Skip the feature matrix. Pick your situation. Get the right tool in one click. 12 common use cases, all solved with free, browser-based tools.
Most email providers cap attachments at 10-25MB. You need a PDF that's small enough to send without losing readability.
You have a cover letter, resume, and portfolio PDF — and the employer wants a single file.
A scanned PDF is just an image. You need OCR to convert the pixels into searchable, copyable text.
Black-box overlays can be removed. You need true redaction that destroys the underlying text.
The old way: print, sign, scan, email. The new way: e-sign in seconds, legally binding in most jurisdictions.
Government, tax, or job application forms that you can't edit in Word. You need to type into the fields and save.
You need to extract specific pages from a long document — chapters, invoices, a signature page, etc.
You're sharing financial, medical, or legal documents and need encryption.
You scanned a receipt, took a screenshot, or have photos that need to be in PDF format.
You want to embed a PDF page in a slide, post, or social media image.
You scanned a multi-page document out of order, or with pages rotated wrong.
You have a PDF you know the password to but it's locked from editing/printing. You need to remove the restrictions.
We don't try to be everything. We focus on the 12 use cases above and make them fast, free, and private. Here's how that stacks up.
| Feature | JadePDF | iLovePDF | Smallpdf | Adobe Acrobat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Freemium (limits) | Freemium (limits) | $20/month |
| File upload | None (80%) | Required | Required | Required |
| Watermark | Never | On free tier | On free tier | Never |
| Daily limit | None | Yes (varies) | 2 tasks/day | None |
| Signup | Not required | Not required | Required for batch | Required |
| Verifiable in DevTools | Yes | No | No | No (closed source) |