Foxit PDF Editor vs LightPDF

Foxit PDF Editor handles PDF text editing, annotation, conversion, signing, OCR, form creation, comparison, password protection, and collaboration. It runs on the web, Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android; the PDF Editor+ subscription specifically includes iOS and Android apps. Foxit also offers a free PDF Reader for reading, annotation, and collaboration, and every account, including Reader accounts, includes 300 AI credits per month. The annual PDF Editor subscription costs $129.99 per user per year; PDF Editor+ costs $159.99 per user per year and includes mobile apps, 150 eSign envelopes per year, and Smart Redact. Monthly billing starts at $10.99 per month. The Foxit PDF Editor 14 perpetual license costs $209.99 per user as a one-time purchase, but excludes AI Assistant, Workspace, Smart Redact, DMS, and cloud features. Subscriptions include Foxit DMS. Listed integrations include Microsoft 365, SharePoint, Google Drive, Box, OneDrive, Salesforce, and Dropbox. Foxit lists SOC 2, HIPAA-ready, GDPR-supported, and Section 508/ADA compliance. A 14-day PDF Editor+ trial is available without a credit card; there is no free plan for the editor.

LightPDF is an AI-powered PDF service for editing, converting, annotating, signing, organizing, and chatting with documents. Its AI Agent accepts chat requests for tasks such as merging, conversion, watermark removal, page numbering, and compression. Other listed AI features include translation, image processing, data extraction, invoice generation, and document enhancement. LightPDF offers a conversion API for PDFs and office documents, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, images, HTML, and text. It is available on the web, Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows, with a Chrome/Edge extension. The free plan is web-only, limits files to 10MB, includes five cloud files for one year, and allows three AI Agent questions per day. Monthly and yearly plans include 1,000 AI credits per month; the lifetime plan includes 40,000 credits valid until used. Monthly costs $5.99 a month, Yearly costs $15.99 a year and includes a 3-day free trial, and Lifetime costs $39.99 a month. Premium features can be used on one device at a time.