not enough data
8.4
77
Collaboration
Not enough data
8.4
68
Not enough data
8.4
68
File Types
Not enough data
9.1
86
Not enough data
9.1
85
Not enough data
8.5
69
Edit & Revise
Not enough data
8.7
73
Not enough data
8.3
73
Not enough data
9.0
82
Integrate & Embed
Not enough data
8.0
60
Not enough data
8.8
69
Not enough data
8.9
67
Operating System
Not enough data
8.9
80
Not enough data
8.4
64
Not enough data
8.1
56
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.2
26
Not enough data
8.2
26
Not enough data
7.8
27
Not enough data
7.4
26
Not enough data
8.0
27
Agentic AI - Document Creation
Not enough data
Not enough data
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
PDFLiner
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Smallpdf
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Marketing and Advertising
28.1%
Computer Software
26.3%
Information Technology and Services
21.1%
Program Development
5.3%
Internet
5.3%
Other
14.0%
Information Technology and Services
16.6%
Computer Software
7.6%
Higher Education
5.2%
Education Management
5.2%
Marketing and Advertising
3.8%
Other
61.6%
Alternatives
Discussions
More tutorials?
1 Comment
Official Response from PDFLiner
First of all, thanks for staying with PDFLiner! Secondly, yes. We're working on writing new detailed guides, how-tos, and tutorials for our blog as well as...Read more
Any new features are upcoming?
1 Comment
Official Response from PDFLiner
Thank you! We appreciate you're choosing us to handle your paperwork tasks.
Your truth. We do getting prepared to launch new abilities in our PDF editor as...Read more
While combining documents sometimes we face issues like font change of text some times error how can we eliminate them?
1 Comment
Official Response from PDFLiner
Hi Bughtha,
Firstly, thanks for choosing PDFLiner! Secondly, can you please specify which pdf form you fill out? The thing is that certain pdf forms have...Read more
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