PDF Agile vs Zoho PDF Editor

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.

Zoho PDF Editor is a free tool for editing, organizing, and sharing PDF documents. The online editor supports rich-text formatting, text and image overlays, shapes, highlighting, white-out, QR codes, barcodes, hyperlinks, and watermarks. Page tools can combine, split, extract, rotate, and replace pages. Users can create fillable and signature fields, fill and sign PDFs, and collect data and digital signatures. Shared documents can allow viewing, commenting, editing, or further sharing. The online editor imports files from Zoho WorkDrive, Dropbox, Box, and OneDrive, and exports PDFs, fillable PDF forms, password-protected PDFs, JPEG, and PNG. A free desktop app works on the device without internet access; Zoho lists Windows and macOS apps and says PDF Editor is among its Linux desktop apps. The online editor requires a Zoho account. Its dashboard accepts PDFs up to 50 MB or 150 pages and does not accept encrypted or password-protected files. Zoho also offers cloud-based PDF editing APIs for editing, page organization, forms, compression, metadata, and password protection.