LightPDF vs Nitro PDF Pro
LightPDF
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Nitro PDF Pro
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| Figure | LightPDF | Nitro PDF Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $1.33/mo | $15/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | — |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 5 | 3 |
| Spec score · PDF editors | 9.2 (#6) | 9.2 (#5) |
| AI tools | The pricing page lists AI chat, generation, translation, image processing, data extraction, invoice generation, and document enhancement features. | AI features summarize documents, answer questions, extract data from forms and tables, and detect sensitive information for redaction. |
| API | LightPDF offers a conversion API for converting PDFs and office documents to and from formats including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, images, HTML, and text. | Nitro provides REST APIs for PDF conversion, compression, merging, splitting, extraction and redaction. |
| Company legal name | LightPDF is identified as a software product provided by Wangxu Technology Co., Ltd. | Crunchbase identifies the legal entity as Nitro Software, Inc. |
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Integrations | LightPDF's MCP documentation says its server can be configured in MCP-compatible clients such as Cursor and Claude. | Official integrations include Microsoft 365, Salesforce, Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, SharePoint, iManage, Alfresco and M-Files. |
| Licence | LightPDF's EULA describes the software as copyrighted proprietary software, licensed for one computer at a time, with redistribution, sublicensing and network hosting restricted. | Nitro licenses its object-code software commercially and retains ownership; the terms prohibit copying, modification, reverse engineering and redistribution. |
| Praise: usability | G2 reviewers repeatedly praise LightPDF's clean, intuitive interface and ease of use. | TechRadar describes the interface as clean and simple, with tools kept at the edges so the document remains central. |
| Rating on Capterra | 5.0 out of 5 from 7 reviews | 4.5 out of 5 from 581 reviews |
| Security | The pricing page states that data is encrypted in transit and at rest and lists ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27701, and GDPR. | Nitro says its security program uses technical safeguards, organizational controls, monitoring and risk management. |
| Support | The pricing page says users can contact live chat or submit a support ticket and receive a response within 24 hours. | Nitro PDF Standard includes 24/7/365 support; advanced 24/7 tech support is listed for plans with two or more users. |
| What it does | LightPDF is an AI-powered PDF service for editing, conversion, annotation, signing, organization, document chat and related workflows across web, mobile and desktop. | Nitro PDF is an AI-assisted editor for creating, editing, converting, organizing, securing and signing PDF documents. |
Plans
LightPDF
- Free PlanFree
- Monthly Plan$5.99 a month
- Yearly Plan$15.99 a year
- Lifetime Plan$39.99 a month
- Lifetime Plan$39.99, paid once
Nitro PDF Pro
- Nitro PDF Standard$15 a month
- Nitro PDF Classic$270, paid once
- Nitro PDF PlusPriced on request
In their own words
LightPDF
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.
Nitro PDF Pro
Nitro PDF Pro has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.