Best PDF Converter Software in 2026
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In short: HiPDF is ranked #1 of 46 as of 7 October 2026, ahead of Docling and Convertio. The best-ranked option with a free plan is Docling. The lowest first paid tier on this page is FoxyUtils Online PDF Tools at $0.25/mo.
Converting PDFs can mean producing different file types, processing many files, or extracting text from scans. Compared on conversion targets, batch conversion, and OCR conversion, these options can be weighed against the documents and workflow you have in mind. Check maximum file size as well as supported platforms, and consider API access if conversion needs to connect with other software. HiPDF, Convertio, and FoxyUtils Online PDF Tools are among the options named here. Free-plan availability and paid-from pricing give you additional details for weighing the capabilities against cost.
46 PDF converter software ranked on what their makers publish — plans and prices, free tiers, platforms and the facts on their own pages.
46ranked
7free plans on this page
$0.25/molowest paid tier
7 Oct 2026last checked
Input list PDF Converter Software 25 channels on this page · 129 of 200 spec lines stated by the makers
Ch Tool Free planPaid fromConversion targetsOCR conversionBatch conversionMaximum file sizeSupported platformsAPI access Spec sheet Score
01 HiPDF Free planYesPaid fromnot statedConversion targetsPDF, Word, DOCX, Excel, XLSX, PowerPoint, PPTX, Pages, JPG, PNG, BMP, TIFF, GIF, EPUB, HTML, TXT, RTF, PublisherOCR conversionYesBatch conversionYesMaximum file size100 MBSupported platformswebAPI accessYes 7/8spec lines stated 8.3
02 Docling Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedConversion targetsPDF → HTML, Markdown, JSON, DocLang XML, Text, Doctags, WebVTT, DocLang archive, Chunks (JSONL), LaTeXOCR conversionYesBatch conversionYesMaximum file sizenot statedSupported platformswindows, macos, linux, api, self hostedAPI accessYes 5/8spec lines stated 7.5
03 Convertio Free planYesPaid fromnot statedConversion targetsPDF to DOC, DOCX, JPG, EPUB, PNG, JPEG, MOBI, TXT, XLS, ODT, PPT, SVG, XLSX, HTML, CSV, PPTX, TIFF, RTF, DJVU, and other documented formatsOCR conversionYesBatch conversionYesMaximum file sizenot statedSupported platformsweb, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, APIAPI accessYes 6/8spec lines stated 7.4
04 FoxyUtils Online PDF Tools Free planYesPaid from$2.99/moConversion targetsPDF to Word, PDF to Excel, Word to PDF, PDF to JPG, JPG to PDF, PDF to ePUB, ePUB to PDFOCR conversionYesBatch conversionYesMaximum file sizenot statedSupported platformswebAPI accessnot stated 6/8spec lines stated 7.4
05 PDF Agile Free planYesPaid fromnot statedConversion targetsPDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, TXT, images, CAD, JPG, PNG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, DWGOCR conversionYesBatch conversionYesMaximum file sizenot statedSupported platformsweb, Windows, macOSAPI accessNo 6/8spec lines stated 7.4
06 MinerU Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedConversion targetsPDF → Markdown, HTML, LaTeX, DOCX, EPUB, PDF, Structured Content, Content List V1/V2; images and other supported documents → documented export formatsOCR conversionYesBatch conversionYesMaximum file sizenot statedSupported platformsweb, windows, macos, linux, api, self hostedAPI accessYes 5/8spec lines stated 7.3
07 PDFxlsx Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedConversion targetsPDF to XLSX; PDF to XLS; PDF to CSV; PDF to Google SheetsOCR conversionYesBatch conversionYesMaximum file size50 MBSupported platformsweb, Windows, macOS, iOSAPI accessYes 6/8spec lines stated 7.2
08 Able2Extract Professional Free planNoPaid fromnot statedConversion targetsExcel, Word, PowerPoint, AutoCAD, CSV, HTML, Publisher, OpenOffice, WebP, JPG, BMP, PNG, TIFF, GIFOCR conversionYesBatch conversionYesMaximum file sizenot statedSupported platformsWindows, macOS, LinuxAPI accessnot stated 5/8spec lines stated 7.0
09 ScanLex Free planYesPaid fromnot statedConversion targetsPDF, PNG, JPG, TIFF, BMP, WEBP to Word DOCX, Excel XLSX, TXT, or searchable PDFOCR conversionYesBatch conversionYesMaximum file sizenot statedSupported platformsweb, Windows, LinuxAPI accessnot stated 5/8spec lines stated 7.0
