Free PDF tools compared
How MiniPDF compares with the popular online PDF services on what matters most in India: is it really free, are your documents uploaded, and can you hit the exact size a form portal asks for?
Facts checked October 2026 from each service's own pages. Prices and limits change — please confirm on their websites.
| Feature | MiniPDF | Smallpdf | iLovePDF | PDF24 | Online2PDF | Sejda | Adobe Acrobat online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Free. No paid plan. | Free plan, plus Pro, Team and Business subscriptions (7-day trial). | Free (Basic); Premium $9/month or $60/year; Business on request. | Free, paid by ads. No paid plan for the tools. | Free (donations welcome). | Free web use; Web Week Pass $5; Desktop+Web Annual $63/year. | Acrobat Standard ₹477.90/month, Pro ₹638.38/month, Studio ₹797.68/month (annual plan billed monthly, incl. GST). |
| Free plan limits | No daily or hourly task limits. File size is limited only by your device memory. | 2 conversions per day; strong compression, OCR, Edit Text and batch work are Pro-only. | Files per task: Merge 25, Compress 2, most tools 1. File size 15–200 MB depending on the tool. Some tools are Premium-only. | "No limits" advertised; no official file-size limit published. | Up to 500 pages when converting from PDF (100 with OCR). File-size limits are not published on the site. | 3 tasks per hour, one file per task, up to 200 pages or 50 MB, OCR up to 10 pages. | Most tools: 1 free task without signing in; premium tools: 1 free use per 30 days when signed in. |
| Account needed | Not needed | Not needed for basic use | Optional for basic use (their terms describe unregistered free users). | Not needed | Not needed | Not needed | Needed to download from some tools (for example Edit PDF and OCR). |
| Where your files go | Processed inside your browser — files are not uploaded (exceptions: HTML to PDF reads a web-page link through our server; AI Summary sends extracted text). | Uploaded to Smallpdf servers in Ireland (EU), encrypted in transit. | Uploaded to iLovePDF servers (Europe-based company), over HTTPS. | Uploaded to PDF24 servers in Germany (EU) over SSL. | Uploaded to Online2PDF servers. | Uploaded to Sejda servers (EU, with US fallback), encrypted. | Uploaded to Adobe servers. |
| Compress to an exact size (e.g. 100 KB) | Yes — 50 KB, 100 KB, 200 KB, 500 KB, 1 MB or any custom size, for PDFs and photos. | No — you choose a level (Basic free; Moderate and Strong are Pro). | No — Extreme, Recommended or Less compression. | No — DPI, image quality and grayscale settings instead. | No — image quality and resolution settings. | No — image quality and resolution settings. | No — High, Medium or Low compression. |
| Hindi | Hindi pages for the 15 most used tools; OCR reads Hindi text. | Hindi interface available. | Hindi interface (26 languages). | Hindi interface (43 languages). | No Hindi interface (6 languages); OCR does not list Hindi. | Hindi interface (29 languages). | No Hindi interface (19 languages). |
Detailed comparisons
Questions
Which free PDF tool is the most private?
Tools that process files inside your browser are the most private, because the document never leaves your device. MiniPDF works this way for its PDF and image tools. The other services in this comparison upload files to their servers and delete them after a set time (for example 1 or 2 hours).
Which tool can compress a PDF to exactly 100 KB?
MiniPDF lets you pick a target such as 50 KB, 100 KB or 200 KB and keeps compressing until the file fits. The other services in this comparison offer compression levels (like low, medium, high) instead of an exact size.
Is MiniPDF better than iLovePDF or Smallpdf?
It depends on the job. MiniPDF is better for unlimited free use, exact KB sizes and keeping files on your device. Smallpdf, iLovePDF and Adobe are stronger for AI features, cloud storage, team accounts and store apps. Each comparison page lists both sides.
How is MiniPDF free?
Ads on the site pay for it. There is no paid plan and no feature is locked.
Smallpdf, iLovePDF, Online2PDF, PDF24, Sejda and Adobe Acrobat are trademarks of their respective owners. MiniPDF is not affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by any of them. This comparison is based on information published on their websites in October 2026. If something here is out of date, email support@minipdf.in and we will correct it.