Comparison
Edit My PDF vs Xodo
Apryse's consumer suite of forty-plus web tools, a desktop app (PDF Studio), mobile apps and cloud drive.
| At a glance |  Xodo | Edit My PDF |
|---|---|---|
| Where your file is processed | Mostly on your device"Most tools process files on your device locally"; which ones upload is not itemised. | In your browserEverything runs in your tab with pdf.js and pdf-lib. Nothing is uploaded. |
| File retention | Files that require upload are deleted after one hour. AskPDF sends document content to OpenAI. | Nothing is sent, so nothing is retained. Documents stay in your browser's IndexedDB until you remove them. |
| Account | Not statedWhether the free daily action needs an account is not stated. | Not required |
| Free tier | One free action a day with limited access to the web tools.File size cap: Not published. Limit: 1 action per day. Watermark: not stated. | Everything is free. No task counter, no watermark, no file size cap beyond browser memory. |
| Paid plans | $39.99/yearXodo Web: $39.99 a year ($3.33 a month)3-day trial with a payment method.Xodo Document Suite: $107.93 a year ($8.99 a month) on a promotion through 31 December 2026; $14.99 a month billed yearly at the standard priceWeb, desktop and mobile.Xodo Desktop (PDF Studio): $119.88 a year ($9.99 a month); a perpetual licence is also sold | None. Everything is free. |
| Edits the text already on the page | Yes | Yes |
| Keeps the page's original font | Not statedThe tool page says you can "add new text in the same font" and edit existing text; what happens when a font is not embedded is not documented. | 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 | No | No |
- OCR and Office conversion.
- A cloud drive, cross-device apps and a Linux desktop app with a perpetual licence.
- E-signatures (Xodo Sign) and an AI question-and-answer tool.
- A very low entry price for the web tools.
- Local processing for most tools, which narrows the privacy gap.
Where Xodo is better
- Unlimited free use, against one action a day.
- Everything runs locally and the code says so; Xodo does not list which tools upload.
- No account and no trial.
- Font handling is documented: the page's embedded font, kept and re-embedded on export.
Where Edit My PDF is better
PDFTron became Apryse in 2023. An Essentials plan announced in April 2025 is no longer listed; a 40%-off Document Suite promotion runs through December 2026.
Read on 2 November 2026 from Apryse Software Inc.'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".
- Xodo pricing
- Xodo Edit PDF Text
- Xodo PDF editor
- Xodo blog: plans explained (June 2026)
- Apryse privacy notice
Xodo is a product of Apryse Software Inc.. The name is used only to identify the product being compared.
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