Smallpdf is best for freelancers who compress, merge, convert and sign PDFs in the browser, people who want a free start before paying and teams that need a PDF tool on phones as well. Its clearest advantage: A permanent free plan with over 30 tools.
- Avoid if
- heavy editing of long documents offline
- Cheapest useful plan
- €10.00/mo · Pro
- Free plan
- Yes
- Setup effort
- easy: minutes
- Main limitation
- The free plan limits downloads
- A permanent free plan with over 30 tools
- Pro can be paid month to month
- Pro includes Sign.com Premium for signatures
- heavy editing of long documents offline
- anyone who needs unlimited downloads for free: the free plan limits them
What it actually does
Over 30 document tools, text editing and OCR on Pro, strong compression, AI-powered tools, Sign.com Premium included with Pro.
Before you pay
Free or Pro
The free plan opens more than 30 tools but limits downloads and allows two Sign.com documents a month. If you compress or merge a file now and then, free is enough. Text editing and OCR need Pro, and so does anyone who downloads several files a day.
What a year costs
Pro is 10 € a month paid month to month, 120 € over a year. Paid yearly it is 90 €, which saves 30 € if you are sure to use it all year. iLovePDF, its closest rival, charges 60 € a year per user on yearly billing and 9 € a month without commitment, so for one person on a yearly plan iLovePDF is cheaper; Smallpdf's Pro adds Sign.com Premium for signatures.
What we would check before paying
Whether VAT is included, which the cards do not say; how many downloads the free plan allows on the day you read it; and, for a team, the Team price, which starts at two seats and was not shown on the monthly view.
The limits to know
- The free plan limits downloads
- Text editing and OCR need Pro
- Prices are shown without saying whether VAT is included
Pricing & billing commitment
- Rate on record
- €10.00/mo · Pro
- What that figure is
- Month-to-month rate per account, read on the vendor's monthly view.
- Commitment
- None: payable one month at a time
- The vendor's exact condition
- 10 EUR/month billed monthly; 7.50 EUR/month billed 90 EUR a year
In practice
- Platforms
- Web, iOS, Android
- Setup
- easy: minutes
Smallpdf in our comparisons
Alternatives to Smallpdf
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Frequently asked questions
What is Smallpdf?
Smallpdf is a tool used mainly for compressing and merging PDFs, converting PDFs, signing documents. Main features: over 30 document tools, text editing and OCR on Pro, strong compression. It has a permanent free plan; the paid entry point is €10.00/mo · Pro.
How much does Smallpdf cost?
The paid entry point is €10.00/mo · Pro. Month-to-month rate per account, read on the vendor's monthly view. The exact condition attached to that figure: 10 EUR/month billed monthly; 7.50 EUR/month billed 90 EUR a year. Read on the official pricing page on 25.10.2026. Prices move quickly: confirm before subscribing.
Does Smallpdf have a free plan?
Yes. Smallpdf publishes a permanent free plan. Check this before settling on it: the free plan limits downloads.
What devices and tools does Smallpdf work with?
According to the vendor's documentation, Smallpdf runs on: Web, iOS, Android. Listed from the official sources, not tested by us: check your own setup on the free plan.
How we checked this record
The evidence record
- Evidence level
- Vendor documented: Official documentation and pricing page reviewed and dated. No independent verification, no hands-on test recorded.
- Affiliate status
- No affiliate link on this record, no commission.
Hands-on test
No automated hands-on test has been completed for this review cycle. This record rests on the vendor's official documentation and pricing page, re-read and dated. We say so rather than imply otherwise.
The research record
Read on the vendor's monthly view, from France
Sources
The official pages this record rests on. No tracking links here: these addresses name the vendor.
Evidence freshness
Each kind of check has its own clock and its own threshold. A price ages in weeks and a feature list in months; sharing one date between them would let an old review pass for a recent check.
| Check | When | State |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Checked 18 days ago | Fresh |
| Features | Checked 18 days ago | Fresh |
| Privacy & data | Never checked | Not independently checked |
| Hands-on test | Never checked | Not independently checked |
| Page review | Checked 18 days ago | Fresh |
What remains unverified
- No workflow was run inside the product. Everything here comes from the vendor's documentation and public pages.
- Data handling and the privacy policy were not independently verified during this research cycle. We therefore publish no conclusion about security or where data is stored.
- Export terms and the real cost of leaving are not on this record: we have not tested them.
- The price has been read once only. A single observation says nothing about where the price is heading.