PDF Agile vs Xodo Sign

PDF Agile is a PDF reader and editor for Windows, macOS, and the web. It can modify PDF documents, including scans, without the original source files, and convert PDFs to and from Word, Excel, and PowerPoint while preserving fonts and formatting. Annotation tools cover highlights, underlines, strikethroughs, text, shapes, and freehand drawing. Security features include password protection, permanent redaction, and electronic signatures. Other tools handle compression, merging, splitting, OCR, cropping, page order and rotation, page numbering, links, presentations, screenshots, search, printing, bookmarks, and backgrounds. Browser-based tools cover conversion, organization, compression, protection, unlocking, and page rearrangement. The free plan lists 2 Page* and 5 Tasks for conversion. Paid plans are described as one-time payments with no recurring charges: the Semi-Annual Plan is $39 a month, the Annual Plan is $59 a month, and the Lifetime Plan is $119 a month. A purchased license can be used on up to two computers through an account.

Xodo Sign is an online service for signing, sending and managing documents through PDF editing and e-signature workflows. Users can prepare documents by adding signer and form fields, create reusable templates, set sequential signing order, send reminders and track document status. Completed signatures include a tamper-evident audit trail with signer activity, timestamps and IP addresses. The service runs on the web, iOS and Android, and the Xodo app supports reviewing, signing and sending documents on mobile. Named integrations include Google Docs, Zoho, Dropbox, Salesforce, Zapier and Gmail. Developers can use a JSON-based REST API, webhooks and embedded signing. Listed security and compliance capabilities include eIDAS, U.S. ESIGN, GDPR and SOC 2 Type 2. The Free plan is listed at free and allows up to 3 documents per month; a separate feature-page FAQ says 5 documents per month. Basic costs $10 a year and Professional $16 a year, both billed yearly per user. Professional adds PDF editing tools for redaction, annotation, page reordering and text editing.