Best PDF Converter Software in 2026
Updated
46ranked
0free plans on this page
$1/molowest paid tier
9 Oct 2026last checked
0 of the 21 here have a free tier you can use, 0 have open-source code on record, and 0 have full bars: free, open, on most of your devices and documented.
| # | App | Signal | Free tier | Open code | Devices | From | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | PDF2XLWeb · Windows | One bar | — | — | 2 of 6 | $15/mo | 5.1 |
| 27 | PDFCrowd APIWeb · Linux · API | One bar | — | — | 2 of 6 | $1/mo | 5.1 |
| 28 | PDFTablesWeb · Linux · API | One bar | — | — | 2 of 6 | — | 5.1 |
| 29 | ScanDocWeb | No signal | — | — | 1 of 6 | — | 5.1 |
| 30 | ScanLexWeb · Windows · Linux | Two bars | — | — | 3 of 6 | $2.31/mo | 5.1 |
| 31 | Web to PDFWeb | No signal | — | — | 1 of 6 | — | 5.1 |
| 32 | Coolmuster PDF Converter ProWindows · Mac | One bar | — | — | 2 of 6 | $2.50/mo | 5.0 |
| 33 | PDFMate PDF Converter ProWindows · Mac | One bar | — | — | 2 of 6 | — | 5.0 |
| 34 | Right PDF ProWindows · Mac | One bar | — | — | 2 of 6 | — | 5.0 |
| 35 | ConvertAPIWeb | One bar | — | — | 1 of 6 | — | 4.9 |
| 36 | JUST PDF 6Windows | One bar | — | — | 1 of 6 | — | 4.9 |
| 37 | Renee PDF AideWindows | One bar | — | — | 1 of 6 | — | 4.9 |
| 38 | SkyPDF Converter 8Windows | One bar | — | — | 1 of 6 | ¥41.25/mo | 4.9 |
| 39 | BitRecover PDF Converter WizardWindows | No signal | — | — | 1 of 6 | — | 4.8 |
| 40 | Cisdem PDF Converter OCRWindows · Mac | No signal | — | — | 2 of 6 | $3.33/mo | 4.8 |
| 41 | Lighten PDF Converter OCRWindows · Mac | No signal | — | — | 2 of 6 | — | 4.8 |
| 42 | Universal Document ConverterWindows | No signal | — | — | 1 of 6 | — | 4.8 |
| 43 | VeryPDF PDF to Word OCR ConverterWindows | No signal | — | — | 1 of 6 | — | 4.8 |
| 44 | Ailtware PDF ConvertersWindows | No signal | — | — | 1 of 6 | — | 4.7 |
| 45 | Okdo PDF to All Converter ProfessionalWindows | No signal | — | — | 1 of 6 | — | 4.7 |
| 46 | Wide Angle PDF ConverterWindows | No signal | — | — | 1 of 6 | — | 4.7 |
Compare all 21 in a table
| # | App | Score | Free plan | From | Free plan | Paid from | Conversion targets | OCR conversion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | PDF2XL | 5.1 | No | $15/mo | Yes | 25 /mo | PDF to Excel, Word, PowerPoint, OpenOffice, CSV, HTML, Clipboard | Yes |
| 27 | PDFCrowd API | 5.1 | No | $1/mo | No | 1 /mo | — | No |
| 28 | PDFTables | 5.1 | No | — | No | — | PDF to XLSX, CSV, XML, and HTML | Yes |
| 29 | ScanDoc | 5.1 | No | — | Yes | — | photo/image to PDF; photo/image to image | — |
| 30 | ScanLex | 5.1 | No | $2.31/mo | Yes | — | PDF, PNG, JPG, TIFF, BMP, WEBP to Word DOCX, Excel XLSX, TXT, or searchable PDF | Yes |
| 31 | Web to PDF | 5.1 | No | — | Yes | — | URL/webpage → PDF; HTML/HTM/MHT → PDF; webpage → JPG/PNG/GIF/TIFF; PDF → HTML | — |