10 PDF2XL Free planYesPaid from$25/moConversion targetsPDF to Excel, Word, PowerPoint, OpenOffice, CSV, HTML, ClipboardOCR conversionYesBatch conversionYesMaximum file sizenot statedSupported platformsweb, windows, self hostedAPI accessnot stated 6/8spec lines stated 6.9
11 SafePDF Free planYesPaid fromnot statedConversion targetsPDF, DOCX, TXT, JPG, PNG, AVIF, XLSX, PPTXOCR conversionYesBatch conversionYesMaximum file sizenot statedSupported platformsWindows, macOS, LinuxAPI accessnot stated 5/8spec lines stated 6.8
12 Wondershare PDFelement Free planNoPaid fromnot statedConversion targetsnot statedOCR conversionYesBatch conversionnot statedMaximum file sizenot statedSupported platformsnot statedAPI accessnot stated 2/8spec lines stated 6.8
13 JPG To PDF Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedConversion targetsJPG, TIF, BMP, PNG, GIF, ICO, PSD, TIFF, JPEG → PDFOCR conversionnot statedBatch conversionYesMaximum file sizenot statedSupported platformsWindowsAPI accessnot stated 3/8spec lines stated 6.6
14 Online2PDF Free planYesPaid fromnot statedConversion targetsPDF; Word; Excel; PowerPoint; JPG; images; XPS; ODS; EPUB; MOBI; AZW3OCR conversionYesBatch conversionYesMaximum file sizenot statedSupported platformswebAPI accessNo 6/8spec lines stated 6.6
15 Adobe PDF Services APIAdobe Free planYesPaid fromnot statedConversion targetsnot statedOCR conversionnot statedBatch conversionnot statedMaximum file sizenot statedSupported platformsnot statedAPI accessYes 2/8spec lines stated 6.5
16 Right PDF Pro Free planNoPaid fromnot statedConversion targetsWord, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, image, textOCR conversionYesBatch conversionYesMaximum file sizenot statedSupported platformsWindowsAPI accessYes 6/8spec lines stated 6.5
17 ZonePDF Free planYesPaid from$2.99/moConversion targetsPDF, Word/DOCX, Excel, PowerPoint, JPG, PNG, HTML, text, TIFF, imagesOCR conversionNoBatch conversionYesMaximum file sizenot statedSupported platformsweb, Windows desktop, browser extensionAPI accessNo 7/8spec lines stated 6.4
18 JUST PDF 6 Free planNoPaid fromnot statedConversion targetsSources: PDF, JPEG, BMP, TIFF, PNG, GIF. Destinations: Ichitaro (JTD), Microsoft Word (DOCX), Microsoft Excel (XLSX), Microsoft PowerPoint (PPTX), TXT, JPEG, BMP.OCR conversionYesBatch conversionYesMaximum file sizenot statedSupported platformsWindowsAPI accessNo 6/8spec lines stated 6.2
19 ConvertAPI Free planNoPaid fromnot statedConversion targetsDOCX 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 PDFOCR conversionYesBatch conversionYesMaximum file size200 MBSupported platformsweb, apiAPI accessYes 7/8spec lines stated 6.1
20 PDFmyURL Free planNoPaid fromnot statedConversion targetsURL/web page to PDF; raw HTML to PDF; entire website to PDFOCR conversionnot statedBatch conversionYesMaximum file sizenot statedSupported platformsweb; API; browser extensionAPI accessYes 5/8spec lines stated 6.0
21 Aiseesoft PDF Converter Ultimate Free planNoPaid from$24.95/moConversion targetsPDF to TXT, DOCX, RTF, XLSX, XLS, PPTX, EPUB, HTML, TIFF, JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TGA, PPM, JPEG2000OCR conversionYesBatch conversionYesMaximum file sizenot statedSupported platformsWindows, macOSAPI accessnot stated 6/8spec lines stated 5.9
22 Coolmuster PDF Converter Pro Free planNoPaid from$19.95/moConversion targetsPDF to Word, ePub, Text, HTML, Excel, PowerPoint, JPG, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, BMP, GIFOCR conversionYesBatch conversionYesMaximum file sizenot statedSupported platformsWindows, macOSAPI accessnot stated 6/8spec lines stated 5.9
23 Enolsoft PDF Converter OCR Free plannot statedPaid fromnot statedConversion targetsPDF, DOC, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, TXT, RTF, CSV, HTML, PNG, JPEG, TIFF, BMP, JPGOCR conversionYesBatch conversionYesMaximum file sizenot statedSupported platformsWindows, macOSAPI accessnot stated 4/8spec lines stated 5.9
24 Ghostscript Free planYesPaid fromnot statedConversion targetsnot statedOCR conversionnot statedBatch conversionnot statedMaximum file sizenot statedSupported platformsnot statedAPI accessnot stated 1/8spec lines stated 5.9
25 Renee PDF Aide Free planNoPaid fromnot statedConversion targetsPDF to Word, Excel, PPT, EPUB, TXT, HTML, JPG, PNG, TIFF; BMP, PNG, JPG, GIF, TIFF images to PDFOCR conversionYesBatch conversionYesMaximum file sizenot statedSupported platformsWindowsAPI accessNo 6/8spec lines stated 5.9
