Comparison
Edit My PDF vs pdfFiller
A cloud document platform for filling, editing and signing PDFs, with forms, templates and workflow features.
| At a glance |  pdfFiller | Edit My PDF |
|---|---|---|
| Where your file is processed | Uploaded to their serversEvery document is uploaded to pdfFiller's cloud on AWS in the United States. | In your browserEverything runs in your tab with pdf.js and pdf-lib. Nothing is uploaded. |
| File retention | Documents stay in your account while you subscribe and for a month after it ends; there is no automatic short-term deletion. | Nothing is sent, so nothing is retained. Documents stay in your browser's IndexedDB until you remove them. |
| Account | For some tasksYou can start editing without an account; saving, downloading or sharing needs one. | Not required |
| Free tier | No permanent free plan. A 30-day trial that usually asks for a card and converts to a paid plan.File size cap: 100 MB and 1,500 pages. Limit: Trial only. Watermark: no. | Everything is free. No task counter, no watermark, no file size cap beyond browser memory. |
| Paid plans | $8/monthBasic: $8 per user per month billed annually, or $20 month to month (US prices from the vendor's blog; the pricing page shows regional currency)Plus: $12 per user per month billed annually, or $30 month to monthPremium: $15 per user per month billed annually, or $40 month to monthAdds signNow, a legal forms library and workflows. | None. Everything is free. |
| Edits the text already on the page | YesOn the free tier: Partly | Yes |
| Keeps the page's original font | PartlyClaims to detect the matching font automatically, but says "font matching is not guaranteed" and that a font not embedded in the PDF is substituted with a similar one. | YesOpens the clicked text in the PDF's embedded font, at its size, colour, letter and word spacing; exports it as real text in a subset of that font. |
| Annotate and draw | Yes | Yes |
| Sign | Yes | Yes |
| Fill forms | Yes | No |
| OCR | Yes | No |
| Convert to and from other formats | Yes | No |
| Merge and split | Yes | No |
| Compress | Yes | No |
| Desktop apps | Yes | No |
| Mobile apps | Yes | No |
| API | Yes | No |
- Fillable forms, data collection and a library of tens of thousands of templates and legal forms.
- E-signature workflows with audit trails, through signNow on Premium.
- OCR, conversion, cloud storage, team workspaces and an API.
- Compliance paperwork: SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA agreements, GDPR.
- Native mobile apps and a macOS app.
Where pdfFiller is better
- Free, with no trial, no card and nothing that converts into a subscription.
- No upload, and no copy of your document kept in a cloud account.
- The embedded font is kept and re-embedded; pdfFiller's own pages say font matching is not guaranteed.
- No 100 MB cap.
Where Edit My PDF is better
The privacy notice was updated in October 2026 and the sub-processor list in September 2026 to add OpenAI, Anthropic and Google for AI features.
Read on 2 November 2026 from airSlate's own pages, with independent reviews used only to fill gaps. Prices are as the vendor showed them, in the currency and region seen. Where a vendor publishes nothing, the page says "Not stated".
- pdfFiller plans
- pdfFiller Edit PDF
- pdfFiller: edit and preserve font style
- pdfFiller blog: free version
- pdfFiller blog: pricing (US prices)
- pdfFiller FAQ: how long documents are kept
- airSlate sub-processors
pdfFiller is a product of airSlate, Inc., Boston. The name is used only to identify the product being compared.
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