| 32 | Coolmuster PDF Converter Pro | 5.0 | No | $2.50/mo | No | 19.95 /mo | PDF to Word, ePub, Text, HTML, Excel, PowerPoint, JPG, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, BMP, GIF | Yes |
| 33 | PDFMate PDF Converter Pro | 5.0 | No | — | No | — | PDF to Word, text, EPUB, image, HTML, SWF, and PDF; image, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint to PDF | Yes |
| 34 | Right PDF Pro | 5.0 | No | — | No | — | Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, image, text | Yes |
| 35 | ConvertAPI | 4.9 | No | — | No | — | DOCX to PDF; PDF to DOCX; PDF to HTML; PDF to JPG; PDF to PNG; PDF to PPTX; PDF to SVG; PDF to TXT; PDF to XLSX; XLSX to PDF; HTML to PDF; images to PDF | Yes |
| 36 | JUST PDF 6 | 4.9 | No | — | No | — | Sources: PDF, JPEG, BMP, TIFF, PNG, GIF. Destinations: Ichitaro (JTD), Microsoft Word (DOCX), Microsoft Excel (XLSX), Microsoft PowerPoint (PPTX), TXT, JPEG, BMP. | Yes |
| 37 | Renee PDF Aide | 4.9 | No | — | No | — | PDF to Word, Excel, PPT, EPUB, TXT, HTML, JPG, PNG, TIFF; BMP, PNG, JPG, GIF, TIFF images to PDF | Yes |
| 38 | SkyPDF Converter 8 | 4.9 | No | ¥41.25/mo | No | — | PDF → Word, Excel, PowerPoint, TXT, or PDF; JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIFF, and GIF → Word, Excel, PowerPoint, TXT, or PDF | Yes |
| 39 | BitRecover PDF Converter Wizard | 4.8 | No | — | No | — | PDF to HTML, TXT, RTF, PDF, EML, MSG, PST, XPS, MHT, EMF, EPUB, OXPS, JPG, GIF, BMP, PNG, TIFF, DOC, DOCX | — |
| 40 | Cisdem PDF Converter OCR | 4.8 | No | $3.33/mo | No | — | PDF, DOCX, DOC, PPTX, XLSX, Pages, Keynote, Numbers, TXT, RTF, CSV, HTML, JPG, JPEG, PNG, BMP, TIFF, SVG, PDF/A, EPUB, XOD, XPS | Yes |
| 41 | Lighten PDF Converter OCR | 4.8 | No | — | No | — | Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Pages, Numbers, Keynote, EPUB, CSV, RTF, TXT, JPG, PNG, BMP, GIF, TIFF | Yes |
| 42 | Universal Document Converter | 4.8 | No | — | No | — | Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Adobe PDF, Autodesk AutoCAD, Microsoft Visio and other printable documents → PDF, JPEG, TIFF, PNG, GIF, PCX, DCX, BMP | — |
| 43 | VeryPDF PDF to Word OCR Converter | 4.8 | No | — | No | — | PDF to Word; PDF to RTF | Yes |
| 44 | Ailtware PDF Converters | 4.7 | No | — | No | — | PDF → DOC, DOCX, DOCM, RTF, XLS, XLSX, XLSM, PPT, PPTX, PPTM, TXT, HTM, JPG, JPEG, BMP, EMF, WMF, TIF, GIF, PNG, PCX, ICO, J2K, JP2; documents and images → PDF | — |
| 45 | Okdo PDF to All Converter Professional | 4.7 | No | — | No | — | PDF to DOC, DOCX, DOCM, XLS, XLSX, XLSM, PPT, PPTX, PPTM, JPG, JPEG, BMP, PNG, TIF, GIF, EMF, WMF, JP2, J2K, PCX, ICO, PDF, HTM, RTF, TXT, SWF | — |
| 46 | Wide Angle PDF Converter | 4.7 | No | — | No | — | PDF to DOC, DOCX, Excel/XML, PPT, JPG, PNG, SVG, GIF, TXT, HTML, EPUB, XPS, PostScript | — |