Compare all 25 in a table
| # | Tool | Score | Free plan | From | Free plan | Paid from | Conversion targets | OCR conversion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HiPDF | 8.3 | Free plan | $3.33/mo | Yes | — | PDF, Word, DOCX, Excel, XLSX, PowerPoint, PPTX, Pages, JPG, PNG, BMP, TIFF, GIF, EPUB, HTML, TXT, RTF, Publisher | Yes |
| 2 | Docling | 7.5 | Free plan | Free | — | — | PDF → HTML, Markdown, JSON, DocLang XML, Text, Doctags, WebVTT, DocLang archive, Chunks (JSONL), LaTeX | Yes |
| 3 | Convertio | 7.4 | No | $6.99/mo | Yes | — | PDF to DOC, DOCX, JPG, EPUB, PNG, JPEG, MOBI, TXT, XLS, ODT, PPT, SVG, XLSX, HTML, CSV, PPTX, TIFF, RTF, DJVU, and other documented formats | Yes |
| 4 | FoxyUtils Online PDF Tools | 7.4 | Free plan | $0.25/mo | Yes | 2.99 /mo | PDF to Word, PDF to Excel, Word to PDF, PDF to JPG, JPG to PDF, PDF to ePUB, ePUB to PDF | Yes |
| 5 | PDF Agile | 7.4 | Free plan | $39/mo | Yes | — | PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, TXT, images, CAD, JPG, PNG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, DWG | Yes |
| 6 | MinerU | 7.3 | Free plan | Free | — | — | PDF → Markdown, HTML, LaTeX, DOCX, EPUB, PDF, Structured Content, Content List V1/V2; images and other supported documents → documented export formats | Yes |
| 7 | PDFxlsx | 7.2 | No | $3.40/mo | — | — | PDF to XLSX; PDF to XLS; PDF to CSV; PDF to Google Sheets | Yes |
| 8 | Able2Extract Professional | 7.0 | No | $49.95/mo | No | — | Excel, Word, PowerPoint, AutoCAD, CSV, HTML, Publisher, OpenOffice, WebP, JPG, BMP, PNG, TIFF, GIF | Yes |
| 9 | ScanLex | 7.0 | No | $2.31/mo | Yes | — | PDF, PNG, JPG, TIFF, BMP, WEBP to Word DOCX, Excel XLSX, TXT, or searchable PDF | Yes |
| 10 | PDF2XL | 6.9 | No | $15/mo | Yes | 25 /mo | PDF to Excel, Word, PowerPoint, OpenOffice, CSV, HTML, Clipboard | Yes |
| 11 | SafePDF | 6.8 | No | €1/mo | Yes | — | PDF, DOCX, TXT, JPG, PNG, AVIF, XLSX, PPTX | Yes |
| 12 | Wondershare PDFelement | 6.8 | No | — | No | — | — | Yes |
| 13 | JPG To PDF | 6.6 | No | — | — | — | JPG, TIF, BMP, PNG, GIF, ICO, PSD, TIFF, JPEG → PDF | — |
| 14 | Online2PDF | 6.6 | Free plan | Free | Yes | — | PDF; Word; Excel; PowerPoint; JPG; images; XPS; ODS; EPUB; MOBI; AZW3 | Yes |
| 15 | Adobe PDF Services API | 6.5 | Free plan | Free | Yes | — | — | — |
| 16 | Right PDF Pro | 6.5 | No | — | No | — | Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF, image, text | Yes |
| 17 | ZonePDF | 6.4 | No | $59.88/mo | Yes | 2.99 /mo | PDF, Word/DOCX, Excel, PowerPoint, JPG, PNG, HTML, text, TIFF, images | No |
| 18 | JUST PDF 6 | 6.2 | 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 |
| 19 | ConvertAPI | 6.1 | 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 |
| 20 | PDFmyURL | 6.0 | No | $1.25/mo | No | — | URL/web page to PDF; raw HTML to PDF; entire website to PDF | — |
| 21 | Aiseesoft PDF Converter Ultimate | 5.9 | No | — | No | 24.95 /mo | PDF to TXT, DOCX, RTF, XLSX, XLS, PPTX, EPUB, HTML, TIFF, JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TGA, PPM, JPEG2000 | Yes |
| 22 | Coolmuster PDF Converter Pro | 5.9 | No | — | No | 19.95 /mo | PDF to Word, ePub, Text, HTML, Excel, PowerPoint, JPG, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, BMP, GIF | Yes |
| 23 | Enolsoft PDF Converter OCR | 5.9 | No | — | — | — | PDF, DOC, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, TXT, RTF, CSV, HTML, PNG, JPEG, TIFF, BMP, JPG | Yes |
| 24 | Ghostscript | 5.9 | No | — | Yes | — | — | — |
| 25 | Renee PDF Aide | 5.9 | No | — | No | — | PDF to Word, Excel, PPT, EPUB, TXT, HTML, JPG, PNG, TIFF; BMP, PNG, JPG, GIF, TIFF images to PDF | Yes |
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Questions about this list
Which PDF converter software is ranked first on Specifiction?
HiPDF is ranked #1 of 46 with a score of 8.3. Docling is second and Convertio third.
How many of these have a free plan?
7 of the 25 on this page publish a free plan on their own pricing pages.
Which is the cheapest paid option?
On this page, FoxyUtils Online PDF Tools has the lowest first paid tier we found: $0.25/mo.
How is this list ranked?
Ranked on what each maker publishes, the fullest spec sheet first: how deeply the product is documented, the platforms it runs on, a free tier or trial to test it, and its standing.