DocHub vs PDF Candy

DocHub is a document service for editing and managing PDFs in a browser or on mobile devices. Its listed tools include text editing, annotation, PDF conversion, and form creation, covering document revision, markup, file conversion, and preparation of forms. DocHub runs on the web, iOS, and Android. The service uses a freemium model with a free plan priced at free and limited to 3 uses/month shared across core features. A 30-day trial is listed. The Basic plan has no price listed and allows 3 uses/month shared across selected Pro features. Pro has no price listed and includes unlimited PDF editing and sign requests, AI Assistant, Smart Edit, Visual Edit, bulk send, in-person signing, and secure document storage. Site License has no price listed and provides unlimited users. DocHub was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Brookline, Massachusetts, United States.

PDF Candy is a PDF toolkit for editing, converting, merging, splitting, compressing, signing, protecting and managing documents. Its tools include text editing, annotations and OCR, while AI features can summarize, chat with and translate PDF documents. Users can import files from Google Drive or Dropbox and save updated versions back to cloud storage. PDF Candy Desktop is a Windows download with 35 tools that can operate offline; the company lists 98 PDF tools and 19 languages. Access is listed for web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android. The free plan has page and hourly restrictions, limited file size, no batch processing and a desktop operations limit. Students and teachers can get one year of PDF Candy PRO online at no cost, with no hourly limits and uploads up to 500 MB. PDF Candy says files are deleted from its servers within two hours after processing. The free plan is available, with paid access from $6/mo.