Smallpdf vs vFlat Scan

Smallpdf is a PDF service with tools for editing, converting, compressing, organizing, sharing, protecting and scanning documents. Users can add text, shapes, images and freehand annotations, create forms and use OCR. It supports electronic signatures, including signing, requesting signatures and tracking documents. Files can be stored, managed and shared across devices, and the mobile app supports PDF scans, document organization and file sharing. Smallpdf is available on the web, Windows, iOS and Android, and also supports a Chrome extension. Integrations include Google Workspace and Dropbox. Thirty PDF tools are available for free, and the free trial lasts seven days. Pro costs $12 a month, billed monthly per user. Team costs $10 a month per user and covers 2 to 100 users, with a minimum of two seats. Smallpdf says it uses 256-bit TLS encryption for information transfer and is ISO/IEC 27001 certified and compliant with GDPR, CCPA and nFADP. Customer support is available around the clock.

vFlat Scan is a phone-based scanner for digitizing books and documents. It detects pages, crops edges and corrects perspective, and can flatten the curve of an open book, remove fingers from scans and split a two-page spread into ordered pages. Built-in OCR recognizes more than 100 languages, making text searchable, selectable and copyable. Scans can be exported as PDF, JPG or plain text, shared to other apps or backed up to cloud storage of the user's choice. The app is available on Android, iOS, macOS and Windows. Capture, edge detection, page flattening and finger removal run on the phone. Its free plan costs nothing and includes 10 pages per month each for PDF export and OCR, plus five monthly uses each of two-page mode and auto-detect. Premium prices are shown in the app; it offers weekly, monthly and annual billing, unlimited PDF export and selected scan modes, OCR up to 3,000 pages per month, and additional tools and export formats.